[yrhcworking] Year Round Housing Activities Update - June 23

[Mlongreene2 at aol.com]

Brenda - copy for Chee  and Michael  please.  

Year Round Housing  Corporation 
Town of Long  Island 
Box  263 
Long  Island,  Maine  04050 
Mark Greene, Housing  Administrator 
_Mlongreene2 at aol.com_ (mailto:Mlongreene2 at aol.com)  
207 766  4440 
Monday, June 23,  2008 
Year Round  Housing Update of “Goings On.” 
Good Morning  All, 
It seems strange not having multiple meetings almost every week,  but wanted 
to let you know that much is  going on.  Our next meeting is not  scheduled 
until Tuesday, July 10 (which conflicts with VFW for me – may we go  until July 
17??). 
1.         IRS 1023 (501c3) Status.   This item continues to be challenging, 
but is back in the hands of Kristy  Smith, Esq., our counsel on these matters. 
 She had additional suggestions in addition to those I had originally  
received from Jim Phipps. These suggestions have required modifications to the  
application and an additional re-filing of our Purpose Statements with the Maine  
Bureau of Corporations and until accepted by them holds back the IRS filing.  
It has required several changes to  be run by the present Trustees of the 
YRHCorp.  She is reviewing the changes at this  time. 
2.         Lloyd Jones has completed the initial survey and description work 
of the  two parcels we are going to swap.  There were no deeds available as 
both of these were tax acquired parcels  and descriptions needed to be 
researched and made.   The re-division of the parcels  will not be done until after the 
swap is finalized and recorded.  I want to get additional input from YRHC  
members and Lloyd on the reconfig. when ready.  This part of the project is also 
out for  legal work to make it ready for signing by owners.   I have been in 
contact with the  Gordons and they are fine with the progress and still 
willing and glad to make  the swap when we are ready. 
3.         The lease has gone to Maurice A. Selinger, III, Esq. who is an 
affordable  housing specialist that we met at a Genesis/Island Institute Seminar 
last  winter.   I will await his  appraisal and willingness to work on that. 
4.         I am working with Liza Fleming-Ives to see how to pay for some of 
the  above stuff!!! 
5.         Sorry I did not receive the info on the open house at Craig Stewart
’s any  sooner.  Hope that was helpful for  some. 
6.         I  have asked Alden to research the HUD Good Neighbor Program a 
little deeper.  His findings summarized below:  (Does not sound too applicable  
here).  Will look further.   
It's a hell of a deal  if you're a firefighter/EMT/teacher/cop.  You have to 
be employed full-time  in one of those jobs to qualify, though I don't think 
you have to work in the  community where you want to buy a house.

HUD selects "revitalization  areas" where the allow people to participate in 
this program.  They have to  be places with very low income and a large number 
of houses for sale.  In  Maine, there are five revitalization zones: in  
Biddeford, Augusta, Lewiston-Auburn, Waterville, and Bangor.

I'm guessing they target this  program to cities, and I think we're probably 
either too small or not poor  enough.  But the criteria (see attached) say HUD 
administrators are  supposed to work with local governments and non-profits, 
so we might give them a  call just to see.  The office for the Northeast US is 
in Philadelphia.  
7.         At the last YRHASC Meeting,  the proposal was floated to change 
the By-Laws of YRHCorp to remove  certain eligibility criteria from those 
recently adopted By-Laws and simply make  them part of the YRHASC By-Laws,  which is 
probably a good thing.  Such a change will need to be posted and sent to all 
members as per the  criteria we adopted in the new By-Laws,  but first the 
YRHASC needs to decide exactly what those proposed  changes will be at a future 
meeting  before we bring them forth. 
8.         The promising applicant for next years Island Institute Fellow did 
not  choose to come here,  so a new round  of applicants will be brought 
forth soon.  One of the tasks will be to continue work with YRHC so I have been  
involved in the interview process. 
9.         The Annual YRHCorp meeting and meeting of Trustees and election of 
 Officers is tentatively proposed to be held on Wed. July16, but I would 
strongly  recommend we hold back on that until Items 1 and 7 above are ready to 
fly!   
We need to do some serious planning for this  first meeting under the new by 
laws to make sure it is done correctly.   Folks need to be thinking about  
running for Trustees and Officers of the newly reorganized YRHCorp.  I will be 
glad to run for something if  needed, but my tenure as Housing Administrator 
will be ending in the coming year  and activities will need to be divided up a 
bit more!     The flip side is the  intense work of the last two years will not 
continue as the organization gets up  and running.  The work of Trustees  and 
Officers should be modest.     More on this  later.  
10.  If others have additional info or news to share or houses for sale  
info,  please add it to this  summary.    
Thanks,  Mark 




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