09/12/2019 HISTORICAL COMMISSION Minutes

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gU15'ry Town Of Nashpec 16 Great Neck Road North �a Mashpee, Massachusetts 02649 cu- Telephone- (508) 539-1438 MASHPEE HISTORICAL COMMISSION Minutes of Meeting— September 12, 2019 The Mashpee Historical Commission meeting was called to order by Ava Costello, Chair, at 4:15 pm. Commissioners Present: Ava Costello, Richard DeSorgher, Brian Hyde, Nancy Soderberg and Joan Tavares-Avant Commissioners not Present: Rosemary Burns Love and Brian Weeden Minutes from the August meeting were approved as amended. Motion to approve was moved by Richard, seconded by Joan, and unanimously voted. Reporting on the 50t'Anniversary Celebration was discussed by Richard who is working with Joan and Brian Weeden. Richard was assisted by Deb Dami and Judy Mooney of Town Clerk's Office to get the mailing addresses of past members of the Commission. Richard requested Ann to work on a Certificate of Appreciation to present to the attending past Commissioners. Richard had prepared the Schedule of Events for the day, and Ann will work on invitations for past Commissioners and Town officials which will go out shortly. Richard will be working with Trish Keliinui, Mashpee Wampanoag Tribe, to find out how to distribute invitations to their members. We discussed our budget for 2020, and Brian Hyde made a motion to increase the amount of funds to be set aside for this event to be increased to $1,000, from a previously estimated amount of$500. The motion was seconded by Joan, and unanimously voted. As requested by Rosemary, Richard had taken several pictures of the last remaining Trout Pond Cottages presently located at the Mashpee Rotary, which we believe is owned by Fields Point Manufacturing Company, owner of the Mashpee Commons. We are thinking that that building should be preserved and perhaps could be used by the Mashpee Chamber of Commerce for an Information Booth for summer visitors. Richard will follow up with a call to Mary Lou Palumbo, Executive Director of the Chamber, to find out if they would have an interest. If so, he will invite her to our next meeting. Nancy plans to work on properly storing the maps given to us by Tom Fudala, former Mashpee Town Planner, shortly before he retired. We have ordered the necessary archival supplies for the project. Nancy mentioned that she planned to attend the WBNERR (Waquoit Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve) event on Saturday, September 14, 2019. The publication of The History of the Mashpee National Wildlife Refuge, by Brian Kehrl, writer and editor, was going to be available to those attending the event, and she would bring in a few copies for us to keep.