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<br />Page 1 of 3 <br /> <br />Affordable Housing Trust <br />Meeting Minutes of August 9, 2023 10:00 am <br /> <br />Hybrid meeting on Zoom and attended in-person in the Parker room, Town <br />Office Building <br /> <br />Affordable Housing Trust Board Members present: Elaine Tung, Chair; Mark Sandeen, William <br />Erickson, Tiffany Payne, Linda Prosnitz (arrived at 10:14 am) <br /> <br />Staff present: Carol Kowalski, Assistant Town Manager for Development; Ragi Ramachandran, <br />Administrative Assistant <br /> <br />Other attendees: Elizabeth Rust, RHSO; Bob Pressman, Melinda Walker <br /> <br />Ms. Tung conducted a roll call to ensure all the members of the AHT Board and members of <br />staff present could hear and be heard. Ms. Tung chaired the hybrid meeting and called the <br />meeting to order at 10:02 am. <br />The meeting was recorded by LexMedia for future on-demand viewing. <br /> <br />1. Approval of July 26 meeting minutes <br />The AHT Board reviewed the draft minutes of the meeting held on 7/26/23. The minutes were <br />approved as amended. The Trustees voted in favor of the motion 4-0-0, by a roll call vote <br />(Erickson – yes, Tung – yes, Sandeen – yes, Payne – yes). <br />Agreement of members that the emergent guidelines, which were adopted at the 7/26 <br />meeting, are not criteria. <br />2. Chair, Select Board liaison, Committee liaison and RHSO/staff report <br />Ms. Tung reported that discussion continues with Select Board Chair Joe Pato on setting a <br />stipend for low income member of the board, per the Declaration of Trust. Mr. Sandeen and <br />Ms. Rust reported on Select Board approval 8/7/23 of HOME funds of approximately $60,000 <br />for Tenant Based Rental Assistance to be used towards first month’s rent, last month’s rent, <br />and/or security deposit. Mr. Sandeen reported Gov. Healy’s state of emergency regarding <br />newly arriving migrant families and state shelters being at capacity. <br />3. Values <br />The Values were Adopted as revised 7/25/23. The Trustees voted in favor of the motion 5-0-0, <br />by a roll call vote (Erickson – yes, Prosnitz – yes, Tung – yes, Sandeen – yes, Payne – yes). <br />4. FY25 CPC application/Establish working committee <br />Ms. Prosnitz presented draft slides on a pre-funding request to CPA. Mr. Sandeen commented <br />that the Select Board typically appreciates hearing that all other stakeholders have commented <br />before they consider supporting a request, such as a request to submit a funding proposal with <br />the Trust to the CPA.