From Mlongreene2 at aol.com Sun Jan 6 07:15:09 2008 From: Mlongreene2 at aol.com (Mlongreene2 at aol.com) Date: Sun, 6 Jan 2008 07:15:09 EST Subject: [yrhcworking] Fwd: The Lending Hand e-newsletter Message-ID: Good morning all, I think you will find the Monhegan article of great interest as to some of the possibilities. This also is basically a land lease model. YRHASC might contact these folks for more info on their selection process and financial requirements? Check with Alden as he is working on some aspects of this for us. ____________________________________ From: info at genesisfund.org Reply-to: heidi at genesisfund.org To: mlongreene2 at aol.com Sent: 1/4/2008 1:45:51 P.M. Eastern Standard Time Subj: The Lending Hand e-newsletter January 2008 What's New at Genesis * _The Genesis Fund goes green_ (mip://040d6938/default.html#article1) * _Another affordable home on Monhegan helps stabilize year-round community_ (mip://040d6938/default.html#article2) * _New year brings higher interest options to Genesis investors_ (mip://040d6938/default.html#article3) * _Support Solutions acquires supportive home in Minot with Genesis Fund loan_ (mip://040d6938/default.html#article4) Interesting Links * _Article on Holbrook's Wharf in Fed. Reserve's Communities & Banking_ (http://rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=001vR4B6KQcmnP4MpsEmYJNhEd6nv0QqFJu3wiiCqOkTs9wOZPi7IQlstDEnL25mVKDalEMBdBvMaWe7AYRag3Z4ejv0Uht3PW9NirQqmBAS2mwU8eUIyXsu-p0k6SJOYu xUppSWXDRFNSC8UDKuO7oI4xKm5i1cZWM43c6Kgzj1loMSzz-SZOYotQ7MWqGSjVy) * _Visit our slide show highlighting Genesis Fund projects_ (http://rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=001vR4B6KQcmnNu3Vfx465DOYFpSsedMJvvY4-wwRBAf7VyGJ5S0D5Tv3PuDJWPt cZS7_Kz0vqPr9zQH4l-ph2qtPnC-uAG-K_8vfy6IMnDNb6lEWuYnIjvJ1PupxxliNqx2Wa5Dnu_i1y M6vqAMKUVBZgZS-b8QRni) * _Today's news about affordable housing in the U.S._ (http://rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=001vR4B6KQcmnNriTmbddl4KMgaHYffuzVGoV-Ayu_bEgbFKp8NpC6juYigvtwQ2O7-GR1 turl7pcU_9sOWtk0KQj90uJXaLmGnICs7vQowsvS4rGyx63faPara3P7-cFM6AHuiLwG6oAU=) * _2007 Genesis Fund Annual Report on-line_ (http://rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=001vR4B6KQcmnMU2UMBSvTp-XOFkizkM5eMFdxxtr380GKtjw2YY2sDAt02GWo_vCMaOoQeripIyz_zX eP47bS074ZmX_L2WXP12WasfG2ynRmI-MKbJhUPyuk19B_2KVhJoc_Xc9wcejEIfREEKtnXZA==) * _Genesis Fund's Bill Floyd named Carsey Fellow_ (http://rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=001vR4B6KQcmnOGg39Ge0BpqTa5i0YAL6WseGmNThiWxvJ7RRwyy__pTj0GqdwLyFVIkLw5P-V G1lPWSotj_mHAtnmebzFjuDUSCZihtg1pLm4GZvYJRIuLsq4B2evxriO2BmE7o5oiliy75hEnuXNiU fZVuiDJuW1fIP_-N6zYWZv0sOkIZrOWqLNT-TU5WmW7q2u78qkeCGPTa01agB31Z9eTaI9mFATxSR- 1SyQBKbc=) Join our list Join our mailing list! The Lending Hand e-Newsletter The Genesis Fund Our mission is to help Maine nonprofit groups working to create affordable housing and other economic and social opportunities in their communities by offering innovative financing, expert assistance, and help in leveraging other sources of funding. The Genesis Fund goes green An energy audit/green loan program helps nonprofits renovate facilities (http://rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=001vR4B6KQcmnNtjWT4U08Wk6RaLwOmWRIU9lXMNG2s9L0kbjMXHff8f-wtlHZqzbE_IvHKvtUbZnzXhsrZzevsh83NPVQcfmYh0RIWSs8h2FALbj_GN_g-m2eWTShHGAs a-SuFKEXh4U4=) In partnership with one of Maine 's leaders in energy efficiency, Horizon Energy of South Portland, the Genesis Fund now offers a program to help Maine nonprofit organizations bring energy efficiency to their facilities, help save money on fuel costs, and help the environment by reducing fuel use and emissions. Here is how it works: First Horizon Energy will conduct an energy audit to determine where savings can be achieved and provide a list of pre-screened, local contractors qualified to do the work. Then the Genesis Fund will walk organizations through a simple and inexpensive loan process to fund renovations with below market financing. When the renovations are completed, Horizon Energy will conduct a second audit to confirm the quality of the work. "This green loan program will be very helpful to many affordable and supportive housing agencies that own group homes and multi-family housing built in the 1970s and 1980s," said Bill Floyd, executive director of the Genesis Fund. "Rising energy costs can throw off an organization's budget that is already tight. By working with Jon Riley at Horizon, we'll be able to help by identifying the cost-saving efficiencies and providing the low-cost funding to achieve them." Other nonprofit organizations that assist underserved Mainers, such as churches, often have facilities that could benefit from an energy efficiency renovation and are welcome to contact the Genesis Fund about the program. If you represent a nonprofit that might be interested in the Genesis Fund's green loan program, please contact Bill Floyd at _bfloyd at genesisfund.org_ (mailto:bfloyd at genesisfund.org) or 207.563.6073. _Read the full story - and what the audit includes_ (http://rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=001vR4B6KQcmnNtjWT4U08Wk6RaLwOmWRIU9lXMNG2s9L0kbjMXHff8f-wtlHZqzbE_IvHKvtUbZnz XhsrZzevsh83NPVQcfmYh0RIWSs8h2FALbj_GN_g-m2eWTShHGAsa-SuFKEXh4U4=) Another affordable home on Monhegan helps stabilize year-round community (http://rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=001vR4B6KQcmnNjwJO0rTtB-lv7BrmZA2_YlDoxIwpKr2VVrniyIPOIKQe5REZTJXc4R8gq8Dwbd0LXJY7hG2N-z22hQV1B94l4lBw4Qwr6W_rMcgekoiaXekx7ac4v61P 3Ue4jGenUlps=) The November sale of another house to year-round Monhegan residents marks the fifth affordable home developed by the Monhegan Island Sustainable Community Association (MISCA) since its founding in 2002. With the success of the latest project, Richard Farrell, president of MISCA, commented, "The critical start up period for MISCA has reached a successful end as we have helped stabilize the winter population by helping to provide affordable year-round housing for existing residents who have spent many years on the island." The latest home is a summer cottage on Horn Hill overlooking the village. To help make the sale possible the owner discounted the property from the market price of $525,000 to $375,000. With a $25,000 Genesis Fund-administered Islands Challenge Grant, $25,000 from the Island Institute's Affordable Coast Fund, $125,000 from MISCA's New Projects Fund, and donations from three private sources, MISCA was able to purchase the house at one of the lowest sale prices seen on the island in several years. As with other MISCA projects, the organization will retain title to the land to ensure that the house remains affordable to year-round island families in perpetuity. Because the summer cottage must be winterized, its new owners, Rich Shay, a salesman for a marine supply company via the Internet (the first island resident to have a full-time Internet job) and an experienced builder, and Chris Cash, a lobsterwoman, purchased the cottage from MISCA for $20,000 and will invest $100,000 to winterize the property. According to Farrell, "Chris and Rich have construction skills and extended family that will ensure their success. The Monhegan community is particularly excited to have this young married couple settle on the island. They are extremely enthusiastic community participants." Congratulations, MISCA! _please read the full story..._ (http://rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=001vR4B6KQcmnNjwJO0rTtB-lv7BrmZA2_YlDoxIwpKr2VVrniyIPOIKQe5REZTJXc4R8gq8Dwbd0LXJY7hG2N-z22hQV1B94l 4lBw4Qwr6W_rMcgekoiaXekx7ac4v61P3Ue4jGenUlps=) New year brings higher interest options to Genesis investors With more than $2 million in loans to Maine nonprofits serving their neighbors and by providing expert assistance to more than two dozen community groups, the Genesis Fund will experience its busiest and biggest fiscal year ever in 2008. Beginning January 1, in appreciation to our individual investors and in hopes of convincing some of our many donors to become investors, the Genesis Fund is now offering higher interest rates to those willing to invest funds in our revolving pool of capital. The rates will be highest for investments committed for longer terms. "With several loans in the pipeline for early this year, the need for more capital to lend to help Maine's nonprofits do good work in affordable housing and community development is more important than ever," said Bill Floyd, the Genesis Fund's Executive Director. "Also, as we roll out our two new initiatives - providing green loans for nonprofit facilities and assisting mobile home park residents organize cooperatives to purchase their mobile home parks - we will need more private investments for longer terms so we can make long-term loans to these groups," he explained. The old investment schedule allows for investments of $1,000 and up for at least one year. The investor may choose an interest rate from 0% to 2.25%. As of January 1, 2008, those who invest (or reinvest a current investment) will be offered the following terms: Investments of 1 to 3 years - 0% to 2.5% Investments of 4 years or longer - 0% to 3.5% With the Genesis Fund's 100% rate of repayment to investors and 0% default rate from more than 100 borrowers since 1992, our investors know that their investment is both safe and doing the good work of serving our neighbors in communities across Maine. Interested in investing funds in our revolving pool of capital at our new rates? Call Bill Floyd at 563-6073 or click the link below to read more about supporting the Genesis Fund. _More on investing in the Genesis Fund_ (http://rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=001vR4B6KQcmnMIJ2FuAzNPXW7oRVhq2tiSAXv5plsTs46_2spGhabsA6r0fDdrhQnyW3r6YTOE8VFQ9fAaWgVYkux bCZNKQXV9bGjAkLOmtoZZ6WU8RKKDBmAm2ETmiOiSy5p8HiM4Ixw=) Support Solutions acquires supportive home in Minot with Genesis Fund loan In mid-December Support Solutions, a nonprofit agency in that serves those with developmental disabilities and mental health challenges in Androscoggin, Oxford, Kennebec, Cumberland, and York Counties, used a $69,200 loan from the Genesis Fund to acquire a single-family manufactured home in Minot to provide housing and supportive services to an individual with developmental disabilities. Support Solutions has determined that the rural and private location of the property is a good setting for the challenges of the resident. Support services, including the supportive housing provided, is subsidized through the Department of Health and Human Services. _please read the full story..._ (http://rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=001vR4B6KQcmnNKlozc9oAN-ezhj7OKt0bqpzt7HdeQq1EOi5P_ezAhYH3Y2LwM8-zzBabFKJcXUv6mvHJc9SINGn8TH12109T kxYDV1LsYKhcbGr0N5j2TwPUyAZu1CVG-cE_OhHy61aQyDirJJMLW-w==) ____________________________________ Questions about The Genesis Fund? What are the borrowing criteria? How can I invest in The Genesis Fund? Can our organization receive technical assistance? 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Genesis Community Loan Fund | 26 Water Street | P.O. Box 609 | Damariscotta | ME | 04543 **************Start the year off right. Easy ways to stay in shape. http://body.aol.com/fitness/winter-exercise?NCID=aolcmp00300000002489 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From Mlongreene2 at aol.com Sun Jan 6 07:39:56 2008 From: Mlongreene2 at aol.com (Mlongreene2 at aol.com) Date: Sun, 6 Jan 2008 07:39:56 EST Subject: [yrhcworking] Fwd: Draft reconfig of Town & Gordon lots Message-ID: Hard getting these folks to move this thing along. Did one of you say that you knew them??? MG ____________________________________ From: Mlongreene2 To: canterburytaxcollect at verizon.net Sent: 1/6/2008 7:31:53 A.M. Eastern Standard Time Subj: Fwd: Draft reconfig of Town & Gordon lots Happy New Year Gil and Cheryl, Just wanted to see what we can do to move this along. I have pending grants underway to pay for the engineering and survey work to re-configure these lots and a qualified man ready to start work on the re-mapping. If you care to send back a proposal by e-mail, fax or mail that would give us something to work with. I will resend the maps I sent earlier if helpful. Thank you, Mark Greene, 36 Eastern Ave., Long Island, ME 04050; phone 207 766 4440; fax (Town Hall) 207 766 5400. ____________________________________ From: Mlongreene2 To: canterburytaxcollect at verizon.net CC: arobinson at islandinstitute.org, Mlongreene2 Sent: 12/16/2007 7:12:00 P.M. Eastern Standard Time Subj: Draft reconfig of Town & Gordon lots Hi Cheryl, Hope this came through ok. Have both opened it and attached it. All square footage of lots will remain the same (we can't change them even if we wanted). All lots have proper frontage and we think better depth for more flexibility and setbacks of structures from lot lines and one another. We will pay costs for reconfiguration. Your lots will remain separate if desired. Look forward to your ideas and input. Let me know when we can meet. Good luck with all you have going this week. Best, Mark Greene ____________________________________ See AOL's _top rated recipes_ (http://food.aol.com/top-rated-recipes?NCID=aoltop00030000000004) and _easy ways to stay in shape_ (http://body.aol.com/fitness/winter-exercise?NCID=aoltop00030000000003) for winter. ____________________________________ Start the year off right. _Easy ways to stay in shape_ (http://body.aol.com/fitness/winter-exercise?NCID=aolcmp00300000002489) in the new year. **************Start the year off right. Easy ways to stay in shape. http://body.aol.com/fitness/winter-exercise?NCID=aolcmp00300000002489 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... 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Please refrain from contacting these North Haven folks at the moment as both of their times are limited and I do not want us asking people for the same things repetitively. Best, Mark ____________________________________ From: flyingfish6 at gmail.com To: Mlongreene2 at aol.com Sent: 1/8/2008 8:49:07 A.M. Eastern Standard Time Subj: FW: 3.7.07 Eligibility Criteria w/income data ------ Forwarded Message From: john dietter Date: Wed, 7 Mar 2007 08:49:53 -0500 To: Joe Stone Cc: , Charlie Pingree , john dietter , Wells Dow , Charlie Pingree , john dietter , Pat Curtis , "Philip M. Cronin" , "William A. Bartovics" Subject: 3.7.07 Eligibility Criteria w/income data Hello NHSH team, Attached find the eligibility criteria with the income figures from genesis/ HUD. **************Start the year off right. Easy ways to stay in shape. http://body.aol.com/fitness/winter-exercise?NCID=aolcmp00300000002489 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: NHSH.Eligib.Final.3.7.07.pdf Type: application/pdf Size: 48030 bytes Desc: not available URL: From Mlongreene2 at aol.com Sat Jan 12 09:17:58 2008 From: Mlongreene2 at aol.com (Mlongreene2 at aol.com) Date: Sat, 12 Jan 2008 09:17:58 EST Subject: [yrhcworking] Comp Plan and Year Round Housing. Message-ID: Hi there Chris, Amazing job as always! The only thing I see is in the participation survey is to underline townoflongisland.us. Additionally, we still need to address with the Comp Plan committee their decision on how the new Comp Plan will address the differing results of the Year Round Housing Corp., and Year Round Housing Committees work and survey results. As I noted earlier in the process at a Comp Plan meeting, the Comp Plan Survey and proposed Comp Plan revisions poses serious challenges to our future Grant writing abilities and continued success of our Year Round Housing work. We have moved forward, with voter support and 100% grant money to implement our first "Affordable Housing" initiative and wish for the Comp Plan to reflect the voter and all residents survey support for these important efforts. Thank you. Mark In a message dated 1/11/2008 12:00:53 P.M. Eastern Standard Time, cmcduffie at earthlink.net writes: Please look over the following participation summary and make any corrections or additions. Public Participation Summary for the Updated Town of Long Island Comprehensive Plan Existing Comprehensive Plan Approved in 1995 In July of 2006 the Town of Long Island Planning Board made the decision to revise the Town of Long Island Comprehensive Plan which is a planning document used to guide land use policies. The original Town of Long Island Comprehensive Plan was completed in 1995, was approved (found “consistent” with the state Growth Management Act (30-A M.R.S.A., CHAPTER 187) and the SPO “Rule”.) and highly complemented, by the State Planning Office and adopted by the Town of Long Island Town Meeting in May of 1995. Establishment of Comprehensive Plan Committee to Revise Existing Plan A new Comprehensive Planning Committee of 11 volunteers was set up in the summer of 2006 by the Long Island Planning Board to review and revise the Comprehensive Plan. The Committee included one of our Selectmen, two Planning Board members, long time and new year round residents and two summer residents. The Committee has met regularly, usually twice a month, since July 2006. Meetings have been held on Wednesday nights at 7 p.m., but were moved to 6 p.m. for a time in the spring of 2006 when there was a concern that folks from off-island would not be able to get a ferry back to the mainland after the later meeting. That concern has gone away with a change in the ferry schedule which now gives us a late boat off the island. The committee was given no budget for their work; there is no "staff" of town employees to help; but the Selectmen agreed to pay $300 to the Greater Portland Council of Governments for services relating to the production and analysis of a survey and have paid printing and mailing costs for that survey and some recurring printing expenses related to the committee’s work. This is very typical of the way many very important activities are carried out in the Town of Long Island. In many ways these frugal habits and extensive volunteer activity help to create the wonderful sense of community which defines the Town of Long Island. Notices of Meetings and Agendas Notices of all meetings and agendas have been posted both at the town hall and at the bulletin board in the ferry waiting shed. These are the public notice locations for the town and are well read by all who are using the ferry landing to come and go from the island. Progress has been regularly reported in articles in the LongIslander, a bi-monthly island newsletter published by the Long Island Civic Association. This newsletter is received by most, but not all, island residents and property owners and is widely read. Public is Welcome Anyone interested in the future of the Town of Long Island has been encouraged to attend the meetings of the Comprehensive Planning Committee. Guests were allowed to speak at meetings and present their views on any items being discussed. Copies of meeting agendas were posted on the town and library web sites. Anyone unable to attend a scheduled meeting and wishing to comment on any meeting agenda item has been encouraged to send comments via U.S. mail to Planning Board Secretary Comprehensive Planning Committee Town of Long Island PO Box 263 Long Island ME 04050 or via e-mail to planningboard.secretary at townoflongisland.us Attendance at meetings has not been high, but early on there were members of the public who came to ask questions to find out what the committee was doing and share their concerns. This has “petered out” as the committee’s work has continued, and particularly as we have proceeded with the drafting process we have not had non-committee members attending. However, during the drafting process committee members have approached community members who have known interests in specific areas being worked on for their opinions and input. We are such a small community with so many who volunteer their time for community efforts that their areas of interest are quite well known, and we take advantage of their talents and expertise. . Minutes and Drafts Posted on the Town Website The Comprehensive Planning Committee minutes and notes are available on the Town web site: townoflongisland.us where drafts of sections of the new plan have been posted as they were developed. The committee has welcomed comments from the public. Survey Sent to All Residents and Property Owners The committee produced a survey based on the original 1995 comprehensive plan survey but with additions to reflect the attitudes and needs relating to some current issues. New questions addressed multi-family housing and affordable housing and whether and where such development might be located on Long Island. Caroline Paras, the Economic and Community Planner with the Greater Portland Council of Governments offered consultation of the development of the survey. After being reviewed and approved by both the Selectmen and the Planning Board, the survey was mailed to all residents and property owners of the Town of Long Island, one survey per household. The packet included a cover letter, the survey, a stamped return envelope and the mailing envelope. The cover letter made a note to the effect that if there are separate opinions within a household about a given question these opinions were to be noted on the original survey. We did not accept photo copies of surveys, only originals. The surveys were returned to Town Hall. As expected, the rate of response to the Comprehensive Plan 2006 Survey was outstanding. Of the 420 surveys sent to Long Island households, 247 were returned. - that’s 59% of the total, very impressive when 20% is considered by the the Council of Governments to be an excellent return rate. Caroline Paras of COG did the statistical analysis of the survey responses. Those survey responses were reported to the Long Island community in detail in the October 2006 issue of the LongIslander. The results of the survey were compared with the 1994-95 responses to determine how the community’s opinions may have changed. These survey comparisons were printed in the LongIslander December 2006 issue. Public Meeting with Representative from the State Planning Office Ruta Dzenis, AICP, Senior Planner with the State Planning Office Land Use Team, met with community members at a public meeting on Saturday, March 24, 2007. This meeting had been publicized with posters on the island, and 20 people attended. Ms Dzenis gave a power point presentation and explained the State Planning Office’s role in the Comprehensive Planning process and answered questions from the audience. Public Meeting with Steve Walker from Beginning with Habitat Program There was a public meeting featuring a Beginning with Habitat presentation by Steve Walker of the Maine Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife on Saturday, June 16, 2007 at the Community Center. Walker gave a power point presentation describing the Beginning with Habitat Program and reviewed his materials specific to the critical natural areas on Long Island. This meeting was publicized by posters on the island and an announcement in the LongIslander newsletter. There were 23 people in attendance. Notice of Public Hearing - to be described Public Hearing - to be described Curt, this is the draft in a form you can use for the website. Thanks, Chris In a message dated 1/11/2008 12:00:53 P.M. Eastern Standard Time, cmcduffie at earthlink.net writes: Please look over the following participation summary and make any corrections or additions. Public Participation Summary for the Updated Town of Long Island Comprehensive Plan Existing Comprehensive Plan Approved in 1995 In July of 2006 the Town of Long Island Planning Board made the decision to revise the Town of Long Island Comprehensive Plan which is a planning document used to guide land use policies. The original Town of Long Island Comprehensive Plan was completed in 1995, was approved (found “consistent” with the state Growth Management Act (30-A M.R.S.A., CHAPTER 187) and the SPO “Rule”.) and highly complemented, by the State Planning Office and adopted by the Town of Long Island Town Meeting in May of 1995. Establishment of Comprehensive Plan Committee to Revise Existing Plan A new Comprehensive Planning Committee of 11 volunteers was set up in the summer of 2006 by the Long Island Planning Board to review and revise the Comprehensive Plan. The Committee included one of our Selectmen, two Planning Board members, long time and new year round residents and two summer residents. The Committee has met regularly, usually twice a month, since July 2006. Meetings have been held on Wednesday nights at 7 p.m., but were moved to 6 p.m. for a time in the spring of 2006 when there was a concern that folks from off-island would not be able to get a ferry back to the mainland after the later meeting. That concern has gone away with a change in the ferry schedule which now gives us a late boat off the island. The committee was given no budget for their work; there is no "staff" of town employees to help; but the Selectmen agreed to pay $300 to the Greater Portland Council of Governments for services relating to the production and analysis of a survey and have paid printing and mailing costs for that survey and some recurring printing expenses related to the committee’s work. This is very typical of the way many very important activities are carried out in the Town of Long Island. In many ways these frugal habits and extensive volunteer activity help to create the wonderful sense of community which defines the Town of Long Island. Notices of Meetings and Agendas Notices of all meetings and agendas have been posted both at the town hall and at the bulletin board in the ferry waiting shed. These are the public notice locations for the town and are well read by all who are using the ferry landing to come and go from the island. Progress has been regularly reported in articles in the LongIslander, a bi-monthly island newsletter published by the Long Island Civic Association. This newsletter is received by most, but not all, island residents and property owners and is widely read. Public is Welcome Anyone interested in the future of the Town of Long Island has been encouraged to attend the meetings of the Comprehensive Planning Committee. Guests were allowed to speak at meetings and present their views on any items being discussed. Copies of meeting agendas were posted on the town and library web sites. Anyone unable to attend a scheduled meeting and wishing to comment on any meeting agenda item has been encouraged to send comments via U.S. mail to Planning Board Secretary Comprehensive Planning Committee Town of Long Island PO Box 263 Long Island ME 04050 or via e-mail to planningboard.secretary at townoflongisland.us Attendance at meetings has not been high, but early on there were members of the public who came to ask questions to find out what the committee was doing and share their concerns. This has “petered out” as the committee’s work has continued, and particularly as we have proceeded with the drafting process we have not had non-committee members attending. However, during the drafting process committee members have approached community members who have known interests in specific areas being worked on for their opinions and input. We are such a small community with so many who volunteer their time for community efforts that their areas of interest are quite well known, and we take advantage of their talents and expertise. . Minutes and Drafts Posted on the Town Website The Comprehensive Planning Committee minutes and notes are available on the Town web site: townoflongisland.us where drafts of sections of the new plan have been posted as they were developed. The committee has welcomed comments from the public. Survey Sent to All Residents and Property Owners The committee produced a survey based on the original 1995 comprehensive plan survey but with additions to reflect the attitudes and needs relating to some current issues. New questions addressed multi-family housing and affordable housing and whether and where such development might be located on Long Island. Caroline Paras, the Economic and Community Planner with the Greater Portland Council of Governments offered consultation of the development of the survey. After being reviewed and approved by both the Selectmen and the Planning Board, the survey was mailed to all residents and property owners of the Town of Long Island, one survey per household. The packet included a cover letter, the survey, a stamped return envelope and the mailing envelope. The cover letter made a note to the effect that if there are separate opinions within a household about a given question these opinions were to be noted on the original survey. We did not accept photo copies of surveys, only originals. The surveys were returned to Town Hall. As expected, the rate of response to the Comprehensive Plan 2006 Survey was outstanding. Of the 420 surveys sent to Long Island households, 247 were returned. - that’s 59% of the total, very impressive when 20% is considered by the the Council of Governments to be an excellent return rate. Caroline Paras of COG did the statistical analysis of the survey responses. Those survey responses were reported to the Long Island community in detail in the October 2006 issue of the LongIslander. The results of the survey were compared with the 1994-95 responses to determine how the community’s opinions may have changed. These survey comparisons were printed in the LongIslander December 2006 issue. Public Meeting with Representative from the State Planning Office Ruta Dzenis, AICP, Senior Planner with the State Planning Office Land Use Team, met with community members at a public meeting on Saturday, March 24, 2007. This meeting had been publicized with posters on the island, and 20 people attended. Ms Dzenis gave a power point presentation and explained the State Planning Office’s role in the Comprehensive Planning process and answered questions from the audience. Public Meeting with Steve Walker from Beginning with Habitat Program There was a public meeting featuring a Beginning with Habitat presentation by Steve Walker of the Maine Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife on Saturday, June 16, 2007 at the Community Center. Walker gave a power point presentation describing the Beginning with Habitat Program and reviewed his materials specific to the critical natural areas on Long Island. This meeting was publicized by posters on the island and an announcement in the LongIslander newsletter. There were 23 people in attendance. Notice of Public Hearing - to be described Public Hearing - to be described Curt, this is the draft in a form you can use for the website. Thanks, Chris **************Start the year off right. Easy ways to stay in shape. http://body.aol.com/fitness/winter-exercise?NCID=aolcmp00300000002489 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From Mlongreene2 at aol.com Mon Jan 14 11:56:54 2008 From: Mlongreene2 at aol.com (Mlongreene2 at aol.com) Date: Mon, 14 Jan 2008 11:56:54 EST Subject: [yrhcworking] Fwd: housing section Message-ID: Hi All, I know we have a full agenda tomorrow nite, but could you please review this section of the Comp Plan that has been revised at our request. Thanks, Mark ____________________________________ From: cmcduffie at earthlink.net To: Mlongreene2 at aol.com Sent: 1/13/2008 1:12:50 P.M. Eastern Standard Time Subj: housing section Below, for your review, is the current draft of the housing section. We are asking Alden to update the valuation amounts (highest and lowest) from the recent re-valuation, and we need to have the answer to the question I just sent you, but otherwise this is the state of our work. Please share it with your committee(s). We welcome your comments and criticisms. Thanks, Chris Town of Long Island Comprehensive Plan Housing 1/13/08 DRAFT A thorough inventory of housing was accomplished in the fall of 2006 by using real estate tax maps, other Town records and walking/driving through all neighborhoods. Present housing on Long Island includes: Last Plan (Fall 1993) Fall 2006 Types Numbers Numbers Single family frame dwellings 308 308 dwelling units 362 362 dwelling units Two family frame dwellings 4 8 dwelling units 2 4 dwelling units Three family dwellings 1 3 dwelling units 0 0 dwelling units Mobile homes 3 3 dwelling units 1 1 dwelling unit Total 322 dwelling units 367 dwelling units Use In winter use 80 97 Seasonal use 242 270 Total 322 dwelling units 367 dwelling units Age Under 25 yrs. old 42 80 Over 25 yrs. old 280 287 Total 322 dwelling units 367 dwelling units As of the fall of 2006 there were known to be on the market: 5 winter and 2 seasonal dwellings Existing Housing Almost all frame dwellings are free standing single-family homes. There are only 3 exceptions. Most dwellings, with a few exceptions of long unoccupied structures, are in moderate to good repair. House lots range in size from 1750 sq. ft. to 698,688 sq. ft. Valuations for property tax purposes range from $15,560 to $612,980. Homes are served by private wells and septic systems. There is no municipal water supply servicing Long Island. Housing development possibilities are limited by our ground water resources and the ability of our soils to handle our septic wastes. Recent Development Since the last Comprehensive Plan a “bulge” in home building resulted from one subdivision, done by Northland in the 1990s at the Tank Farm location involved 27 lots with deed restrictions which do not allow further subdivision of these lots. These lots range from 1.1 acre to 4.25 acres. Some of these 27 lots are zoned for business. Although many homes have been built since the last Comprehensive Plan, 111 surveys thought this rate of growth was "too fast", while 110 thought it was 'just right", while 4 thought it was "too slow". Questions of water and sewage disposal may limit future housing development even though there is sufficient undeveloped land. The strongest response to any of the questions on the Plan Questionnaire was to the question: "Should Long Island take steps to retain its rural character?" The answers were 213 -yes, 17 -no, and 3- no opinion. Two modifications in the zoning ordinance which were adopted at the Town Meeting in 2007 may result in more housing units. One is permitting, as a conditional use in the three zones IR-1, IR-2 and IB where single family residential use has been permitted , “accessory dwelling units” which are “to provide enhanced opportunities to accommodate housing for family/relative members while protecting the single -family character of existing residential neighborhoods”. They must be “primarily accessed through the existing living area of the primary structure”, designed to be “subordinate in scale and mass”, have at least 500 sq. ft. and not exceed 50% of the floor area of the main dwelling unit, and the septic system must meet the standards of the Maine Plumbing Code for the number of bedrooms proposed. It is thought that such accessory dwelling units might help address some of the needs of older residents who need some in-home assistance. The second ordinance change would allow multi-family dwellings as a conditional use in the I-B Island Business Zone. A multi-family dwelling is defined as a “detached building used exclusively for the residential occupancy by two (2) or more families and containing two (2) or more dwelling units.” The septic system must be certified by a licensed Site Plan Evaluator that it meets the standards of the Maine Plumbing Code for proposed multi-unit dwelling. Although the “bulge” resulting from the Northland lot development may be over, these new ordinances may create a new spurt of building. Seasonal vs Year Round Occupancy Long Island has a large seasonal population. Of the 367 dwelling units, 270 are used seasonally and 97 are occupied year round. Both categories have grown since the last Comprehensive Plan, but the proportion of three-quarters of the dwelling units on Long Island being seasonal has remained nearly the same. Some seasonal cottages have been, and are being, converted for winter use. Some new homes have been built to accommodate year round use, but are being occupied seasonally. Some folks, who may or may not have been seasonal residents of Long Island during their working lives, are retiring to become year round residents on the island. Some year round island residents are retiring and becoming seasonal island residents as they spend a long winter season in warmer climates, often changing their legal residence when they do so because of more favorable tax laws in other states. Affordable Housing The high cost of land, of constructing a proper septic system and of drilling a well inhibits the building of new low cost homes as does the higher cost of construction itself due to transportation costs from the mainland to the island of materials and also labor, particularly if off-island contractors are used. Manufactured, or modular, housing with the component parts brought to the island on a barge, has been one answer for some families to help reduce the cost of new construction. Because many of the seasonal-to-winter conversions have been accomplished by the homeowners themselves over a period of years with frugally purchased materials and using their own labor, the process of renovation has made them quite "affordable". In response to concern expressed about attracting and keeping young year-round families on the island a Year Round Housing Committee has been very active for the past year and a half, working to devise a way to create new housing for year round residents. We enjoy the vigor young families add to the island population, and we appreciate, and very much need, their participation in the many volunteer activities that keep this island functioning on a year round basis. In the early part of 2007 two surveys prepared by the Year Round Housing Committee were sent. One survey was sent to individual residents (one per individual resident 18 years or older) and a different survey was sent to seasonal households (one per household). Of 182 surveys sent to individual residents 81 were returned. Of 200 surveys sent to seasonal households 126 were returned. Although the body of the two surveys were different, the last two questions were asked to both surveyed groups as follows: QUESTIONS ASKED: “The Year Round Housing Committee is researching a proposal to build a single-family, year-round rental house on town land. As conceived, it would be funded primarily through grant money, low interest loans, and would be owned and managed by a non-profit entity separate from the Town government. Do you think the YRHC should proceed with studying this starter project? ___Yes ___No Do you think the YRHC should proceed with a different project?___Yes ___No RESPONSES from each group: Seasonal resident households responded: Do you think the YRHC should proceed with studying this starter project? Yes: 77 (61%) and No: 34 (27%) Do you think the YRHC should proceed with a different project? Yes: 23 (18%) and No: 42 (33%) Year round individual residents responded: Do you think the YRHC should proceed with studying this starter project? Yes: 41 (65%) and No: 16 (25%) Do you think the YRHC should proceed with a different project? Yes: 20 (32%) and No: 19 (30%) The proposal of the Year Round Housing Committee has evolved since the survey to propose, instead of rental housing, that the town lease lots of town owned land for houses to be built by year round residents. This honors the reluctance shown in the Comprehensive Plan survey to the town spending money for low cost housing, because this current proposal would generate the same annual income for the town (in the form of rent for the land) as if taxes were being paid, while restricting the housing for year round use. The 2007 Town Meeting agreed to allow the long term lease of four town owned lots for individual owner-built year round houses. The Year Round Housing Committee continues to work to develop the criteria and protocols for this creative effort. Housing Policy 1. It is the policy of the Town of Long Island to treat manufactured housing the same as stick built housing. 2. It is the policy of the Town of Long Island to take steps to make it possible and desirable for young families to locate and remain here. 3. It is the policy of the Town of Long Island to seek to achieve at least 10% of all housing built or placed during the next decade be affordable. Housing Policy Implementation Strategy The Year Round Housing Committee will continue its work to provide affordable year round housing on Long Island. **************Start the year off right. Easy ways to stay in shape. http://body.aol.com/fitness/winter-exercise?NCID=aolcmp00300000002489 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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Eastern Standard Time Subj: Casco Bay Affordable Housing Forum, March 6, 2008 Hello Casco Bay affordable (year-round) housing folks, The holidays are over, and as cold as it has been outside, many of us are already starting to look ahead, planning for a busy spring and summer season. The Island Institute is responding to a desire expressed at the Maine State Housing Island breakout session at the Governor's Affordable Housing Conference and the Fellows Advisors meeting in August to hold an Casco Bay Affordable Housing Forum for folks to be able to get together and discuss island specific problems, share strategies and grant opportunities, and brainstorm solutions. In order to make the 4 hour forum most productive for you, we are asking island housing organizations to identify ideas and needs that could be met during this gathering. It may be helpful to line up a panel of experts based on your identified needs. Please respond to the questions below by Friday, February 1st. We have scheduled the Casco Bay Affordable Housing Forum to take place on Thursday, March 6, from 10-2. The location is yet to be determined and will be based on the number or participants. Please RSVP with the answers to your questions as to how many people plan to attend so we can coordinate lunch. Please pass along to other folks who may be interested in attending and providing feedback to these questions. We may decide to open this up to other islands, but I'm most concerned about making sure that this forum is structured to meet the needs of Casco Bay islands. Thanks for your help, and I look forward to a productive gathering! Hope to see you on March 6th! Chris Casco Bay Affordable Housing Forum Survey Please fill out survey and return to Chris Wolff by email at _cwolff at islandinstitute.org_ (mailto:cwolff at islandinstitute.org) by Friday, February 1, 2008 . 1. What would you like to learn more about in regards to affordable housing policies: buy-back, equity, land leases, etc.? 2. What is going well for your organization? What are some of the difficulties you have faced? 3. What are some of the things you would like to learn from the other islands? 4. If we were to pull together a panel of housing experts, what group(s) would you like represented, or which professionals should we include (housing lawyer, land trust people, etc.)? 5. How would you like the time structured: morning panel discussion, afternoon sharing, etc.? 6. Who is planning to attend the Forum (please give a concrete number and list of names)? **************Start the year off right. Easy ways to stay in shape. http://body.aol.com/fitness/winter-exercise?NCID=aolcmp00300000002489 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From Mlongreene2 at aol.com Tue Jan 22 14:26:11 2008 From: Mlongreene2 at aol.com (Mlongreene2 at aol.com) Date: Tue, 22 Jan 2008 14:26:11 EST Subject: [yrhcworking] Draft Lease and Jan. 29th Meeting Message-ID: 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). 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. 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. 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. 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 docume nt 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 **************Start the year off right. 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Name: Questionnaire due Feb. 1.doc Type: application/octet-stream Size: 25600 bytes Desc: not available URL: From mlongreene2 at aol.com Sun Jan 27 12:19:31 2008 From: mlongreene2 at aol.com (mlongreene2 at aol.com) Date: Sun, 27 Jan 2008 12:19:31 -0500 Subject: [yrhcworking] Block Island, R.I., has the highest, lowest housing costs Message-ID: <200801271719.MAA03925@mailhost.boston.com> yrhasc at townoflongisland.us From: Mark Greene Content-type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Mime-version: 1.0 Date: Sun, 27 Jan 2008 12:19 -0500 X-mailer: BGEP::Mail/1.5 Robin and Dickie had alerted me to this article. ____________________________________________________________ The following appeared on Boston.com: Headline: Block Island, R.I., has the highest, lowest housing costs Date: December 31, 2007 "BLOCK ISLAND, R.I. - Block Island may be 12 miles off the coast and have the state's highest housing costs, but it's also the only town in Rhode Island to meet the state's affordable housing goal." ____________________________________________________________ To see this recommendation, click on the link below or cut and paste it into a Web browser: http://www.boston.com/news/local/rhode_island/articles/2007/12/31/block_island_meets_states_goals_for_affordable_housing?p1=email_to_a_friend ____________________________________________________________ This message was sent by Mark Greene [mailto:mlongreene2 at aol.com] through Boston.com's email recommendation service. Please note that Boston.com is not responsible for the contents of this message, and has not verified the sender's name or e-mail address. If you have questions or comments about this free service, please email us at feedback at boston.com. From Mlongreene2 at aol.com Sun Jan 27 12:22:50 2008 From: Mlongreene2 at aol.com (Mlongreene2 at aol.com) Date: Sun, 27 Jan 2008 12:22:50 EST Subject: [yrhcworking] Lease Review at Tues. Jan. 29 Meeting Message-ID: Hi All, Just a reminder that we will be going thru a draft proposed lease. Unless you object, I would like to go thru this line by line. This process can be greatly improved if you have read thru the lease and checked off those items that we do not need to change and if we all agree we can skip right over them and focus on items that folks have flagged for further discussion. It is not as bad as it looks at first - there really are only 10 pages of real "meat". I have attached another copy for your convenience to this e-mail. 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We will not get to these tonight, but file them away for a review soon as we have them noted as a part of the Lease which we are working on tonite. Thanks, Mark _http://www.mainehousing.org/Documents/HousingDevelopments/2006GreenBuildingSt andards.pdf_ (http://www.mainehousing.org/Documents/HousingDevelopments/2006GreenBuildingStandards.pdf) **************Start the year off right. Easy ways to stay in shape. http://body.aol.com/fitness/winter-exercise?NCID=aolcmp00300000002489 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: