[MassHistPres] Membership in an Historic District Commission

[Ralph Slate]

As an aside, the Society for Preservation of New England Antiquities
renamed itself to "Historic New England" in 2004. 





I don't think that a town could amend the enabling legislature without
some kind of home rule legislation approved by the state legislature. 

It may be worth noting that in Springfield, an additional "named"
position was added for the Springfield Preservation Trust. I don't think
state approval was needed, but it was not relaxing a requirement, it was
putting on an additional requirement, so that may be relevant.

Ralph Slate
Springfield Historical Commission

On Fri, 18 Dec, 2015 at 9:30:41 AM, Gretchen Schuler
<ggschuler at verizon.net> wrote:
 
To: 'Dennis De Witt'; 'Mike'
Cc: masshistpres at cs.umb.edu

Our town only goes through the process of requesting nominees when our
architect or realtor member resigns or chooses not to run again - once
recommended by the referring organizations (to which the Town
Administrator on behalf of the Board of Selectmen has written a letter
requesting nominees) and appointed by the BOS, their terms are renewed
without reapplying to Board of Realtors or Boston Society of Architects.

 

Would a town be able to amend its bylaw and still be consistent with
Chapter 40 C which explicitly states that BOS shall appoint from two
nominees of local AIA chapter and local board of realtors?

 

The study committee shall consist of not less than three nor more than
seven members appointed .... in a town by the board of selectmen,
including one member from two nominees submitted by the local historical
society or, in the absence thereof, by the Society for the Preservation
of New England Antiquities, one member from two nominees submitted by
the chapter of the American Institute of Architects covering the area,
and one member from two nominees of the board of realtors, if any,
covering the area.   (Emphasis added)

 

An historic district commission shall be appointed in .... a town by the
board of selectmen, in the same manner as an historic district study
committee

 

Gretchen Schuler

Wayland Historic District Commission

 

From: masshistpres-bounces at cs.umb.edu
[mailto:masshistpres-bounces at cs.umb.edu] On Behalf Of Dennis De Witt
Sent: Thursday, December 17, 2015 11:01 AM
To: Mike
Cc: MHC MHC listserve
Subject: Re: [MassHistPres] Membership in an Historic District
Commission

 

I'd bet that in a majority of places with similar language the
nomination part of the process is not followed, even tho there is an
absolutely good faith effort to have architect and realtor
representation.

 

It would be interesting to hear the experience of towns that actually
consistently go through that nomination process for those positions
every three years.

 

For some places perhaps a sleeping dog not needing to be disturbed?

 

Dennis De Witt

Brookline

 

 

 

 

On Dec 16, 2015, at 4:18 PM, Mike < mikepotaski at hotmail.com
<mailto:mikepotaski at hotmail.com> > wrote:





Appointments were recently made to the Uxbridge Historic District
Commission. The Uxbridge By-law merges parts of MGL 40C, Section 4 in a
way that is not workable as as it requires nominations from the local
board of realtors and American Institute of Architects local chapter.
Neither exist!
 
My inclination is to go to Town Meeting and amend & simplify the
appointments process without organizing a study committee (which section
4 seems to suggest).
 
Does anyone have any experience doing this?
 
Thanks,
 
Michael Potaski
Chairman, Uxbridge Historic District Commission

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