Chilmark Housing Committee
Meeting Minutes
Monday, May 18, 2009 at 4:30 p.m.
Approved
Present: Andy Goldman, Chair, Tim Lasker, Jim Feiner, Roland Kluver, Sheila Muldaur, Bill Randol, and Todd Christy, Administrative Assistant
Public: Chuck Hodgkinson, Allen Healy
Call To Order:
Mr. Goldman, Chair, called the meeting to order at 4:35 p.m.
Meeting Minutes:
Review of Minutes from April 21, 2009 Minutes. Approved as presented.
As there was no Quorum on May 4, there were no official minutes presented.
New Business:
MLR Update and Timeline:
Mr. Hodgkinson presented a timeline for future events of Middle Line Road Housing Project. It was an extensive schedule that will require input on behalf of the Housing Committee concerning Rental Duplex Design phase, Funding and Construction. The next steps for the Housing Committee included questions of how many Homesite lots to award and when; creating the lottery process with the DCRHA and BOS; how to determine which lottery winner gets which lot; determining a 99 year lease cost; coordinating the timing of rental and Homesite construction process; checking one last time all legal documents possibly involved in the process. The committee agreed to discuss all issues over the next several meetings.
Mr. Hodgkinson spoke to the committee about the need for one more member to participate on the Rental Duplex Construction Committee. Roland Kluver was recommended by the chair, considering his extensive knowledge and impressive background in architecture and construction.
The motion was made by the committee to appoint Roland Kluver to the Building Committee. The motion was seconded and unanimously approved.
Mr. Hodgkinson informed the Committee that their administrative assistant, Todd Christy, will be having his 6 month probationary period review July 6, 2009. He informed the committee of the need for each member’s assessment of Mr. Christy’s performance and to submit an evaluation to the chair for review.
Healy Deed Rider:
Mr. Healy was present to discuss the first draft of a Deed Rider that would restrict the Homesite parcel he is proposing to give to Ms. Zell. Ms. Muldaur commented on the fact that draft minutes presented at the May 4 discussion, had been incorrect in describing the desire of Mr. Healy to allow Ms. Zell’s son to inherit the property whether or not he is qualified as Eligible Purchaser. (Mr. Christy noted there had been a mistake within the first set of Draft minutes and that the minutes as presented, reflected the correction and changes to heritability concerning Ms. Zell.)
The Committee discussed the differences of a Town Homesite lot and a private Homesite lot and Mr. Feiner spoke to his belief that if a private land owner was willing to participate in carving off a 1.0 acre parcel to create a Homesite Lot, the committee should allow for some flexibility regarding the restrictions to heirs. Mr. Healy would like Ms. Zell to have the ability to leave the Homesite lot to her son, regardless of his being qualified as EP. Homesite lots still have the restriction making them primary residence for heirs. A question arose out of this discussion concerning longevity of non-qualified heirs. How many generations of heirs should be allowed to inherit without EP qualification? Mr. Feiner spoke again to the issue of youth lots only providing for 10 years of affordability, and the restrictions within the
Deed Rider would bring the lot back for lottery after an heir divests.
Mr. Healy wanted to clarify that, who lives in this house, owns it. He wants the house to stay in affordability and he would like to be able to cure the default, should that resident default on the mortgage.
With Mr. Healy concerns addressed, Mr. Goldman and the entire committee thanked Mr. Healy for his generosity in providing this Homesite lot.
Atkinson Homesite Lot:
The committee reviewed the Atkinson Deed Rider and approved the Deed Rider language as presented.
DCRHA:
The committee discussed the appointed position to the DCRHA. It is an island authority that meets regularly once a month on the third Tuesday. Mr. Christy informed the board that should the board not suggest an appointee to the BOS for appointment to DCRHA, then the County has the right to appoint someone to the Chilmark Housing Committee on behalf of the DCRHA. The committee would like to avoid that. Mr. Goldman suggested a rotating attendance for each member, requiring each member to go to the DCRHA meeting twice a year.
With no other new business to discuss, Mr. Goldman closed the meeting.
Minutes respectfully submitted by Todd Christy, Administrative Assistant.
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