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Town of Southold
Housing Advisory Commission
Meeting #148
October 18, 2020
Present: Pat Lutzky, Cheryle Amara, Denis Noncarrow, Eric Dantes, Debra O’Kane, Marilyn Sierra, Jill
Doherty, Mark Levine, John Burke.
Absent: Nancy Messer
Guest Speaker: Tom Ruhle, East Hampton Housing Dept .
Meeting began at 4:30 p.m.
1. Approval of Meeting Minutes
a. August 13, 2020 Meeting Minutes – Eric made a motion to approve the August
nd
meeting minutes. Debbie – 2. Approved unanimous.
b. September 15, 2020 Meeting Minutes – Eric made a motion to approve the
nd
September meeting minutes. Debbie – 2. Approved unanimous.
2. Mattituck Cottages – 715 Cottage Way
a. Fredericks want to make basement improvement. They want to add a game room,
Bathroom, Bedroom, Fitness Center.
b. Homeowner submitted a toned down version of the renovation to the building
department to get approval before getting a permit set.
c. Be very specific about which plans HAC is approving.
d. Is Capital Project warranted?
e. Doesn’t matter what house is appraised, has to stay within Affordable Housing
Range.
f. How much will the Capital Project improve the value of the house.
g. He has already added $9000 in improvements in 2008 with Hardwood Floors.
h. Decide whether homeowner can improve the house to the extent he wants or will
the town have a say to the extent he can improve it. Eric’s opinion was that he could
make whatever improvements he wants, but can’t sell the house for more than a
certain amount.
i. Cheryle feels he can do what he wants just don’t expect to get your investment
back.
j. Debbie doesn’t feel they should be able to sell the house for more than 5% of
current affordable market value.
k. Denis doesn’t believe the homeowners should be allowed to make major
renovations to their Affordable Homes. Not intended for that purpose.
l. Mark feels the homeowner should be able to make improvements to his house, but
not get investment back if he sells.
m. The HAC basically agrees that Frederick’s can make improvements in the house of
up to 5% of $227,000 (218,000+9,000 hardwood floor improvement) or $11,350.
n. HAC feels they need to standardize the improvements. Requested Debbie to work
on this.
3. Tom Ruhle – East Hampton Housing Dept.
a. East Hampton has been criticized for calling a housing lottery a lottery.
b. They recently used a computer program for a Section 8 Lottery Program.
c. They use lotteries for town projects.
d. They need to be impartial when they complete their lottery. Have used a paper
system and mailed people their number and televised the lottery pull so individual
knew where they fall.
e. EH tries to keep the advertising on projects local so their residents stay local. They
use some of their own funding. If they accept State and County funding hard to say
people from rest of state can’t apply for housing.
f. No preference to priority groups. Where do you draw the line and decide who gets
priority.
g. They will go to local places to bring applications and spread the word so people will
apply. Such as Schools, Hospitals, the Fire Departments, etc.
4. New Business – None
5. Meeting adjourned 6:00 pm.
Next Meeting Scheduled for Tuesday, November 10, 2020 @4:30 pm VIA Zoom.
Respectfully submitted, Valerie DeFio