Information for Meeting of Historical Commission
Tuesday December 05, 2023 10:30 AM EST

Town:Chatham, MA 
Board:Historical Commission
Time:Tuesday December 05, 2023 10:30 AM EST
Location:Annex - Large Meeting Room
261 George Ryder Road, Chatham, MA 02633
Agenda:
TOWN OF CHATHAM
HISTORICAL COMMISSION
December 5, 2023
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: 718 236 005# or join the meeting online via Microsoft Teams through the link in the posted agenda.

While this is a LIVE broadcast and simulcast on Chatham TV, despite our best efforts, we may not be able to provide for real-time access. We will post a record of this meeting on the Town’s website as soon as possible. 

CALL IN NUMBER: 508-945-4410 
CONFERENCE ID:  718 236 005#
For remote participation click the link below: 
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PUBLIC HEARINGS:

Application No: 23-060 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 Fully Demolish a Historic Building or Structure located at 14 Pond View Lane; filed by: William F. Riley P.O. Box 707, Chatham, Ma 02633 filed for: Shawn V Ricco LLC, 141 Moffat Road, Waban, Ma 02468

New Business:  

•Review Community Preservation Committee Application for CPA historic preservation funding, US Coast Guard Boat House. -Ted Keon 
•Review Completed Update of 2009 Town Wide Archaeological Survey/Report. Holly Herbster – PAL.
•Initiate discussion on the process for “the enforcement of conditions specified in Historical Commission decisions/determinations”, as well as ramifications of noncompliance.  
•Old Village National Register District,  OVA, document discission . - Bill Horricks 
•Current Administrative Review & Ratification – none

Old Business:

•Amendments to Demolition Delay Bylaw to Address Neglect – In Review – Ryan Christenberry, discussion.
•Preservation Awards 2023 planning

Chairman’s Report:

•Status of Current Demolition Delays – 
-322 Bridge Street expires February 15, 2025 – Withdrew from ZBA August 24, 2023 

•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, to be presented to the Historical Commission on December 5th, 2023, by PAL. 

•Preliminary review for possible update/expansion of Marconi-RCA National Register District as a result of the updated Archeological Reconnaissance Survey from March 2009, to be presented by PAL on December 5th, 2023. 

•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.”
Scheduled By:Christina Bassett
Posted At:Nov 07, 2023 8:11 AM EST
Last Modified:Nov 29, 2023 1:32 PM EST
Minutes:Minutes are on record with the Town Clerk's office
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