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Community Preservation Committee,or take any other Motion: I move the Town vote to appropriate and action relating thereto. transfer from the Community Preservation Budget for Appropriation Reserve in accordance with the Submitted by the Community Preservation provisions of M.G.L., Chapter 44B, §5, the sum of Committee $420,000 for the purpose of funding a Pickleball Court Construction project, with parking and related site Explanation: The goal of this project is to provide amenities,at 156 Ashumet Road,Mashpee,including funding for eight (8) dedicated Pickleball courts with necessary costs and expenses related thereto, as parking and other site amenities. Pickleball is an recommended by the Community Preservation emerging sport that can be played by all age groups. Committee. The sport is similar to tennis and badminton,played on a court with a net using a paddle and ball. Construction Motion passes at 7:33 PM. of the courts will provide an active recreational opportunity for adults, a generally underserved Article 6 population. To move the project forward,members of the CPC agreed to consider two locations for the project. To see if the Town will vote to appropriate and transfer from the Community Preservation 10% Open Subject to permitting,the 400 Main Street/Route 130 Space/Recreation Reserves in accordance with the location would incorporate a pedestrian connection to provisions of M.G.L., Chapter 44B, §5, the sum of separate vehicular traffic and incorporate enhanced $121,500 for the purpose of funding the Ockway Bay landscape and buffer type screening to soften the Boat Ramp Improvement Project—Phase 1I,including appearance of the multi-use courts and area fencing. necessary costs and expenses related thereto, as With approval of this project, a landscape plan would recommended by the Community Preservation be developed and the existing pollinator gardens would Committee,or take any other action relating thereto. be retained. This is the preferred location of the applicant for the courts due to its proximity to Route Submitted by the Community Preservation 130 with overflow parking at the Community Park. Committee Extensive site clearing is not required at this location. The total proposed budget for the Route 130 site is Explanation: The purpose of this project is to develop $315,000. a site plan for the property and to reconstruct the parking lot for the users of the facility. Parking is If necessary permits are not secured for the Route 130 currently random and not specific on the existing location, an alternate site has been considered on unpaved lot. The reconfiguration and asphalt paving Ashumet Road located across from the rear fields of of the site will allow for the parking of 17 boats with the Heritage Park Recreational facility and adjacent to trailers lined on an angle design with one way traffic the Mashpee Dog Park. Additional costs would be circulation. required for paving and the clearing of the wooded lot. The estimated cost to construct and equip the Pickleball In May 2016,Town Meeting voted to recommend the courts on the 156 Ashumet Road site is $418,670. $75,000 Ockway Boat Ramp Improvement project, which involved the replacement of the wooden The vote of the Community Preservation structure in disrepair with aluminum marine-grade Committee was unanimous 5-0 in support of this material. article. The vote of the Community Preservation The Board of Selectmen recommends Town Committee was unanimous 4-0 (1 abstention) in Meeting approval of the 156 Ashumet Road site by support of this article. a vote of 5-0 The Board of Selectmen recommends Town The Finance Committee recommends Town Meeting approval by a vote of 5-0. Meeting approval of the 156 Ashumet Road site by a vote of 5-0 The Finance Committee recommends Town Meeting approval by a vote of 5-0. Motion made by Selectman Andrew Gottlieb. 73