5/4/2010 AFFORDABLE HOUSING Minutes

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1lashpee Affordable Housing Committee Meeting Minutes May 4, 2010 Mashpee'Town Niall, Selectmen's Meeting Boon] Present: Alan Trebt, Kalliope Egloff, Amy Snider, Bud Abbott, Berkeley Johnson, Selectman Michael Richardson Call to order: The meeting was called to order by Chair Alan Treb t at T05pin. Approval of Minutes: A motion was made by Mr. Johnson to approve the minutes of March 2., 2010 as circulated. Mr. Abbott seconded the motion. All noted unanimously. Update on tmcal Comprehensive Plan and Affordable Housing and Production Plan: Tom Fudala, Town Planner and Bill Newton,Assistant Town Planner Mr. Fudala distributed handouts regarding the Chapter 8 Non-Regulatory Strategies and the Chapter 11 Action Plan. Mr. Fudala stated that the Local Comprehensive Plan was developed in the mid-199os as response to a requirement by the Cape Cod Commission Act, which included an affordable housing element. A Cape Cod Commission and state grant funded consultancy resulted in the Local Housing Development Plan. Initially there was no body in town, other than the dousing Authority, that advocated for affordable housing. The Comprehensive Plan recommended that an Affordable Housing Committee be created representing such interests as real estate,Planning Board, Conservation Commission and the Board of Selectmen to allow for consideration of 40B proposals as it related to all of the Town's goals. Affected by Committee absences, the Board of Selectmen changed the Committee requirements to 9 members who were interested in serving. The Committee worked Frith the Assistant Town Planner to develop a Housing Production Plan in order to meet the 10%40B target. The Committee was charged with reviewing all 40B projects to provide an endorsement before continuing to the Board of Selectmen, Zoning Board of Appeals or the Mate. The Committee functioned effectively until the Chair's illness fimited.meetings. The Affordable Housing Committee is now a 5 member committee. A part time Assistant Town Planner has been hired and will work with the Committee to update the Affordable Housing Plan and who will serve as a Planning Department contact person for the Committee. Mr. Fudala updated the Committee about the Town"s goal of achieving 10%of affordable housing, noting that housing qualifies when 'it has been built with a town or state subsidy. The comprehensive permit process requires that i10%town does not meet the 10target(currently 4.77%)) based on eau--round housing units from the last census, a developer may submit a Comprehensive PermitPp Iication to the ZB A in order to be waived from town regulations and faci.lttate the project. Developers must then ensure that 25%of the units are affordable at 80% t or under the median Cape Cod income and based on 0% of the income covering housing costs. Private projects generally meet the bare minimum requirement. in order to subsidize lower rate units, developers generally request density requirement waiver i.e. 1 I houses on 4 acres in a 2 acre zone)to allow the building of more units. The increased density is then considered a subsidy. Additional ways to meet the 40B criteria include being ire possession of a state or federal subsidy, such s a tax deal or grant, as is found with public projects. Such'projects are typically high density and