HomeMy WebLinkAbout2018-06-21 Metro North Regional Housing Advisory Committee Minutes Town of Reading
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Board - Committee - Commission - Council: all OCT -9 PM 6: 38
Metro North Regional Housing Services
Committee
Date: 6-21-18 Time: 10:00 AM
Building: Reading Town Hall Location: Berger Room
Address: 16 Lowell Street Session:
Purpose: BI-Monthly Meeting Version:
Attendees: Members - Present:
Laurie Stanton, Danielle McKnight, Andrew MacNichol
Members - Not Present:
Julie Mercier, Valerie Gingrich
Others Present:
Liz Rust
Minutes Respectfully Submitted By: Laurie Stanton
Topics of Discussion:
The Committee called to order at 10:05 AM.
Minutes
We will approve the minutes from 4/26/18 and 6/21/18 at our next meeting.
Status Update
Consider adding another Town. Ms.McKnight will bring this up at the next MAPC meeting.
Ms. Leahy has left her position as Planner for the Town of Saugus.
North Reading:
The BOS voted to accept the HPP plan. Ms. McKnight needs the minutes from the BOS to finalize the
plan.The plan is not specific geographically, but there is a lot of town owned land.Carpenter Avenue
has 10 acres of Town owned land.Other tactics:Affordable housing overlay district. Main Street could
use more residential.The next step is to implement the strategies laid out in the HPP.One of the
projects could be to renovate Peabody Court.Start with an RFP,and meet with the North Reading
Housing Authority Board.
Next Meeting:August 23, 2018 at 10 AM in the Berger Room at Town Hall.
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