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Mashpee Af'f'ordable Housing Committee Meeting Minutes December 6, 2016 at 6:30 pm Mashpce Town Hall Present: Chairman Walter Abbott, Allan Isbitz, Bruce Willard Also: Wayne Taylor--Assistant Town Manager Absent: Marie Stone, Berkeley Johnson CALL TO ORDER Chairman Abbott opened the meeting at 6:30 p.m, with a quorum and the roll was called. APPROVAL OF MINUTES- November 1, 2016 The Chair requested a correction to read "turned down" at the bottom of the first page. Mr. Isbitz made a motion to accept the minutes as amended. Mr. Willard seconded the motion. All voted unanimously. OLD BUSINESS CPC Funding Request for 950 Falmouth Road Feasibility Study & Warrant Article for May Town Meeting to Transfer 209 Old Barnstable/950 Falmouth Road-Mr. Taylor reported that he had met with Mr. Johnson and an Affordable Trust Meeting would take place on December 19. It was announced that Mr. Isbitz would now be a member of the Trust as Mr. Johnson asked to step down. Mr. Taylor indicated that he had a discussion with the Board of Selectmen.about being at a standstill with the Trost. Mr. Taylor confirmed that the Trust meeting would be open to the public. Mr. Taylor sent a letter to Heather Hopper at the Cape Cod Commission, requesting the amount of mitigation funds available, believed to total $261,000. Ms. Hopper confirmed that the funds could be used toward a feasibility study. It was noted that the funds needed to be requested and Mr. Taylor stated that the Affordable Housing Trust would request funds to complete the study on 950 Falmouth Road. It was reported that Mashpee CPC fund requests were closed until October. The Chair stated that a letter of support had been submitted to the CPC Chair regarding the need for affordable housing funds. Mr. Taylor added that he had been in contact with Frank Fantasia regarding funds for affordable housing, who indicated that he had connections with Catholic charities to build or manage a project. There was some discussion regarding the incorrect water number used initially in the report, listed as $800,000 but then changed to $80,000-100,000. Mr. Taylor felt that the focus should be on 950 Falmouth Road which seemed to offer the best options. There was discussion regarding the challenges of 209 Old Barnstable, particularly concerns expressed by the neighbors at Quashnet and the need to add 32 units per year to reach an affordable housing goal of 10% in Mashpee. It was pointed out that both 950 and 209 were needed to,work toward. achieving the goal. Mr. Taylor suggested that 209 could come in the future once 950 was up and running. The Chair suggested that 950 would be more costly due to its size. Mr. Isbitz recommended not stopping work on 209 because it could take multiple years to complete a project. Mr, Taylor referenced the need to make the case to the Board of Selectmen and other members of the Affordable Housing Trust to have both parcels moved to the care or custody of the Board of Selectmen through a Town Meeting vote. Mr. Taylor referenced the Tribe's request to receive all excess property but Mr. Isbitz indicated that Ms. Stone had reported that the Tribe would not stand in the way of the Town's development of affordable housing. Mr. Taylor will follow up on the custody of the land for Mr. Isbitz. The Chair inquired about Quashnet concerns. Mr. Willard responded that concerns had been expressed concerning increased traffic, impact to land values and increased crime concerns. Chairman Abbott emphasized that the housing was intended for the workforce such as for teachers, firefighters and police officers. Mr.