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Town of Southold
Housing Advisory Commission
Meeting #163
April 19, 2022 – Via Zoom
Present: Pat Lutzky, Eric Dantes, Cheryle Amara, Marilyn Sierra, Mark Levine, Nancy Messer, Debra
O’Kane, Jill Doherty
Absent: Town Attorney John Burke.
Guests: Rona Smith, Lee Silberman
Meeting began at 4:30 p.m.
1. Approval of Meeting Minutes
a. March 15, 2022 Meeting Minutes – Cheryle Amara made a motion to approve the
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meeting minutes. Nancy Messer – 2. Approved unanimous.
2. Update on projects – Cheryle Amara
a. Jill – Paul Pawloski Carroll Avenue Project Town has signed contracts. Planning
board should be scheduled in next couple of months. 24 months.
b. Feurstein – No new information. Cheryle will try to get updates. Still waiting for
funding.
c. 24 Units proposed behind Cutchogue Post Office. Looking to get zone changed from
Commercial.
d. Goggins working on getting Affordable Housing Hearing scheduled.
e. Rona Smith – Kudos to Commission for staying on top of the projects with the town.
i. Series of Pre-submission conferences for elements for developments.
ii. Never received anything but support for project and change of zone until it
went to Planning Decision to recommend against the change of zone. One of
the objections was the proximity to the hamlet. No capacity for biking,
walking and no public transportation.
iii. Pat to supply a copy of the Planning Board memo.
iv. Town Board will discuss at a future meeting.
v. Environmental Protection – Water quality and Water quantity. Building on
A/C Zone is not prohibited.
vi. Numbers show that building 3 Mega mansions would use more water than
24 units of affordable housing developments. Suffolk County Water Authority
gave her stats.
vii. Frustrated with Planning Board decision due to the positive Pre-Submission
Conferences.
viii. Affordable Housing Commission will continue to show support of project.
3. Habitat for Humanity of Long Island - Lee Silberman – Chief Executive Officer & Executive
Director.
a. Target clients who earn between 40 to 60% of AMI.
b. 3 biggestmMyths of Habitat for Humanity.
i. Jimmy Carter did not start organization, but is biggest Volunteer.
ii. Does not cost them anything to build a home.
iii. That they give the homes away. Their homes are a hand up not a hand out.
c. Prospective home owner signs a contract of 300 hours of sweat equity. 200 hours
volunteer on their home or other homes, 100 hours Community Service, classes,
and that is in lieu of a down payment. Homeowners pay $1500 when then enter
agreement and $1500 when they close.
d. Grant funded.
e. Set payments at 30% of income.
f. 2% 30 year mortgage. SONYMae.
g. Houses are about $400,000.
h. Programs targeted between 80 to 120% of AMI.
i. Applications 2 to 4 times a year.
j. Families need to have credit score in the low 600s, little debt.
k. Half of applicants get rejected. Don’t meet requirements.
l. Willingness and ability to partner.
m. Land donated by county with the 72H program.
i. Parcel in Southold, hoping County will donate.
n. Currently only have built single family, but nothing could prevent doing multifamily.
o. Wouldn’t be opposed to doing a rehab, but new construction usually costs less.
p. Suffolk County Habitat received a gift of $3M from MacKenzie Bezos.
4. Housing Plan – Jill Doherty
a. No new information. May not be ready to go on ballot in November but still
working on.
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5. Eric Dantes motion to adjourn meeting, Jill Doherty 2. Approved unanimous.
Next Meeting Scheduled for Tuesday, May 17, 2022 @4:30 pm VIA Zoom.
Respectfully submitted, Valerie DeFio