HomeMy WebLinkAboutHistoric Comm Minutes 3/30/1999MANSFIELD HISTORICAL COMMISSION
TOWN OF MANSFIELD
MANSFIELD, MASSACHUSETTS 02048
Office at
50 West Street
Mansfield, MA 02048
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Mansfield Historical Commission Minutes
for March 30, 1999 at 7:30 pm at Mansfield Town Hall
Present: Allen Bryer, David Loving, Jean Nordbeck, Gean Parks, Leslie Pasch,
John Rau and guests Kevin McNatt and Andy Todesco from the Mansfield
Historical Society.
The Chairperson, John Rau, presided. He announced that Allen and Billie
Siena have been appointed to the Commission for 3 year terms.
Correspondence
1. Copies of application to the Commission from Allen Bryer and Billie Siena.
2. Notice of a conference from the Federal Highway Administration
3. Info about the New England Historical and Genealogical Register
4. Memo from Town Clerk about filing and discarding minutes
5. Year -to -date budget report fiom Town Accountant
6. Notice of Rhode Island Historic Preservation Conference
7. Announcement of Historic Landscape Preservation grant program
8. Memo from Town Manager about town meeting date
9. Notice of Historic Mass' 1999 Preservation Awards
10. Letter fiom Secretary of Commonwealth asking for support for funding of
Preservation Projects Fund
11. Contract from Preservation Projects Fund for Fisher - Richardson House
12. Memo from Town Manager about special town meeting
13. Issue of Preservation and People
The minutes fiom the February 23 meeting were approved on a motion by
Gean, seconded by Leslie. All in favor.
The brochure for the Fisher - Richardson House needs to be completed as the
tours will start in June. John will inquire about scanning in a photo from the
Mansfield Historical Society.
The rest of the meeting was spent discussing the four proposals received for the
Fisher - Richardson House from Claire Dempsey, Roger Taylor Panek, Preservation
Partnership and Turk Tracey and Larry Architects. Leslie will forward the top
three choices to the Mass Historical Commission which will help us choose the
best proposal. David made a motion that we choose Claire Dempsey, Roger
Taylor Panek and Preservation Partnership. Seconded by Gean. Four in favor, 2
abstaining. Leslie explained that a new preservation restriction must be filed with
the office of deeds. She will get more information, including whether a town
meeting vote is necessary. A consultant must be chosen by June 1 and the project
sign must be in place by June 30. Leslie will call for prices on the latter.
Leslie has contacted Betsy Friedberg from the Mass Historical Commission
about National Register district guidelines but has not heard back from her. Mike
Alnern from DPW asked Leslie if the toilet at the Fisher - Richardson House should
be capped off. Kevin said the Society still uses it.
The meeting was adjourned at 9 pm on a motion by Gean, seconded by David.
All in favor. The next meeting will be on Tuesday, April 20 at 7:30 pm.
Respectfully submitted,
Leslie A. Pasch
Secretary