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Home My Public Portal About20180123 - Hopkinton Historic District Commission - Meeting MinutesTOWN OF HOPKINTON HOPKINTON HISTORIC DISTRICT COMMISSION Tuesday, January 23, 2018 at 7:00 PM Senior Center, 28 Mayhew St., Hopkinton, MA MEETING MINUTES Committee Members Present: Mike Auen, Amy Ritterbusch, Beth Watson, Jeanette Thomson Committee Members Absent: Beth Kelly,Melanie Smith, Sandy Altamura Also Present: Dan McIntyre, Robert Scott, Claire Wright 1.Library Expansion & Renovation - Remedies to discrepancies in approved plan - Update from Permanent Building Committee a.Open Items: i.Light fixture - Open Item - The group generally liked the Oil Rubbed Bronze LED fixture 71163-143C-L Baytree Lane and agreed that this is an improvement over existing. 1.Claire Wright wondered if a light could be angled more backward toward the building since it is so high above the street level? 2.Amy Ritterbusch mentioned that there are some residential Dark Sky certified light fixtures now that come on at dusk and after 6 hours they dim, but come back on more bright if motion is detected. She wondered if something like this was available in a commercial fixture and if that would work for the library? ii.Front wheelchair /stroller ramp - Open item, the PBC is still looking into options for curbing. There are a lot of wires buried under the ground and pavement that should be not disturbed. iii.Church emergency access door - Open item - Some kind of railing or bench or planter is needed to prevent people from falling off the walkway when coming out of the emergency exit. The PBC is still looking at options. iv.Front steps - Open item - On lower set of stairs cut down shorter with a fieldstone veneer. Upper stairs would remain the same height, but have the same fieldstone veneer. Needs to work out where the stair lighting would go. b.Closed / Approved Items: i.Railing on Church Street side - This will be a pipe rail that will match the lighter gray color of the skylight railing. ii.Rooftop ventilation and elevator shaft - HVAC unit will be raised to prevent snow from getting in. The base and the top of the vent would be painted the color of the roof. The elevator shaft will remain the lighter gray to blend in with the sky color. iii.Concrete retaining wall along the abutters’ property on the east side - COLOR: Sun buff 840 - Stain the whole wall and look at again in the spring when the shrubs are in. Staining is much less expensive than veneer. Veneer could be damaged or come off when the driveway is plowed. iv.Exit sign - An interior facing only exit sign is on order, so it will not shine green light onto the front exterior. v.Flagpole - Has been installed, but will need to be uplit so the flag could be flown at night (per the United States Flag Code) and not taken down every day. They will lose a LEED certification point for this. vi.Bike rack - the blue bike rack has been repainted black. vii.Back door - the industrial gray back door has been repainted a Desert Suede. The originally planned darker color would have been too hot in the sun on the south side. c.A motion was made by Mike Auen and seconded Melanie Smith to approve the seven Closed Items as listed above. VOTE: YES 4-0-0 2.HHDC’s Section in the 2017 Annual Town Report narrative due 2/2/18 (Vote Needed) A motion was made by Melanie Smith and seconded by Beth Watson to approve the draft narrative. VOTE: YES 4-0-0 3.Articles for Annual Town Meeting are due 2/6/18 - HDC has no items to add this year. 4.HHDC Members Annual Acknowledgement of Receipt of the Summary of the Conflict of Interest Law Melanie & Jeanette completed theirs today, we will get Sandy’s next time. Amy will submit the completed forms to the Town Clerk. 5.Downtown Corridor Project (update, if any) Mike Auen attended the forum on 1/9/18. He reported that the group is taking the HHDC’s changes to the common under advisement and will be incorporated into the next update. The Board of Selectmen may need to take a vote to reaffirm HHDC’s vote. 6.Historical Commission - Grant from MHC (update, if any) Beth Watson reported that the HHC is planning to wait and communicate with the public after the study is complete. Amy Ritterbusch suggested that maybe we should let the town know that the study is underway, and that a grant was received. The next HHC meeting is 2/6/18 at 7:30PM. Amy will try to attend. 7.Master Plan - Implementation Item #NCO19 “Expansion of the Center Historic District” - Ongoing agenda item. Discuss next steps such as community involvement and communication to the community. - See above, no other updates. 8.Center School Re-Use Advisory Team (update, if any, Mike Auen) - Mike Auen reported that the first CSRAT will be held on 2/3/18 at 10 AM at the Senior Center. There is also an online survey residents can take. Amy confirmed that the HHDC had given informal preliminary permission at a previous meeting to consider to removing the side wings on the facade of the building, if needed depending on the new use of the building. But an application would be filed and reviewed in more detail at the time when an actual proposal comes forward. 9.One Ash Street - paint color, facade, door and windows (update, if any) - None 10.Claflin Fountain - Rusting, Fence Construction (update, if any) - None 11.Review the need for members who are residents of the District to file Section 19 of the Conflict of Interest Law Forms to the Board of Selectmen and receive a written determination from the Board in advance that his/her financial interest "is not so substantial as to be deemed likely to affect the integrity of the services which the municipality may expect" from him/her. (update, if any) - Beth Kelly has filed a form in January and is waiting for Selectmen’s approval. 12.Identify future agenda items - None 13.Next meeting date - Wed, February 7 @ 7:00 PM Jeanette, Beth K. and Sandy Altamura cannot make it. So Melanie, Amy, Mike and Beth W are ALL 4 needed for quorum. Let Amy know ASAP if plans change. 14.Approve meeting Minutes from 01-03-18 Motion made by Jeanette Thomson and seconded by Mike Auen to approve the minutes. VOTE: YES 4-0-0 8:16 PM Adjournment - Motion to Adjourn made by Melanie Smith and seconded by Beth Watson. VOTE: YES 4-0-0 Respectfully submitted, Amy Ritterbusch, Chair & Secretary Approved on Date: 3-14-18