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6 <br /> Board of Selectmen <br /> Minutes <br /> September 24, 2007 <br /> NEW BUSINESS: <br /> One Room School House Discussion: <br /> Frank Lord, President of the Mashpee One-Room Schoolhouse <br /> Preservation Council (MOSPC), a non-profit"Friends" group was in <br /> attendance to recommend the Selectmen move the Schoolhouse to Town <br /> owned land adjacent to the Mashpee Archives building. <br /> The benefits of the move from the Old Indian Cemetery to the Mashpee <br /> Community Park were considered. The goals of the MOSPQ are to open <br /> the Schoolhouse for historical tours conducted by trained volunteers for <br /> the benefit of Mashpee students as an integral part of school curriculum, <br /> for Mashpee families and individuals, off-Cape tourists and residents from <br /> other Cape towns. If the move were approved,the Town-owned <br /> Schoolhouse would lie within the boundaries of the proposed Mashpee <br /> Historic District. <br /> Objectives to be met for the 176 year old building include the restoration <br /> of the Schoolhouse with$16,500 attained CPA grant funding. To date, a <br /> Ben Franklin period stove has been purchased with CPA funding. A . <br /> major objective to be met by September 1, 2008 is the development of a <br /> program with the Mashpee School Department for historical tours of the <br /> One Room Schoolhouse and Mashpee Archives for elementary and <br /> secondary students. It was noted the Mashpee Wampanoag Indian Tribal <br /> Council has not expressed an interest in obtaining the Schoolhouse to date. <br /> The cost of moving the Schoolhouse which is listed in the National <br /> Register of Historic Places has not been determined. The use of CPA <br /> funds was considered as a revenue source to move the building. The <br /> deadline for applications to the Community Preservation Committee for <br /> funding consideration at the.May 2008 Special Town Meeting is <br /> November 1, 2007. <br /> Motion made by Selectman Taylor to approve the move of the One <br /> Room Schoolhouse to the Mashpee Community Park also known as <br /> The Collins Lot next to the Archives Building. <br /> Motion seconded by Selectman Green. <br /> VOTE: Unanimous. 4-0. <br />