Local Housing Partnership
Judge Welsh Hearing Room
Members
present: Arturo Alon,
Bryan Green, Tim Hazel,
and Melissa Jones.
Member
absent: Scott Campbell and Noah
Taylor (excused absences)
Staff: Maxine Notaro and
Doug Taylor
Others: Michele Couture and
Pam Parmakian
Meeting
Agenda
The meeting was called to order at
Motion: Move "any other business" section
to the top of the agenda.
Motion: Tim Hazel Seconded: Melissa Jones Vote:
4-0-0.
Any
other business that shall properly come before the board
Pam Parmakian was in attendance as a
representative of the Provincetown Housing Authority (PHA); their next meeting
is on January 31st. The Board
of Selectmen (BoS) has put together a working group from all committees who are
working on affordable housing. Pam is
looking for a recommendation for the "Affordable Community Housing
Staffing Plan" that the taskforce has decided upon. The plan was presented to the Community Preservation
Committee (CPC) on Tuesday. A budget to
hire a part-time staff person will come from the CPC fund (75 %) and (25%) from
the Provincetown Housing Fund. This is
a 3-year plan and eventually will result in a regular staff position. The first part is to hire a consultant for
16 hrs/wk to get the plan up and running.
The 2nd phase will be working to implement the plan while we
look into other sources of funding i.e., grants, etc.
Given the budget we have worked on, we have an
actual proposal from John Ryan who will be starting on February 19th
and will be working on proposals that will go before town meeting. Mr. Ryan had mentioned other funding sources
that he knew about. Pam had another
handout, which detailed the two motions passed by the CPC at their meeting on
Motion: Recommend to the PHA to set aside $20K to
hire a staffing person.
Motion: Bryan Green Seconded:
Melissa Jones Vote: 4-0-0.
Melissa asked, "What happens after 3
years?" Answer: "Hopefully this position will be
self-sustaining."
Discussion
on Section 4170 of the Zoning Bylaws
A.J said we do agree that it needs a little
change but he wants to get a letter out to the BoS and the Planning Board that
if the change refers to "change of use" then that change may be
approved. Question: "Is this being handed over to the
Planning Board to rewrite?"
Planning and the BoS met and wanted to strengthen the 4170 at least that
was the intent. Michele Couture said
that she feels it’s just to strengthen 4170 - the Planning Board chair thought
he’d like it to be 20% and not the 33%. Tim Hazel felt any changes should be
enhancing and building on what the people voted on and want.
AJ was miffed because the Planning Board was
invited to meet with the BoS on 4170 and the Local Housing Partnership should
have been included. Tim Hazel said he
would be happy to work with them but they’ve done nothing to promote
closeness. Tim continued his rant by
saying how unfair everything is citing "poor" Doug Taylor who wanted
to tear down a shack and put up an affordable two family and was denied and yet
Michele Couture said – at this point it’s
important for the LHP to be heard. Maybe
AJ could call Howard Burchman and set up a joint meeting of the two
boards. The next meeting the Planning
Board has is on February 7th at
Motion: Agree to amend 4170 to a degree.
Motion: Bryan Green Seconded:
Tim Hazel Vote: 4-0-0.
Doug has a way - you could add in a subdivision,
looking for clarity of how the assignment of those units will be. They just want a formula. It seems to Doug that everyone is on the same
page except for the 33%.
A regular LHP meeting is scheduled for February
9th. This will give ample
opportunity to review and/or amend 4170 prior to the annual town meeting.
Review
Affordable Housing Criteria
Maxine had to go in to the policy
recommendations for Administrator of Affordable Housing. Her question is where you want the 4170 put
in? Check it over and make sure that
everything stays the same.
Discussion on how to revise. -
Maxine will hold off until the 4170 meeting with Planning. Tim Hazel said we could always update
it. The article in the Banner about deed
restrictions was discussed with no conclusions drawn.
You have to have a lottery, although a lottery
for one unit costs a lot for the developer.
Under the evaluation process – it should read lottery for 3 or more
units; this could be added somewhere. It
might need to be added under the selection process.
Tim Hazel said we need a section – perhaps an
appendix, if this is going to be user friendly.
It has to be easy for people to figure out. Doug Taylor felt that the process is right
but perhaps the affordable housing specialist who will be brought on board
would be able to mold it for us.
Motion: Table this discussion for the time being.
Motion: Bryan Green Seconded:
Tim Hazel Vote: 4-0-0.
On February 19th John Ryan will start
and by July a full time person.
Minutes
Motion: Accept the minutes of the
Motion: Tim Hazel
Seconded: Melissa Jones Vote:
3-0-0.
Update
and discussion on CPC
This subject had been covered under Pam's fast
moving soliloquy.
E-mail
from Karen DePalma's Office:
E-mail was received from Karen DePalma’s office
requesting a release regarding Michael Lussier's unit. As this is the first request for verification
of a person's income, it was felt that further research would have to be done
to determine our responsibilities in this area.
AJ and Maxine are going to follow up on this matter.
The next LHP meeting will take place at
Adjournment
happened at
Respectfully
submitted,
Evelyn Gaudiano
Approved by ____________________________on
______________, 2007.
Arturo Alon,
Chair