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Fiscal Capabilities <br /> The funding of the expansion was provided by leftover school monies in the amount of <br /> 250,000. Hopefully, the availability of grants can be explored to assistant the financing <br /> of any additional improvements. The state Executive Office of Elder Affairs has offered <br /> grants from time to time, Provincetown had their new Senior Center financed from 85% <br /> of state grant monies. <br /> Cape Cod Islands Elder Services has been using, or "renting" the kitchen facilities. <br /> However, rent is not actually charged by the Town, even though their services are cape <br /> and Island Wide. Perhaps the Town should consider making them pay for some of the <br /> expenses associated with the replacement kitchen equipment and the associated kitchen <br /> expansion. <br /> Within the Town there is lots of talk about developing age-restricted housing projects. <br /> Most residents vvil1 support this type of development because it does not create as much <br /> demand on rnuri'cipal services as traditional family-oriented housing, particularly the cost <br /> of school facilities. These types of projects do impact the Senior Center and other senior- <br /> related services. Therefore, a impact fee program should be considered for age-restricted <br /> developments to contribute to the planned expansion(s) of the Senior Center. <br /> Cemetery(see Maps 7 aii d 8) <br /> Existing Facilities <br /> The Town Cemetery is located at Meetinghouse Road, adjacent to the Old Indian <br /> Meetinghouse Church. The size of the cemetery parcel (not including the Meetinghouse) <br /> is 63 acres,, It is not exactly certain when the cemetery was initially developed, but the <br /> oldest Identifiable stone is from. 1770, one hundred years before Mashpee officially <br /> became a town. <br /> As Mashpee belonged to the Native Americans, every family who was part of this <br /> conununity was deeded a plot, to be chosen when needed. Nop ermanent records were <br /> ever kept about who was buried where, so the Town's Burial Agent has decided to create <br /> an inventory. He spent 4.5 months over the pastwinter researching the Town clerk's <br /> records, as well.as records found in the Archives Building. There is now accurate record <br /> keepzng for 4 % ,of the. cemetery, which is on file with the Town clerk. This research is <br /> expected to continue this upconung winter. <br /> The Cemetery is maintained by the Town Burial <br /> gent, who also handles funerals at the <br /> cemetery. The funds to maintain and operate this facilityare included as art of the <br /> P <br /> D, budget. As shown in Map 7, two areas are at ca aci ; that is all rave sites have <br /> P �R g <br /> been filled. The cemietery itself actually extends past the boundary between this parcel <br /> p � <br /> and the D.P.W. parcel. About 1.5 acres have been cleared and currently g bein used as <br /> buria I sites, <br /> There are two planned expansion projects e c is i . . <br /> P 1 n the works. The first is that the existing <br /> cernete�� udU be expanded north, which, looking at Maps 3 and � bring a number of <br /> g p � g <br /> additional grave side's onto the D.P.W. parcel. This is t es not <br /> he reason why the D.P.W.: do <br /> pant:to expand its operations any further south on itsar <br /> p cel. <br /> The second Prolect IS .aro osed <br /> p p new Town Cemetery. Due to the historic Native <br /> Am <br /> encan use of the current carnets as a burial hof <br /> � ground, and the subsequent growth <br /> 22 <br />