12/4/2018 AFFORDABLE HOUSING Minutes

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Mashpee Affordable Housing Committee Meeting Minutes December 4, 2018 at 6:30 pm Mashpee Town Hall Present: Chairman Allan Isbitz, Walter Abbott,Berkeley Johnson, Bruce Willard, Marie Stone Also: Town Planner, Evan Lehrer CALL TO ORDER Chairman Isbitz opened the meeting at 6:32 p.m. with a quorum, and the roll was called. APPROVAL OF MINUTES October 23, 201.8 Chairman Isbitz offered changes to the minutes. There was consensus from Committee members to make the changes. The Chair provided written edits to the Board Secretary. MOTION: Mr. Willard made a motion to approve the minutes as amended. Mr. Johnson seconded the motion. All voted unanimously. October 16 meeting minutes had been drafted from a recording that was of poor quality. The item should be added to a future agenda for approval. OLD BUSINESS 950 Falmouth Road-Chairman Isbitz reported that Mr. Taylor would be working with Selectman Gottlieb regarding the specific details of nitrogen mitigation. In addition, when the RFP was officially adopted by the Affordable Housing Trust on November 5, it contained an addition recommended by Mr. Lehrer, referencing the Town's designation as a member of the Housing Choice Community. A copy of the additional text was provided to Committee members by email. Mr. Johnson noted that"for" should be changed to "to" in the fourth line of the paragraph. Chairman Isbitz confirmed that changes had been made by Horsley Witten to the Feasibility Report to include Changing Section"2.3"to "2.4,"with additional text changes to the section. Mr. Lehrer explained that there was some language confusion regarding nitrogen flow from the development. Horsley Witten cited that to achieve a nitrogen output of 5 mg/L or less would be cost prohibitive. EPA regulations required 20 mg/L. Mr. Lehrer stated that the wording was confusing in the study, suggesting that Mashpee would be amenable to 20 mg/L,but was not the intent of the Town. Mashpee's Special Permit required a minimum output of 5 mg/L, not to exceed 10 mg/L, and the RFP sought to recognize the increased costs of technology upgrades but was an important component of developing affordable housing. State regulations were not consistent with local, Mashpce regulations. The Chair noted that the clarification was in response to concerns expressed by Selectman Gottlieb and his desire to require a development to be net zero. Further clarifications were made in the text regarding nitrogen effluent treatment measurement versus property line nitrogen measurement of 10 mg/L.