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<DIV>Hi All, Alden and I worked our way thru a draft lease for
your consideration. (Attached) The Maine Island examples we have seen
were based, appropriately so on Islesboro Affordable Properties work, which is
the oldest and ongoing (twenty or so years).</DIV>
<DIV> That being said, what we have done, while
based on Islesboro's work is not yet legally blessed, especially some of
the stuff we included such as the "housing conditions" we voted in at our last
YRHC meeting.</DIV>
<DIV> Please take the time to do your best to read this
thru well before the meeting. There is stuff we do not fully
understand the ramifications of yet either, so let us know what you have
for questions ahead of time so we may seek some answers for the meeting.</DIV>
<DIV> We also have developed a time table of the
"stuff" that needs to get done to bring this program closer to a
"groundbreaking" and also to be prepared for Town Meeting and hopefully seeking
additional properties to work with. That timetable is full
with our current Feb-March-April meeting
schedule. </DIV>
<DIV> When I asked to schedule our next meeting for
Jan. 29, I thought I was going to be away for our first regular
Feb. meeting, but that is not the case as Linda
and I are not leaving until Feb. 9. Nonetheless, I
would like to keep the Jan. 29 meeting scheduled to focus on this important
lease document and get it in an agreed upon condition to ship it off to a lawyer
as quickly as possible. If needed to continue
this lease work (and much other) we can still schedule an additional
meeting for Tues. Feb. 5, before I depart for a couple of weeks. I
will not be back until Feb. 21 or 22. Thanks, Mark
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