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renovations was selected in December. At our final General Information Historical Commissioners meeting on December 19, The Mashpee Housing Authority's main office is plans to empty the building for necessary structural located in the Community Building of the Frank J. upgrades were put into place with contents to be moved Homeyer Village,7 Job's Fishing Road,Mashpee,MA into storage in January 2012 by DPW personnel and 02649. This office is open part-time,Monday 8:00 AM temporary office space made available to the –12:30PM, and Tuesday–Thursday from 8:00 AM– commission in town hall at that time. Once plans have 2:30 PM. We are closed for administrative work on been reviewed and accepted in early 2012,construction Fridays, but are available by appointment. Hours can will begin in spring. Reopening in late summer is vary without notice depending on staff vacations, hoped. Following replacement of the septic system, trainings, meetings and other appointments outside of an enlarged and landscaped parking lot will provide the office. The Asher's Path Apartments site office is access to the Archives, the Mashpee One Room open Mondays, Wednesdays, and Thursday. Schoolhouse and Mashpee Community Park and Applicants and clients are encouraged to call for an Veterans'Garden. appointment if they need to see someone. Special appointment times can be arranged,including evening Respectfully submitted, and weekends. A 24-hour drop box has been installed Nancy Soderberg, Chairman in the main office entranceway to allow people to drop Joan Tavares Avant off paperwork at any time. Applications for housing Rosemary Burns,Historian are available at the main office entranceway 24 hours a Brian Hyde day,seven days a week. Applications for Asher's Path Frank Lord,School Master Apartments are available in the lobby of that building Gordon Peters 24 hours a day,seven days a week. Board meetings are Ann Graham,Senior Clerk held monthly,usually on the second Thursday of every month unless otherwise posted at the Town Hall. The location of the meetings is usually at the main office at Report of the 7 Job's Fishing Road. Meetings are always posted with Mashpee Housing Authority the Town Clerk at the Town Hall. The authority has a website: www.mashpeehousing.org and receives email communication at: mashpeeha@capecod.net. The Honorable Board of Selectmen and the Citizens of the Town of Mashpee: Administration The housing authority's Executive Director is Mission Statement Leila Botsford. Management and administration of the It is the mission of the Mashpee Housing Mashpee Housing Authority is the responsibility of the Authorityto re in Executive Director,with support from staff comprising remain committed to working P � cooperatively with community,state,federal,and local of an Executive Assistant, a Property Manager, an officials to provide decent,safe,and affordable housing Administrative Assistant, a Maintenance to the citizens of Mashpee in an atmosphere of dignity Superintendent, and a Custodian/Groundskeeper. j and respect. Policy is established by a five member Board of Purpose Commissioners—four of whom are elected and one The Mashpee Housing Authority is a duly state-appointed by the Governor of Massachusetts. organized public housing authority,created under MGL Current members are David Harsch,Richard Halpern, Chapter 121B. The Authority provides income-based Francis Laporte,Jill Allen, and Kevin Shackett. rental units to the elderly, disabled, and families. The Authority administers federal and state housing Activities During the Past Year Programs under the direction of the authority's This year we signed up for Power Options,which Executive Director,with the oversight of a five-member is a utilityconsortium some housing authorities use in Board of Commissioners all of whom are residents of Massachusetts. So far,we have experienced an average Mashpee. of 20% savings. We also received an energy audit 103