07/24/2025 HISTORICAL COMMISSION Minutes

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r pee ?649 Tclephone HMASHPEE HISTORICAL COMISSION Minutes of Meeting--July 24, 2025 Mashpee Historical Commission meeting was called to order by Ava at 4:02 pm. Commissioners Present: Ava Costello, Richard DeSorgher, Lenny Pocknett, and Nancy Soderberg, Rosemary Burns Love and Joan Tavares-Avant were on the telephone. Brian Hyde was not present. Guest: David Morris, Mashpee Building Commissioner. Richard began the meeting with an extensive explanation of the new Demolition Delay Bylaw which was recently passed at the May 2025 Town Meeting. The passing of such a bylaw is intended to protect the aesthetic and historic resources of the Town of Mashpee. Richard reviewed each section, step-by-step, to make clearer what the Bylaw provides for- to protect buildings, structures, and sites which constitute a historically significant structure. Throughout the lengthy discussion, Dave Morris added his understanding and comments. As stated in the bylaw, the Building Department and the Historical Commission will be working together to ensure that there are definite procedures to follow before any demolition of a building or any historically significant structure, over 100 years old, can take place. David Morris stated that his office had already identified many homes that would fall under the new bylaw. Richard stated that there are properties owned by the Tribe, properties in the Historic District area, and properties on either the State or National Registers of protected properties, that do not fall under this bylaw. Richard made a motion to approve the MHC Minutes of January 9th, it was seconded by Rosemary, and they were approved unanimously. The MHC Minutes of February 27th needed a correction to add the History Honor Society at MMHS who did the work on the booklet to be published in commemoration of the American Revolutionary War. Richard made a motion that we approve the minutes, seconded by Nancy, and they were approved unanimously. Richard asked for me to send a copy of the January 9th report to Arden Russell, CPC Chair. Commissioner Reports and Updates: Richard spoke with Kathy Mahoney, Director of the Mashpee Public Library, re the Revolutionary War commemorative booklet. She offered to have another 200 copies of the booklet reprinted for us; funds to be donated by The Library Trustees. Richard also collected about 30 archival boxes of the Mashpee Enterprise which we do not have. He has been researching names of soldiers for the new war memorial, and he has been finding names in the old papers that he previously did not have