09/16/2014 COMMUNITY PRESERVATION ACT COMMITTEE Minutes

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3 Com aunity preservation Committee Minutes September 16, 2014 APPOINTMENTS & HEARINGS: Catherine Laurent--1 pdate on Town CPC Prof t : �F+.+�+ Catherine Laurent, Director of Public works,net with members of the Corm unity Preservation Cottee to review the status of CPC funded projects that have benefited the Town of Mashpee. Mash ee Archives; The CPC project to preserve and restore the Mashpee Archives is approximately %complete. To conform to budgetary constraints most of the work with the exception of HVAC and plumbing has been conducted by the Mashpee Department of public Works. This includes interior site work, exterior plantings, retaining wall and walkway. All funds associated to the $240,000 budget have been committed. To complete the project and to confonn to handicap accessibility requirements for public access, a railing for the walkway will be installed within the next few weeks. The project is slightly over budget. Addition funds would be assumed by the DPW building and grounds budget. With the completion of the Mashpee Archives project,the DPW will coordinate the moving of the Town's documents and other displays with the Mashpee Historical Conm sion. A ribbon cutting ceremony is planned, and the date will soon be announced. Co m fty Eark.Restoration tion p CPC funding will re-establish the Community Park as the center of the Town of Mashpee.�The park connects to the Mashpee Archives, Veterans Garden and One Room Schoolhouse. The Town plans to hold weekly concerts, fairs, and recreational events at the site location. The $350,000 project will include a pavilion,and is anticipated to be completed in the Spring of 2015. Included in the budget is the balance of the $5,818 CPA appropriation from the Schoolhouse renovation for work related to this prof c . The DPW Director is expected to work with Mr. ford representing Schoolhouse Committee on the allocation of said funding. Interpretive'signage,plantings and a small shed are Planned. It was agreed that CPC signage would be displayed at each project funded b y the r �gp y Community Preservation Committee.