12/18/2018 COMMUNITY PRESERVATION ACT COMMITTEE Minutes

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8 Community Preservation Committee Minutes December 18, 2018 NEW BUSINESS Deliberations on May 2019 Project Proposals: (continued) Town Clerk—Historic Document Restoration: $188,1.12—Phase L• To adhere to the mandates of the CPA Act, it was agreed the Historical Commission would be requested to review the Historic Document Restoration project to determine if the resource is significant in the history, archeology, architecture or culture of the Town of Mashpee to establish eligibility. The Town Clerk indicated the records have been reviewed by the Town Assessor and Treasurer/Tax Collector. The documents intended for restoration are deemed permanent records and required to be maintained in perpetuity. It is therefore imperative the Town begin an aggressive restoration project to preserve the documents before they are permanently lost. A copy of a distressed book in dire need of restoration was presented to the CPC for review in comparison to a vital records document recently restored. To conform to the request of the CPC at their last meeting, all required CPC Application pages have been submitted. The matter under advisement to obtain an opinion from the Historical Commission. Restoration of the Parsonage: $400,000: This Mashpee Historical Commission voted unanimously on December 21, 2017 to support the efforts of the Mashpee Wampanoag Historic Preservation Department of the Mashpee Wampanoag Tribe in their quest to preserve The Parsonage. Previous communication from Town Counsel has advised the project constitutes an allowable use of CPA funds subject to Section 2, of the Community Preservation Act, General Laws Chapter 4413; "Historic resources", a building, structure, vessel real property, document or artifact that is listed on the state register of historic places or has been determined by the local historic preservation commission to be significant in the history, archeology, architecture or culture of a city or town. The Community Preservation Committee also has the ability to apply its own established criteria to demonstrate a public benefit. There is no mandate for any level of public access to a building or structure under consideration for funding. However, the CPC related concern regarding the ability to have public access to The Parsonage with the use of public funding.