05/26/2026 COMMUNITY PRESERVATION ACT COMMITTEE Minutes

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CPC Minutes—May 26, 2026 COMMUNITY PRESERVATION COMMITTEE MEEETING MINUTES TUESDAY May 26, 2026 at 6:30 PM Mashpee Town Hall--Waquoit Meeting Room 16 Great Neck Road North, Mashpee, MA 02649 In-person and televised on Mashpee TV Present: Arden Russell Chair/Member at Large; Lynne Barbee, Member at Large; Judy MacDougall, Member at Large; Ed Schmuhl, Member at Large; Seana Pitt, Conservation Commission Representative; Mary Waygan, Planning Board Representative; Richard Klein, Mashpee Housing Authority Representative; Bryan Hyde, Historical Commission Representative Absent: Michaela Wyman-Columbo, Select Board Representative Chair Russell called the meeting to order at 6:32 pm in the Waquoit Meeting Room. The Chair introduced the CPA Fund Coordinator, Maria Elsden, who briefly expanded on the introduction. PUBLIC COMMENT None APPOINTMENTS AND HEARINGS 1. Mashpee Community Media Center, Inc. Application—Chris Ball representative Chris Ball presented the application. Program for local coverage has expanded during his directorship. Additional robotic cameras (some revenue/financial discussion). Director is seeking to do more with less. System will not run off the internet. Intent is to cover more in the way of community and cultural events, as well as go-live with high school events. Engaged discussion with Committee members. Director believes it will ultimately take less staff; no staff increase until grant-funded. All equipment ultimately becomes the Town’s. Difficult to assess life-expectancy of equipment, best estimate is 6-7 years. Operating cost discussion—built- in cost for three years. CPC’s primary concern is the eligibility of the project for CPA funding, within which category it would qualify. Discussion re a prior project’s applicability (digitizing of the Enterprise) as not qualifying for historic per guidance precluding use of funds in this manner. Discussion regarding whether this application would be more appropriate within the recreational category. CPC consensus that this is a great project. Chair notes that the guidelines are tight and must be carefully reviewed. Town Counsel may not agree with the CPC’s assessment. Director notes that the rationale for checking “recreational” is that games and parades/festivals are filmed; further discussion recreational applicability. Director indicates he is not seeking to create anything historic but would be archiving it. CPC asked that the list of the recreational activities to be sent to the Chair—as soon as possible. Director can do this by tomorrow. 1