08/26/2025 COMMUNITY PRESERVATION ACT COMMITTEE Minutes

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,�yrxrasr�.a Town of Mashpee Community Preservation Commission " 16 Great Neck Road North z Mashpee, MA 02649 Community Preservation Commission Meeting Summary Tuesday,August 26, 2025; 6:30 PM Mashpee Town Hall -Waquoit Meeting Room 16 Great Neck Road North, Mashpee, MA 02649 *In-person and televised meeting* Present:Arden Russell, Chair/Member at Large, Lynne Barbee, Member at Large, Ed Schmuhl, Member at Large, Richard Klein, Mashpee Housing Authority Representative, Sandi Godfrey, Conservation Commission Representative, Michaela Wyman-Colombo, Select Board Representative, Mary Waygan, Planning Board Representative, and Brian Hyde, Historical Commission Representative. Absent: Judy MacDougall, Member at Large The meeting was called to order at 6:30pm in the Waquoit Meeting Room. PUBLIC COMMENT No Public Comment APPROVAL OF MINUTES Chair Russell requested a review of March 27, 2025, April 9, 2025, and May 20, 2025, meeting minutes and any changes or comments to them. Many members requested some time to look at all three sets of minutes. Chair Russell suggested to hold voting at the previous meeting minutes until the next CPC meeting in September 2025. APPOINTMENTS AND HEARINGS None Discussed NEW BUSINESS October Town Meeting Warrant: Vote to reserve FY 2026 appropriations CPA Funds—Set-Asides Voting on the set-asides for CPA(Community Preservation Act) funds ahead of the October 20, 2025, town meeting. The finance director had provided figures showing that the 10% allocations amounted to $136,445 each, with a budgeted reserve fund of$905,108. However, Ms. Wyman-Colombo raised some concerns because the numbers presented at a Select Board meeting were incorrect. Discussion followed about whether the current numbers were accurate. The committee calculated that 10% of the total appropriation ($1,314,443) did not exactly equal $136,445, suggesting a discrepancy of about$1,100. It was explained that this difference may have stemmed from