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HLSTORTC DISTRICTS COMNItSSION The Historic Districts Commission held a meeting on Wednesday, February 16, 1972, in the Selectmen's Meeting Room of the Town Office Building, Lexing~ ton. Present were Commissioners Wilbur M. Jaquith, Chairman; Philip B. Parsons, Secretary; George E. Graves; Donald J. Shaw; Georgia H. Williams; and Associate Commissioners George W. Emery and Albert T. Pitt. A hearing was held at 7150 P.M. on the application of Salvatore Vella with respect to the erects;?n, maintenance, and display of a sign for the store at 1796 Massachusetts Avenue, which is within the Battle Green District. Mr. .Jaquith read the legal notice and the application for the Certificate of Appro- priateness. Mr. Pella submitted three scale drawings of the sign and a photo- graph showing the store front. He stated that the backboard would remain a cream color, the .letters would be painted bla.ek, and that the lighting in the cove, previously approved, would remain. The hearing was closed at St00 P.M. Mr. Jaquith submitted a bill from Barbara Gilson, Clerk, for clerical ser- vices for January 1972 of $38.75• It was moved, seconded, and unanimously VOTED to approve payment of this bill. Mr. Jaquith stated that the .Commission had had an unexpended balance of approximately $68.00 for 1971. Mr. Jaquith read a letter sent to him by the Board of Selectmen, re Robert Lyons' request that the Historic Districts be extended, in which the Selectmen requested that a member of the Commission be appointed to a Committee to study possible expansion of the Districts. Mr. Jaquith said that, in thinking of the long range benefits to the Town, he would like to appoint Donald J. Shaw to serve as the Commission's representation on this Committee. Mr. Graves moved that Mr. Shaw be appointed to the Committee to study the possibility of expan- sion of the Historic Districts and Mrs. Williams seconded the motion. Mr. Shaw abstained from voting, and the other four Commissioners VOTED in favor of the appointment of Mr. .Shaw to the Committee. Mr. Jaquith then read a letter rem garding new rules for the use of the Selectmen's Meeting .Room in which it was stated that the key to the room would have to be picked up in advance but that the exterior door key xould be secured at the Police Station as before. A hearing was held at 8x15 P.M. on the application of the Carlton House Trust with respect to the erection and display of two directory signs for the building at 19 Muzzey Street, which is within the Battle Green District. Mr. Jaquith read the legal notice and the application for a Certificate of Appro~ priateness. Robert Lyons, Manager, represented the owners and submitted three scale drawings of the directory sign and of the doorway to show proposed loca- tions for the signs and also showed a photograph of the front of the building. H® stated that they planned to remove the "No. 19" from above the doorway and to place a directory sign on either side of the doorway. The removable panels on the signs would have a uniform length of 15 1/2" and a maximum height of 1 7/8", which would be screwed on the sign backboards. The hearing was closed at 8e50 P.M.