Judge Welsh Hearing Room
Members Present: A.J. Alon, Elaine Anderson, Joe Carleo,
William Dougal, and Molly Perdue.
Members absent: Catherine Brouillet (excused absence)
Staff: Matt Mulvey and Maxine Notaro
Others: Ted Malone
The meeting was called to
order at
Meeting Agenda
Discussion on Shank Painter Project
Joe Carleo said he wanted a quick meeting so he
suggested eliminating the discussion on Shankpainter since Bill Dougal who
requested it was not in attendance.
(Bill came in slightly after this announcement.) Joe also said that at future meetings he
would like to have MINUTES at the beginning of the agenda.
Minutes
Motion; Take minutes out of
order.
Motion: A.J. Alon Seconded: Molly Perdue Vote:
5-0-0
Motion: Approve the minutes of
the July 2nd meeting.
Motion: Elaine Anderson Seconded:
Molly Perdue Vote: 5-0-0.
Motion: Approve the minutes of
the July 10th meeting.
Motion: A.J. Alon Seconded: Elaine Anderson Vote:
5-0-0.
Discussion on Shank Painter Project (revisited)
A.J. Alon recused himself
because of a possible conflict of interest.
Bill Dougal took charge of the discussion by saying, “We should assume a
leadership role in this project.” He
further said that its conclusion could serve as an important model for the CHC.
Molly Perdue felt that we
should create a subcommittee one member of this council, a member of the Board
of Selectmen (BoS), and a member of the Community Preservation Committee (CPC) and it would be our way to stay
connected. Further, a subcommittee made up of all the housing groups
who are currently working toward the same goal.
Joe could be our representative because of his knowledge of funding
sources.
Bill Dougal then went on to
ask a myriad of questions; some of which had answers and some that had yet to
be defined. Bill wanted to go through some fundamental decision points, i.e., a
step by step primer to attaining affordable housing permits.
Maxine Notaro suggested compiling
all the documentation that has been gathered to date. Molly P. said the BoS are going to be the
ones to issue the Request for Proposals (RFPs) and we want to be a part of
those discussions. We must be sitting at
the table during those formulation series or we won’t be part of the process.
Discussion on permits procedures
The discussion began anew on
how developers get permits, etc. Molly Perdue
handed out a Provincetown C.40B Housing Inventory which she had obtained from the
provincetowngov.org site. It answered
many of the questions that had just been asked..
Ted Malone addressed the group
and tried to clarify the many regulations that developers have to go
through. A deed restriction has to be recorded before a
building permit is issued. Also qualifying some rentals is something that
has yet to be done. Basically a lot of
record keeping is required. Matt Mulvey said that this committee - in the
future - will be the repository of all
that information.
Discussion on policy and procedures
Joe Carleo said that this is
what we’ve been talking about. Bill
Dougal then produced a hand-out that he had worked on entitled Implementation
Plan – 10 year Community Housing Plan (2008-2018) and said he needs some form
of analysis of current housing needs.
Elaine Anderson suggested having a form and sending it to all concerned
parties, i.e., Fire Chief (to hand out to his volunteer firemen),
Superintendent of Schools (to give to her teachers), etc. This would be a way to get information back
from all the concerned entities.
Future Chores
It was decided that at the
next meeting on July 23rd, Joe C. will have a draft of a job
description for a staff person who will become an assistant to the council and
a draft of a mission statement. Also the
staff person should be brought on sooner, rather than later.
Elaine Anderson handed out a
guideline for staffing an office which seemed to expound on what the focus
would be.
Public Statements
Ted Malone said that he is
working on a matrix of what would be sensible for a mix of more moderate, mixed,
and the middle definitions.
Other Business
Bill Dougal asked that Ted M.
might be able to apprise the CHC of financing machinations at the next meeting. Also he requested that Maxine get information
for the next meeting on available gallonage for affordable housing. Elaine Anderson will follow up with the
Planning Board at their next meeting.
Third Officer
Motion: Nominate Molly Perdue as a clerk for the CHC.
Motion: A.J. Alon Seconded: Elaine Anderson Vote:
5-0-0.
Adjournment happened at
Respectfully submitted,
Approved by
_____________________________ on ____________, 2007.
Joe Carleo, Chair