HomeMy WebLinkAbout1989-05-10-FHC-min.pdf Minutes , Fair Housing Committee , 5/10/89
Present Bill Spencer; Florence Baturin; Bob Pressman; Mary
Haskell; Ernest T H Tsai and Steve Baran Fair
Housing Director
1 The Minutes of the meeting of 4/11 were approved with
the exception that in item 7 , line 3 on page 2 Gerri
was to talk with "Muriel" not "Miriam" (Morisey) Spence
about becoming a member of the Curriculum Committee
2 Bill Spencer recapitulated the Town Meeting process
that led up to Paul Marshall ' s "Substitute Motion for
Article 55" being passed requiring that two committees
be created 1 a Pine Meadows/Meagherville Site
Development Committee to complete technical work; and
2 an Affordable Housing Options Committee to respond
to the desire of the neighborhoods that affordable
housing be made a townwide process A special
Affordable Housing Town Meeting will take place in the
fall
It was agreed by the Committee to put forward the names
of Leona Martin and Gerri Weathers , conditional on
Gerri accepting, as nominees for the Affordable Housing
Options Committee
3 Plans for preparing and disseminating a Fair Housing
brochure were discussed Content will include a
description of the Town, the role of the Committee,
discussion of fair housing laws , and a list of
supporters 10 , 000 brochures were seen as the target
number were every family to be reached A mailing
could go with one of the Town' s billings E T Tsai
agreed to seek a portion of the cost from real estate
firms in the Town
Steve will inquire if Town can assist with printing
costs and mailing
4 The Fair Housing Plan was reviewed Reference to Ken
Arnold at the bottom of page 2 should be deleted
Reference should be made to the Affordable Housing
Options Committee and the Fair Housing amendments of
1988 Reference to Katandin Woods should be retained
as well as Professional Day (to be considered low
priority)
Resp"e t 'ully ubmitted
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Steph"er�) aran
Fair Housing Director