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HomeMy WebLinkAbout2018-10-23 Historical Commission Minutes October 23,2018 Historical Commission Minutes SUNDAY NORTH ANDOVER HISTORICAL COMMISSION DEMOLITION DELAY HEARING OCTOBER 23,2018 AT 4PM at TOWN HALL PRESENT AT HEARING- ALL NAHC MEMBERS EXCEPT CJ GANGI CITIZENS PRESENT . JOHN SMOLAK (ATTY) - JOSH NUTTER -KARA KETTINGER (NUTTER) - MIKE KETTINGER I. MR. KETTINGER GAVE BACKGROUND INFORMATION RE HIS OWNERSHIP OF 136 SALEM STREET PROPERTY ." WE BOUGHT THE GALVAGNA AND HART PROPERTIES TO KEEP THEM FROM BEING DEVELOPED" A. MR.. NUTTER STATED "WHEN THE PROPERTY WAS PURCHASED (136 SALEM ST) WE DID NOT REALIZE IR WAS COVERED BY THE DEMOLITION DELAY BY- LAW." MR. NUTTER EXPLAINED THAT THE FAMILY'S INTENT WHEN PURCHASING 136 SALEM STREET AND THE ADJOINING ACREAGE WAS TO BUILD A SINGLE FAMILY HOUSE AND AN APPROPRIATE HORSE BARN. B. JAN WILLIAMS (NAHC) SAID THAT THE COMMISSION HAD RECEIVED NOTICE OF THE DEMOLITION REQUEST IN OCTOBER, 2018. II.136 SALEM STREET STRUCTURES. A. MR. NUTTER SAID THAT THE EXISTING BARN HAS COMPROMISED BEAMS AND EXTERIOR ROT. B.MR. SMOLAK ADDED THAT INTERIOR OF 136 SALEM STREET HAS BEEN MODERNIZED AND ADDITIONS HAVE BEEN ADDED. HE SAID THAT THE HOUSE WAS NOT A GOOD CANDIDATE FOR BEING MOVED. III. KATHLEEN SZYSKA, NAHC CHAIR SAID THIS COMMISSION IS CHARGED TO PROTECT AND PRESERVE PROPERTIES OVER 100 YEARS OLD . SHE ASKED THE KETTINGERS 'WHY DEMOLISH THIS HOUSE? " A. MR. KETTINGER REPLIED "TO SAVE THE PROPERY FROM DEVELOPMENT....THE COMMUNITY SHOULD APPRECIATE OUR EFFORTS TO PRESERVE A WORKING FARM. A WORKING FARM FULFILLS THE HISTORICAL PURPOSE OF THIS LAND. B. JIM WEFERS (NAHC) ASKED ABOUT REACTION FROM NEIGHBORS. C. KARA KETTINGER REPLIED THAT NEIGHBORS WERE DELIGHTED WITH TH PLANS FOR SAVING THE LAND. 1V. THE NAHC VOTE ON DEMOLITION DELAY FOR 136 SALEM STREET A. THE NAHC CHAIR , KATHLEEN SZYSKA, GAVE A MOTION"I MOVE TO PERMIT THE DEMOLITION OF 136 SALEM STREET. THE MOTION WAS SECONDED. ALL NAHC MEMBERS PRESENT AT THE HEARING VOTED NAY. THE MOTION TO DEMOLISH 136 SALEM STREET DID NOT PASS. THE MEMBERS OF THE NAHC VOTED TO DELAY THE DEMOLITION OF 136 SALEM STREET, NORTH ANDOVER ACCORDING TO THE TERMS OF THE DEMOLITION-DELAY BY-LAW WHICH EXISTS IN NORTH ANDOVER. REMINDER THE DECEMBER MEETING OF THE NORTH ANDOVER HISTORICAL COMMISSION WILL BE HELD MONDAY, DECEMBER 10,2018, AT 4PM, AT TOWN HALL.