HomeMy WebLinkAbout2011-02-09-LEARY-min LEARY PROPERTY COMMUNITY HOUSING TASK FORCE
Room 207, Town Office Building
Meeting Minutes of February 9,2011
Present: Bob Bicknell, Lester Savage, and Betsey Weiss.
Bill Hays and Carter Scott
Staff: Aaron Henry and Maryann McCall-Taylor
Absent: George Burnell, Stephen Keane, Bill Kennedy, Deb Mauger,
Wendy Manz
Minutes
As there was not a quorum,no official action was taken.
Carter Scott of Transformations, Inc. did a presentation on high energy efficiency,
affordable houses that he has built. In Townsend he built a zero energy house that sold
for$195,200, the price set by the 80%AMI. The hard costs were$124 a square foot. The
house was 1,152 square feet and included a one-car garage. Its attributes included the
following:
• 12" think walls
• Triple pane windows
• Efficient heating and cooling,using mini-splits
• Efficient water hearing
• Tight air sealing
• Ventilation
• Passive solar orientation.
Utility regulators have sponsored several energy challenges to encourage the
development of energy-efficient houses. The Boston Housing Authority has a zero
energy challenge in progress for a four-unit rental development.
Mr Scott showed a sketch site plan of the Leary property Roughly on the site of the
existing house was a two-unit Georgian Colonial attached to a one-unit Cape by a
breezeway with three units in a barn-like structure in the rear
Mr Scott said that the task force would need to provide potential developers with who
the target market was (i.e., young families, seniors, or empty nesters), the unit square
foot ranges and the number of bedrooms. He felt he could produce one-eight scale
drawings and a site plan for$4,500 to $6,000
Future Meetings
The next Task Force meetings are,
Wednesday, February 16-Discussion of logistics,including the Request for Information
Wednesday, February 23 -Tentatively a presentation by the Oxbow developer
Both will be at 8 30 AM in the Planning Office.