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0rH£g0 <br /> + � Town of Reading j,ECENLL) <br /> =1 Meeting Minutes ;SWN CLERK <br /> Board - Committee - Commission - Council: 30 OCT —9 PM 6: 31 <br /> Metro North Regional Housing Services <br /> Committee <br /> Date: 2017-03-23 Time: 10:30 AM <br /> Building: Reading Town Hall Location: Berger Room <br /> Address: 16 Lowell Street Session: <br /> Purpose: Bi-Monthly Meeting Version: <br /> Attendees: Members - Present: <br /> Julie Mercier, Laurie Stanton, Danielle McKnight, Valerie Gingrich, Krista <br /> Leahy <br /> Members - Not Present: <br /> Others Present: <br /> Liz Rust <br /> Minutes Respectfully Submitted By: Laurie Stanton <br /> Topics of Discussion: <br /> The Committee called to order at 10:30 AM. <br /> Minutes <br /> The minutes for January 19,2017 will be voted on at the next meeting. <br /> Recruitment of Additional Towns <br /> Other Towns—Reading Assistant Town Manager Jean Delios suggested we reach out to the Towns <br /> involved in the initial study,such as Danvers and Peabody,to see if they are interested now that it is up <br /> and running. <br /> • Danvers—wanted to revisit the project after it was in place. <br /> • Peabody—This would be an interesting Town to join,as they have a lot of housing programs and <br /> housing staff. <br /> • Winchester—Liz mentioned that they may be interested in a new form of housing oversight. <br /> There is a MassHousing program in the works to provide funding for Towns that are close to 10%.Towns <br /> are worried about dropping below after the 2020 census recounts total housing units. <br /> Self-Monitoring Letters <br /> Laurie went over the results,percentages are up for some towns and down for others. Liz mentioned it <br /> can take a few years to get consistently high percentages. <br /> Pape 1 1 <br />