HomeMy WebLinkAbout2007-02-12 Reading Housing Authority MinutesREADING HOUSING AUTHORITY
MINUTES OF THE REGULAR BOARD MEETING February 12 2007
A regular business meeting of the Reading Housing Authority was held on Monday, February 12, 2007
at 7:00 P.M at the office of the Reading Housing Authority the town of Reading, Mass. The meeting was
called to order at 7:05 P.M. with the Vice - Chair, Tim Kelley, presiding. Those members present and
forming a quorum were John Coote, Mary Connors and Karen L. Flammia as well as the
Secretary/Executive Director, Lyn Whyte.
Minutes Move Karen Second Mary Vote 4 -0
02 -348 VOTED: To accept for the record the Minutes of the Regular Business Meeting of January 8, 2007,
as presented.
Finances Move Karen Second John Vote 4 -0
02 -349 VOTED: To approve and sign the checkroll/billroll for the period for Accounts Payable Check x, #737-
787 Payroll Summary as presented for January, 2007. Section 8 Voucher Program, #1118 -1216 as
presented.
Finances Move Karen Second John Vote 4 -0
02 -350 VOTED: To certify receipt of monthly operating statements for all RHA programs for the mon{h end
December, 2006 of the current fiscal year.
Purchase 301 Gazebo Circle Move Karen Second Mary Vote 4 -0
02 -351 VOTED: 'To authorize Executive Director to enter into a Purchase and Sale Agreement to buy i it 301
Gazebo Circle, Reading, MA for a price not to exceed two hundred five thousand dollars ($205,000.) with
standard conditions including financing options.
Personnel Matters:
- None
Report of Programs:
- Vacancy Report- State elderly development fully leased. Two bedroom unit on Pleasant Street still
vacant. Recent wait list opening has provided us with additional applicants who are in process of
being deemed eligible.
- Sec 8 Report- No official reports until Qtr. End March 2007. However, RHA Section 8 program
should be fully leased by March I".
- FSS Report — No official report until the Qtr. End March 2007. -
- Resident Service Coordinator- Current Tannerville Newsletter provided.
New Business:
- FYE 06 audit is complete and all paperwork has been submitted to HUD, DHCD and federal
Clearinghouse as required. Copy of audit was provided to board for their review. No findings indicated
in the report.
- MEMA funding for last spring 2006 flood damage has been paid to the RHA, (01/19/07) with back
interest included from DHCD, the issuing agent.
- Follow up to request to DHCD for wait list waiver regarding emergency placement: All approved
paperwork received from DHCD and policy is now in place.
- The RHA opened its state family waitlist for all bedroom sizes, effective January 31, 2007 with no
effective date to close.
- RHA in receipt of subsidized housing inventory listing from DHCD and RHA Pierce Street prop erty is
not listed. RHA notified the Town Manager, in absence of a Town Planner, of this oversight and we are
working with him to add this property to the Town inventory.
Real Estate Matter:
- Update 75 Pleasant Street: Brad Latham, Rick Fenuccio and Executive Director are working
together to complete the necessary requirements to file application with the Town of Reading
ZBA. We hope to have the application completed for submittal by Mr. Latham by our initial goal
of February 16d. Mr. Latham will inform the RHA of the next available date for our initial
hearing. Mr. Latham will be unavailable March 1 -7, 2007.
- Gazebo Circle Affordable Unit: The Board discussed the options available to us regarding the
potential purchase of Unit 301 that is an affordable unit presently for sale. Every effort has been
made by the Executive Director to find a qualified buyer under this program's guidelines. The
owner is pressing the RHA to adhere to the 120 -day process as defined in the current deed
restriction regarding the resale of this unit. A potential expiration date of March 15, 2007 is close
at hand. If a qualified buyer cannot be located, then the Board has authorized the Exec itive
Director to enter into an agreement with the present owner to purchase the condominium. In
doing so, the unit will continue to remain as an affordable unit within the Town of Reading. The
Board also asked that the Executive Director explore with either the Town Manager or the Board
of Selectmen the potential option of a fifty thousand dollar ($50,000) contribution from the
Affordable Trust Fund to be used to help finance this affordable unit. The request is being made
by the RHA because we have committed some of our current reserves towards self - financin our
Pleasant Street project. An additional expenditure of this magnitude could pose a fm cial
burden to the Housing Authority by deciding to move forward with the purchase at this time.
Board Schedule
March, 2007 BOARD MEETING: 03/05/2007 @ 7 PM
02 -352 TO ADJOURN: 8:45 PM. Move John Second Mary Vol
ResDeC61ly submitted, f
Lm E. Whyte, Secretary & Executive Director
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