11/10/2009 COMMUNITY PRESERVATION ACT COMMITTEE Minutes

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_1 TOWN OF MASHPEE COMMUNITY PRESERVATION COMMITTEE Category Specific Criteria Open Space Proposals should address as many of the following specific criteria as possible: 1) Permanently protect important wildlife habitat, including areas that a) are of local significance for biodiversity; b) contain a variety of habitats, with a diversity of geological features and types of vegetation; c) contain a habitat type that is in danger of vanishing from Mashpee; or d) preserve habitat for threatened or endangered species of plants or animals: 2) Provide opportunities for passive recreation and environmental education. 3) Protect or enhance wildlife corridors, promote connectivity of habitat or prevent fragmentation of habitats. 4) Provide connections with existing trails or potential trail linkages. 5) Preserve scenic views. 6) Border a scenic road. 7) Protect drinking water quantity and quality. 8) Provide flood control/storage. 9) Preserve important surface water bodies, including wetlands, vernal pools or riparian zones. 10) Preserve a primary or secondary priority parcel in the Open Space Plan. Historic Preservation Proposals should address as many of the following criteria as possible: 1) Protect,preserve, enhance,restore and/or rehabilitate historic; cultural, ' architectural or archaeological resources of significance,especially those that are threatened; 2) Protect, preserve, enhance,restore and/or rehabilitate town-owned properties, features or resources of historical significance; 3) Protect, preserve, enhance, restore and/or rehabilitate the historical function of a property or site; 4) Be within the Local Historic District, on a State or National Historic Register, or eligible for placement on such registers; 5) Demonstrate a public benefit; or 6) Demonstrate the ability to provide permanent protection for maintaining the historic resource. -2