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PUBLIC MEETING NOTICE
Anne Eccles, Chair HISTORIC DISTRICT COMMISSION
Robert Adams
Edward Adelman Meeting broadcasted
Robin Lovett by LexMedia
Robert Warshawer
MINUTES FOR THURSDAY, May 4, 2017
Selectmen’s Meeting Room
Lexington Town Office Building
1625 Massachusetts Avenue, Lexington, MA
6:00 PM
Commissioners present: Anne Eccles (Chair), Edward Adelman, Robin Lovett, Robert Warshawer
Associate Commissioners Present: Lee Noel Chase, Thomas Fenn, Donna Hooper, Paul O'Shaughnessy
** Thomas Fenn was as a voting member, in the absence of Commissioner Robert Adams
FORMAL HEARINGS
6:00 PM
8 Hancock Avenue: Skott and Margaret Klebe, exterior changes in the Hancock Clarke District. On a
motion duly made and seconded, the alteration was approved unanimously as proposed.
Documents Used:
Catalogue cut sheet
Photographs
6:05 PM
13 Hancock Avenue: Gillian Galen, exterior changes in the Hancock Clarke District. On a motion duly
made and seconded, the alteration was approved unanimously as proposed.
Documents Used:
Catalogue cuts
Plot plan
6:10 PM
25 Depot Square: Sammie Liu, representing Joel Kadis, exterior changes in the Battle Green District. On
a motion duly made and seconded, the alteration was approved unanimously as proposed.
Documents Used:
Plans, dated 4/3/17
6:15 PM
1132 Massachusetts Avenue: Qiyi Yan, exterior changes in the East Village District. After much
discussion the project was continued to a later date.
Documents Used:
Proposal for Fencing Installation, dated 3/9/17
6:20 PM
6 Gibson Road: Colin Smith, Demolition in the East Village District.On a motion duly made and
seconded, the demolition was approved as proposed, 3-2 in favor.
Documents Used:
Plans, dated 4/19/17
6:25 PM
PUBLIC MEETING NOTICE
Anne Eccles, Chair HISTORIC DISTRICT COMMISSION
Robert Adams
Edward Adelman Meeting broadcasted
Robin Lovett by LexMedia
Robert Warshawer
9 Oakland Street: Colin Smith, exterior changes in the Battle Green District. On a motion duly made and
seconded, the alteration was approved unanimously as proposed.
Documents Used:
Plans, dated 4/19/17
CONTINUED
26 Hancock Street: Colin Smith, exterior changes in the Hancock Clarke District. On a motion duly
made and seconded, the alteration was approved as proposed, 4-1 in favor.
Documents Used:
Plans dated 4/18/17
1605 Massachusetts Avenue: Colin Smith, representing Town of Lexington, exterior changes in the
Battle Green District. On a motion duly made and seconded, the alteration was approved unanimously as
proposed.
Documents Used:
PLP Fiberglass Flagpoles, cut sheet
16 Hancock Street: Dick Perry, exterior changes in the Hancock Clarke District. On a motion duly made
and seconded, the alterations to the landscape were approved as proposed. Proposed light fixtures were
continued TBD.
Documents Used:
Sited Development Plan, dated 4/19/17
Hinkley Lighting Inc, cut sheet
INFORMAL DISCUSSION
Grain Mill Alley: Jerry Michelson, Michelson’s Shoes, representing Town of Lexington, exterior
changes in the Battle Green District. The Commission was notified about a temporary installation at Grain
Mill Alley for a duration of 45 days.
1948 Massachusetts Avenue: Donna & Dick Schwartz, exterior changes in the Battle Green District. The
applicants discussed renovations and a garage addition on the property.
ACTION ITEMS:
Meeting minute’s approval: Minutes were approved unanimously as written.
Demolition by Neglect: The Commission discussed possible meeting dates to hold a public hearing about
a Demolition by Neglect case. Commissioner Thomas Fenn informed the Commission that he will be
recusing himself from this case.