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Town of Mashpee Community Preservation Committee <br /> '4 16 Great Neck Road North <br /> Mashpee,MA 02649 <br /> Community Preservation Committee Meeting Minutes <br /> Tuesday, January 27, 2026 @ 6:30 PM <br /> Mashpee Town Hall -Waquoit Meeting Room <br /> 16 Great Neck Road North, Mashpee, MA 02649 <br /> *In-person meeting and Televised on Mashpee TV* <br /> Present:Arden Russell, Chair/Member at Large, Lynne Barbee, Member at Large, Seana Pitt <br /> Conservation Commission Representative, Mary Waygan, Planning Board Representative, Ed <br /> Schmuhl, Member at Large, Richard Klein, Mashpee Housing Authority Representative, <br /> Michaela Wyman-Colombo, Select Board Representative, Judy MacDougall, Member at Large <br /> and Brian Hyde, Historical Commission Representative. <br /> Chair Russell called the meeting to order at 6:30pm in the Waquoit Meeting Room. <br /> PUBLIC COMMENT <br /> No Public Comment <br /> APPROVAL OF MINUTES <br /> MOTION: Approve the draft minutes of December 16,2025,with edits. <br /> Motion by: Michaela Wyman-Colombo Seconded by: Mary Waygan <br /> Vote: Motion passed by unanimous vote. <br /> Abstention: Judy MacDougall <br /> APPOINTMENTS AND HEARINGS <br /> DISCUSSION WITH TOWN COUNSEL <br /> Town Counsel, Shirin Everett, reviewed two complicated CPA applications seeking historic <br /> preservation funding: the First Pentecostal Church and 701 Great Neck Road South. Counsel <br /> outlined the legal standards that apply, including CPA requirements, the Anti-Aid Amendment, and <br /> the Kaplan decision. <br /> First Pentecostal Church <br /> Counsel explained that CPA funds may be used for historic buildings that are listed on the State Register <br /> or formally determined to be historic by the local Historical Commission. Because the applicant is a <br /> church, the request requires closer review under Kaplan. The Committee must consider whether the <br /> purpose of the funding is secular,whether the grant would significantly support religious activity, and <br /> whether the public might view the funding as aiding religion. <br /> Counsel noted that churches are not automatically ineligible,but funding most or all of a church's <br /> rehabilitation raises concern unless there is clear, independent historical, architectural, or cultural <br /> significance beyond religious use. Limited secular or community use may weigh against the request, <br /> though it is not a deciding factor. <br /> Counsel also clarified that being located in a historic district does not,by itself, qualify a building as <br /> historic for CPA purposes. Formal designation by the Historical Commission is required, and any <br /> 1 <br />