9/6/2018 HISTORICAL COMMISSION Minutes

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k wi 16 Great Neck Road North Mashpee, Massachusetts 02649 Telephone - (508) 539-1438 September 12, 2018 MASHPEE HISTORICAL COMMISSION Minutes of Meeting — September 6, 2018 The Mashpee Historical Commission meeting was called to order by Ava Costello, Chair, at 4:05 pm. Commissioners Present: Ava Costello, Richard DeSorgher, Rosemary Burns Love, Nancy Soderberg and Brian Hyde. Commissioner not Present: Joan Tavares-Avant Guests: Michael Talbot, Chair of Environmental Oversight Commission, and Irene Checkovich from the Mashpee Community Garden Action Committee (MCGAC). Mike Talbot presented their plans to design and better manage the Community Gardens area. This site is not presently being used and was totally overgrown with weeds until the recent working group took on the actual clearing the site, with some help from the DPW. They plan to apply for CPC funding to redesign the space, upgrade the garden beds and pathways, and install electricity at the site. They will meet with the Historic District Commission to decide on appropriate fencing for the area because the gardens are located within the Mashpee Historic District. They are very supportive of the Mashpee Historic Commission's plans for the use of the area from the Community Park up to the Community Gardens for Veterans Memorials, and a good working relationship has been established. Brian moved to approve the minutes from our Meeting on August 16, 2018. The motion was seconded by Rosemary. . On August 16, Brian, Richard and Ava attended the CPC meeting. The CPC has granted funds to be allocated for the Veterans War Memorials project which will be done in Phases I - IV. As the project goes forward, we will be requesting more funding. Phase I will be having all the war memorials, in place by 2020 — a year of celebrations by all Cape Cod towns in reference to the landing of the Pilgrims, and more specifically for Mashpee, the 150th Anniversary of Mashpee becoming a Town.