Town of Groton
Meeting Notice

Town Clerk
173 Main Street
Groton, MA 01450
(978) 448-1100

Historical Commission Meeting

Wednesday, May 8 2024 at 7:00 PM
Town Hall: First Floor Meeting Room, 173 Main Street Groton, MA


This meeting was posted Monday, May 6 2024 at 8:43 AM

Agenda

Groton Historical Commission- Meeting Agenda

May 8, 2024

Groton Town Hall

7:00 PM

Agenda:

  1. Call meeting to order (Aubrey Theall)
  2. Approve March & April minutes (Aubrey Theall)
  3. Prescott House Updates (Aubrey Theall):
    1. 18 month demo delay clock continues to tick toward November 2024.
    2. Discussion of increasing fundraising effort. We have raised over $5k, need to wrap this up so we can get the scanning and documentation done.  Looking for suggestions for individuals to approach.
  4. Town Meeting to be held 5/18, two HistComm CPC applications to be considered.
    1. Request to Highway Dept. to place snow flags (Aubrey sent email to DPW).
  5. Historical Plaque pilot program update (Joshua Vollmar, Tom Horsman).
  6. Groton Master Plan (Commission).
  7. Ongoing effort to identify and digitize historic materials (Commission). Aubrey Theall reached out to Library, which is interested in partnering.  Gus Widmayer to spearhead.
  8. 142 Townsend Rd. site visit (Gus Widmayer, Aubrey Theall)
  9. 1 Dan Parker Rd. site visit (Gus Widmayer, Aubrey Theall)
  10. Discussion of process for approving demo permits for non-historical or marginally historical structures where demo delay is not a consideration. (Commission)
  11. Any topics not anticipated within 48 hours of the meeting
  12. New business
  13. Schedule next meeting
  14. Adjourn

The listing of topics that the Chair reasonably anticipates will be discussed at the meeting is not intended as a guarantee of the topics that will have been discussed. Not all topics listed may in fact be discussed, and other topics not listed may also be brought up for discussion to the extent permitted by law.