[Year-Round Housing] YRHCorp/YRHC joint meeting of April 7, 2009

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YRHCorp and YRHCommittee Joint (Workshop)  Meeting  
Tuesday, April 7, 2009 
MINUTES 
Meeting was called to order at 7:10  pm 
Attending: Mark Greene, Ruth Peterson, Leah Doughty, Amy  Tierney 
It was noted that the meeting was posted at Town Hall,  Mariners  Wharf, 
Town Website  Calendar, and by email. 
Having a quorum present, Amy made a motion to approve the  3/24/2009 
minutes.  Mark seconded.  The minutes were amended per email  request of Sandi 
Scheurman as follows: under Item 6.New Business, paragraph 1  change “5 years 
of affordable housing” to “10 years of affordable housing” and  under Item 
6, paragraph 4 change “then you talk with applicant to see if they’d  like 
another available property” to “applicant may apply for property of second  
choice, and so on.” Amended minutes passed  unanimously. 
Old Business: None 
New Business:  There was a discussion about adding  provisions and 
timeframes for candidates to obtain financing and construction  deadlines to the 
Ground Lease Agreement (page 14 “Miscellaneous Provisions”).   
Mark moved to add new sub-section 14.9 “The parties agree  that 
applicant(s) shall have up to 60 days to obtain financing to complete all  exterior 
construction and obtain a Certificate of Occupancy.  The YRHCorp  may, at its 
discretion, extend this date for sufficient reason. Amy seconded. It  was 
agreed that this should be a sufficient time frame. Vote: YES - Unanimous   
Amy made a motion to add new sub-section 14-10. “The  parties agree that 
the applicant(s) shall have up to 12 months to complete all  exterior 
construction and obtain a Certificate of Occupancy.  The YRHCorp  may, at its 
discretion, extend this date for sufficient reason.  Ruth  seconded. It was stated 
that this time frame seemed to coincide with current  building permits and 
would be sufficient. Vote: YES - Unanimous    
Next on the agenda was Island Institute Fellow options.  Kate Power, Long 
Island’s current Fellow will  be done at the end of summer.  Mark stated that 
Mary Terry, an Island  Fellow who has worked on Peaks, is interested in 
working on Long Island this fall.  He said it was important to  have a list of 
all potential projects we could ask her to work on. We discussed  the 
following possibilities:  YRHC rental properties and the potential of  the Beach 
Ave House, Senior and Assisted Living, Baseline data for LICLOC  Conservation 
Easement property (Leah said she would put this on LICLOC’s next  agenda), 
and Island  employment. 
Ruth said she would talk to Kate P. to research what is  on Peaks, 
Chebeague and Vinylhaven for Senior and Assisted Living and grants and  funding for 
such projects.  Kate is already researching grants for the  YRHCorp. 
The next item for discussion was when to start  advertising the YRHousing 
properties.  Mark made a motion to begin  advertising the two lots on Fowler  
Road and one lot on Garfield Street  which the YRHSelection Committee would 
be accepting applications for July 1,  2009. Amy seconded.  It was 
discussed that July 1 should work and Mark will  email the YRHSC to inform them.  
The vote was  unanimous. 
Finally, there was a discussion about Phil Fabiano’s  offer to install 
septic systems on the YRHC land to have the land reading for  construction which 
may help with individual’s financing.  Mark thought one  draw back to 
having the septics installed before a candidate had been approved  for the lot 
was it may restrict the applicant as to where their house can be  located.  
Leah stated there also is the issue of clearing the properties  for septic 
installation and who would be responsible for that.  It was  agreed not to rule 
out the offer entirely, but it would need more  research. 
Amy motioned to adjourn. Mark seconded.  All in  favor.  Meeting adjourned 
at 8:20 pm. 
Respectfully submitted, 
Leah Doughty, YRHCorp  Secretary 
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