12/14/2023 COMMUNITY PRESERVATION ACT COMMITTEE Minutes (2)

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2 Community Preservation Committee Minutes December 14, 2023 Present: Arden Russell, Brian Hyde, Mary Waygan,Lynne Barbee, Richard Klein, Michaela Wyman-Colombo, Sandra Godfrey Meeting Call.ed.to...Order by Chairman Russell at 7:03 p.m. Mashpee Town Hall, Waquoit Meeting Room PUBLIC COMMENT MINUTES lhpTs�da,y,Np_yq K.9,ZQZaAp2ular Session: The minutes were deferred to the next meeting. APPOINTMENTS& HEARINGS Review of t ...... P Awlications to be consdered,,,for the ......al....... ci To Meeting Catherine Laurent,Director of Public Works Catherine..... ........ I e Park _1ip9y mPhaseJj. Members of the Community Preservation Committee met with Catherine Laurent,Director of Public Works to review the CPC application proposed to conduct improvements to Heritage Park. The funding request for the Heritage Park Improvements Project Phase II is $74,160. Additional support for the $110,710 project would be provided through donations, contributions from other leagues, concession sales,through the building and grounds operational budget and in kind DPW labor. Ms. Laurent indicated the Heritage Park property has been owned by the Town since 1937. It is a site comprised of 27-acres and it is used recreationally by the Town. Through the generous support of the CPC,the playing fields have been enhanced, and improvement have been made based on the master plan. The property includes two playgrounds, a splash pad, a basketball court, four multi-purpose fields,three baseball fields and one softball field. There is also a picnic/restroom pavilion at the park funded by the CPC. Offices for the Town's Recreation Department are also located in this area. The project includes the renovation of a storage unit within the existing picnic/restroom pavilion. The mid-section would be renovated and converted into a concession area. The site is favored due to its proximity which is central to the youth soccer and baseball/softball fields. The project includes a new storage facility which would be sited in this area for access to equipment and storage needs. Ancillary improvements to the fields include electrical service for a new batting cage,baseball backstops, dugouts and adding a new set of bleachers to Field 2.