07/09/2019 AFFORDABLE HOUSING Minutes

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Mashpee Affordable Housing Committee Meeting Minutes July 9, 2019 at 6:30 pm Mashpee Town Hall-Waquoit Meeting Room Approved 8/6/19 Present: Chairman Allan Isbitz, Walter Abbott,Berkeley Johnson Absent: Marie Stone,Bruce Willard CALL TO ORDER Chairman Isbitz opened the meeting at 6:35 p.m. with a quorum, and the roll was called. APPROVAL OF MINUTES May 7, 2019 and May 14, 2019 Chairman Isbitz had provided proposed changes to the minutes, which were accepted by Committee members. MOTION: Mr.Abbott made a motion to approve the May 7t" minutes. Mr. Johnson seconded the motion. All voted unanimously. The Committee then considered the May 14 meeting minutes. MOTION: Chairman Isbitz made a motion to approve the minutes. Mr. Johnson seconded the motion. All voted unanimously. The Chair provided corrections to the agenda, noting that some items were a carry-over from the last agenda. There would be no report from the 950 Falmouth Road Working Group, but there would be a report about last month's meeting. Mr. Pena would not be presenting a revised plan at tonight's meeting. MOTION: Mr. Abbott made a motion to adopt changes to the agenda as suggested. Mr. Johnson seconded the motion. All voted unanimously. OLD BUSINESS 950 Falmouth Road Progress Report-The Chair indicated that the matter was under the purview of the Affordable Housing Trust(the"Trust"), and gave the following report of the Trust meeting on July 8. He said that although the Working Group had recommended that the Trust designate POAH/HAC as the developer, neither the Trust nor the Working group liked the appearance of the building design. Julie Creamer, POAH Senior Vice President of Acquisitions, attended the Trust meeting, along with architect Steve Tighe, to explain the concept that provided the rationale for the design. After the POAH finished their presentation Chairman Gottlieb expressed appreciation for the presentation but stated the Trustees had a concern about the massive appearance of the buildings, and hoped that the developer could provide a more acceptable design. Although the architect indicated that he had considered the vernacular of the Cape to create the design, there was consensus that the design did not represent the best of Cape Cod.