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OLD BUSINESS:
<br /> A).....Management Agreements Udate: Mrs. Botsford presented the bo-,i-rd with aDH D edited
<br /> version of the contract they will approve. There is not a lot that ha4;; +:,,hajig(,d.Just .orae
<br /> wording for the most part and a requirement to subr nit some re por}t.o.t within 3i oDays. In
<br /> addition, they raised the fee a little bit. Things are going well in CEIever and Brew:iter.
<br /> Carver is getting to be a much better place. B rewsti.Nr, like aS.h ect, is running qu ite
<br /> smoothly. Mrs. Botsford recently successfully received approval ort a BY e1A st,:_%#r CPC grant
<br /> for $130,000 to help preserve some affordable public housing units. Carver has some
<br /> capital'obs underway and a new Capital Improvement Plan is alrr (ist don1�. A_ motion was
<br /> ramie by Kevin Shackett and seconded by Lisa Pena a to accept the e arinc,�-,a d ed
<br /> Mattapoisett Housing Authority management agreement and siign U tt l)e eff Letive
<br /> February 15, 2018. The motion carried. The chairman signed thl;� agn,.,,er ao�at and Mrs.
<br /> Botsford will get it to Mattapoisett on Tuesday for sli nature wJI'lens,he 90Csthere sand then
<br /> hand-deliver it to DHCD next Thursday when she i,, in Boston,
<br /> _o.. CPC Pros Mrs. Botsford provided the board with a copy ofan nail received
<br /> less than two hours ago from the town, Mr. Laporte.had spoken to the tovkl a manager and
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<br /> he and Selectwoman Carol Sherman were suppose_to core to ton:i ght'�; nr,ee ting with
<br /> questions they have regarding the Housing Assistance Pr,ograrrr.. M rO, Bots ft.)rd had
<br /> received a call from Assistant Town Manager Wayne re Ta for about an hour {.tr rd half ago in
<br /> which he stated that they had a conflict and could not attend but that he , asping to email
<br /> their questions. This is the email the hoard has in front of them thi-,:,) t�ven i rg. The, hoard
<br /> reviewed the email and a discussion ensued. Conscnsus was that tt e ernad from ons Ms.
<br /> Sherman was difficult to read as the questions were not clear and the whole� ar a r� ,ap h was
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<br /> very convoluted. Mrs. Botsford reviewed with the I)oard the actions takeortivithe town
<br /> over the past several years, including that the board had rxret with Jv[S. Shernlan and Mr.
<br /> Collins two years ago and agreed that Mr. Collins and Mrs. Bo tsfor'd Nvout t wor {Vo ether•
<br /> to address things going forward and that the hoards would not :Mterr re. Ni rs. Bots5ford
<br /> reminded the board that they had, years ago, agreed to the to v�-n and i tin - the program, at the
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<br /> town's expense, and the town never followed through. Additionally, l asir.����� Hor rsin
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<br /> Authority had agreed, at the town's request, to have their Huntin S.;,,rvic+�s Director review
<br /> all the paperwork and files relating to the program, as long as a. Heart ora tial Lin r of
<br /> Understanding could be entered into to preserve confidentiality. Tht., town iacver f6Howed
<br /> through on this either. The chairman pointed out that at the be-,:jnni.ng of 1\1:S. herFinan's
<br /> email she mentions questions from last Friday, whic.-h we never ree�:f1ved. .1�c� a rei�d that in
<br /> order to try to answer her questions, we'd first have to try to fi- terpret thtlri-r, Mr. Halpern
<br /> stated that this has been going on for a long time and we should +us t try to an;iwer what we
<br /> think her questions are in order to put this to rest. R is obvious that one ors tiN o sel uctmen
<br /> think that something wrong is being done with this program, and it ES. not. the Chairman
<br /> expressed disappointment that Ms. Sherman and Mr. Collins were :rot at tli e i need ng this
<br /> evening so that we could get clear questions and answer them. The hou.sing authority has
<br /> nude several efforts to provi de the town with th]ngs that they''lie wanted_ air rd now there are
<br /> several people involved in something that should hCave been h�aridled by the- Town manager
<br /> and our executive director, as agreed to. Mr. Halpern stated that it iv,,.-is his opinion that we
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