From Mlongreene2 at aol.com Sun Dec 2 17:36:19 2007 From: Mlongreene2 at aol.com (Mlongreene2 at aol.com) Date: Sun, 2 Dec 2007 17:36:19 EST Subject: [Year-Round Housing Committee] Meeting YRHC Tuesday, Dec. 4 - 7PM - Learning Center Message-ID: Hello All, We have not sent out minutes of the November Meeting as we did not have a quorum and postponed the meeting. I do not know if Wed. nites will continue to work as there were so many meetings at the same time we were scheduled to meet. Several members have requested a meeting to get up to speed on issues before our regular one this month so we will see how this Tuesday works. I am attaching the minutes of the previous meeting as well as the agenda for that last meeting as a starting point, but will leave as much time as needed for issues you wish to cover. I am also attaching DRAFT bylaws for our committee for you to consider - add, delete, whatever you think to govern the way meetings and procedures are handled. In the future, it would be good if the 7 voting YRHC members would let me know as far in advance if they are NOT able to make the meeting, so we can reschedule ahead of time if a quorum is not available to meet. Thanks, Mark **************************************Check out AOL's list of 2007's hottest products. (http://money.aol.com/special/hot-products-2007?NCID=aoltop00030000000001) -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: YRH-ASC draft by laws.doc Type: application/octet-stream Size: 47616 bytes Desc: not available URL: -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: YRHC Working Agenda Nov. 14, 2007.doc Type: application/octet-stream Size: 24576 bytes Desc: not available URL: -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... 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Name: YRHC Draft Final minutes,12-4.doc Type: application/octet-stream Size: 88576 bytes Desc: not available URL: From Mlongreene2 at aol.com Sun Dec 16 14:53:34 2007 From: Mlongreene2 at aol.com (Mlongreene2 at aol.com) Date: Sun, 16 Dec 2007 14:53:34 EST Subject: [Year-Round Housing Committee] YRHC agenda - meeting Tues., Dec.18; 7PM Learning Center Message-ID: Please note that regular meeting nights have shifted to the First and Third (if needed) Tuesday of the month. YRHC Meeting Dec. 18, 2007 Draft Working Agenda 1. Minutes of last meeting – (Copy attached) 2. Old business Summary of working issues: Available parcels updates; Selection & Application Committee update (John B.?), 3. New business: a. Houses for Sale – Update – please bring any info you have. b. January Meeting (Island Institute sponsored) with Peaks, Long, Chebeague Housing folks and MSHA Director Dale McCormick c. Vote on By-laws? (attached) d. Conditions of houses to be built – minutes of June and July meetings (attached) for review – we need to re-tackle this e. Your issues – open forum i. Leases – set up sub-group??? **************************************See AOL's top rated recipes (http://food.aol.com/top-rated-recipes?NCID=aoltop00030000000004) -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: YRH-ASC draft by laws.doc Type: application/octet-stream Size: 47616 bytes Desc: not available URL: -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: YRHC Draft Final minutes,12-4.doc Type: application/octet-stream Size: 88576 bytes Desc: not available URL: -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: YRHC Working Agenda for Tues. 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Mark Town of Long Island Year Round Housing Corporation Box 263 Long Island, Maine 04050 Mark Greene, Housing Administrator _Mlongreene2 at aol.com_ (mailto:Mlongreene2 at aol.com) 207 766 4440 December 16, 2007 Subject: Participants in Year Round Housing Activities 2005-2007 I was asked by a YRHASC member to consider a full disclosure of everyone involved in the YRH process for clarification as there was a question by another member about who was who in this whole process. A good idea and here is that information: 1. Initial Interest: Discussions by citizens over the last 3 or 4 years. Eventually some of us started and drafted the concepts that resulted in the creation of the YRHC. We all agreed that we were fortunate to have many younger folks wanting be here and still hanging on here, most in rental situations that were not guaranteed for the long term. Regular participants: Selectman Steve Train, Selectman Ruth Peterson, Mark Greene, Emily Jacobs and Sam Whitener and others. Mark Greene was subsequently appointed Housing Administrator under a USDA Rural Community Development Initiative grant through the Genesis Foundation. Separately, Alden Robinson was dedicated to Long Island by the Island Institute as a Fellow in part to focus on affordable housing issues with Mark Greene as Advisor. 2. Year Round Housing Committee Participants: these participants worked through late 2006 and into 2007 to draft the initial proposals, do the survey work, and brought forth Article 47 to Town Meeting: Once again there was pretty widespread agreement as to our goal of finding ways to make reasonable housing available to those here now that needed it. Regular participants: John Billings, Cade and Melissa Brown, Leah Doughty, Mark Greene, Tom and Tammy Hohn, Michael Maloney, Mary Nanos, Jonothan Norton, Ruth Peterson, Alden Robinson, Will and Amy Tierney, Steve Train, Lorrinda Valls, and Katie Wegner. (Apologies for any other participants I have overlooked). 3. Year Round Housing Corporation: (YRHCorp) as recommended by other housing groups and our proposal a non profit (and soon to be 501c3) corporation was formed with purposes concurrent with those of the YRHC. The YRHCorp will be available in the future to accept properties, if offered, on behalf of qualified applicants. An excerpt of its purpose from the IRS Application: – “The Year Round Housing Corporation was formed in response to community-wide concern that low- and moderate-income people, often young families and single individuals of all ages, who are not presently property-owners, will be forced to leave the island community because housing costs have severely outstripped the ability of residents to buy in their own communities” (Complete goals from the application available if interested). Ruth Peterson is the Registered Agent of the Corporation; Leah Doughty is Secretary; Mark Greene is President, and Stephen Train is Treasurer and all are Incorporators and make up the Board of Directors. 4. Year Round Housing Committee (YRHC) Following Town Meeting the Selectmen were asked to seek applicants and formalize membership in the Year Round Housing Committee. The following were appointed as voting members of the YRHC: Needless to say, the goals of this committee were continued from the previous work done to get to this point. John Billings; Cade Brown; Mark Greene; Mike Maloney; Amy Tierney; Will Tierney; Lorrinda Valls;. (Mark Greene was elected Committee Chair and Alden Robinson, Island Institute Fellow does research, support work, and the meeting minutes) 5. Year Round Housing Application and SelectionCommittee (YRHASC) Last, but not least, and as recommended in the “Information Summary” sent to voters, and at the request of the YRHC, the Selectmen were asked to advertise and appoint a committee to carry forth the application and selection process as part of the larger ongoing work done by the YRHC, YRHCorp, Selectmen, Housing Administrator, and others. Members appointed are Brenda Singo, John Billings, Judy Paolini, Newell Stewart, and Sandra Scheurmann. John Billings and Newell Stewart were elected co-chairs. Brenda Singo was elected clerk. **************************************See AOL's top rated recipes (http://food.aol.com/top-rated-recipes?NCID=aoltop00030000000004) -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: YRHC Who's who Type: application/octet-stream Size: 29184 bytes Desc: not available URL: