10/14/2003 AFFORDABLE HOUSING Minutes

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9. MASHPEE AFFORDABLE HOUSING COMMITTEE MINiJTE5 OCTOBER 149 2003 Present J. Marino, J. Cahalane, A. Weinstein, Z. Eli enberry, L. Patrick, A. Lopez, E. Smith Meeting was called to order at :1 prn New Business: . Erie Smith reported that there are no bidders for a housing consultant for Needs Assessment. b. Membership: Alice Lopez was introduced as a newly appointed member to the ASIC. The Conunittee was informed that Dick Terry has resigned as a member. Motion was made that letter of thanks be sent to Dick acknowledging his hard work on the Committee. particularly on the Affordable Housing Forum he organized last year. It was also suggested that the letter request that Dick continue to he mailable as a resource to the Committee. There are two openings on the Committee- a letter of interest has been submitted by Bill arnion. Suggestion was made that future Committee members send letter of interest to Selectmen, and attend AHC meeting for an interview before being appointed by Selectmen. C. Review oActive and Potential E projects: Most projects listed are in preliminary planning stages except for Meetinghouse Rd which has been approved by the ZBA. John Cahalane suggests that The ABC have an Action Plan in place in order to require that builders come before the AIDC before going public with their plans. Review of 40B Density Report: Erie Smith presented his memo to the Committee reviewing the definition o `accepted density" as requested by the Committee. The question of density def ru*tion was discussed at length. It appears that there are several ways to measure density — either by unit or by bedroom. Zella suggested that a representative from the Water District come to the ASIC to explain the rarnifications of building on the quality of water supply, and that this be factored in to the measure of acceptable density.