3/7/2017 AFFORDABLE HOUSING Minutes

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Mashpee Affordable Housing Committee Meeting Minutes March 7, 2017 at 6:30 lam Mashpee Town.Hall Present: Chairman Walter Abbott, Berkeley Johnson, Allan Isbitz, Bruce Willard Also; Wayne Taylor Assistant Town Manager Absent: Marie Stone CALL To ODE Chairman Abbott opened the meeting at 6:34 p.m. with a quorum and the roll was called. APPROVAL of MINUTE -Feb rua ry '7', 2017 Ir. Willard made a motion to accept the minutes. r. Isbitz seconded the emotion. All voted unanimously. Mr. Willard inquired about sharing approved minutes publicly, as he was contacted by Quashnet valley. It was confirmed that the minutes were public record but that, at this time, they were not available on the Town's website. In the future, a staff member in the Town Manager's office will be uploading minutes to the website. In the meantimel a hard copy of the minutes is available at the TownClerk's office. OLD BUS]INESS o Falmouth Road Feasibility turfy-Mr. Taylor distributed the proposal provided by Horsley Witten for the final portion of the feasibility study. Mr, Taylor was seeking support or non-support from. Committee members. Once the Committee states its approval of the proposal, Mr. Taylor will submit the document to the Board of Selectmen to request funds from the Cape Cod Commission. The Chair requested that members send an email to Wayne with any questions, comments or to voice their support for the proposal. The next Bo meeting will be March 26. once approved by the Board of Selectmen, Mr. Taylor will draft a letter to be sent with the proposal to the Cape Cod Commission to request the funds. As an engineering project, there was no need for a bidding process, though Horsley Witten was on the State Bid list. It was noted that there was no schedule included in the proposal. Mr. Johnson expressed his appreciation to Mr. Taylor for his efforts and Committee members were in agreement. There was discussion regarding the potential of habitat issues discovered in the second study and aspects of infrastructure that was determined in the first study. Discussion of warrant Article for May Town Meeting to Transfer 209 old Barnstable/950 Falmouth load-Mr. Taylor reported that the Board of Selectmen had approved the Town Meeting Articles for the two separate parcels, to be transferred to the Affordable Housing Trust. The Articles will appear at May Town Meeting. Mr. Johnson] inquired about how best to reach out for support for the Articles. There was discussion regarding reaching out to Men's Club, churches and people that members know and also possibly contacting the Enterprise for newspaper coverage. Affordable Housing Trust-Chairman Abbott referenced the affordable housing portion of the CPA funds to total approximately $671,000. Mr. Taylor noted that the number may not include the $200,000 that had already been awarded to the Mashpee Housing Authority. Mr. Isbitz inquired about the changing amounts of funds available over the years and Mr. Taylor responded that on two separate occasions, the sum of$300,000 had been awarded to the Mashpee Housing Authority. There was discussion regarding the funds that were intended to be used as a revolving loan fund, but had instead been provided as a grant. Mr. Isbitz noted than the intent of the legislation was for production of affordable housing. It was noted that when it was first presented to the Affordable Housing Committee by Ms, Botsford,the Committee had supported use of the funds as a - year maximum, revolving loan, as a means of residents to get back on their feet. Mr, Taylor added that some of the funds had been repaid and that some of the funds were used to administer the loan.