10/23/2018 AFFORDABLE HOUSING Minutes

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Mashpee Affordable Housing Committee Meeting Minutes October 23, 2018 at 6:30 pm Mashpee Town Hall Approved 1214118 Present: Chairman Allan Isbitz, Walter Abbott,Berkeley Johnson,Bruce Willard Absent: Marie Stone 'Also: Town Planner, Evan Lehrer CALL TO ORDER Chairman Isbitz opened the meeting at 6:40 p.m. with a quorum, and the roll was called. APPROVAL OF MINUTES It was confirmed that minutes from the September meeting had been approved at the October 16 meeting. Minutes from the recording of the October 16 meeting had not yet been produced. OLD BUSINESS 950 Falmouth Road,Review of the RFP Working Group Drafts-Chairman Isbitz turned first to the comparative evaluation criteria of the Request for Proposals. The Chair read through the draft of the criteria in order to identify any necessary changes. Edits appear on the draft on file. The Chair reported that, upon meeting with Laura Shufelt, she suggested that the Committee assign weight to each of the criteria categories. The Committee removed"SCORING"listed on the chart to avoid confusion and for each category, determined the appropriate points awarded for Advantageous and Highly Advantageous. The Chair noted that Ms. Shufeit recommended that, under M.G.L. Chapter 30B procurement regulations, if one RFP responding developer was interviewed, all developers would need to be interviewed. CRITERIA CATEGORY ADVANTAGEOUS HIGHLY ADVANTAGEOUS -Developer Experience& Capacity maximum 10 maximum 20 -Affordability & Support Services max 10 max 20 -Site Design max 5 max 10 -Infrastructure& Green Design. max 8 max 15 -Building Design max 8 max 15 -Financial Feasibility max 8 max 15 -References, Site Visits &Interviews max 2 or 3 max 5 The Chair discussed tax credit projects, clarifying that if units were 100%tax credit, unit rents would be set at no higher than 60%of the average median income. The Committee was also interested in offering moderate income units and the higher range of lower income and desired not to prohibit the option of market rent units. Ms. Shufelt had reported that market units were falling within 80%-100% of average median income. There was consensus to not be too restrictive.