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We look forward to approval by Town residents and Since its inception, Community Preservation anticipate starting the planned improvements in the fall funding has supported a multi-year program to expand of 2019. They will include new garden beds the Heritage Park Recreational facility. This includes constructed with timbers, 5' tall garden fencing, and the popular Splash Pad, and the Tiger Long native display and herb gardens. Playground with increased parking and lot lighting. Additional recreational projects supported by the CPA Garden plot applications will be accepted by early include the Quashnet School Helping Hands spring of 2019, with Mashpee residents being given Playground,the Kids Klub Pre-school Playground and first priority. the K.C. Coombs School Therapeutic Playground. Funding has also allowed for the reconstruction of the Respectfully submitted, tennis courts at the Quashnet School, and track resur- Virginia Scharfenberg,Chair facing at the Mashpee High School. Recreation pro- Stephanie Simpson, Vice-Chair jects also include the reconstruction of the twenty- Irene Checkovich year old tennis and basketball courts at the Middle Mohamad Fand School/High School, and improving playground Pamela McCarthy equipment at both the K.C. Coombs and Quashnet Anthony Oliver Schools. At the Town beach, the Attaquin Park Michael Talbot Playground was rejuvenated to improve the recre- ational facilities for Mashpee and its visitors. CPC funding has also supported the creation of (8) com- munity pickleball courts on Ashumet Road. Report of the Community Preservation Under Historic Resources, the Old Indian Meetinghouse was restored and the One Room Committee Schoolhouse was relocated to the Community Park and refurbished. The Mashpee Archives building was To the Honorable Board of Selectmen and the preserved and restored in a two-phased project. Citizens of the Town of Mashpee: Additional CPA funding has supported an Archaeological Survey and the restoration of the At the May 2005 Annual Town Meeting, the Town Archives Holdings for Display. Funding was Town of Mashpee adopted the provisions of the also made available for the Town Clerk to preserve Community Preservation Act (CPA) to replace the Vital Records. A Historic District sign project is also Cape Cod Open Space Land Acquisition Program planned to depict and promote Mashpee's unique his- (Land Bank) and dedicate a 3% property tax sur- tory. In honor of the 20th anniversary of the Mashpee charge, along with state contributions that are made National Wildlife Refuge, a historic booklet was available to the Town of Mashpee under the funded to promote awareness of this valuable Community Preservation Act, to the Community resource. Funding has also supported planning to Preservation Fund that may be appropriated and spent honor Mashpee American War Veterans. for certain Open Space purposes, Recreation pur- poses, Historic Resource purposes, and Community The CPA has continued to support Habitat for Housing purposes. Humanity in the construction of affordable homes in the Town of Mashpee deemed affordable in perpetuity. The Community Preservation Committee is a Funding was also earmarked to rehabilitate the nine-member committee charged with reviewing the Mashpee Village Apartments, and to support a three- needs, possibilities and resources of the Town of year Housing Assistance Program administered by the Mashpee with regards to community preservation. Mashpee Housing Authority. In addition, the CPA The Community Preservation Committee is responsi- contributed to the Breezy Acres/Great Cove afford- ble for Community Preservation Fund appropriations able family rental housing construction project. and borrowings making recommendations to Town Meeting,the legislative body for the appropriation of Land acquisitions of significance include the all CPA funds. Mills Family Lands, 15.24 acres at Santuit Pond, a CPA contribution towards the purchase of the St. 108