HomeMy WebLinkAboutMinutes - AHSC - 03/13/2017 Minutes of the Affordable Housing Committee
Monday March 13th, 7 PM
Attendees: Robert Jeffers,Jack Creighton, Paul Kierce, Diane Danielson, Donna McGee, Peter Hobson
Not in attendance: Bridget Bearden, David Drinan, Susan Reagan
Meeting Called to order 7:05 PM (Motioned by Jeffers, seconded by Kierce, unanimous vote)
Minutes from previous meeting approved (motioned by Kierce, Seconded by Jeffers, Unanimous vote)
Committee discussed the need for a new liaison from the planning board due to the exit of the existing
liaison. We agreed Diane would contact Clarke Brewer for a name.
Reviewed Article 2 : Zoning by law amendment concerning inclusionary zoning. The committee agreed
to the suggested edits and agreed to submit to the planning board and the selectman.
Discussed the language we would like to support the amendment and agreed to issue a public
statement to support the by-law. We set a goal of having a statement for review at the next board
meeting.
The committee had a general discussion about potential ways to increase our affordable housing stock
in an incremental way to parallel the growth in the overall housing stock. High level discussions
revolved around property owned by the town, known sites that might be suitable for acquisition or
expansion and ideas around existing units that could be deed restricted in order to become part of the
affordable housing stock.
Finally,we discussed the idea of a town planner and agreed we support the concept and believe the
individual could help in assessing some of the potential adds to the affordable housing stock.
Meeting Adjourned 8:36 PM (Motioned by Jeffers,seconded by Creighton, unanimous vote)