01/18/2023 PLANNING BOARD Minutes (2)

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16 Great Neck RoadNorth wlashyee, -Massachusetts oz649 His office submitted a local preference report for the affordable housing project at 950 Falmouth Road, LeClair Village. DHCD did respond to the request and approved 70% local preference. They noted the request for Tribal preference would be a violation of fair housing laws. They did provide a remedy which he discussed with the Chairman of the Select Board and Vice Chair of the Tribe. If the Tribe is a participant in the financing of the affordable housing, via Indian Block Grant Funds, we are then required to provide that local preference. They are willing to allow that after the fact. It would be a post close finance. The project financing closed on January 6, 2023. He will be working with Carlton Hendrix, David Weeden, and Shelly Tobey. It does put the ball in their court, but he will provide them any support to make that happen, if it is something they want. We would ask the Tribe to be involved at the outset of all affordable housing projects, then at the RFPs we can note they will be contributing to projects, and developers can respond accordingly with the local finance package. Ms. Waygan stated they could most likely use that Block Grant in any town of their region that they choose to get that local preference. Affordable Housing Project — 209 Old Barnstable Road Mr. Lehrer had a kickoff meeting with residents of the neighborhood. It was a good process, there were 7 people that were identified, established by the association. They are concerned about traffic. He wrote to his boss noting they would be interested in a traffic study before going further. Hopefully the Affordable Housing Trust will be able to convene to authorize the study. From there, they will continue to work through the engagement. He would like to bring in more stakeholders to round out the team and open up to more residents of the project area. There are open minded folks and some very concerned folks. They want to get a proposal on the table to help meet affordable housing goals that both support the neighborhood and people are proud of. Ockway Highlands Tripartite Agreement Update Mr. Lehrer notified the developer about some conditions in his agreement, such as annual reports and a completion date of April 2022. There were no annual reports and the project is still underway. It's his measure of security. He was asked to join the February 1, 2023 meeting to give an update and evaluate the agreement to ensure terms are being met. Mr. Lehrer has not heard back yet. New Seabury Cottages Phase III This was the identified potential grading issues. Mr. Pesce has coordinated with his staff and made a site visit, and they will shoot some grades soon. No findings yet. 16