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a) Comcast Cable increase: Mrs. Botsford reminded the board that they had increased the cable <br /> rate about a year ago but the board had decided to wait until March, at lease renewal, to <br /> increase it for residents. After a short discussion, a motion was made by Richard Halpern <br /> and seconded by Jill Allen to increase the cable to $17 per Homeyer Village resident <br /> next March, 2017. The motion was adopted. <br /> b) Board Member Train/Certification: Ms. Phillips had expressed a desire to attend the MassNAHRO <br /> Board Member Training Series and has already signed up for the first session which is this coming <br /> weekend. Mrs. Botsford stated that she thought it would be great for her, and in turn the whole <br /> board, and is requesting that the board reimburse Ms. Phillips for the fee that she paid and to <br /> also approve funding for her to attend the rest of the series. After consideration, a motion was <br /> made by Richard Halpern and seconded by]ill Allen to appropriate funds for all <br /> training and reimbursement of fees and travel expense for Ms. Phillips to attend the <br /> MassNAHRO Board Member Certification Program trainings. The motion was adopted. <br /> c) Capital Improvement Plan Approval: Mrs. Botsford distributed the proposed plan and reviewed it <br /> in detail. She mentioned that she had notified all residents of the plan and a meeting was held <br /> today to review it with residents. Nine residents attended the meeting and the plan was fully <br /> supported by the residents. A motion was made by Kevin Shackett and seconded by <br /> Richard Halpern to approve and submit to DHCD the Mashpee Housing Authority Five- <br /> Year Capital Improvement Plan.The motion was adopted. <br /> OTHER BUSINESS: Mr. Halpern brought up the subject of what we could do next for a new project. A <br /> discussion ensued regarding the difficulty of doing any new development because of the lack of large <br /> parcels of land in the town. Ms. Botsford stated that is not economically feasible to do any less than 30 <br /> units. She relayed the fact that in Brewster we are in the pre-development phase of a development now <br /> for 32 units of family housing and only one developer responded to the RFP. Projects around this size are <br /> not attractive to developers because the economy of scale just does not work. It is the opinion of Mrs. <br /> Botsford that we would need a large piece of property that would attract a developer to construct at least <br /> 50 units of housing. Asher's Path is a good example; That property is 6 acres. Mrs. Botsford stated that <br /> she is not aware of any pieces of property in the town that are that size and are available for affordable <br /> housing construction. After a short discussion it was suggested that perhaps the new Assistant Town <br /> Manager could be contacted to welcome him and also to express our interest in pursuing such a <br /> development if there is acreage available. <br /> COMM UNICATIONS/CORRESPONDENCE: None that hasn't already been mentioned. <br /> The chair mentioned that Mrs. Botsford will be out on medical leave for a couple weeks later this month <br /> and since the board usually skips one month in the summer, he suggests we skip July and have our next <br /> meeting in August. All agreed to the next meeting being August 11. <br /> MEETING ADJOURNMENT: A motion was made by]ill Allen and seconded by Kevin Shackett to <br /> adjourn. The motion carried. The meeting was adjourned at 6:55 PM. <br /> Respectf 1 ubmi d, <br /> l <br /> I fY <br /> L.e"a Botsfor , MPHA, PH CIP <br /> Secretary <br /> Executive Director <br /> Page 3 of 3 <br />