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HomeMy WebLinkAbout1959-12-29• • • December 29, 1959 • The Historic Districts Commission met at the time and place specified in the public notice of the hearing on the application of the Cary Memorial Library Building Addition Committee to demolish or remove the existing flagpole in the grass plot in front of the main entrance to the Cary Memorial Library at 1874 Massachusetts, and to erect a new flagpole at said location. Present were Donald R. Grant, Chairmen, Philip B. Parsons, Secretary, Edwin B. Worthen, Jr., Donald E. Legro, and Cyrus Wood. The Chairman read the letter received from Mr. Belding, the Chairman of the Committee, dated November 25, 1959, and questions were asked by various members of the commission. On motion made and duly seconded, it was unanimously voted to grant to the Cary Memorial Library Building Addition Committee a permit for the demolition or removal of the existing flagpole at the above location. On further motion made and duly seconded, it was unanimously voted to grant a certificate of appropriateness to the same committee for the erection of a 30 O" tapered steel flagpole to be painted white, and with a six inch diameter gold ball on the top, in the approximate center of the grass plot at the aforementioned location. The Commission was joined by Mr. Stevens, Town Counsel, with whom there was discussion about various problems and 1 • • • • Dec- 2.�t 1959 policies in connection with the enforcement of the act in particular. There was discussion in regard to possible problems in connection with Depositors Trust Company and in connection with the billboards on the ends of the Central Block, so- called. The Chairman was instructed by the commission to write a letter to the president of the Depositors Trust Company inquiring as to why the commission's earlier letters had not been answered and asking for cooperation on the part of the Depositors Trust Company. The meeting was adjourned at 9:45 P. M. Philip B. Parsons, Secretary • • • • The Commission then discussed briefly the application of the Cary Memorial Library Building Addition Committee for certificate of appropriateness, and decided to hold a hearing on that application on December 29, 1959, The Commission then discussed Oirious matters in policy including matters pertaining to the enforcement of the act and of the provisions of certificates of appropriateness which have been granted in the past. The chairman was instructed to request Mr. Harold Stevens, the Town Counsel, to meet with the commission at its next hearing for the purpose of discussing some of these problems with him. The meeting was adjourned at 9:30 P.M. -2_ Philip B. Parsons, Secretary