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NORTH ANDOVER HISTORICAL COMMISSION DEMOLITION DELAY
HEARING HELD ON NOVEMBER 13, 2018, AT North Andover TOWN HALL AT
4PM
NAHC MEMBERS PRESENT AT HEARING: ALL MEMBERS PRESENT EXCEPT C.J.
GANGI
CITIZENS PRESENT: JOHN SMOLAK (ATTY) - JOSH NUTTER - KARA
KETTENBACH (NUTTER) - MICHAEL KETTENBACH
I. MR. KETTENBACH GAVE BACKGROUND INFORMATION RE HIS OWNERSHIP
OF THE 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
STREET) WE DID NOT REALIZE IT 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 NAHC HAD RECEIVED NOTICE OF THE
DEMOLITION REQUEST IN OCTOBER, 2018.
II. THE SALEM STREET STRUCTURES
A. MR NUTTER SAID THAT THE EXISTING BARN HAS COMPROMISED BEAMS
AND EXTERIOR ROT.
B. MR. SMOLAK ADDED THAT THE INTERIOR OF 136 HAS BEEN MODERNIZED,
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. WHY DEMOLISH THIS HOUSE?"
A. MR. KETTENBACH REPLIED "TO SAVE THE PROPERTY FROM
DEVELOPMENT...THE COMMUNITY SHOULD APPRECIATE OUR EFFORTS TO
PRESERVE A WORKING FARM. A WORKING FARM PRESERVES THE
HISTORICAL PURPOSE OF THIS LAND."
B. JIM WEFERS (NAHC) ASKED ABOUT REACTION FROM NEIGHBORS.
C. KARA KETTENBACH REPLIED THAT THE NEIGHBORS WERE DELIGHTED
WITH THE PLANS FOR SAVING THE LAND.
IV. THE NORTH ANDOVER HISTORICAL COMMISSION VOTE ON DEMOLITION
DELAY FOR THE HOUSE AT 136 SALEM STREET, NORTH ANDOVER.
A. A MOTION WAS MADE BY KATHLEEN SZYKA .".I MOVE TO PERMIT THE
DEMOLITION OF THE HOUSE AT 136 SALEM STREET THE MOTION WAS
SECONDED. ALL VOTING MEMBERS PRESENT AT THE HEARING VOTED NAY.
THE MOTION TO ALLOW THE DEMOLITION OF THE HOUSE AT 136 SALEM
STREET DID NOT PASS. 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.