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modifications to improve accessibility in their homes Mashpee bringing the total provided by the nonprofit with tradesmen and suppliers willing to help with these organization to 20 over the past two decades. Private projects. Thanks to the efforts of Mike Mendoza and developers have proposed an additional 19 units of Sidney Davis, an advertisement seeking to identify affordable housing, 11 of which will be willing tradesmen has been drafted and will be posted homeownership units,including three more by Habitat, at numerous outlets in Mashpee, Falmouth,Marstons and eight of which will be affordable rental housing. Mills,etc.,as well as local newspapers. We will then The Affordable Housing Committee has provided publicize the program for the residents. letters of support for the 11 homeownership units and has encouraged the developer of the rental housing Some other problems that must be addressed are: project to proceed,but has requested more information improving access for the disabled at South Cape Beach; on their affordability. improving the entryway to the Quashnet School to make it easier for the disabled to enter and exit. Finally, The Committee, in cooperation with the we encourage anyone experiencing or noticing an Affordable Housing Trust, awarded a contract for a impediment to access to a facility or service to notify a feasibility study on 950 Falmouth Road. The study was member of the ADA Committee with the details. completed in draft form during 2017 and is currently under review. At the urging of the Committee and Respectively submitted, other Town departments, the May Town Meeting Robert Wooldridge,Chairman decided to transfer three parcels at 950 Falmouth Road Jaime Curley and one other to the Affordable Housing Trust, the Sidney Davis body charged with overseeing the development of Michael Mendoza affordable housing in Mashpee. Kimberly Landry Charles Maintanis (Alternate) Of great concern in 2017, Mashpee Commons decided to revisit their plans for the development of almost 400 mixed income units, 96 were slated to be affordable. Mashpee Commons Development has been holding public sessions for residents of Mashpee to Report of the provide them with information on resident preferences Affordable Housing Committee for housing in Mashpee,and intend to announce a new development plan in 2018 which the Committee will be reviewing. To the Honorable Board of Selectmen and the Citizens of the Town of Mashpee: In 2018, the Trust and the Committee plan to jointly issue a Request for Proposals (RFP) inviting The Affordable Housing Committee has the developers to submit proposals to build between 30 and responsibility to keep Town officials and citizens 50 units of affordable housing at 950 Falmouth Road. advised about the state of affordable housing in Mashpee. The five-member committee meets monthly The Committee has kept in contact with the to discuss and forward affordable housing issues to Wampanoag Tribe on housing matters. Committee Town leadership. The state requires a planning Members also participated in a Cape-wide set of guideline for affordable housing in every municipality. workshops for municipal officials on affordable According to this guideline, 10% of the total year- housing presented by the Cape Housing Institute, a round housing in each municipality should be partnership between the Housing Assistance affordable. The percentage for the Town of Mashpee is Corporation and the Community Development currently 4.5% (approximately 300 units). Partnership. The number of developers engaged in providing Respectfully submitted, affordable housing significantly increased in 2017, Allan B.Isbitz, Chairman including one project currently being seriously Walter R. Abbott, Vice-Chairman considered by the Town. Habitat for Humanity of Cape Berkley Johnson Jr.,Clerk Cod completed two affordable homeownership units in Marie Stone Bruce Willard 87