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<DIV>Here are draft minutes from the last meeting. Feel free to come up
with additional criteria to discuss for qualification for
candidates. I thought last meeting was excellent in
spite of the difficulty and personal nature of the issues we were working
on. Next meeting is Wed. April 11 at Town
Hall. MG</DIV>
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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><BR><BR>Town of
<st1:City w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Long
Island</st1:place></st1:City><BR>Year-Round Housing Committee
Minutes<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">March 28, <SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>2007<BR><BR>Present: Mark Greene (chair);
Ruth Peterson (selectman); Leah Doughty; Mike Maloney; Jonathan Norton; Katie
Wegner; Amy Tierney; Will Tierney; Tammy Hohn; Mary Nanos; John Billings;
Lorinda Valls; Chris Papkee; Alden Robinson (island fellow).<BR><BR>1.<SPAN
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</SPAN>Meeting called to order 7:05 p.m.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</SPAN>Previous meeting's minutes accepted. <BR>2.<SPAN
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</SPAN><U>Old business:</U><BR><BR>Alden Robinson updated the committee on his
trip to Camden National Bank's affordable housing conference on the 20th.
He talked to Joanne Campbell, of CNB, who said that banks commonly give
mortgages on ground-leased property, provided the lease has a long enough
term. She said Camden National would be happy to help with <st1:place
w:st="on">Long Island</st1:place>'s project, as would any number of similar
banks.<BR><BR>Mark said that he had sent a description of the YRHC\u2019s grant
application concept to the Island Institute's <st1:place
w:st="on"><st1:PlaceName w:st="on">Affordable</st1:PlaceName> <st1:PlaceType
w:st="on">Coast</st1:PlaceType></st1:place> fund, and had received an
encouraging response from Chris Wolff, the fund's administrator. If
received, funds from the grant would be used to make preliminary site
improvements to leased property such as septic plans and survey
work.<BR><BR>3.<SPAN
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</SPAN><U>New business:</U><BR><BR>The committee discussed the list of proposed
selection criteria that were submitted by members over the past two
weeks. <o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Two categories of
criteria were agreed upon: <o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
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</SPAN>a.<SPAN
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</SPAN><U>eligibility criteria</U> that a candidate must meet to qualify for the
program.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
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</SPAN>b. <SPAN
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</SPAN><U>qualitative criteria</U> to be used to make a priority list of
candidates who had met the basic <SPAN
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</SPAN><SPAN
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</SPAN>eligibility criteria. <BR><BR>The committee agreed on the following
provisional <U>eligibility criteria</U>:<BR><BR>1. <SPAN
style="mso-tab-count: 1"> </SPAN>Bank
pre-approval for a construction mortgage on the project.<BR>2.<SPAN
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</SPAN>Year-round resident of the island for a specified time period (to be
determined).<BR>3. <SPAN
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</SPAN>Willing and able to build within a specified time period (to be agreed
upon).<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">4.<SPAN
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</SPAN>Maximum income and assets below a specified threshold (to be
determined);<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>The committee planned
to do further research into income and asset limits and look into other islands'
methods for a confidential selection process.<BR><BR>The committee discussed the
following provisional <U>qualitative criteria</U>:<BR>1.<SPAN
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</SPAN>First time homeowner (tabled)<BR>2.<SPAN
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</SPAN>Not a current property owner;<BR>3.<SPAN
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</SPAN>Immediacy of need (more questions needed to determine);<BR>4.<SPAN
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</SPAN>Involved in community life \u2013 either organization or employment<BR>5.
<SPAN style="mso-tab-count: 1">
</SPAN><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Number in household;<BR>6.
<SPAN style="mso-tab-count: 1">
</SPAN><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Family ties to the
island.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">7.<SPAN
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</SPAN>PLEASE ADD OTHERS.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
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style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in"><U><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Assignments for the
next meeting:</SPAN></U><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><BR><BR>1.<SPAN
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</SPAN>Participants will assign proposed point values to prioritize these
provisional criteria (1-least significant to 5 \u2013 most significant) for each of
these items. <o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">2.<SPAN
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</SPAN>Participants should also bring an initial list of proposed conditions
concerning the house to be built and ideas on buy back conditions should the
house need to be sold.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN><SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN><o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">4.<SPAN
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</SPAN>Next meeting scheduled for Wednesday, April 11th at 7 p.m. Meeting
adjourned 9:01 p.m. <BR><SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN></SPAN></P></DIV></FONT><BR><BR><BR><DIV><FONT style="color: black; font: normal 10pt ARIAL, SAN-SERIF;"><HR style="MARGIN-TOP: 10px">See what's free at <A title="http://www.aol.com?ncid=AOLAOF00020000000503" href="http://www.aol.com?ncid=AOLAOF00020000000503" target="_blank">AOL.com</A>. </FONT></DIV></BODY></HTML>