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Storage. After three rounds of renovation quotes,all an Report of the in excess of funding provided under 2 grants from theLL W Historic District Commission Community Preservation Act Committee (CPC) and so approved at town meetings, the Department of Public cc Works took over the project with licensed construction do To the Honorable Board of Selectmen and the personnel and in the spring of 2013 work got underway, re Citizens of the Town of Mashpee: The building was gutted and new insulation, wiring, HVAC, plumbing, handicap accessible front door and During 2013 the Commission held one public hearing in July regarding the Town Archives restroom, doors and windows were installed to provide to remodeling and additions. There was an insufficient a pleasant efficient work area for residents,visitors and th quorum to approve a Certificate of Appropriateness. researchers and clean secure storage space for town to documents, maps, cultural and historical artifacts, st This resulted in a default Certificate of Hardship based Exterior cedar shingles and back stairway were re i on the Commission's failure to act on the Certificate of replaced and a shed roof was added to protect the 1 Appropriateness within the required time limit. The basement doorway from weather. An addition P Commission is in need of two additional members to containing public restrooms to serve the Community avoid such situations.In that vein,we heartily welcome Park and One Room School House was constructed on N new member Jessie Baird, who was appointed as the the east side of the building. The Archives building L Tribal Council's representative on the Commission in will reopen this summer with a ramp leading visitors A October.We also wish to express our sincerest gratitude from the enlarged parking lot to street level and front e; to the late Marian Spencer, who passed away on entrance. We look forward to returning the Archives pl December 5, for her many years of service to the collections to the building and inviting the public to v Commission. visit us in our renovated home. 2 Respectfully submitted, Activities in the Archives office have continued Earl Mills. Sr., Chairman on a reduced scale with fewer visitors and requests for d Brian Hyde, Vice Chairman town historic information. Clerk Ann Graham p Dennis H. Balzarini, continues to scan photographs from the Archives f, Planning Board Representative, Clerk collection and fills requests for images from publishers Michael Robbins of Cape Cod calendars, magazines and tourist guides. P Marian G. Spencer,District Resident Representative Approximately one-third of our photograph collection, ti Jessie Baird, Tribal Council Representative comprised of donations from town departments,local 1, families and businesses, local newspapers, s Massachusetts Historical Commission and contracted s Report of the archaeological surveys, is now scanned and available 1' Mashpee Historical in several digital formats.We will continue to build our 1 Commission digital photo library and are eager to accept l contributions of historic landmarks and events. The r 1995 pictorial history has been scanned and can be To the Honorable Board of Selectmen and the downloaded from the Historical Commission web page l Citizens of Mashpee at the town website. The mission of the Mashpee Historical In March two UMass-Boston students in the Commission is to preserve and maintain the history of graduate Archives Program conducting research on Mashpee and to identify, evaluate, and protect its 17th and 18th century Mashpee Wampanoag history cultural heritage, historic records and properties. Its and environment visited the Archives requesting access office is open Monday and Thursday from 10 am to 2 to the Marshpee District records and very early maps pm from May through December in temporary office for the area. Through them we were introduced to Dr. 1 space in the lower level conference room in Mashpee Darwin Stapleton,director of the Community Archives , Town Hall. The Archives building has been under Program at UMass-Boston and arranged for him to visit renovation since January 2012 with contents moved before the fall semester to evaluate and make into controlled climate storage provided by Anchor Self recommendations on renovations, collection storage 94