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Reading Historical Commission Meeting Minutes TOWN CLERK 5 June 2047
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Meeting called to order at 7:30 pm in the Town Hall trnroc~m q-
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Commission Members in attendance included:
Virginia Adams, Member Clayton Jones, Associate Member
Kathy Greenfield, Chairman Karen Herrick, Associate Member
Sharlene Reynolds Santo, Secretary
Mark Cardono, Member
Others in Attendance: Tim Whyte - TE Whyte Construction
Minutes:
• 420 Franklin St - Tim Whyte came to discuss the new front doors. The new wood back door
will be a vertical plank with 4 panes of glass. The new window, to be installed at the north
end of the extension, will be a Marvin window, with simulated divide light (SDL), that will
match the existing "kitchen" window(on the west wall) . They may also wish to replace the
existing (west wall) window, which does not open, with the same Marvin window, so that
they will have a window that opens. The extension roof has now been stripped. They plan to
add an air conditioning unit in the extension. An alarm system will also be installed. Kathy
will send a letter of approval. June 16'h is the date for Boston University personnel to visit
the property to begin its work to produce measured drawings for the Commission.
• Quannapowitt Planers - There was a site visit this morning with the technical director at the
Playhouse. Those in attendance could now see just what the Players' requests were. The
group does understand that they may lose some seats to add the door; Kathy will go to the
CPDC meeting with our view of a compromise. Kathy will also clarify their 2'9" from the
inside edge of the corner board (which is 1 fit. wide), not from the corner of the building.
CPDC meets Monday evening.
• 32 Grove St - The ZBA hearing is on Thursday night Kathy will attend.
• Treasury Report - Virginia had a warrant to pay Elena Dube. Virginia moved to expend the
$500 from the general funds to pay BU to do the measured drawing of 420 Franklin St.
Sharlene seconded. Approved 4-0. It was mentioned that Roberta has expressed concern
about using so much money from the Special Revenue Funds (less restriction). Using funds
from Reading Historical Preservation Trust Fund (RHPTF) was suggested. Mark moved to
use up to $2,000 from the RHPTF for the measured drawings for the purpose of documenting
a historic property related to the town. Approved 4-0. Also discussed was continuing to have
Elena Dube do work for the Commission. Continue to do data entry for uncataloged
collections in the Town Archives. Also discussed funding her again for next year through the
senior work program. Virginia moved to appropriate $750.00 from FY08 General Fund to
fund to Senior Work Program Mark seconded. Approved 4-0.
• Archives- No more water leakage in the archives after the last rain storm.
• Town Website - We still need more content. Ideas mentioned included Inventory details
from our Access file, the Demolition Delay and Carriage House ByLaws and a Frequently
Asked Questions (FAQ) section. Time is needed in the Archives to get these materials
together.
Meeting adjourned at 10 pm
• Next meeting scheduled for July 10, 2007.