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Affordable Housing Committee Page 2 <br /> Minutes of June 15, 2021 <br /> state funding and tax credits before the end of the year. If successful, the project would be fully <br /> funded and POAH would be able to begin construction sometime in 2022. The first funding <br /> decision for$300,000 will be taken up by the Trust at its meeting on June 28. The second is a <br /> request in the amount of$250,000 that POAH submitted to the HOME Consortium Advisory <br /> Council ("HOME Consortium") for its approval. <br /> POAH has been invited to submit a preliminary application by August 5 to the Department of <br /> Housing& Community Development("DHCD") for state funding and tax credits If the funding <br /> requests POAH submitted to the Trust and to the HOME Consortium are approved by then, the <br /> project will be in an excellent position to be awarded funding and tax credits worth over$10 <br /> million by the end of the year. This would make it possible for the project to begin construction <br /> in 2022. Mr. Isbitz thought that the chances of this happening were good. <br /> Mr. Willard then said he would like it to be noted on the record that there are nine members of <br /> the Trust, and of the nine, five are Selectmen. <br /> Mary Waygan raised a concern that the Trust presence needs to be larger. It is hidden on the <br /> Town website. Yet, under state law, it is authorized to govern the financing for affordable <br /> housing in most Towns across the State. The Chair agreed with Ms. Waygan that it would be <br /> desirable if the Trust had greater prominence given the importance the state authorizing <br /> legislations gives it <br /> Ms. Cadrin and Mr. Quinn commented on the HOME Consortium funding decision. They said <br /> the Advisory Committee is actively considering POAH's funding application, there has been <br /> good communication, and the funding decision will happen in a timely manner <br /> Mashpee Commons <br /> The Chair announced that Buff Chace has agreed to make a presentation to the Committee at our <br /> next meeting on July 13. Ms. Waygan brought the Committee up to date on related actions by <br /> the Planning Board ("PB"). Given insufficient information on how the Mashpee Commons <br /> development plan would relate to the revised Comprehensive Plan the PB is considering, the PB <br /> voted last week to not submit a zoning bylaw to the Select Board for the Town Meeting warrant <br /> until the related Development Agreement was executed with the CCC. Due to a concern for the <br /> delay this will cause, PB and Selectmen, CCC, and Mashpee Commons will have a joint meeting <br /> on June 21 to clarify the Development Agreement process. <br /> Chairman Isbitz's explained that the Committee would be concerned with the affordable housing <br /> aspects of the Mashpee Commons plan: how much are they proposing to build, and who will it <br /> serve, i.e.,how is the "missing middle", defined? In the end, will they help the town meet the <br /> Mashpee affordable housing goal and needs? <br /> In response to a question by Ms. Baker about the current town affordable housing percentage, <br /> Mr. Isbitz said it is now 5%, and the town has an estimated unmet need based on the 2010 census <br /> of almost 1,000 units. <br /> 108 Commercial Street <br /> Mr. Isbitz said the 6.5-acre site was ideal for affordable housing. However, there is a lot of detail <br />