3/3/2015 AFFORDABLE HOUSING Minutes

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Mashpee Affordable Housing Committee Meeting Minutes March 3, 2015 at 6:30 pm Mashpee Town Hall Present: Chairman Walter Abbott, Berkeley Johnson, Allan Isbitz, Bruce Willard Absent: Marie Stone CALL TO ORDER Chairman Abbott opened the meeting at 6:34 p.m. with a quorum and the roll was called. Mr. Willard was officially welcomed as a new member of the Committee. It was requested that Mr. Willard be added to the Committee Contact List. APPROVAL OF MINUTES -October 7, 2014 & December 2, 2014 & February 3, 2015 Meeting minutes for October 7 and February 3 could not be approved since a quorum of attending members was not present. Sufficient members were in attendance to approve the December 2 minutes. MOTION: Mr. Isbitz made a motion to accept the minutes of December 2, 2014. Mr. Johnson seconded the motion. 3 voted yes, 1 abstained [I 111I1KNM*R Comment on RFP for Town Meeting The Chair reported that he was in receipt of the application for DHCD funding to complete a feasibility study on 950 Falmouth Road. The 9 -page document seeking $33,000 for the study was sent by Assistant Town Manager Tom Mayo and completed with the assistance of Laura Shufelt. The Chair noted that the study for 209 Old Barnstable was completed for approximately $12,000. The Chair indicated that it was good that the process was moving forward, but that the issue could not be addressed at the next Town Meeting due to the timetable set by the draft RFP linking the two properties for development. Chairman Abbott was pleased with the content of the RFP identifying 85 bedrooms for the project. Mr. Isbitz inquired about an identified number of bedrooms and suggested that it would be more beneficial to allow the study to be completed prior to identifying the appropriate number of bedrooms. It was suggested that the Town may have received feedback from local residents expressing concern about density at Old Barnstable. It was recommended that, rather than identify an arbitrary number of bedrooms, the consultant be allowed to identify the appropriate number of units that would best suit the two sites. The Old Barnstable site allowed for a possible 24 -units and combined with the results of the Falmouth Road site, it was suggested that the developer be allowed to offer their plan for developing the sites. Chairman Abbott indicated that he would follow up with Town Planner Tom Fudala for further clarification about the bedroom count identified for the RFP. The Chair also suggested drafting a letter to the Town Manager regarding the Committee's position to focus on units rather than bedrooms and allowing flexibility to identify appropriate housing for the sites. Mr. Isbitz also suggested the possibility of allowing options to the bidders to utilize one site or the other site or the two sites combined, allowing the Town to choose the best fit for Mashpee after all bids were received.