01/27/1982 BOARD OF SELECTMEN Minutes

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BOSS Mee ing IJ 1/27/82 ' Page S. 2 : 35 'SHAU HN - -S ',: LIBRARY - -''!U -COMMITTEE lex_ �. Shaughnessy ' rn ' the B Selectmen copies f all h lin tes - of Meetings o t i - committee. . Ike e e ec d . that they Piave been meeting once a week, now on Tuesday nights . He- also submitted a copy o his report for .the 'Tin Report. Mr. auc hne s r reported -on some of the, research his committee has been doing. H indicated that there are many "inpondera les" , which make. their final , r~ecom ender io difficult to -project at this time. In the next ten years , the population of. Mashee is ekx -ec ed. to double. They have visited libraries in surrouhdin-- g towns ; the rep orts of those visits are included in their minutes" Most, of course., are larcFer than Mashpee needs to have now. T iey are looking at, aroun'd 6, . square . feet, The lihrarer now has 1, 000 square feet. He reported al that. the c rru itt-ee has- t'al ed, with two architectural firms . - They are expecting to hear - from both o. 'thea within two weeks. There is no oro lem- with tho land, whether they decide to recommend an ad.ditidn at the present site - or a new hu*lding dear the r'otar'y complex., so far', ty .have not ' spent pent an of� their -expense money: But they will e spending some _ - p �fees*, �..a elax� e� for architectural They would like to find a grant. Gloria tor is kese-arching several sources' as a possibility. Mr.. Shaughnessy s-aid the people -in -the e lectme n'.s office lave been helpful to him -and he has . hack excellent coo eration -from, everyone. Sed. Thomas wanted to be sure there 'isno h lend where t?�e are , if the choose- to expand there. The tidy. Committee Chairman sa.id- there, is.. almost an acre at the present 7 site- , - with 145 .feet. ' frontatae. He will have -to- check to rake sure there is enough space for parkinand sertacxe.. : .hut he feels an acre will- .be sf fic.ient'. . Mr. Shauqhnessy asked if any Boards have_ made prof e tions of future .growth? Have any studies been donee Are any figures -ava.ila le. Sel. Thomas said i she has fi ures from the rowth - RevTie rr itte -. that should help him. del. O' Connelli w that further crow th de- stated that nth�ngr �s he�n �. u It no Pends on a lot of external factors-: Schaughnessy then presented four- Articles his: oomitte would --like to have included in 'the Annual Town Meet ing. The Selectmen reviewed the Arti-cles, and1 said they -would pass them a l n g , to Town Couns 1., for his re- - view 'oss-ihle they can be condensed into one or two Articles :- That would e acreale to M `. Sha,ugnessy. V Both Selectmen commended Mr. Shau hnes-sy. n' his work, and that of his committee. They . a xr'eed that - this committee is getting its work done the fastest of any they have ever seen. Sel . Thomas offered Mr. Shaughnessy the use of an .oerhaed xro •e ctor for Town- Meeting,, and t ranarenci s , if he needs them. SeI. Thomas oraised Mr. Shaughnessy for taking his .charge seriously. -He was pra.i sed and - thanked her both' Selectmen. AP;P TNTME T To -PERSONNEL 'BOAR Mr. CurtiWoodbury noted that he had seem an article requesting a... volunteer to serve "o . the Personnel. Board. He said -that he would be interested.. The Selectmen were delighted, and appointed him . to the- position immdiately.