10/13/2005 HOUSING AUTHORITY Minutes

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. The-chairperson asked what the status of the Trending machine was. Mrs. Botsford reported + that she had signed an agreement with New Spirit vending to provide a vending machine for the building and it was going to be installed on October 27. The revenue for the authority was then briefly discussed again, and Mrs. Botsford stated that she has contacted DHCD again to review the situ tion. She-a nd the fee accountant may need to ma ke aN trip to Boston to meet personally with there, currently the authority hays only about $19,000 in reserves. Mrs., Botsford has sent letters to representatives.-to ask for their help in passing a,suppleental burdg t, which would aid all -Massachusetts housing- uthorities... supportive responses were received from both Representative Perry and Representative Patrick. OTHER BUSINESS: Town Affordable Housing Committee update from liaison: Ms. Battles gave a brief update. She was absent from the towns Inst meeting, but reviewed the minutes from that meeting, Mrs. Botsford distributed copies of those minutes to the board members. The town is moving forward with the Municipal Affordable Housing Trust. Ms. Battles will continue as the liaison. CPA (Communitv Preservation Act update/report from liaison: Mrs. Botsford reminded the board that Mr. Halpern had been appointed as the housing authority"s designee on the CPA board. Mr. Halpern reported that the last meeting was cancelled but he will be attending a CPA conference being held later this month. Mr. Halpern would like for us to come up with a proposal for the CPA to consider. This item will be placed on next month's agenda after- Mr. Halpern gathers more information and ideas at the CPA conference. Mrs. Botsford stated that she had emailed all the housing authorities in Massachusetts that attend the executive. director ` meetings she goes to, to see if any housing authorities have been successful in doing anything with .thein local CPA monies. She will gather all of the responses and have inf rrnation available { for net meeting. COMMUNICATIONS/CORRESPONDENCE: Correa rndn : 0 Mrs. Botsford received a notice from DHCD regarding changes to the MRVP Mobile voucher program a copy of their notice is in your packet). Regulations changed for how rents are calculated under this program. This has required our computer program to be adjusted and updated. DHCD wants all rents adjusted retroactive to ,duly 1 and notices sent out to all tenants and landlords. DHCD has instructed housing authorities to-issue checks to.the tenants for amounts due to thorn due to this retroactive-change. r In addition, DHCD is allowing housing authorities to re-issue vouchers that were. terminated since July 2005. We have 2 that we can re-issue. Mrs. Botsford is in the process of contacting people on the gaiting list and will re-issues these vouchers are soon as possible. 0 We received a correspondence from the Mashpee WampanoaNg Indian Tribal council regarding their support for the Asher"s Path project. The correspondence is not encouraging. In their letter they state that they "will be in fall support of TCB, in partnership-wih MHA to neve forward-and develop Asher's Path Senior P Housing,L ifif the.;.; developer would be willing to h ve-a preference for Elderly members of the Mas a Wa m pa n oag Tribe, and a 1 so,a I oca l Prefere nceMrs. Botsford is in the process of'. double-checking, but doesn't believe preferences like this are allowed by HUD and if this, its the-only way they wlll support our development,.thea we obviously won't have their support for a HUD 202 application and will probably not get funded, • Mrs. Botsford has been in contact with the assessor's office at Town Hall. They contacted her for some information regarding the PILOT (Payment in Lieu of Takes). Page 3 of