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HomeMy WebLinkAbout2017-05-17-HC-min HISTORICAL COMMISSION MEETING MINUTES May 171h 2017 Call to Order: A public meeting of the Historical Commission was held in the Parker Room of Lexington Town Hall located at 1625 Massachusetts Avenue. The meeting convened at 7:30PM. Historical Commission Members in Attendance: David Kelland, Chair, Marilyn Fenollosa and Diane Pursley This is Ms. Pursley's first official meeting AGENDA ITEM #1 (7:31 PM) Public hearing on the partial building demolition located at 100 Simonds Road. APPLICANT (S) PRESENT: Joseph Gelormini, Contractor/Homeowner Blanca Medina, Costa Architect ABUTTER(S) PRESENT: Marc Muskavitch, 123 Blake Road Ed Bond, 105 Simonds Road Dana Hunt, 108 Simonds Road DOCUMENT(S): Photos of existing house Plot plan of proposed house with addition Plans SUMMARY: Mr. Gelormini came forward to discuss the home located at 100 Simonds Road. Mr. Gelormini wants to keep the existing structure but the inside needs to be gutted. Mr. Gelormini went over his plans with the board. He wants to add a garage and bump out the back. Mr. Gelormini is also proposing that the driveway comes off of Simonds Road, right now it comes off of Blake Road. There are houses in the neighborhood with a similar addition. HC COMMENTS: The board asked Mr. Gelormini if he would be changing the door or windows. Mr. Gelormini explained all the windows would be new and the door as well and will be adding a portico. The board asked what is wrong with the existing windows and expressed concerns over the new proposed windows in the plans. Mr. Gelormini said they had not been updated and does not think they would pass the current HERS. PUBLIC COMMENTS: Ed Bond, came forward expressing concerns of the size of the addition and the traffic/safety the addition will bring. Dana Hunt also expressed her concerns over the traffic and having a three car garage in the neighborhood. Marc Muskavitch came forward asking if the addition will be coming any closer to his property. Mr. Gelormini stated he was still staying within the necessary setback requirements. Mr. Gelormini also mentioned that if he moved the location of the garage he would not be within the setbacks. The board did state Mr. Gelormini is within his setbacks. MOTION: Moved by Ms. Fenollosa that the board approve the removal of the addition but deny permission of the windows. Seconded by Ms. Pursley. VOTE: Ms. Fenollosa Mr. Kelland, Ms. Pursley in favor 3-0 AGENDA ITEM #2 (7:59 PM) Public hearing on the partial building demolition and roofline change located at 123 Marrett Road. APPLICANT (S) PRESENT: Rick DeAngelis, Homeowner Paula DeAngelis Elyse Stone, Architect ABUTTER(S) PRESENT: None DOCUMENT(S): Plans SUMMARY: The homeowner, Mr. DeAngelis would like to take down the current garage, which is in a state of disrepair and needs to be replaced. Mr. DeAngelis would like to preserve the character of home. The home is an original farm house. The home is a four room farm house with a porch and portico which will stay. He would like to replace garage and family room with a new garage and a room over the garage and tie into the existing house and also add a bedroom. The plans will respect all the setbacks. The front of the house will stay the same. HC COMMENTS: The board looked over the plans and had no concerns. PUBLIC COMMENTS: None MOTION: Moved by Ms. Fenollosa to approve the partial building demo and roofline change as described in the plans dated 12/6/16. Seconded by Ms. Pursley. VOTE: Ms. Fenollosa, Ms. Pursley and Mr. Kelland, in favor 3-0 AGENDA ITEM #3(8:09 PM) Public hearing on the roofline change located at 6 Jackson Court. APPLICANT (S) PRESENT: Hannah Levine, Colin Smith Architecture ABUTTER(S) PRESENT: None DOCUMENT(S): Copy of proposed plans Plot plan SUMMARY: Ms. Levine went over the plans and discussed the home owner would like to remove some of the roof and add a small second floor bump out. It will match the existing gable of the house. Ms. Levine mentioned the existing addition was built in 1997. HC COMMENTS: The commission went over the plans and asked questions. The commission wanted to know if the neighbors were notified. Ms. Levine was unsure who the homeowner spoke with but mentioned they want to stay in the house because of their neighbors. The commission also discussed if they were only demolishing the roof. Ms. Levine said yes. PUBLIC COMMENTS: None MOTION: Moved by Ms. Fenollosa that we permit the roofline change according to the plans dated March 6th 2017. Seconded by Ms. Pursley. VOTE: Ms. Fenollosa Mr. Kelland, Ms. Pursley in favor 3-0 AGENDA ITEM #4 COMMUNICATIONS FROM THE PUBLIC (8:16 PM) 27 Clarke Street: Jason Brickman came to the board to discuss his plans for a proposed new house at 27 Clarke Street. He plans to come to the June meeting for a full building demolition. Mr. Brickman said the house was built in 1964 and cannot find any historical significance to the house. He is keeping the house like in kind with the neighborhood. Mr. Brickman wanted to get the boards' feedback. Mr. Brickman brought in photos of the existing house and houses of the neighborhood and also plans of the new proposed house. The board mentioned that the house does not have a specific write up on online. The board mentioned Mr. Brickman has to determine whether or not the house is preferably preserved in order to make a final decision and he should provide as much information on the existing house as he can. AGENDA ITEM #5 UPDATES (8:28PM) -Discussion on Lexington Historical Society Interpretative Signage Project: The Historical Society just received a grant to replace missing signs. There are 8 spots open. Start to think about possible places in Lexington that should be identified. For example, The Depot and Grainmill Alley. -Pleasant Brook Area Inventory Form/NCD The board discussed the extension of Peacock Farm. The houses are currently not on the inventory and not subject to the demo delay. They are trying to find out what to do next. There are 31 houses that should get on the inventory list. Applications are due in the fall. -NCD: Ms. Fenollosa asked Ms. Pursley for an up-date on the board. Ms. Pursley said they are currently meeting with neighbors. And are getting a lot of positive feedback. Right now they need to fine-tune the law then will meet with Carol Kowalski. They are looking to get to the fall town meeting. Need to appoint new member of Turning Mill since Sally Zimmerman is gone. Can we vote Diane in as our representative? The board discussed adding this to next month's agenda: Appointment of Diane Pursley as Turning Mill NCD representative and Marilyn Fenollosa to the CPC. -33 Partridge Road Stone Wall: The current house is being torn down and a new house is being built. In the process of building the new house they are trashing a stone wall in the back of the property. The board was asked to write a letter. Ms. Fenollosa drafted a letter to be sent to the home owner. Ms. Fenollosa move that we sign this letter as amended. Seconded by Mr. Kelland. 3-0 Ms. Fenollosa Mr. Kelland, Ms. Pursley in favor. AGENDA ITEM #6 ADJOURN (8:52PM)