10/8/2015 HOUSING AUTHORITY Minutes

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A motion was made by Jill Allen and seconded by Kevin Shackett to moue to Old Business at this time. The motion was adopted. OLD BUSINESS: a) Meeting with Town Manager Rodney_ Colli ns/CPC—Housing Assistance Program: The board thanked Town Manager Rodney Collins for coming to the meeting. The chair stated that he wished to start with the Executive Director reviewing what the housing authority does, because some people are not aware. Mrs. Botsford reviewed the start of the housing authority, how we are not a town department but a separate entity created under its own law to meet the needs of the citizen's needs in Mashpee as it pertains to affordable housing. We have a five -member Board of Commissioners, 4 elected, one appointed by the Governor. The board hires an Executive Director to oversee the day-to-day operations of the housing authority. Mrs. Botsford has five staff members in Mashpee that assist her. Mrs. Botsford then outlined the accomplishments we have made over the years. We are up to owning and/or managing over two -hundred units of housing including 30 units of Public Housing in Mashpee (Homeyer Village and Breezy Acres), 38 Project Based Massachusetts Rental Vouchers (MRVP) at Mashpee Village, 29 Mobile MRVP vouchers, 2 Alternative Housing Vouchers, a few Section 8 Vouchers, 56 units of Low income Housing Tax Credit housing for people 55 and older (Asher's Path), 10 units of affordable, rental housing (Great Cove Community) and 56 units of public housing at Brewster Housing Authority, in addition to 10 MRVPs there. Mrs. Botsford then went on to explain the Housing Assistance Program that had been funded through the Town's Community Preservation Committee and how it worked. She reviewed the five different facets of the program: short term rental assistance (6 months to two years of rental assistance); emergency rent assistance; emergency mortgage assistance; first/last/security deposit assistance; and first-time homebuyer assistance. Mrs. Botsford explained that, other than the short term assistance, which is modeled after a voucher program, the others are loans that get repaid back to the program to help others in need. Mr. Halpern mentioned that the CPC has fully supported this program, but the selectmen took it off of the warrant when we had applied to renew the program after the first three years. A short discussion ensued and Mr. Collins assured the board that he hoped to move forward with the common interest of meeting the needs of the Mashpee community. Mrs. Botsford stated that she will put together the housing authority's application to continue the funding, will copy Mr. Collins on it, and make herself available to meet with him and/or any selectmen that have questions or concern about it. Mrs. Botsford and the board thanks Mr. Collins for coming to our meeting and stated we felt very encouraged by the discussion. The chair then moved back to the regular agenda. SECRETARY'S REPORT: Minutes for the regular meeting held on September 10, 2015 were mailed to members before the meeting. A motion was made by Richard Halpern and seconded by Jill Allen to accept the minutes as presented. The motion was adopted. TREASURER'S REPORT: Budget to Actual Report: Mrs. Botsford presented the Budget to Actual Report, prepared by the Fee Accountant for period ended 9/30/015. Mrs. Botsford reminded the board that the budget was submitted to DHCD last month, but had not yet been approved by DHCD, so the figures on the report are actually based on last year's approved budget. Figures will change once the budget is approved. Accounts Payables: Mrs. Botsford presented the warrants for signature. The warrants for signature tonight are for the month of September 2015 and total as follows: $47,098.64 for 4001, $3,696.00 for Section 8, $42,700.00 for MRVP, $39,692.74 for Asher's Path Apartments, $928.00 for HAP, and $10,448.59 for Great Cove Community. Page 2 of 6