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Report of the Community Preservation Committee To the Honorable Board of Selectmen and the Citizens of the Town of Mashpee: At the May 2005 Annual Town Meeting, the Town of Mashpee adopted the provisions of the Community Preservation Act (CPA) to replace the Cape Cod Open Space Land Acquisition Program (Land Bank) and dedicate a 3% property tax surcharge, along with state contributions that are made available to the Town of Mashpee under the Community Preservation Act, to the Community Preservation Fund that may be appropriated and spent for certain Open Space purposes, Recreation purposes, Historic Resource purposes, and Community Housing purposes. The Community Preservation Committee is a nine -member committee charged with reviewing the needs, possibilities and resources of the Town of Mashpee with regards to community preservation. The Community Preservation Committee is responsible for Community Preservation Fund appropriations and borrowings making recommendations to Town Meeting, the legislative body for the appropriation of all CPA funds. Since its inception, Community Preservation funding has supported a multi -year program to expand the Heritage Park Recreational facility. This includes the popular Splash Pad, and the Tiger Long Playground with increased parking and lot lighting. Additional recreational projects supported by the CPA include the Quashnet School Helping Hands Playground, the Kids Klub Pre-school Playground and the K.C. Coombs School Therapeutic Playground. Funding has also allowed for the reconstruction of the tennis courts at the Quashnet School, and track resurfacing at the Mashpee High School. Recreation projects also include the reconstruction of the twenty-year old tennis and basketball courts at the Middle School/High School and improving playground equipment at both the K.C. Coombs and Quashnet Schools. At the Town beach, the Attaquin Park Playground was rejuvenated to improve the recreational facilities for Mashpee and its visitors. CPC funding has also supported the creation of (8) community pickleball courts on Ashumet Road. Under Historic Resources, the Old Indian Meetinghouse was restored, and the One Room Schoolhouse was relocated to the Community Park and refurbished. The Mashpee Archives building was preserved and restored in a two -phased project. Additional CPA funding has supported an Archaeological Survey and the restoration of the Town Archives Holdings for Display. Funding was also made available for the Town Clerk to preserve Vital Records. Funding was also allocated for Phase I of the Town Clerk's Historic Document Restoration project. A Historic District sign project is also planned to depict and promote Mashpee's unique history. In honor of the 20th anniversary of the Mashpee National Wildlife Refuge, a historic booklet was funded to promote awareness of this valuable resource. Funding has also supported planning to honor Mashpee American War Veterans. The Mashpee War Monument was also funded to recognize and pay tribute to all veterans from the Town of Mashpee. CPA funding was also approved to restore and preserve one of the few remaining historic buildings in the Town, the Tribal Parsonage. The CPA has continued to support Habitat for Humanity in the construction of affordable homes in the Town of Mashpee deemed affordable in perpetuity. Funding was also earmarked to rehabilitate the Mashpee Village Apartments, and to support on two occasions the three-year Housing Assistance Program administered by the Mashpee Housing Authority. In addition, the CPA contributed to the Breezy Acres/Great Cove affordable family rental housing project. The Affordable Housing Trust also received funding to assist in the acquisition and subsequent development of affordable housing in the Town of Mashpee. The CPA purchased property identified as 12 Cypress Circle for affordable housing placing the 1.2 acre property under the care and custody of the Affordable Housing Trust. Land acquisitions of significance include the Mills Family Lands,15.24 acres at Santuit Pond, a CPA contribution towards the purchase of the St. Vincent's property now known as the Pickerel Cove Recreation Area and the acquisition of 4.2 acres of property identified as 9 Quashnet Road. CPA funding also sustained the purchase of the Littleford property 23.6 & 0.856 acres respectively for open space and passive recreation purposes. 122