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Tuesday, September 22, 1992 ('il��.' -'���
MINUTES
Office at:
50 West St.
Mansfield. Ma. 02048
The meeting was called to order at 7:40 p.m. Present were:
Wayne Jacques, Geanine Parks, Barbara Orlando, and Kate
Viens.
Minutes of the April and May meetings were accepted.
Members agreed that the items in the Commission's possession
which are in locked storage ought to be inventoried, and
that this will be a project for the next meeting. Gean will
ask what happened to material put into boxes after the old
Town Hall burned, because those things that might be the
Commission's should be accessioned along with the other
items.
Barbara reported a discussion with Tom Maylander (an
architect from North Easton who is doing an Americans with
Disabilities Act assessment of the town). He suggested that
( when she writes the selectmen to let them know about the
National Register nomination of the Memorial Library, she
should also send copies of the letter to the Planning Board
and the Municipal Building Committee.
Wayne will review the work Kate has done on the nomination
so far and offer his comments. Kate reported that as she
has learned more about National Historic Districts and the
activities of other commissions such as North Attleboro's,
(which has a district consisting of only a house and a
cemetery), she has come to believe that a district in the
vicinity of the Memorial Library may be possible. She will
write a letter to the Mass. Historical Commission to let
them know that the Mansfield commission is only going to
nominate the one building at this time. She'll list the two
reasons Mark Verkennis of the MHC gave her at the Foxboro
historical commissions roundtable in June: the building is
of national significance and is under some threat because of
a possible change in its use.
Kate will call the MHC to clarify at what point a building
becomes eligible for National Register proections and
benefits.
Members discussed plotting the locations of town cemeteries,
noting that any survey work will probably have to be done by
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the commission alone. Barbara will ask about the
availability of Arts Lottery funds to hire someone to help
with the project. Gean will ask Lorilee for what material
she has on the cemeteries.
The meeting adjourned at 8:40 p.m.