MINUTES
Thursday, December 20, 2012 at 7:30 p.m.
Town Hall, 2nd Floor Conference Room, 302 Main Street
I. CALL TO ORDER
Chairman Randi Bradbury called the meeting to order at 7:30 p.m.
II. ROLL CALL
Members Present
Randi Bradbury
Mary Kennedy
Eugene Creighton
Donald Brigham
Mark Carruthers
Members Absent
Richard Peters
Jeffrey Meotti
Diane Aldi DePaola
Staff Present
Kathleen Noyes, Recording Clerk
Ted Levy, newspaper reporter, was present.
III. PUBLIC HEARINGS - none
IV. OLD BUSINESS
E. Creighton had a discussion with Outback Signs about types of signs and prices. Board type signs deteriorate quickly. Cast signs, such as bronze, are the best quality, but they are also the most expensive. Alternatively, there are metal and fabricated sign materials. Fabricated signs are a form of plastic. They are easy to make, but they might not be very attractive or in keeping with a Historic District.
The cost of making a cast sign would be roughly $4,000.00 to $5,000.00 per sign. The HDC is currently looking into becoming a CLG (Certified Legal Government), which may allow for the opportunity for funding for signage.
R. Bradbury asked Commissioners for their input on the best signage choice. D. Brigham noted that he felt the cast signage would be the best because of its durability and low maintenance.
E. Creighton suggested that perhaps the town could put up the sign poles and base structures. He suggested a 12” x 15” or 12” x 16” sign would be best because it would not be obtrusive to the community.
Commissioners discussed boundary marker wording. They would like two signs; one sign at each end of the NCHD.
Commissioners agreed the signs should read, “Entering North Cove Historic District” and that they should be 16” x 10” or 16” x 12”.
R. Bradbury asked E. Creighton to get a price quote. Commissioners would like an embellishment or a flourish for the signs. E. Creighton will get quotes and computer mock-ups for the proposed signs, and he will bring them to the next HDC meeting.
E. Creighton will take photographs for the brochure next spring. Since D. Aldi DePaola was not in attendance at tonight’s meeting, she was not able to report on her progress with the brochure.
J. Meotti was not in attendance at this evening’s meeting to report on any new information regarding the guiderail.
Commissioners discussed vinyl as a possibility for the guiderail. R. Bradbury offered to follow up on this with J. Meotti.
- Certified Local Government
Neither Carl Fortuna, First Selectman, nor Andrew Heckler, Intern for the Board of Selectmen, was available to present at tonight’s meeting.
T. Levy encouraged the Commissioners to consider joining the CLG. He said it’s a wonderful opportunity for the town. A new inventory of the town’s historic structures would be done, and the State Historic Preservation Office would provide a grant for this. The last town survey of historic structures was completed in 1979.
R. Bradbury offered to speak to C. Fortuna about this before the next HDC meeting.
R. Bradbury continued this matter to the next regularly scheduled meeting of the Historic District Commission which is scheduled for January 17, 2013 at 7:30 P.M., Town Hall, 2nd Floor Conference Room, 302 Main Street.
She suggested a special educational meeting session be called with Mary Dunne, Local Government Grants Coordinator with the CT Commission on Culture and Tourism, after which the HDC could discuss whether or not they would like to proceed with this process.
There was no new business this evening.
VI. REGULAR BUSINESS
A. Meeting Minutes
MOTION: to approve the minutes of Oct 18, 2012 as presented; MOVED: E. Creighton; SECONDED: M. Kennedy; IN FAVOR: R. Bradbury, M. Kennedy, M. Carruthers, E. Creighton, D. Brigham; OPPOSED: none; ABSTAINED: none; APPROVED: 5-0-0.
The July-August 2012 edition of “The Alliance Review.”
- Committee, Representative & Staff Reports
- Election of Officers
Commissioners agreed to re-elect current HDC officers.
MOTION: to re-elect the existing officers: Randi Bradbury as Chair, Diane De Paola Aldi as Vice Chair, and Jeff Meotti as Secretary; MOVED: E. Creighton; SECONDED: M. Kennedy; IN FAVOR: R. Bradbury, M. Kennedy, M. Carruthers, E. Creighton, D. Brigham; OPPOSED: none; ABSTAINED: none; APPROVED: 5-0-0.
VII. ADJOURNMENT
MOTION: to adjourn the meeting at 8:15 p.m. until the next regularly scheduled meeting on Thursday, January 17, 2013 at 7:30 p.m. at the Old Saybrook Town Hall, 2nd Floor Conference Room; MOVED: M. Kennedy; SECONDED: M. Carruthers; IN FAVOR: R. Bradbury, E. Creighton, M. Kennedy, M. Carruthers, D. Brigham; OPPOSED: none; ABSTAINED: none; APPROVED: 5-0-0.
Respectfully submitted,
Kathleen Noyes, Recording Clerk
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