6/1/2010 AFFORDABLE HOUSING Minutes

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Mashpee Affordable Horsing Committee Meeting Minutes June 1,2010 at 7 pm Selectmen's Meeting Room, Mashpee Town lull Present: Alan Trebat, Kalliope Eglof ,, Amy Snider, Bud Abbott Also Present: Selectman Michael Richardson, Asst. Town Planner Bill Newton Call to order The meeting was called to order by Chairman Alan Trebat at 10 prn. Approval of Minutes motion was made by fir. Abbott to approve the minutes from the May 4, 2010 meeting, Ms. Snider seconded the motion. All voted unanimously. Horne Consortium Advisory Council-Lorri Finton .Lorri Finton introduced hersel.f to the Committee as a volunteer representing Mashpee at the Home Consortium Advisory Council. The Consortium meets monthly at 8:30 pin on the third Thursday of each month at the Cape Cod Commission. Ms. Finton indicated that the Consortium includes representatives from each of the 15 town on Cape as well as two At-Large members. The Horne Consortium Advisory Council seeps to preserve and create affordable housing through the provision of grant money from vaous sources, such as HM. Affordable housing developers or groups requiring additional funds may request fund in amounts such as $125,000 to assist them with their project and to show local support for the project. Recent projects that have been considered for funds include Cromwell Court in Hyannis to rehab the structures, Province Landing to develop 40 units, with 25 slated for residents with less than 0%of the median income and a Barnstable arrnouth home ownership program. Projects are scored by a variety of criteria, such as the number of affordable units or accessibility, to determine which projects receive the funds. lis. Egloff questioned whether or not the criteria could be made available for use by the Affordable Housing Committee for consideration of future projects In Mashpee. FIs. Finton will forward the information to the Committee. The Consortium has also developed policies for C pewide affordable units such a creating a standardized regulatory agreement that vAll maintain developments or homes as affordable in perpetuity. The Consortium has developed an all Cape Fair Housing Plan and grants funds to the Down Payment and Closing Costs Program that the Housing Assistance Corporation provides to first time homebuyers. Mr. Abbott questioned whether the Consortium had worked with motels wishing to convert some units to affordable le rentals for greater than 30 days but Ms. Finton was unaware of a partial conversion. Ms. Egloff and Ms. Snider described the Seagull Motel in Provincetown that was converted into one bedroom green affordable housing units. A discussion ensued regarding a local motel that would be heard at the Zoning Board of Appeals. Mr. Trebat questioned whether Ms. Vinton was aware of any Mashpee projects. .IVIS. Finton responded that Habitat for Humanity had requested funds for their project in Mashpee. Mr. Trebat encouraged shared communication between the Committee and Ms. Finton in order to offer local support for projects. Mr. Trebat also questioned the total amount of funds warded annually, to which Ms. Finton confirmed that it was over $500,000, but the specific figure