8/16/2018 HISTORICAL COMMISSION Minutes

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Town qfAla' sh.pee J-1isforical corrunissiorl Ln �. 16 Great Neck Road North Mashpee, Massachusetts 02649 Telephone - (508) 539-1438 August 30, 2018 MASHPEE HISTORICAL COMMISSION Minutes of Meeting—August 16, 2018 The Mashpee Historical Commission meeting was called to order by Ava Costello, Chair, at 5:25 pm. Commissioners Present: Ava Costello, Richard DeSorgher, Rosemary Burns Love, Nancy Soderberg and Brian Hyde. Commissioner not Present: Joan Tavares-Avant Rosemary moved to approve the minutes from our Meeting on July 12, 2018. The motion was seconded by Brian. After the Minutes are approved and signed by the Clerk, a copy is taken over to the Town Clerk's Office to be kept as part of their records on public meetings. Richard reported that his work is continuing on the development of the expanded Veterans Park, planning to extend the park from the corner of Great Neck Road North, along Route 130, up to the present location of the Mashpee Community Gardens. We discussed multiple options for pathways, appropriate lighting, historical signs, benches, and Native plantings, through the wooded path from the present location of the gazebo, as well as other options due to ADA considerations. Richard had prepared his estimated figures to present at the CPC meeting on August 16, 2018, which was scheduled at Town Hall just after our meeting. He would like to be able to proceed quickly with getting proposals for the Phase II and III work necessary to create a historically documented meaningful Veterans Memorial for all the veterans of Mashpee who have served in the American Revolutionary War, the Civil War, the Spanish-American War, World War I, World War II, the Korean War, the Vietnam War, and the current wars in Iraq, Afghanistan and the Middle East. In July Richard went up to the Massachusetts State Library in Boston and photographed the Mashpee Annual Reports which we and the Town of Mashpee does not have in our records — 1874-1898 and 1909-1914. Nancy has organized all the printed files into binders to be kept on our book shelves with all the Mashpee's Annual Reports. She continues to work on processing the digital files. The work done by Richard and Nancy will add to the Town records, as they presently do not have these Annual Reports. Ava is still working with Earl Mills of the Historic District Commission on the Mashpee Signage Project. Although they are nearing the completion of the work identifying and writing about the