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HomeMy WebLinkAboutMCC 09/20/2018RECEIVED Mansfield Local Cultural Council TOWN CLF 'S OF Fl C E 6 Park Row � � � � P 2: 145 Mansfield, MA 02048 ��� sit irr i Meeting Minutes September 20, 2018 DISCUSSION Lisa Piscatelli Present: ACTION TOPIC Call to order: 7:01 pm Attendance Kaitlyn MacLeod Sally Fehervari, Treasurer Marc Clamage Annette Shaw, Publicist Katharine Wroth, Co -Chair Cultural District Committee Jackie Curtis, Public Official Liaison Gail Gilman, Co -Chair Cultural District Committee Brian Quinn, Downtown Committee Chris George Lisa Piscatelli, Chair Nicole Burch, Secretary Guest: Shaun Burke, Planning Board Absent: Margo Lemieux Jean Mallon Annette: CPA adoption Annette: CPA adoption Community Preservation Act: see handout Money that comes from town, 1%-3%. Money from state, monthly report, receives money from surcharge on documents at the registry from real estate transactions. Last 2 years, surplus funding not available. Wants to ask Suzanne Bumps office about that. Most towns are charging between 1-1.5010 Shaun Burke: Planning Board It went before town meeting once. See handout. Opposed originally by development and real estate community. It's a tax on real estate. Recording fees, another tax. Took many years for Durant to get it through. The NRT and Planning Board supported. Not enough leg work done to get it done. Has to get approved at town meeting and then approved at ballot. Do grassroots and bring it. Money goes to: Open space acquisition, affordable housing, historic preservation. This CPA has been around since 2000. Mansfield has never taken part. We have an opportunity to say we're interested. Lisa: We wanted to bring it up to see what we would need to do. Is Planning Board on board? What has to happen? Sponsor an article. Put article together. There are samples. Meet with Town Counsel. Will go through exact procedure. Looking at May 2019. Annette asking for a small committee to help with this matter. Community Preservation Committee establishes a set of bylaws and decides how to allocate the money. Cultural District Shaun Burke: presentation at town meeting about Cultural District. Ask Town Manager and Chairman of Board of Selectman for 5-10 minute presentation. Not voting on it. Have a date on the books for our public meeting. Talk with Jack O'Neill to put committees on tv. Get a program together. Interview the artists in town. Let people know what we're doing. Thank you for public enthusiasm. Would like to coordinate on plans with other boards since we all have similar goals. Comprehensive plan for town, room for us to get involved. Cabot Park DOT, downtown, economic development. Downtown Committee Awareness campaign. Putting up lights and show where the parking is. Pathway between Fulton's Pond and Mansfield Bank, lit, paved. Extending bike path behind Jimmy's. End the bike path at a destination, works better. Fire station. Making sure spaces are preserved and made into a space for whole community. Firehouse Probably sell it. Surplus it. Should have sold Paine school with performance date. Covenant on it. Is the town interested in it? WPA building. Conversation with Town Manager, Selectboard, Municipal building committee. Public Safety building done spring/summer. Police and Fire are already getting ready to move. We have a very short window. Once regional dispatch is settled, they're ready to go. Memorial Hall $50,000 renovations. Everything we can to bring it back to the way it looked. Don't know what they're doing on the inside yet. Architectural access board will allow to redo the front steps and handicap access. What is the desire of the school department? What is the best use for that building? Can we take part in those conversations for long term planning? Mike Ahern special projects manager. Municipal building committee. Tremendous amount of input about all the buildings. TOD (Transportation Meeting with most of town employees, Overlay District) different departments, transportation zone: main goal amend zoning provisions for overlay zone. Increase density size so we can have more real life development. Different exits/entrances from train station. End goal, getting parking into town pocket. Overlay retail/residential/business/parking, open spaces. Pedestrian and bicycle oriented. Connected to urban village. Live/work spaces, small restaurants. Make it a destination won't need cars. Have commuters move here. Path to development was too difficult. How can we increase density? To attract development. Chocolate factory Demo, sprinkler system, electricians. Reconstruction at same time as demo. Treasurer's Report Reconciled with accounting department. Working with Lisa on funding. Members Brian Quinn is moving to North Attleboro. Can he stay on Downtown committee because his business is downtown. Can be involved with Cultural District Committee. Margo may be leaving as well. She has too many conflicts with the meeting schedule. New members: Sharon Friedman, Chris George (maybe), Chefiatou Toukou (got application) Town Meeting Book Need to submit page for Town Meeting Book. Front page Back suggested text for cultural district tive. will submit the final report for our ct. I have a table, with applications, and er questions on how to fill out cation. Window decorations, artsy Something from cultural council, plaque or statue or something. Donation. Maybe temporary art to bring attention downtown. Arts festival Scavenger hunt downtown Stencil project Calendar book best to use the funds we have and ,,y we have? one to write the application. we approve it, complete the project. d ng folks appreciate Mansfield. budget on to adjourn Sally I ail iimous vote 8:58 pm Motion to approve as amended Chris George. 2nd Marc. Unanimous vote. Approved 1/31/19 Respectfully submitted, Nicole L Burch Marc volunteered! Marc will fill out grant application. Katharine too. Chris also. Annette as well. initis Final Report from LCC Lisa proje Abolition Day We'] ansm appli What is our project? - How ener; Som Ona Boo] Havi $96( Next Meetings Wed 11/2 12/3 12/1 Adjournment Mot 2nd Unai tive. will submit the final report for our ct. I have a table, with applications, and er questions on how to fill out cation. Window decorations, artsy Something from cultural council, plaque or statue or something. Donation. Maybe temporary art to bring attention downtown. Arts festival Scavenger hunt downtown Stencil project Calendar book best to use the funds we have and ,,y we have? one to write the application. we approve it, complete the project. d ng folks appreciate Mansfield. budget on to adjourn Sally I ail iimous vote 8:58 pm Motion to approve as amended Chris George. 2nd Marc. Unanimous vote. Approved 1/31/19 Respectfully submitted, Nicole L Burch Marc volunteered! Marc will fill out grant application. Katharine too. Chris also. Annette as well. Mansfield Local Cultural Council CULTURAL COUNCIL Lisa Piscatelli, Chair Sally Fehervari, Treasurer Nicole Burch, Secretary Marc Clamage Jacqueline Curtis Gail Gilman Margo Lemieux Kaitlyn MacLeod Jean Mallon Brian Quinn Annette Shaw Katharine Wroth Mansfield Local Cultural Council (MLCC) is a subsidiary of the Mass Cultural Council – a state agency that promotes excellence, inclusion, education, and diversity in the arts, humanities, and sciences to foster a rich cultural life for all Massachusetts residents and contributes to the vitality of our communities and economy. Mass Cultural Council receives an annual appropriation from the state Legislature and funds from the National Endowment for the Arts, and others. In turn, Mass Cultural Council makes thousands of grants directly to non-profit cultural organizations, schools, communities, and individuals artists. The beneficiaries comprise a cross-section of the population and citizens in each Massachusetts city and town. The money allocated is determined by the state's local aid formula, which is based on property values and on population. Grant applications are available online at: www.mass-culture.org/Mansfield. Projects must benefit the community to the greatest extent possible. New projects are encouraged. Funded ,qlz, activities must take place in accessible spaces. The deadline for completed applications is October 15. Approved applications are sent to Mass Cultural Council by January 15. State approval is given by March 31. Recipients then receive instructions on the reimbursement procedure and required acknowledgement. In FYI 8, MLCC was allocated $_ from the Mass Cultural Council and $_ from the Town of Mansfield to distribute among approved applicants. The Council received over $ in requests from — applicants. MLCC recommended funding the following programs: MLCC thanks the Town of Mansfield, Mass Cultural Council and state Legislature for their support of the arts. A Grantee Reception was held in celebration of these awards. In 2018, MLCC was invited to participate on the Town Manager's Strategic Development Committee. Kaitlyn MacLeod was appointed as the representative. Cultural District Initiative update: Visit www.facebook.com/MansfieldLCC, to learn about MLCC. Interested residents are encouraged to serve on the Council, for details contact the Town Manager's office.