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Affordable Housing Trust Fund – AHTF
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Regular Meeting
Monday February 14, 2011
3:00 P.M.
Back Garage Area
2 Fairgrounds Road
Trustees Present: Matthew MacEachern, Fernando Esteban, Linda Williams arrived at 3:15 pm,
Charles Hughes, Michael Kopko, Rick Atherton
Trustees Absent: Whitey Willauer, Brian Chadwick, and Patty Roggeveen
Staff present: Susan B. Witte
I. Call to Order The meeting was called to order at 3:10 pm
II. Establish Quorum A quorum was declared by Chairman MacEachern
III. Approval of Agenda Mr Kopko moved to approve the agenda, the motion was duly seconded
and carried 5-0
IV. Approval of Minutes Mr Esteban moved approval of the January 10, 2011 minutes, the motion
was duly seconded and carried 3in favor-2- abstentions-0 against, motion
carried.
V. Public Comment No public comment
VI. Action/Discussion
1. Old Business:
a. CPC – update Mr Kopko reported that as the BOS
representative to the CPC the CPC has agreed to approximately
$79,000 will be recommended to ATM for the AHTF in FY12.
Chairman MacEachern reported he has not yet heard back from
CPC Chair Mr Beaugrand concerning CPC’s prior request to have
a Grant Agreement with the AHTF, after numerous unreturned
calls- it is still in the CPC court whether to proceed with a grant
agreement or not
b. 7 Surfside Rd – update: and motion needed to authorize
Chairman to execute lease with tenant- A motion was made by
Ms Williams and duly seconded to authorize the Chairman to
execute a one year lease with the tenant selected by staff. The vote
carried unanimously. Ms Witte reported that she fielded 18 inquires
showed the cottage for rent to more than a dozen parties and has
accepted six written applications which included tax returns, bank
statements, and credit scores on all financially qualified applicants.
Chairman MacEachern requested of staff to prepare for the March
meeting a set of criteria used in selecting the best qualified
applicant. Ms Williams made a motion to have staff develop policy
criteria and present to the Trustees for action/discussion, the
motion was duly seconded and carried unanimously.
c. Former 30 Easton structures- update – Ms Witte reported that
the final house section was removed from the park last week and
that arrangements are underway to have the Town’s landscape
contractor attend to lawn renovations and fence replacement at the
site to return the park to a good condition following our use for
house section storage.
d. 5 Monohansett-update – Ms Witte reported that the BOS
executed a deed and 5 Monohansett is now owned by the AHTF
and further announced that a perimeter plan with concrete bounds
is underway, an HDC application applied for a viewing stand, draft
RFP written and sent to Town procurement officer for issuance
early next month, and a marketing strategy to sell the parcel will
include listing in the NAREB LINK system (multiple listing
service).
2. New Business:
a. Motion needed to make a correction to previously approved
minutes of the 12/13/10 meeting to correctly reflect the vote
of item 2b from 5-0 to 4-1- The appropriate motion was made by
Mr Kopko and duly seconded- discussion and explanation of
clerical error in audio tape transcription of the December minutes
by staff with apologies to Mr Atherton who was the dissenting
vote- the record will be corrected. The vote to amend the
December minutes was unanimous.
b. Re-visit the implementation section (attached) of the 2009
Housing Production Plan and discuss ideas for updating and
revision. – Discussion included a preference of the Chair and the
trustees present to prioritize next steps and develop clear and
specific goals for the next 12-24 months. Staff was directed to learn
the status of Natural Heritage-MESA/MEPA fro the 2 FGR site-
as we now know that any development of the Housing site at
2FGR is dependant on plant mitigation.
c. State Ethics Annual requirements- (attached) each Trustees
will be expected to come prepared to sign the attached
Acknowledgement of Receipt of Summary of the Conflict of
Interest Law –also found at www.mass.gov/ethics AND to
bring with them a copy of a certificate evidencing the
completion of the online training program which is also
accessed through www.mass.gov/ethics - Trustees present
executed the required paperwork and submitted to staff proof of
on line training compliance.
VII. Adjournment Motion to adjourn by Ms Williams and duly seconded the vote carried unanimously
6-0, meeting adjourned at 3:55 pm
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The Mission of the Trust is to provide for the creation and presentation of affordable housing in the
Town of Nantucket for the benefit of year-round low and moderate income households who would
otherwise have difficulty, financial or otherwise, locating housing on Nantucket. These are posted as Open
Meetings held at 3 o’clock pm in the 2 Fairgrounds Road Conference Room on the following dates:
January 10, 2011; February 14, 2011; March 14, 2011; May 9, 2011, June 13, 2011; August 8, 2011;
September 12, 2011; November 14, 2011;
December 12, 2011