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Housing Committee Minutes 09/18/06
Chilmark Housing Committee
                                           September 18, 2006
                                                     Minutes

Present:  Steve Schwab, Zee Gamson, Andy Goldman, Tim Lasker
              and Lisa Specht, Administrative Assistant
             
 The Minutes for September 6, 2006 were amended and approved as amended.

Middle Line Road     Andy Goldman reviewed the Middle Line project, and the
                                  current plans the architects presented to the Middle
                                  Line Subcommittee.
                                  Russell Walton, a member of the Planning Board, spoke to the
                                   committee about the concern for the preservation of Holman Road.
                                   In earlier discussions Holman Road was to be designated as a
                                  walking path but in the present plan it is also being used as road                                .                                  into the development.
                                  Steve Schwab discussed the present plans and his concerns of the
                                   process.

Article 1                    Article 1 on the Warrant for Special Town Meeting was reviewed.
                                 Tim Lasker discussed the concerns of the Planning Board.  The
                                  Planning Board wondered if the construction could be done in
                                  stages rather than all at once.  The Planning Board also suggested
                                 having a lottery system that was spread out over six or eight months.
                                  The Town will pick up the costs of the infrastructure.  The money
                                  will come from CPA funds.
                                 Zee Gamson discussed the process of the homesite applicants and
                                  that the Guidelines will address these issues more succinctly.

Implementation
Guidelines                 Congratulations were given to Andy Goldman for his dedication to
                                  this project.
                                  Zee and Andy met with David Vigneault, of Dukes County
                                  Regional Housing Authority, in regard to the Implementation
                                  Guidelines.  David had some comments and suggestions for the
                                  document.
                                  The Committee discussed certain sections and possible
                                   changes in the language used.
                                  A  question about fine tuning the eligibility/point system section
                                   reviewed.

Change of
Meeting Day             It was decided that the Meeting day be changed to the first and third
                                 Tuesday of the month.  There will be a Special Meeting to discuss
                                 The Guidelines on Tuesday October 10 at 4:30

The Meeting was adjourned at 6:15 PM


Respectfully submitted by Lisa Specht, Administrative Assistant