1981-04-15 Reading Housing Authority Minutes

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READING HOUSING AUTHORITY Minutes of the Rearular k Annual Mtg. - April 15, 1981 The Reading Housing Authority met in regular session on Wednesday, Apr 15, 1981 at 7 :30 P.M. at 22 Frank D. Tanner Drive in the Town of Reading, Massachusetts. Special notice to the effect that the date was not consistent with the regularly scheduled date of the second Monday of the month had been properly posted. The meeting was called to order by the Chairman, Mr. Dempster. Those mem- bers also present were Mr. White, Mr. Ogden, Mr. Westra and Mr. Johnson, forming a quorum. Mrs. Pierce, the Executive Director, and Patricia Ren$ello, Section 8 Administrator, were also present. Before going into the regular order of business, the Board turned thei attention to Rick Heym, Architect from Envirodesign of Boston, Architects for the Authority. He had with him, drawings and specifications for the upcoming modernisation work as follows: 1. Waterproofing upstairs porches on 10 buildings. 2. Replacement of shutters on Project x`667 -1. 3. Repair of designated column bases on porches. 4. Painting trim on 5 apartment buildings and Community Bldg. After a thorough review ..and Mr. Heym had answered all questions from 0. Board to their satisfaction, a motion was made by Mr. Johnson and seconded by White, and unanimouslys VOTED: To authorise the Chairman to sign for the Authority the copies of plans and specifications to be submitted to E.O.C.D. The Chairman thereupon declared said motion carried and said vote in effect. Mr. Heym explained that, prior to this meeting, he had met with Steve Lo, Modernisation Architect with E.O.C.D., and reviewed all plans and specification with him. Therefore, in the interest of expediting the bidding procedure, the Authority asked Mr. Heys to hand deliver the documents to the Office of Moderniza tion in order to meet the bidding dates desired, - that is, May 12th for filed subr -bids and May 20th for general contractors. The Board thanked Mr. Heym for coming, and he left the meeting at this point. Pat Ren$ello bvought the Board up to date on the status of the Section Program. At the present time, only 54 of the 55 units and under lease, with on certificate pending. 33 units wO. family, and 21 are elderly. Regrettably, she informed the Board that a letter had been received fron HUD denying additional funding for Reading for this year. Upon checking further into this, it was discovered that HUD had no record of the Authority's applicati for the Mobility Program, which gave authorities a priority for funding. Mrs. Pierce had sent a letter into HUD advising that application had been made in eptember of 1980, and all appropriate paperwork had been sent in - and requeste (W., review of this situation, and possibly reconsideration for some funding. 1.