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HISTORICAL COMMISSION MEETING MINUTES <br />JUNE 13, 2013 <br />Call to Order: A public meeting of the Historical Commission was held in Cary Hall at <br />the Ellen Stone Room, 1605 Massachusetts Ave, Lexington, MA on June 13, 2013. <br />The meeting convened at 7:31 pm. <br />Historical Commission members in attendance: <br />Mr. David Kelland, Mr. Frank Kern, Mr. Wendall Kalsow, Ms. Marilyn Fenollosa <br />Member(s) not in attendance: <br />Ms. Sally Zimmerman <br />AGENDA ITEM #1: (Time 7:31 pm) <br />Continued Public Hearing from May 9 th on the application for partial demolition permit <br />for 282 Bedford Street. <br />APPLICANTS PRESENT: <br />Mr. Paul Dominici, B& D Building, 1161 Broadway, Somerville, MA 02144 <br />Ms, Lisa Domenici, B & D Building Building, 1161 Broadway, Somerville, MA 02144 <br />Ms. Holly Baab, Associate Director, Edinburg Center, 1040 Waltham St, Lexington, MA <br />Mr. Randy Brown, Facilities Mgr, Edinburg Center, 1040 Waltham St, Lexington, MA <br />DOCUMENTS: <br />• New revised drawing of the proposed replacement structure showing a foot <br />setback and lowered roofline <br />• Notes and opinions written by Ms. Zimmerman from the May 31 site visit at <br />282 Bedford Street (attached pages 6 -12) <br />SUMMARY: <br />A site visit was conducted on May 31 by Ms. Sally Zimmerman and Mr. Joseph <br />Cornish, Supervising Preservation Services Manager at Historic New England, to <br />determine if the rearmost ell represented an 18 century structure and examine the <br />historic fabric of the rear most ell structure, exterior and interior. <br />HC Chair, Mr. Kelland, for the record, read aloud notes and comments written by Ms. <br />Zimmerman, of the site visit to the Nathan Reed House located at 282 Bedford Street, on <br />behalf of the Lexington Historical Commission. Photographs and a revised drawing were <br />examined by the Commission. <br />Public Comments: none <br />MOTION: moved by Mr. Kalsow, and seconded, to find the rearmost ell significant but <br />not preferably preserved thereby allowing its demolition and replacement to proceed as <br />noted. (See attached notes 1 -5, ADDENDUM #1, page 6 ) <br />VOTE: 5 -0 in favor. <br />