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HomeMy WebLinkAbout2000-06-14 Historical Commission MinutesReading Historical Commission Minutes 14 June 2000 Attending: Virginia Adams Roberta Sullivan Sharlene Santo Col. Wilbar Hoxie W Clay Jones Mark Cardono Kathy Greenfield Jerry Kaper Louise Sandberg (arrived 8:30) 1. Meeting called to order at 7:35. 2. Reprint of At Wood End project: Clay to prepare a press release. Sharlene will submitt a list of realtors to receive an announcement. Suggested a quote from Sue Theophanis in letter. Book delivery expected the first week of July. 3. 25 Auburn St.: Roberta and Virginia to speak with the building inspector, Glen Redmond regarding the Zoning Board of Appeals hearing on July 6 when applicant seeks a special permit or variance. Commission wants to relate in a letter or at the hearing that 25 Auburn St. is under jurisdiction of another board (RHC) and that the fabric of the neighborhood will be impacted when an old house is lost and a new one replaces it. This contributes to the "mansionization" of the town. 4. Adams reported that the owner of the depot called seeking recommendations on repair after the south east corner of the building was damaged by a car. Roberta and Virginia took photos. Clay answered questions from a contractor. Jerry will check out the repairs. 5. Need to confirm day of reappointment interviews with selectmen. 6. Addison-Wesley: Clay to check about aerial photographer to include beside the building, the setting, juxtaposition to the highway, and architectural photos of the entrance interior. Louise will work on oral histories: Betty Cronin or Dick Curtis are possible interviewee. Also need to arrange to obtain original architectural drawings. 7. Treasurer report: attached. $6.61 remaining. Some of the remaining funds earmarked for F-E house will go for professional photos of the finished product. 8. Approvai of minutes from a number of weeks. 9. We received the money from Addison-wesley-Pearson. It has gone into the Special revenue account as a donation. The commission now needs to hire a photographer. Roberta has two names for oral histories. When these monies are spent, the commission will know how much will be available for reference books for the school libraries. Enclosed is an abbreviated report prepared by Louise from the official report generated from the results of the datalogger information supplied by Massachusetts Board of Libraries. Louise also reported on two meetings she attended. One was a state wide meeting at Brandeis University concerned with the direction of preservation planning for the state. The second was an Essex County meeting held at Salem State College which highlighted the efforts of New York state to fund preservation projects throughout New York state. The emphasis was upon how Massachusetts could be motivated to start a similar project. 165 South St. have visited it and mapped it out. The early part was built around ca-1765. Kathy gave us her impressions of our commission meeting. Adjourned: 10:20 Next meeting July 11 Approved as amended 7-11-00 LS F.`4 / Environmental Monitoring Program Report Dataloggers were installed in the RHC repository, in Town Hall, and outside from August 1999 to January of 2000. The program is run by the Massachusetts Board of Library Commissioners in the person of Gregor Trinkaus-Randall the Preservation Specialist. The report includes information about temperature, relative humidity, light, and ultraviolet radiation. Temperature ranged from 57 to 79 degrees F. Optimum temperature range is 55 to 65 for "special/preservation collections." The average reading was 66.2. MBLC recommends that the HVAC system should be recalibrated to keep the average temperature at least 1 degree lower than it is and to try to keep it at a constant level on a daily basis. Since volunteers work in this area, a temperature level as close to 65 degrees should be the target. Relative Humidity ranged from 19.9% to 72% with an average of 46.3%. The difference, 52.1 being 5 times the recommended daily variation. RH range should fall somewhere between 25 and 40%. The RH will require an effort to control especially in the summer and the fall. The reading for light in the archives was 458 lux. Recommended light is 200-400 lux. UV was 69 mW/lumen and 40.6 mW/M2. These figures should be 75 and 20 respectively. The first is acceptable though a bit high. The latter is double the recommended level. UV-filtering sleeves should be considered for flourescent tubes. Using task lighting for the work area is a possible solution to the light. The commission is encouraged to look at the entire report which includes charts and graphs. MBLC would like a response from us by September 1. HIS'T COM=(I FUND 01-681-5400 6/14E/2000 DATE NUM TR SAO°TION PAYMENT C PAGE 1 DEPOSIT BALANCE 7(1(1999 fiscal year deposit 1,224.00 1,224.00 11(2(1999 paid Virginia Adams 25.00 1,199.00 memo: Seminar 2(1999 paid Redstone Camera 25.17 1,173.83 - memo: process film 1(5(2000 paid Roberta Sullivan 244.94 928.89 memo: cabinet Er supplies cat: Auto 1(5(2000 paid Virginia Adams 17.86 911.03 memo: supplies 1(10(2000 paid Roberta M. Sullivan 14.99 896.04 memo: supplies 1(13(2000 paid Virginia Adams 5.99 890.05 memo: supplies 2(24(2000 paid University Products 182.78 707.27 memo: supplies 3(6(2000 paid Nat'l Trust 25.00 682.27 memo: book 3(20(2000 paid Historic Massachusetts dues 45.00 637.27 4(4(2000 paid University Products 281.95 355.32 memo: supplies 4(4(2000 paid Virginia Adams 25.00 330.32 memo: semiar 4(4(2000 paid Roberta M. Sullivan 25.00 305.32 memo: semiar 12000 paid Redstone Camera 20.08 285.24 memo: processing Er film 4(4(2000 paid Corporate Express 51.63 233.61 memo: supplies 4(27(2000 Chronicle 87.50 146.11 memo: public notice cat: 25 Auburn St 5(10(2000 Chronicle 74.40 71.71 memo: 25 Auburn St demo 6(14(2000 Chronicle 65.10 6.61 memo: Addison Wesley cat: Hist Invt'y 7(1(2000 fiscal year deposit 1,224.00 1,230.61 7(1(2000 fiscal year end pay back 6.61 1,224.00 i HIST COM=CEN FUND 01-6$1-5400 6/14/2000 DATE NUM TRANSACTION 7(1(1999 fiscal year deposit 11(2(1999 paid Virginia Adams memo: Seminar (2(1999 i paid Redstone Camera memo: process film 1(5(2000 paid Roberta Sullivan memo: cabinet F.r supplies cat: Auto 1(5(2000 paid Virginia Adams memo: supplies 1(10(2000 paid Roberta M. Sullivan memo: supplies 1(13(2000 paid Virginia Adams memo: supplies 2(24(2000 paid University Products memo: supplies 3(6(2000 paid Nat'l Trust memo: book 3(20(2000 paid Historic Massachusetts - dues 4(4(2000 paid University Products memo: supplies 4(4(2000 paid Virginia Adams memo: semiar 4(4(2000 paid Roberta M. Sullivan memo: semiar .(2000 paid Redstone Camera memo: processing Er film 4(4(2000 paid Corporate Express memo: supplies 4(27(2000 Ch; onicle memo: public notice cat: 25 Auburn St 5(10(2000 Chronicle memo: 25 Auburn St demo 6(14(2000 Chronicle memo: Addison Wesley cat: Hist Invt'y 7(1(2000 fiscal year deposit 7(1(2000 fiscal year end pay back rrz~r i PAYMENT C DEPOSIT BALANCE 1,224.00 1,224.00 25.00 1,199.00 25.17 1,173.83 244.94 928.89 17.86 911.03 14.99 896.04 5.99 890.05 182.78 707.27 25.00 682.27 45.00 637.27 281.95 355.32 25.00 3 30.3 2 25.00 305.32 20.08 285.24 51.63 233.61 87.50 146.11 74.40 71.71 65.10 6.61 1,224.00 1,230.61 6.61 1,224.00