Judge Welsh Hearing Room
Members Present: Elaine Anderson, Catherine Reno Brouillet,
Joe Carleo, William Dougal, and Molly Perdue.
Members absent: A.J.
Alon (excused absence)
Staff: David Gardner
Others: Dr. Cheryl Andrews and
Michele Couture
The meeting was called to
order at
Joe Carleo said that this
would be a short meeting – about one hour long.
Meeting Agenda
Review and approval of Minutes of November 19, 2007.
Due to many corrections, the
minutes will be rewritten and then submitted for approval at the next meeting.
Discussion
¿RFP for
This meeting was mainly called
to provide input from the Council to the RFP which is being overseen by David
Gardner, Assistant Town Manager.
One comment was to put the
number of units and the mix into the RFP.
There was also a comment to use the local workforce and see that the CPC
application is attached. It was also
decided that the tenant selection process would be separate from the developer.
Elaine Anderson said that the
CPC did meet on the RFP at their meeting last week and did make several motions;
they also provided David with their input.
Part of their concern was to make sure the RFP would be accompanied by a
deed restriction and the deed would then become an attachment to the RFP. The mix on page 7 of the RFP draft identifies
the housing needs as identified by John Ryan; the CPC chose to accept that and
leave the Ryan “needs assessment” in there.
Priority preference is to be given to the proposal with the largest
number of larger units.
Bill Dougal – returning to a
comment he had made – said that we have another significant application that
has been submitted for
Joe C. said that he doesn’t
know if anything has been submitted – BUT -
moving forward – we have to put out an RFP that has an ideal mix of
housing and the more specific we get the harder it will be for any developer to
bid on it
After a bit more discussion on
things that didn’t relate specifically to the RFP – Joe
said that what we need today
is to make our recommendations on the Shankpainter RFP.
Bill D. was still worried
about 40B projects and Molly P. said that we were told that 40B projects will
not come before us.
Bill said that since the Town
doesn’t have 10% affordable housing - we don’t have the ability to apply for a
waiver or relief from any 40B project - so if we’re looking at a possible 40B –
does our community housing plan have any weight? – or is the 40B law something
that trumps any of our concerns?
David G. said that 40B is a
double-edged sword which may allow us to get the optimal number of units in a
development.
Joe Carleo – at this point –
announced that we have 20 minutes of meeting time left and these questions are
in the future. We are here to work on
the recommendations for the RFP.
David G. said that in our
discussions – the selection process – the scoring matrix and the makeup of the
selection committee itself all weigh in on making the final decisions.
Patrick Manning and David
drafted a list which included PCHC comments and - as soon as we’re able to finalize the RFP – he
was hoping to get more input on the Management Plan and any input on what
you’d like in regards to the selection process.
The CPC - in the deed restriction - seeks out the application being
consistent with the purchase of the land - so any comments regarding the
selection process would be relevant.
Joe C. felt that the Council
covered all of this last week under property management which usually
encompasses tenant selection, evictions, etc.
Joe further said that we’d like a role in that process, too.
It was thus decided that the
Community Preservation Committee (CPC), the Community Housing Council (PCHC), the
Board of Selectmen (BoS), and the Provincetown Housing Authority (PHA) would be
the four entities who will be working on the selection process and perhaps
representatives from each group would form the selection committee. Generally a week will be dedicated to RFP
applicants’ interviews – maybe the 2nd
week in April.
Joe C. then asked if there
were any other comments on the applicant selection process. Once we’re satisfied with the RFP – then we
propose that a member of this Council be a member of the selection
committee.
David G. said that obviously
there will be staff people involved – and we should look for people who have
housing expertise.
Joe said - so to move forward
– he’ll write the Council’s suggestions for approval at next week’s meeting; he
will circulate something to everyone for their review during the next
week.
NEXT MEETING WILL BE DECEMBER 3RD AT
Adjournment happened at
Respectfully submitted,
Evelyn
Gaudiano
Approved by
_____________________________ on ____________, 2007.
Joe Carleo, Chair