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A meeting of the Historic Districts Commission was held on Wednesday,
September 2i, 1983, in the Selectmen's A;eeting ~4oom, Tawn Uffice building,
Lexington. Present were Commissioners John L. Davies, Chairman; S. Lawrence
'odhippla, Secretary; Roland B. Greeley; John 1?. Hyan; and Associate Com-
missioner Niary Harding Nye.
At 8:05 P.I~",, i`1r. Leonard W. Perry appeared on behalf of the Shawmut
County Bank. I~Ir. Perry withdrew the advertised application for a replace-
ment sign, and discussion continued with respect to architectural changes
a± thF 1.822 Nia sachusetts Avenue location and the replacement of drive-up
teller equipment at 182.2 Massachusetts Avenue and 44 Bedford utreet.
Mr. Perry presented drawings of a reconstruction of the front walk at
1822 1assachusetts Avenue to provide a ramp from the sidewalk to the front.
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ing. 'Phis proposal was VUT~D.
He then presented drawings of a proposed enclosure far the Automatic
Teller machine at the Piuzzey Street side of the 1822 Massachusetts Avenue
location. There was discussion of the apparent heaviness of the aluminum
framing illustrated, and it was VOTEL to accept the proposal provided that
the aluminum framing not exceed 1 3~4" in face dimension and that it be set
back entirely within the painted wooden archway construction that would
surround it.
He then presented an illustration of a typical installation of Shaw-
mut's new drive-up ATM: facility, which was proposed to replace the drive-up
tellers at both the bank's Lexington locations. There was discussion of
the construction of the panels surrounding the machine, their size, their
colors, and the secondary bank identification sign on the upper panel. It
was concluded that the applicant had not provided sufficient specific
information regarding the particular installations proposed, and the hear-
ing was con±inued to October 19, 1983.
At approximately 8;40 P.I. his. Caroline Creelman appeared an behalf of
Lexington Square Associates regarding sign lighting and. sign on the building
at 1666 Massachusetts Avenue. ``here was discussion of the sign lighting, in
particular its color, the system of fixture mounting, the length of the fix-
tures, and the cut-off angle as viewed frog: the :.round. Approval was 'v'tiTLD
provided that the light be "warm xhite" in color and that there be a minimum
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45 degree cut-of.~ angle. Utherwise the fixtures were to be in accordance
with the drawings presented.
Isis. Creel an then presented the design for the "Gizmos" sign, which was
to be in accordance with the sigr. design standards previously approved,
except that it xould contain a carved lago painted ir. green, blue, purple,
raspberry, red, and orange. Because the logo was a relatively small accent
in the large sign, this exception to the standard signage system was accepted
and the proposal was VUTLD.
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P',r. Davies then read the wording of the Certificate which had been
voted at the previous hearing. N:rs. Nye offered the correction that the
vote had. included the designation of one of the parking spaces as for
"handicapped" only. With this correction the wording of the Certificate
was agreed. to. ~'-embers of the Church ~Iuilding Committee who were present
agreed that approval had included the proviso that the details of fence
and planting between the Church and its eastern abuttor be settled mutually
between the two parties and then brought to the Commission for approval.
Airs. P~iargaret .Kawls spoke to aanfirm her understanding that the HDC
approval applied to work within the Church's own pro~aerty, but that a tree
on the abuttor's property had been cut.
Cyr. Davies then spoke on behalf of 1'~Cs. Roberta ft, Fen, who lives in
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for Dirs. Virginia W. ken, the owner of the house at 2 Hunt Road, Nis, ken
proposes to change the color of the house from Sherwin Williams "Halo Blue"
to Sherwin Williams "Gravel", samples of which were submitted. This color
change was VO'1'I~D.
N;r, ~ Nits, John Reed of 1~.3~ Massachusetts Avenue then appeared to
discuss their proposal to install solar hot water heating panels on their
roof. It was agreed that the Commissioners would try to view the site prior
to the next hearing in order to be able to discuss the matter.
'there was then discussion on the question of whether to ask applicants
to fill out some sort of application form giving more facts about proposed
projects than are now usually available, It xas generally agreed that some
such procedure would be valuable, but the paperwork difficulties and the
problems of distributing information among members prior to hearings were
recognized as obstacles. Fir. Davies and Mirs. Nye agreed to consider some
of the issues involved and discuss the matter further at the next meeting.
Nir. Whipple observed that more people seemed to be asking for informal
meeting before making official applications, and it was agreed that this
is a valuable procedure when time permits.
The meeting was adjourned at 10:30 P.Mi.
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