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From: katie_wegner@hotmail.com<BR>To: mlongreene2@aol.com<BR>Sent: 2/4/2008
1:52:08 P.M. Eastern Standard Time<BR>Subj: RE: [Year-Round Housing] YRHC
Meeting Agenda - Tues. Feb. 5<BR></DIV>
<DIV> </DIV><FONT style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent" face=Arial
color=#000000 size=2>Hi Mark, I was looking up Bar Harbor's recent affordable
housing project and it's "greeness" and this is what I found. Thought you
might be interested. <BR>Katie<BR>BAR HARBOR \u2014 Many of the families originally
involved in the Bar Harbor Housing Authority\u2019s (BHHA) workforce housing
development have dropped out of the project, leaving just 12 on the waiting
list for new homes.<BR>But it shouldn\u2019t be a problem to recruit more, said
BHHA executive director Terry Kelley. The environmentally friendly
construction, energy efficient design, and affordable price tag should all
help to sell the homes as they are completed.<BR>\u201cWe\u2019ve got 16 to 18 months to
finish this up. In that amount of time, I feel pretty comfortable that people
will be able to see what we\u2019ve tried to put together for a model community,\u201d
he said.<BR>The development is being phased in, with a goal of building 31
houses by spring, 2009. Eight houses are under construction now, with the
first one due to be finished this spring.<BR>Of the 31 houses in the
development, six will be sold at market value, while the other 25 will be
offered at a base price of between $160,000 and $180,000. The lower-priced
houses are intended for families with at least one member working on Mount
Desert Island and with a gross income that falls into the moderate range, or
less than $70,000 per year.<BR>Mr. Kelley said he wasn\u2019t surprised that so
many families have opted out of the project since it started in 2004. He
expressed confidence that an open house planned for next week, along with
several other publicity initiatives in the works, would draw in a new crop of
interested buyers.<BR>\u201cWhen we first started this, it was a long time ago.
Sticking around and waiting it out has been grueling,\u201d he said. \u201cI think once
somebody can get in there and see what a house looks like, it will be a lot
easier to sell.\u201d<BR>The open house will be on Thursday, Jan. 17 beginning at
noon. <BR>The houses are being built close together on about five acres of
land off of Sandy Lane, which intersects with the Knox Road in Town Hill.
Approximately 35 acres surrounding the houses, also owned by the BHHA will be
deeded as open space.<BR>The stormwater and wastewater systems on the property
all employ advanced technology to prevent nitrogen and nitrates from polluting
the Northeast Creek watershed, and the houses themselves also contain a number
of environmentally features.<BR>\u201cThe houses are really super, super green,\u201d
Mr. Kelley said.<BR>Among the green features are low VOC (volatile organic
compounds) paints and glues, and hardwood floors instead of carpeting to
control mold and avoid toxic chemicals in carpet. All of the framing products
have been harvested within 300 miles, and all of the kitchen finishes are
maple, birch, and oak, also harvested relatively locally.<BR>\u201cThe kitchen
cabinets are made of wheat board, which is a renewable resource. Fly ash, a
readily available byproduct from coal power plants, has been incorporated into
the concrete used of the foundations. The fly ash makes the concrete harder
while enabling the builder to stretch the material,\u201d Terry Kelley said.<BR>One
of the most important green aspects to the home construction should result in
a significantly lower energy footprint than in traditional houses, organizers
say. The walls have been framed with two-by-sixes, 24-inches on center, with
two-by-four horizontal strapping. This uses less overall lumber than
traditional framing, while creating a wider cavity for insulation.<BR>Instead
of filling that cavity with rolled fiberglass, the builders will blow in
dense-pack cellulose insulation, a recycled product that is in large supply,
Mr. Kelley said, and should create a well-insulated home when combined with
some of the other features.<BR>\u201cIt\u2019s our goal that these homes can be heated
for $500 a year,\u201d he said.<BR>The basic house size is 1,200 square feet, not
including the basement or the attic. But design options have the potential to
raise the living area to 3,000 square feet, Mr. Kelley said.<BR>The houses
have been designed to easily accept an addition, which will be offered as an
option to the buyer, or could be built later. A finished basement or attic
also is an option.<BR>Including any of the options would raise the base cost,
Mr. Kelley said. <BR>Solar hot water systems and pellet stoves are two other
options available to buyers. Standard heating will be a monitor-style propane
heater. Because the houses are built so tightly, they will all include an
automated air-exchange system.<BR>The BHHA has not had to draw on the $1
million bond that the town approved for the project at town meeting in June
2007, and might not need the money at all, Mr. Kelley said. Even so, the
availability of the money has helped to keep the project moving along.<BR>\u201cThe
bond from the town was a very appreciated gift of insurance. It gave us some
flexibility to do things because of timing,\u201d Mr. Kelley said.<BR>The property
being developed was once part of the 200-acre Pooler Farm, which the BHHA
bought in 2004, in a deal that conserved 150 acres bordering Northeast Creek
with Maine Coast Heritage Trust (MCHT). The U.S. Congress recently approved
money for Acadia National Park to purchase a portion of that land from
MCHT.<BR>The BHHA will give the land beneath the house to the buyer to use as
a down payment with the bank. Once the home is resold, the value of that land
goes back to the BHHA, so it can be passed on to the next buyer. Any
appreciation in the value of the house will be kept by the owner at the time
of resale.<BR>For directions and more information, call the BHHA at
288-4770.<BR><BR><BR>
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From: Mlongreene2@aol.com<BR>Date: Sat, 2 Feb 2008 10:22:11 -0500<BR>To:
housingcommittee@townoflongisland.us<BR>CC:
yrhasc@townoflongisland.us<BR>Subject: [Year-Round Housing] YRHC Meeting
Agenda - Tues. Feb. 5<BR><BR>
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<DIV> Hi All, Attached please find the minutes of last Tuesday's
meeting; green standards (you only need to care about the first 7 pages);
MISCA by laws (same - only the first 7 pages); new agenda.
A lot of homework here!
Mark</DIV></FONT></FONT></FONT><BR><BR><BR>
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