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TOWN CLERK
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Metro North Regional Housing Advisory Committee
Date: 2019-04-04 Time: 10:00 AM
Building: Reading Town Hall Location: Lower Level Conference Room
Address: 16 Lowell Street Session: Open Session
Purpose: Bi-Monthly Meeting Version:
Attendees: Members - Present:
Valerie Gingrich, Danielle McKnight, Andrew MacNichol, Laurie Stanton
Members - Not Present:
Others Present:
Liz Rust
Minutes Respectfully Submitted By: Laurie Stanton
Topics of Discussion:
Called to Order 10:10
Minutes approved.
Saugus
Ms. Stanton attended the Affordable Housing Lottery for Avalon Saugus. After the lottery,
we had a tour of an affordable unit. They build the affordable units the same as the market-
rate units - granite countertops, stainless steel appliances.
North Reading
North Reading Housing Authority is going to sell a condo unit they own located on Main
Street. It is one of the units we almost rehabbed with HOME money.
Project Eligibility letter for Elm Street 40B. It has been 12 years since the Town's last 40B.
Possible MHP consultant for the Town. Ms. Rust recommended Judy Barrett as one of the
best consultants. 200 units. There is a peer review engineer that the Town works with.
North Reading is 20 units away from 10%. Liz Rust attended.
Carpenter Drive Project - April 29 site review.
Reading
Reading has another resale at Reading Woods. Reading is in the process of getting a new
monitoring agent, as Jill Onderdonk is deceased. In the meantime, the Town will act as the
interim Monitoring Agent.
Next meeting May 30, 2019 in the Berger Room at Reading Town Hall
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