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• • MINUTES OF MEETING of the Lexington Historic Districts Commission Wednesday 30 May 1990 A meeting of the Lexington Historic Districts Commission was held on Wednesday, May 30, 1990 in Room G-15 of the Town Office Building, Lexington, Massachusetts. Present at the meeting were Commissioners John L. Davies, Chairman; Linda J. McAulay, Secretary; Richard S. Morehouse; and Stephen M. Politi; Associate Commissioners Walter H. Bergler, Jr.; Elizabeth B. Cotten; Mary Harding Nye; and Walter S. Pierce; and Charles D. Grant, Clerk. At 8 :00 PM the Chairman declared the meeting open and read a notice on the application of Patricia Nelson concerning exterior architectural changes on the building at 15 Hancock Street, which is within the Hancock - Clarke District. The applicant submitted a mortgage survey plan of the property on which the existing patio and porch were sketched, and a plan of the proposed deck prepared by M. Sinesi, architect. The proposed structure consists of a fir deck, treated with stain, on pressure- treated timbers, lying one step (less than one foot) up from grade. A neighbor, Steve Chansky, the owner of 11 Hancock Street, said the proposed structure looked fine to him. The Chairman then advised the members of the Commission that the Commission could either decide that the deck is not visible from a public way and therefore no Certificate is required, or, approve the deck on its merits. There was then unanimously VOTED (Comissioners Davies, McAulay, Morehouse, Politi and Associate Commissioner Nye) a Determination that no Certificate is required by virtue of the fact that the proposed structure is not visible from a public way. At the second hearing, the Chairman read the notice on the application from Mark Langlais of Morgan Industries in Burlington, representing Ada Wong d/b /a Peking Gardens Restaurant concerning an exterior architectural change to the building at 27 Waltham Street, which is within the Battle Green District. The applicant submitted drawings and photographs of a proposed permanent awning to be installed over the rear entrance of the building from the parking lot, and a sample of awning material. It was unanimously VOTED that the proposed awning be approved, provided the existing lettering over the door and lighting be removed. The meeting then turned to some matters of business. A bill totaling $183.12 from Beacon Communications for the legal notices in the Minuteman was VOTED. A bill from C.D. Grant totaling $450.00 for services during April and May was VOTED. The Commission then discussed a proposed billing procedure, which had heretofore been regarded as "unsporting ", but which the Board of Appeals and other Town departments have come to use in order to stretch their services over straitened budgets. It was VOTED that the Minuteman be asked to send the bills for the legal notices directly to the applicants, according to the procedure outlined by the Clerk. At the third hearing, the Chairman read the notice on an application