HomeMy WebLinkAboutHistorical Comm Minutes 2/24/1998MANSFIELD HISTORICAL COMMISSION
TOWN OF MANSFIELD
MANSFIELD, MASSACHUSETTS 02048
Mansfield Historical Commission Minutes
for February 24, 1998 at 7:30 pm at Town Hall
Office at:
= 50;west Street
i Mai sield, MA 02048
Present: Pat Cataloni, David Loving, Jean Nordbeck, Gean Parks, Leslie Pasch
and Kate Viens
The Chairperson, Kate Viens, presided. Minutes fiom the February 10, 1998
meeting were approved with one correction: the meeting with the Town Manager
occurred on January 26. Motion by David, seconded by Pat. All in favor.
orrespondence
1. Letter from Mass Historical Commission on telecomm installations in Mansfield
2. Historic Mass seminar notice
3. Bay State Historical League annual meeting notice
4. Budget report fiom Town Accountant
5. Postcard from Claire Dempsey
Leslie will call the Town Clerk about publicizing the vacancy on the Commission.
The grant for the Fisher - Richardson House was discussed. Leslie reported that
Town Meeting has been postponed until May 4. The deadline for pre- develop-
ment grants is May 1. Warrants for the Special Town Meeting within the Annual
Town Mccting arc due on April 8. Leslic v;ill speak to the Tot'.rr Manager about
using a reserve fund transfer instead when he returns to work on March 2.
Kate presented the names of local engineers who may be able to help with
technical information: Richard Lance and Doug Annino. Section 1 of the grant
was completed during the meeting and Leslie will type it up. We must fmd our
preservation restriction agreement with the Town, which is required for the
application. It was decided to meet every other week to finish the application,
dividing up the work. We will emphasize that the building is deteriorating. The
work schedule is:
Monday, March 9: Section 2
Tuesday, March 24: Sections 3 & 4
Monday, April 6: Section 5
Tuesday, April 21: Finalize application
Leslie will send everyone a copy of the application and check the Internet for a
listing of the Fisher - Richardson House on the list of nominations for the National
Register. The issue of handicapped accessibility was discussed. It was agreed
that accomodations such as widening doorways and adding ramps was not
appropriate. Kate said that there are other creative ways to expand accessibility
such as a video of the interior. All members were asked to read through Section 2
for the next meeting on March 10.
The meeting was adjourned at 9:20 pm on motion by David, seconded by Gean.
All in favor.
Respectfully submitted,
J4d-tL
Leslie A. Pasch
Secretary