01/22/2020 MASHPEE COMMUNITY GARDEN ADVISORY COMMITTEE Minutes (2)

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MASHPEE COMMUNITY GARDEN ADVISORY COMMITTEE (MCGAC) MEETING MINUTES January 22,2020 7:00 P.M. MASHPEE TOWN HALL, POPPONESSET MEETING ROOM 16 Great Neck Road North Present: Irene Checkovich, Stephanie Simpson, Michael Talbot, Virginia Scharfenberg, Anthony Oliver, Mohammed Fand CALL TO ORDER 7:02pm Introduction of new Recording Secretary Katrina Ewing Meeting Minutes of December 18, 2019 Mr. Talbot moved to approve the 12/18/19 minutes, Ms. Checkovich seconded. Vote: 6-0 unanimous COMMUNICATIONS and CORRESPONDENCE No update REPORTS • MCGAC donor link and community garden documents added to web page The donor link is now up to date. • Garden demolition by Lawrence Lynch Corporation An invoice was submitted for 9883.50, Ms. Scharfenberg will figure out who to send that to. OLD BUSINESS: • Cape Cod Community Garden Network update No update NEW BUSINESS: • Updated Community Garden reconstruction schedule with timelines and responsible parties Ms. Checkovich put together a schedule for the group to review and discuss the timeline of new garden tasks and who will perform them. Key points of the discussion were: to communicate with Catherine Laurent about various tasks/contracts; determine what happened to the soil they took out; the grading of the new garden; tree removal; working with Americorp; find out where to purchase various materials; and signage. It was agreed to determine which things require approval from the Town Manager, and to bring them to him for approval all at once, so as not to waste his time. • AmeriCorps application for help with garden beds construction Ms. Scharfenberg brought the Americorp application for the group to discuss page by page. Two weeks after the application is submitted, Americorp comes out to do an assessment. It was decided to request a crew of 12 people from Americorp to do the majority of the heavy labor involved with the 1