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5 Mashlace; Select Board -Affordable Housing Trust Minutes June 26, 2023 At the May 2023 Town Meeting, the Affordable Housing Trust (AHT) was awarded $550,000 in CPA monies to allow for a more efficient procedure to enable the acquisition of land and subsequent development of affordable housing projects. Adequate funding would enable the AHT to move 6orward effectively and efficiently, and to take action on affordable projects as they arise. 3%TWTNMF1_f I lee T a Committee for $500,000 in CPA funding at the October 2023 Town Meeting. Motion seconded by Selectman O'Hara. VOTE: Unanimous. 7-0. Roll Call Vote: Selectman Cotton, yes Selectman O'Hara, yes Selectman Sherman, yes Selectman Weeden, yes Selectman Wyman -Colombo, yes Mr. hibitz, yes Mr. McKelvey, yes Opposed, none Evan Lehrer, Town Planner met with members of the Affordable Housing Trust to review the update of the Housing Production Plan, a CPA funded project at the May 2022 Town. Meeting. The project also received funds from the Cape Cod Commission via District Local Technical Assistance. Mr. Lehrer indicated that actions to be defined in the Plan would consider projects recommended to move forward, evaluate the housing policy, and provide specific actions to be taken in consideration to the demographic changes over the past 10 years. The Housing Production Plan (HPP) will provide the framework which the Town should rely on to meet its 10% mandate of housing units eligible for inclusion on the States Subsidized Housing inventory. The document is intended tosupport "the creation, preservation, and support of community liousing." It was noted the Town of Mashpee adopted its first Housing Production Plan in 2015. To meet the 10% mandate, a minimum of 32 units annually was recommended in this report. This goal was not achieved. On July 11, 2023 MT. Lehrer is scheduled to meet with the Affordable Housing Committee and consultants to outline an engagement strategy focusing on necessary steps to achieve the 10% mandate of eligible affordable housing units. It is anticipated the Affordable Housing Trust would be involved in this process as a decision -making board in similar capacity with the Affordable Housing Committee,