Community Housing Council
Meeting Room A
Members Present: A.J. Alon (arr. 4:43p), Catherine
Brouillet, Joe Carleo,
William Dougal, and Molly Perdue.
Members absent: Elaine
Anderson (excused)
Staff: Maxine Notaro (arr. 5:05p)
Others: Michelle Jarusiewicz, Sharon Lynn, Ted Malone,
and Pru Sowers.
The meeting was called to
order at
Joe Carleo told the group
that A.J. Alon had requested having the Shank Painter Project put on the agenda
first because he has to recuse himself from the discussion and could thus
arrive later at the meeting.
Meeting Agenda
Discussion on Shank Painter Project
Joe Carleo said that the
Council was given some information to read and he doesn’t have too much more to
say about it. Molly Perdue talked about
it at the Provincetown Housing Authority (PHA) and they had discussed some kind
of subcommittee. The PHA liked that idea. Molly P. voiced her concern that if the CHC
weren’t involved in planning at the onset – then they’d have to evaluate an idea
they didn’t have a hand in.
Bill Dougal asked a question
that he had asked before: “Who is going to develop the Request for Proposal
(RFP) criteria?” Bill said we’re
providing Community Preservation Act (CPA) funding and the Shankpainter project
is meant for community housing. Bill
wants to know the income mix for this project.
“We want to be sure that all income groups will be represented.”
Sharon Lynn said that Susan
Connelly has been involved since the very beginning; she and her colleague are
putting together the RFP for Shankpainter.
They’ve been involved and were originally recommended by the housing
group. Bill Dougal said that this is the
first plan that will involve town funding.
Bill continued saying that this project has to be perceived in the
community – as having been right and it has to meet the community needs. We have to look at what we’ve done so far
i.e., income sectors, certain job areas in the community and others that are
critical – and somehow folks are going to be able to have access to these
units. Until he hears that he will not
be comfortable with the project.
Joe Carleo said that what he
reads is 40 units with local preference – Bill needs to know the salary levels
of the people who will become eligible.
Some people may be eligible and some may not. That’s the credibility gap. Sharon Lynn restoring calm said,
“Why don’t we see what the RFP looks like.”
Bill D. said there’s a way
certain sectors of the community have to be recognized. Since the Board of Selectmen (BoS) stated the
last local preference. Bill D. wants to
talk to the fire chief and ask – “does this meet your needs at all?” Sharon L. felt that by the end of August the RFP
will be ready. Michelle Jarusiewicz
said that in the past the RFP would make the rounds and then - after feedback –
it would be rewritten and then submitted to the BoS.
Bill D. said that if we find
it’s not going to accommodate most of the firemen, policemen, healthcare
personnel, Town employees, and teachers - We have to know and it has to be a
community policy decision. Cathy B. said
that we’re so desperate for moderate and medium income. Joe C. said so it seems as though once the
RFP is written then we’ll see who will be accommodated.
Sharon L. felt the focus of
the BoS would be to have the Community Housing Council (CHC) on top of
housing. Molly P. would like to invite the
fire chief, the police chief, etc. in to a meeting to discuss this problem and
gather what is needed. This would be a
place to start BUT – because the fire department is volunteer – there are many
incomes in the fire department. Joe
doesn’t know many in the community so Bill D. volunteered to ask the previously
mentioned to attend one of the meetings; the group may also want to talk to
Patrick Manning, etc. When Ted Malone
was asked about his lists of people in need of housing, he said that he can
give totals of people on his list and their needs, i.e., 1, 2, or 3 bedroom but
cannot share names on the list. He
doesn’t have a list of the median-income group.
The main needs would be for the recruits to the care campus, teachers,
etc. Sharon L. asked, “Are you looking
for salary ranges?” Ted M. said that as
a potential bidder on that project, he’d have to know what was going in there and
if there is a market for whatever is projected.
Minutes
Motion: Approve the minutes of the
July 23rd meeting as written.
Motion: Cathy Brouillet Seconded: Molly Perdue Vote:
4-0-0.
Discussion on policy & procedures
Bill D. had one change in the
mission statement. He wants to add
“socio-economic diversity” instead of just plain “economic diversity.”
Job Description:
This provoked a long
discussion. Bill D’s viewpoint is that
it’s better not to hire anyone if the right person cannot be found. Our needs may change after a year or
two. We may find that our needs are much
greater. Even if we bring a good person
on – we still need a job description. “What
are the 5 key things we’d like a person to accomplish?” (A.J. arrived at this point.) Molly P. felt that it would make sense for us
to move ahead and keep readjusting as we go along, i.e., is Shankpainter to be
our #1 goal? We haven’t set these up as
priorities. Who will assume the
interface between the developer and this committee? – maybe the part time
person? Is this person going to be a
lead person reporting to the town manager? These are the things that you have to put on
the table. What is this person’s role?!
Joe C. said that the job description
would have to discuss the parameters and then clearly identify the most
important things. “As we continue to
hammer this out then maybe we could state the 5 main things and this will be on
the agenda for the next meeting.”
Motion: Approve the adjusted
(see above) mission statement.
Motion: A.J. Alon
Seconded: Molly Perdue
Vote: 5-0-0.
Motion: Approve the job
description.
Motion: A.J. Alon Seconded: Molly Perdue Vote: 5-0-0.
Housing Inventory
Michelle Jarusiewicz provided
the group with a CH 40B housing inventory, as requested. They were all low and moderate but some were
subsidized. Some restrictions were for
perpetuity and some have limited timeframes.
Each member of the council received a comprehensive list of the
housing. There was a bit of discussion
from members of the council and questions addressed to Michelle J. She was thanked for her input.
Discussion on TAP Grant
Molly P. will be meeting with
professors and they said they’d probably be able to find a student to fill our
needs within the confines of the grant.
Molly P. will report back to the group next week.
Public Statements
There were none.
Other Business
There were two articles from
newspapers that were handed out by Bill D.
One was entitled “No quarter for snob zoning” and dealt with efforts to
remove Chapter 40B –
Molly P. said that when the
transfer tax didn’t pass, she realized that if it had, we don’t have any way to
deposit it. When planning the transfer
tax the phrase “in lieu of” was used and there has to be a place to put the
money. It’s something to think
about. We need a lot of discussion on
how to secure this money. Bill Dougal
said that when David Nicolau was on the BoS, he had set up a trust fund, he
thought, for the transfer tax.
Maxine Notaro joined the meeting
to add to the current affordable housing inventory. She said that the
The Bissell tennis court
project will have to have a new plan which will then go before the ConCom for
wetland approval and then they will have to meet with the Fire Chief regarding
turn-around radius for emergency vehicles.
They will present a new plan eventually.
Bill Dougal felt that we
should request a look at the new proposal.
Also he thought Chuck Silva should be asked about the commitments he
made when he was allowed to put in his laundromat which turned out half the
size he had promised. Also there was an
affordable housing component as part of the original plan.
Molly P. will talk to Howard Burchman,
chair of Planning regarding by-laws.
On October 18th the
Economic Development Countil (EDC) will have a business summit from
The next meeting will take
place on August 6th. There
will be no meeting on the following week (August 13th) due to
Carnival. (As a point of information –
on Monday, August 20th, the
The CHC will meet with the BoS
on Monday, September 10th in order to update them.
Adjournment happened abruptly
at
Respectfully submitted,
Approved by
_____________________________ on ____________, 2007.
Joe Carleo, Chair