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M <br />Community Preservation Committee <br />Minutes <br />December 2, 2021 <br />Virgina Scharfenberg <br />Application: Mashpee Community Garden Expansion: $18,086 <br />Virginia Scharfenberg was in attendance to request CPA funding to continue the Mashpee <br />Community Garden expansion project. The $18,086 funding request would support the garden <br />expansion by an additional 14 plots to meet the demand. The Community Garden has been <br />successful. Currently there are 23 persons on the wait list. <br />The goal of this project is to enhance the Community Garden for food production for an <br />additional 14 families, and to promote Mashpee as a Green Community by building and <br />supporting a vibrant community garden. <br />CPA funding would support the expansion of the site, reconfigure and incorporate additional <br />fencing, garden bed construction, pathways, expanded irrigation and water service areas and <br />construction of the demonstration gardens. Two quotes have been received and in -kind services <br />have also been secured to support this project <br />The Mashpee Community Garden Advisory Committee has worked closely with the Historical <br />Commission on the reconstruction plan. Letters of support were received from the Conservation <br />Department, the Mashpee Environmental Coalition, and the Historical Commission. <br />Available funding from the initial appropriation would be used specifically with the additional <br />funding that is required for the expansion including educational signage. <br />When asked why the garden is not expanded to accommodate the other interested families it was <br />disclosed there is little room left for expansion as the Historical Commission has plans to further <br />use the remainder of the site for planned historical use. In the future other garden areas at <br />different site locations may be considered. <br />It was noted the site is very secure without incident. <br />For disclosure, Ms. Waygan indicated her husband Mohamed Fand is a member of the Mashpee <br />Community Garden Advisory Committee. However, there is no perceived conflict of interest. <br />