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2 <br />Board of Selectmen <br />Minutes <br />May 2, 2016 <br />Present: Selectman Cahalan, Selectman Sherman, Selectman Gottlieb, <br />Selectman O'Hara, Selectman Cotton <br />Town Manager Rodney C. Collins <br />Attendees: Town Counsel Patrick Costello <br />Town Moderator Jeremy Carter <br />Assistant Town Moderator Ed Larkin <br />Finance Committee Members; <br />David DelPonte, Terrie Cook, Oskar Klenert, Mike Richardson, Jeff Pettengill <br />Meeting Called to Order by Chairman Cahalane at 6:00 p.m. <br />Mashpee High School, Main Office Conference Room <br />NEW BUSINESS <br />Review of Town Meeting Warrants with the Finance Committee & Town Moderator: <br />The Board of Selectmen met in joint convention with members of the Finance Committee for the <br />propose of reviewing matters associated to the Special and Annual Town Meeting Warrants of <br />Monday, May 2, 2016. Additional attendees included the Town Manager, Rodney C. Collins, Town <br />Counsel, Patrick Costello and Jeremy Carter, the Town Moderator. Ed Larkin, the Assistant Town <br />Moderator was also present for discussion purposes. <br />Special Town Meeting Warrant <br />Article #5: CPC — Three -Year Housing Assistance Program: <br />There were several issues with respect to the Community Preservation article proposed to fund the <br />Mashpee Housing Assistance Program, a CPA award of $330,000 for an additional three-year term. <br />The Board of Selectmen previously recommended that a Memorandum of Understanding be <br />developed between the Town of Mashpee and the Mashpee Housing Authority in an effort to provide <br />transparency and to authorize the involvement of Town's Human Services Director in the application <br />and review process as well as serving as a co -signatory to release funds for this program. <br />Town Counsel advised the MOU as it is currently written should be amended. However, the article <br />as it is presented for the Housing Assistance Program should not be contingent upon the <br />Memorandum of Understanding. In consultation with Stuart Saginor, the Director of the Community <br />Preservation Coalition in Boston, this type of housing assistance program in encouraged, but there is <br />no monitoring requirement in place. Concern was expressed with respect to oversight, and that state <br />and federal monies should be applied for to offset costs and to provide assistance for this type of <br />program. <br />