Chilmark Housing Committee
Meeting Minutes
Monday, May 16, 2010 at 4:30 p.m.
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Present: Andy Goldman, Bill Randol, Jim Feiner, Sheila Muldaur
Todd Christy, Administrative Assistant
Not Present: Tim Lasker, Roland Kluver,
Call To Order:
With the absence of a chair, the group collectively called the meeting to order.
Meeting Minutes:
Minutes from April 5, 2010 no quorum to approve
New Business:
- The first order of business was to take nominations and for a new Chilmark Housing Committee chair. Jim Feiner was nominated and accepted the nomination. His nomination was seconded and unanimously approved. Congratulations to Jim!
- The Committee sent the Building Inspector a letter in May asking if he would contact them if he saw something out of line with the premise of MLR affordability during his review of the Homesite Plans. He agreed to do so and suggested that the Housing Committee add language to the Implementation Guidelines that would allow them a review during the application process. The Committee discussed and agreed that there already existed oversight by the Site Review Committee and design guidelines for the MLR project.
- Todd brought up for discussion the idea of getting together the Homesite recipients and all the parties using Middle Line Road in their respective associations for an informational meeting to walk through establishing these associations. The Committee agreed this sounded like a good idea. They asked Todd to set a date.
- Helm Loan: Todd gave a brief description of the Helm Loan program established with IAHF to help affordable Homesite recipients to bridge the gap of affordability if there was one. The Town had earmarked CPA funds totaling $60,000.00 for this program, but IAHF has no matching grant money. It was suggested that this money be designated to a different account and eventually placed in the Housing Trust. It was suggested this money could be used for something else and asked Todd to check with Chuck on how to proceed.
- The committee had a brief discussion concerning the status of the MLR Ground Leases. Currently, the newest version is with Town Counsel and expected to be approved and signed by the selectmen in the next week. The changes include the status of the affordable restrictions through foreclosure, which the town wishes to stay in place.
With no other new business to discuss, Mr. Feiner closed the meeting at 5:35 pm.
Minutes respectfully submitted by Todd Christy, Administrative Assistant.
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