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HomeMy WebLinkAbout2000-10-02 Historical Commission MinutesReading Historical Commission Minutes 2 October 2000 Attending: Virginia Adams Wilbar Hoxie Clay Jones Sharlene Santo Jerry Kaper Roberta Sullivan Louise Sandberg Judith Mitchell Bob Brown 1. Called to order 7:40. 2. Minutes approved for the dates July 11, August 22, and September 12. 3. A new member of the commission was introduced: Judith Mitchell. Other members were introduced. Kathy Greenfield was appointed as well. 4. Bob Brown was introduced and talked about pipe organs. He wanted to know if we could inventory the ones in the town. Roberta felt it was not under our mandate. It would be of interest to the commission to know what is extant in the town. Virginia commented that it would also be of interest to know where there are pipe organs left anywhere that were built in Reading. 5. Addison-Wesley: CPDC approved the traffic plan. Documentation will wait till A-W is farther along with its plans. 6. Barrett: 25 Auburn is going down. 7. Web site not news. 8. Virginia asked if the commission would pay the fee for a conference at Mass Historical. Approved. 9. Inventory of commercial properties: Virginia and Roberta have already started. They compiled a list of all commercial sites There are about 180 properties. Jerry suggested that we take photos and sit down as a group and go through each one selecting properties that might be appropriate for inclusion on the inventory. Clay wanted to use a time frame of 8 months (July 1) to finish the commercial properties. First cut should be done by Jan. 1. The commission decided to divide the list up; a page for each to photograph two sides. Make available for the next meeting on Nov. 14. The concerns are both architectural and historic. Roberta will pick up film that will be available next week. The commission members wil drop off film to be developed by Roberta. The film should be labeled. 10. Sharlene read her letter that is to be directed to the realtors of the town to convince them to give out copies of At Wood End to their clients. 11. Adjourned: 8:55 Approved 11/14/00 LS 00