02/05/2019 AFFORDABLE HOUSING Minutes

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Mashpee Affordable Housing Committee Meeting Minutes February 5, 2019 at 6:30 pm Mashpee Town Hall-Waquoit Meeting Room Approved 3/5/19 Present: Chairman Allan Isbitz, Walter Abbott, Berkeley Johnson, Bruce Willard, Also: Town Planner, Evan Lehrer Absent: Marie Stone CALL TO ORDER Chairman Isbitz opened the meeting at 6:35 p.m. with a quorum, and the roll was called. APPROVAL OF MINUTES October 16, 2018 and December 4, 2018 MOTION: Mr. Willard made a motion for approval of the October 16 minutes. Mr. Abbott seconded the motion. All voted unanimously. MOTION: Mr. Johnson made a motion for approval of the December 4 minutes. Mr. Willard seconded the motion. All voted unanimously. OLD BUSINESS 950 Falmouth Road-Chairman Isbitz reported that the Affordable Housing Trust approved the amended version of the RFP, already approved by the Committee. A few additions were made by the Trust, including incorporation of the Town's designation as part of the Housing Choice Program. It was suggested by Selectmen Gottlieb that the evaluation criteria be amended, so that the Wastewater Systems portion was removed from Infrastructure & Green Design category and instead separated into its own category,to show consistency with the engineering report. Changes appear in the red-lined version of the RFP, included with the file. Selectman Gottlieb also requested emphasizing an effort to lower the output as much as possible, and nitrogen mitigation to occur in the same watershed. There was discussion regarding the engineering report and the exit pipe measurements and atmospheric nitrogen waste numbers. Further clarification was made regarding the awarding of a proportion of points under Highly Advantageous. Mr. Abbott inquired about Mashpee Commons and Mr. Lehrer noted their ability to treat effluent at 3 mg/L, due to their very advanced system, with massive capacity. Likewise, Windchime was working on their system to treat between 5mg/L and 10 mg/L, at a cost of 3/4 of a million dollars. The Chair noted that there could be an additional annual cost of approximately$100,000 to maintain the system, which would be cost prohibitive for an affordable housing project. Mr. Lehrer added that there was a significant cost to move treatment from 5 mg/L to 3 mg/L. The Chair reported that, what remained of Infrastructure & Green Design,the site related issues, was rolled into Site & Infrastructure Design section. There was consensus from Committee members to do so. The Chair stated that he also eliminated redundancies.