11/18/2025 COMMUNITY PRESERVATION ACT COMMITTEE Minutes (2)

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,�yrxrasr�.a Town of Mashpee Community Preservation Commission " 16 Great Neck Road North ° Mashpee, MA 02649 an action item to determine the fate of those funds. The committee agreed that no vote should be taken without posting it as a formal agenda item. • Current balances exclude the $1.181 million potential return from the Pickerel Cove Parcel project. • "Cleanup" reflects the reconciliation of final state CPA match numbers. • "Returns" include recent closed DPW projects. • "Budget for Appropriation"represents the annual unrestricted CPA portion (approx. 65%). • "Undesignated"=prior-year rollovers, available after year-end. • Finance Department uses accounting language that differs from CPA committee terminology. • The Chair will continue refining balance sheets to reflect available funds more clearly. • Some members expressed concern about reconciling encumbrance versus expenditures. • Mashpee received a 16.9% first-round state match because it is a 2% surcharge community. • Category minimums (10%) are fixed and cannot be reallocated. • A formal memo to the Town Manager will be drafted. • Decision regarding the Pickerel Cove funds will appear on the next meeting agenda • Review of applications submitted for May 2026 Town Meeting action: 701 Great Neck Road South The Chair introduced the application for $1.4 million in historic funds for 701 Great Neck Road South. By RRK Realty—Mr. Robert Fox owns the property now. Mr. Hyde disclosed prior ownership (from years ago) and confirmed that multiple structures exist on the property, with some generating rental income. The main house, the historically significant structure, is unoccupied. Committee members discussed the fact that the applicant may intend substantial reconstruction rather than strict preservation. The Historical Commission voted on it in the past and it is a historically significant home, as it is the 2" oldest home in Mashpee, built in 1889. The Chair emphasized that any historic CPA award requires a permanent historic restriction and compliance with the Secretary of the Interior's Standards, primarily affecting exterior work. Many committee members noted that the applicant may not fully understand these restrictions or their lifetime obligations. The committee discussed whether a privately-owned, income-generating property can produce sufficient public benefit to justify such a large CPA investment. A committee member noted that historic grants for private owners are typically small and limited to "historic delta" costs—never full restorations. Members also raised the anti-aid amendment, questioning whether public funds could be used for private property where the public does not have meaningful access. Several members discussed whether the building could be moved to a town-owned site and preserved as a public historic resource. This idea received some conceptual support but was recognized as extremely expensive and logistically difficult. 2