05/14/2019 AFFORDABLE HOUSING Minutes

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Mashpee Affordable Housing Committee Meeting Minutes May 14, 2019 at 6:30 pm Mashpee Town Hall-Waquoit Meeting Room Present: Chairman Allan Isbitz, Walter Abbott,Berkeley Johnson, Bruce Willard Also: Selectman Carol Sherman, Selectman Thomas O'Hara, Town Planner Evan Lehrer Absent: Marie Stone CALL TO ORDER Chairman Isbitz opened the meeting with a quorum, and the roll was called. APPROVAL OF MINUTES May 7, 2019 Chairman Isbitz had proposed changes to the minutes,but it was determined that they would be deferred to the next meeting. OLD BUSINESS 950 Falmouth Road Presentation by the 950 Working Group on Review &Analysis of RFP Proposals- Chairmanship of the meeting was turned over to Vice Chairman Abbott, to allow Chairman Isbitz to present his report. Chairman Isbitz discussed the RFP Working Group's process and distributed the Developer Selection Schedule& Process, which detailed the timeline of the 950 Working Group. Mr. Isbitz discussed the meeting dates and highlighted the two proposals, one from Commonwealth Community Developers, LLC and another co-development proposal from Preservation of Affordable Housing, Inc. (POAH) and Housing Assistance Corporation, Inc. (HAC). Mr. Isbitz noted that, as co-developers, POAH and HAC had developed five projects on the Cape. Commonwealth Community Developers (CCD)was currently working on the development of Yarmouth Gardens. Four meetings were held to evaluate the proposals, beginning April 26. Members of the 950 Working Group included the Chair and Vice Chair of the Affordable Housing Committee(Mr. Isbitz and Mr. Abbott), the Assistant Town Manager and the Town Planner(Mr. Taylor and Mr. Lehrer), a member of the Affordable Housing Trust(Selectman Sherman and/or Selectman Cahalane) and Laura Shufelt, Mass Housing Partnership, to assist with the financial analysis submitted by the proposers. During the first meeting, the group assessed whether the proposals met the thresholds determined by the RFP and it was determined that they had done so. Mr. Isbitz indicated that, with the exception of the second meeting, all were posted and open to the public. As a result, there was no evaluation of the proposal at the second meeting and the Group instead finalized the evaluation checklist that would be used to score the proposals. Members of the public did attend that meeting. On May 7, the POAH/HAC proposal was assessed and scored. On May 8, both proposers presented their proposals and questions were asked and answered. At the final meeting on May 9, the Commonwealth Community Developers proposal was assessed