6/7/2016 AFFORDABLE HOUSING Minutes

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Iashpee Affordable Housing Committee Meeting Minutes June 7, 2016 at 6:30 pm Mashpee Town Hall Present: Chairman Walter Abbott., Allan Isbitz, Bruce Willard Also-, Selectman Toni O'Hara Absent: Berkeley Johnson, Marie Stone ALL To ORDER Chairman Abbott opened the,meeting at 630 p.m. with a quorum and the roll was called. The Chair requested a roll call Grote to add reorganization of the Committee to the agenda. Mr. Willard made a motion by roll call vote to add to the agenda the re-election. Mr. Isbitz seconded the motion. Mir. Isbitz, yes; Chairman Abbott,yes; Mr. Willard, yes APPROVAL of MINUTES-January 2 , 2016 & April 5, 201 There was no quorum of attending members to approve the January minutes. Committee members approved the April minutes Mi. Isbitz made a motion to approve the minutes of April 5. Mr. Villard seconded the motion. All voted unanimously,. HAS" DISCUSSION Rate Ferreira, from.Housing Assistance Corporation, was present to discuss affordable housing issues. HAC is a private, non-profit organization established 42 years ago with 125 employees. Among affordable housing services offered, HAC advises on home weather-ization, reverse mortgage advice, closure prevention, Section 8 vouchers and development of housing. HAC was involved with the 10 units at Great Cove, now managed by the Mashpee Housing Authority. Ms. Ferreira. described the process by which they developed the 7-units of p g f'arrrl housing, tai credit prod ect, located on Route 134 in Dennis. The process included the town's RFP, the acquisition of funding such as CPA funds and local funding. Ms. Ferreira noted that MassHousing or NffW can offer free technical assistance to communities looking to develop parcels for housing. Companies that develop parcels include HAS, Dakota} POAH, Stratford Group and. Community Builders. HAC has developed projects g avers in 7 units. Ms. Ferreira.also discussed the challenges of limited land versus looking Cape like and the averaging need to match neighborhoods so that rentals fit in to the area and appear more residential than apartment buildings. Chairman Abbott discussed h ashp ee's affordable housing efforts and Committee history, including information about thep ossible current parcels to be set aside for affordable housing. It was announced that Wayne Taylor had been hired to serve as Assistant T6 n Manager, and who will assist with affordable housing efforts in Mashce. There was discussion regarding the possible 20- 0 units at Old Barnstable and the 0- 0 possible P units at 950 Falmouth, and whether the sites would be offered separately or jointly in an RFP. Mr. Isbitz stated his preference that the RFP offer one site or the other or both sites combined lir order to generate the most interest. Ms, Ferreira inquired about any concerns regarding the sites and whether-there were abutters. It was thought that there may be access or infrastructure costs and issuesx but r. Isbitz felt that the preliminary report indicated that the issues were not insurmountable at Falmouth Road. Regarding abutters, there was a buffer and dirt road at Falmouth Road. Mr. Isbitz suggested that the Committee was not discouraged from proceeding. Ms. Ferreira agreed that an RFP offering options would make sense And would allow responders to share their own innovative ideas to develop the site or sites.