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Town of Mashpee <br /> 16 Great Neck Road North <br /> Mashpee, Massachusetts 02649 <br /> Telephone - (508) 539-1438 <br /> MASHPEE HISTORICAL COMMISSION <br /> Minutes of Meeting—April, 22, 2021 <br /> The Mashpee Historical Commission Zoom meeting was called to order by Ava Costello, Chair, at 4:07 <br /> pm. <br /> Commissioners Present: Ava Costello, Chair; Richard DeSorgher, Brian Hyde, Rosemary Burns Love <br /> and Nancy Soderberg, and Brian Weeden <br /> Commissioners not Present: Joan Tavares-Avant <br /> WAR MEMORIAL PROJECT <br /> Ava Costello reported that the contractor VHB has let us down —We now have to get a new Engineering <br /> Plan at an additional cost of$100,000. It has only been a year since the Proposal went in. Richard <br /> thinks Catherine will go back to see if we can get another company to bid on the project. Brian Hyde <br /> feels we should go back to the Town Meeting to get more money. The sign for the Memorial is up; the <br /> pergola is up; the foundation is in; but we do not have the monument. Catherine is trying to see if she <br /> can get a lower price on the engraving which was the highest cost. <br /> Brian Hyde- Since the 2020 Celebration was cancelled, maybe we could get those funds transferred to <br /> the Monument Funding. Richard thinks it would be difficult to transfer the funds, but it would be nice if <br /> we could do it. Brian Hyde will suggest it to the Committee. <br /> ANCIENT CEMETERIES <br /> Richard reported on Lakewood Cemetery— Ezra Jones (Civil War Veteran - not a Mashpee native) and <br /> his parents' gravestones have been knocked down. He talked to Catherine, and found out that the Town <br /> now owns that cemetery because the Lakewood HOA did not pay the taxes due. Catherine said there <br /> are regulations as to how we repair the stones, and we may have to go to the CPA to request additional <br /> funds <br /> Rosemary quoted from the Annual Town Meeting, January 1975. Funds were set aside to clear the <br /> various cemeteries. Richard asked if there are other cemeteries that need attention. We have decided <br /> to assess all the cemeteries to see what needs to be done. Catherine said the DPW would do the <br /> landscaping, but we need an expert to repair the stones. <br /> MOTION: Rosemary made a motion that we have a study done to assess the needs of all the <br /> cemeteries in Town, and we would begin with the Lakewood Cemetery. We intend to hire an expert to <br /> assess the costs of repairing gravestones. Richard seconded the motion. Rosemary does not think we <br />