| Agenda: | TOWN OF CHATHAM
HISTORICAL COMMISSION
March 5, 2024
10:30 am
Large Meeting Room
Town Hall Annex - 261 George Ryder Road
Please Note: This meeting is being recorded and will be available shortly hereafter for scheduled and on demand viewing on any smartphone or tablet device. If anyone else is recording the meeting, please notify the Chairman.
Pursuant to Governor Healey’s March 29, 2023 signing of the Acts of 2023 extending certain COVID-19 measures adopted during the State of Emergency suspending certain provisions of the Open Meeting Law, G.L. c. 30A, § 20 until March 31, 2025 this meeting of the Chatham Historical Commission is being conducted in person and via remote participation.
Every effort will be made to ensure that the public can adequately access the proceedings as provided for in the Order. A reminder that persons who would like to listen to this meeting while in progress may do so by calling the phone number 1 (508) 945-4410, Conference ID: 527 192 77# or join the meeting online via Microsoft Teams through the link in the posted agenda.
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MINUTES: February 20, 2024
PUBLIC HEARINGS:
Application No: 24-006 To be heard in accordance with Chapter 158 (Demolition Delay Bylaw) of the Town of Chatham General Bylaws, pursuant to the Notice of Intent to Partially Demolish a Historic Building or Structure located at 55 Deep Hole Road; filed by: Mike Allen 343 Strawberry Hill Road Centerville, Ma filed for: William & Linda Merrigan 55 Deep Hole Road Chatham, Ma 02633.
New Business:
Employment Opportunity – Town Planner position has been posted.
Old Business:
•Preservation Awards 2023 planning – Next Meeting April 3, 2024
Chairman’s Report:
•Status of Current Demolition Delays –
-322 Bridge Street expires February 15, 2025 – Withdrew from ZBA August 24, 2023
-107 Highland Avenue – Expires November 21, 2024 – Applied to come back for review on the March 19th meeting.
•Return of Chatham’s Historic, US Coast Guard Boat House, for the “Adaptive Reuse”, as the ‘Shellfish Upweller”, at 90 Bridge Street.
•Correspondence: None.
Issues on hold
•William and Anne Nickerson homesite – National Register eligibility process, Nickerson family assoc./conservation foundation sites.
•Preliminary review for possible update/expansion of Marconi-RCA National Register District as a result of the updated Archeological Reconnaissance Survey from March 2009.
•Monomoy Theatre Property - 776 Main St, Concepts/Restoration for Washington /Taylor House & Theatre, Final design, “on hold”. Pending Legal Action.
•Review of Chapter 158 bylaw, re: current 75-year threshold for acceptance.
•Development of Preservation Plan.
•Administrative Review Process, expansion in future on the determination of Historical Significance.
•Chatham’s Historic US Coast Guard Boathouse, review of the updated Form B, for possible submission to MHC for “Eligibility as a National Register Structure.”
•Amendments to Demolition Delay Bylaw to Address Neglect – In Review – On hold
•Request National Register eligibility, from Mass Historic Commission, for the “William and Anne Nickerson homesite, archeological site” – (Nickerson family assoc./conservation foundation sites), to be based on PAL’s revision of scope of work and cost estimates. Efforts can be initiated after completion of Archeological Survey Update. Awaiting direction from Staff to proceed.
•Preliminary review for possible update/expansion of Marconi-RCA National Register District as a result of the updated Archeological Reconnaissance Survey from March 2009. Awaiting direction from Staff to proceed. |