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Home My WebLink AboutMCC 04/10/2018Mansfield Local Cultural Council 6 Park Row Mansfield, MA 02048 Meeting Minutes April 10, 2018 TOPIC DISCUSSION Lisa Piscatelli ACTION Call to order: 7:02 pm Attendance Present: Nicole Burch, Secretary Brian Quinn, Downtown Committee Katharine Wroth, Co -Chair Cultural District Committee Gail Gilman, Co -Chair Cultural District Committee Sally Fehervari, Treasurer Jean Mallon Kaitlyn MacLeod Annette Shaw, Publicist Lisa Piscatelli, Chair Jackie Curtis, Public Official Liaison Guests: Lou Andrews, Historical Commission Kevin McNatt, Historical Society Andrew Todesco, Historical Society Quatanna Hardy Absent: Margo Lemieux Welcome Kevin Dumas needed to reschedule Grantee reception is same night as Board of Selectmen meeting Cultural District Status Presented to Historical commission and Historical Society. Fits agenda of all our groups. Meri Jenkins is very interested in how h we're doing. She is helping Katharine and Gail moving forward. Went over Timeline. Next step: meet with Kevin Dumas. What do we want to share at the Grantee Reception? Committee input meeting in May or June, 2nd step. How does Library, COA, XFinity center, MMAS fit? Tackle the best portion we think state will approve. All will be mapped, doesn't have to be in apportioned district area. Downtown Committee Haven't met in awhile. Getting more people downtown. Support Cultural Council. Signage Historical Commission Lou Andrews, Historical Commission Communication Fisher Richardson house, open it up next spring, if get funding. Establishing a town museum in the school administration building. Support from groups to pursue. Thousands of objects that would be displayed. Motion to approve letter Jean Sally 2nd Discussion Get support first, details, plans, after. Spoke with Superintendent about the plan. Feel it's the time, with new public safety building, buildings opening up. Good space for events, Commons for outdoor and indoor space. Nicole asked if they would be working with the Black Doll Museum and Debra Britt to include Mansfield's Black History. Jackie said they are talking with Debra Britt to collaborate. Motion to lend our support to historical commission and society endeavor to Grantee reception planning continued: identified and assigned miscellaneous remaining tasks: - Setup and break down: Sally, Brian, Annette, Jackie - Greeter: Annette - Speakers: Ken Butler will act as emcee; Lisa will do a welcome and greeting - Nametags for attendees and name cards [for speakers to reference]: Katharine - Post -it activity seeking inpuVideas (details TBD): Nicole (suggested by Lisa) - Sally needs invoice to pay church, Brian will provide Last year we invited each grantee to speak, do we want to again? Yes. return memorial hall to a town history museum Katharine, 2nd Jackie Unanimous vote. Grantee Reception Invitations Planning Katharine made an electronic version that we looked at Jackie sent personal save the dates to Selectmen and Senator Feeney, Rep Kafka Jackie will call Deco's Sally spoke to Big Y for donations Jean will ask White's Annette called Matt Maguire, band leader. Left him a message and an email. Jackie will bring Band can play at 6:30 pm. tablecloths to event. Gail spoke to MMAS, Ken will speak. Maybe a song from Hair. Lisa will order tablecloth, sticky notes. Swag discussion: sticky notes, sayings on Gail will look into them, can be included in Family Fun graphics for sticky notes. Night Ask Margo to help with art for swag. Annette will send invite to the press. [8:35 pm KW takes over for Nicole] Grantee reception planning continued: identified and assigned miscellaneous remaining tasks: - Setup and break down: Sally, Brian, Annette, Jackie - Greeter: Annette - Speakers: Ken Butler will act as emcee; Lisa will do a welcome and greeting - Nametags for attendees and name cards [for speakers to reference]: Katharine - Post -it activity seeking inpuVideas (details TBD): Nicole (suggested by Lisa) - Sally needs invoice to pay church, Brian will provide Last year we invited each grantee to speak, do we want to again? Yes. Lisa suggests we end the evening with a call to action. We will create a cultural district poster and handouts (Katharine, Gail, Brian); Katharine can't attend so Brian will help Gail at the event. Katharine to send image of invitation to Lisa for Facebook - Lisa will not create a FB event, because those can be hard to manage and inexact, but will to RSVP to post the invitation and invite people culturalcouncilna mansfieldnia ccm, noting that space is limited Elected officials will be invited, those who attend will be invited to speak for a minute or two (Jackie will handle this); local boards should also be invited: Board of Selectmen, IDC, Planning Board, Historical Commission, John Stanbrook (former interim town manager), etc. Other items - Sally notes that there is $5400 requested in the town budget for MLCC; we should attend town meeting if able to support the passage of the budget Gail would like us to think about a tangible gift to the town down the road - a sculpture or something else that can say'gifted to Mansfield by the MLCC' - something memorable - Sally announces an exhibit at the Attleboro Art Museum about the Boston Marathon,'; starting this week and lasting a month - Annette has had some trouble downloading the list of grant recipients online; Lisa offers technical suggestions and Sally will provide Annette with the list - Lisa says the grantee reception technically counts as our next meeting; she will post a meeting notice, we have to do minutes and attendance etc - Lisa will send out a survey to determine dates for meetings in June and August. No meeting in July. Adjournment: Sally moves, Lisa seconds, all in favor. Adjourned at 9:02 p.m. Motion to accept minutes Brian, 2nd by Katharine, vote unanimous 6/28/18. April 15, 2018 Mansfield Board of Selectmen Six Park Row Mansfield, MA 02048 Town VTI of -Ma rfie Historical Commission Six Park Row Mansfield, MA 02.048 Dear Select Board: The purpose of this letter is to ask you to consider the future use of the Soldiers' Memorial Library, a.k.a. Memorial Hall, presently being used by the school administration. Memorial Hall is on the National Register of Historic Places. It was home for the Mansfield Public Library until 1989. In 1898, Mansfield citizen Elizabeth F. Noble gifted the land, selected and paid for the architect, and was the major financial contributor to the construction of the building. Her donation carried several stipulations, one of which was that the fust floor was to be used for a public library and reading room. The Town of Mansfield and Mansfield Historical Society own thousands of Mansfield's historical artifacts. Some are on display at the Copeland House. Others are at the Fisher -Richardson House. A majority of the artifacts are in temporary storage and are not available for public viewing (see attached examples). The collection includes photographs, books, tools, toys, furniture, and more. The Massachusetts Historical Commission also has hundreds of artifacts that they will not return to the town until we have a proper place to store them. We are concerned that many will be lost through neglect and apathy, if we do not take action soon. Like Foxboro, Easton, Sharon, and other towns, Mansfield needs a permanent place to display our history. The Memorial Hall was designed as a library and is the proper and logical place for a Town of Mansfield Museum. We feel that now is the time to plan the return of Memorial Hall to its intended use as a library, a library of Mansfield's history and a great addition to our planned cultural district. We urge you to support our request. The Commission and Historical Society are prepared to help with fundraising and recruiting volunteers to make a town museum a reality. Sincerely, Martin Conboy Kevin McNatt Lisa Piscatelli Chairperson, President, Chairperson, Historical Commission Historical Society Cultural Council cc. Kevin Dumas, Town Manager Theresa Murphy, Superintendent of Schools Mansfield School Committee