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Town of Southold
Housing advisory commisSion
MEETING MINUTES
MEETING # 104
May 13, 2015
Present:
Rona Smith, Dan Sarnowski, Fred Andrews, Beth Motschenbacher, LeRoy Heyliger,
Excused:
Michael Herbert, William Dougherty, Eric Dantes and Phillip Beltz. , Eric Dantes, John
Vahey, Jeanne Kelley and Councilman Jim Dinizio. One member from the public, Julie Amper.
Meeting began at 5:32 p.m.
Approval of Minutes:
The minutes of April 15th were approved.
First-Time Homebuyer CPF Exemption:
Total of four exemptions were approved for
April and none in May.
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Habitat for Humanity:
HAC volunteer day scheduled for May 14.
Supervisor Request of Committees:
Fred agreed to develop draft of “job description” for
chair/co-chairs—he will forward and HAC can review and make comments. Suggestion to
elect person at next meeting to give everyone time to think about it.
Public Education Forum-“What is Affordable Housing”:
Dan and Beth will coordinate
dates that they are available, possibly the end of June on Monday or Tuesday or consider
early fall. Suggestion to host at Town Hall, invite planning board members, invite civic
association members and have it taped for channel 22.
Discussion with Business Owners:
Dan reported that he and Fred met with owner of
Hellenic Restaurant who stated that business owners experience much difficulty in
recruiting and retaining workforce. He would be amenable to hosting a meeting for
business owners at his restaurant to discuss affordable housing, would most likely need to
be scheduled after summer. The potential developer he had discussed at the forum stated
not financially feasible to build affordable housing in Southold, modular housing might be
an alternative to reduce price.
Setting Sales Price, Rentals, etc.:
Suffolk County released 2015 LOW HOME rents.
Copies of rental and income distributed – recommendation to be made next mtg.
Goals and Objectives 2015:
Request for Phillip to send goals and objectives of 2014.
Below is a preliminary list of suggestions, more to be developed at next meeting:
Meet with School Superintendants to assess enrollment/capacity
Cultivate partnerships with employers and fire departments to assess needs for
affordable housing
Set sales price, rental amount, inclusionary zoning “buyout”
Re-examine the necessity HALO zones for affordable housing
Continue public education efforts
Review Comp Plan and extrapolate goals and objectives for implementation
Support SC initiative to convert “Zombie” to affordable housing
Rona reported an idea that would consider placement of affordable housing on land
that has been preserved—she will provide a written abstract for all to review
Consider support of Assemblyman Thiele proposal of impact fees to construction of
new housing to be utilized for grants for affordable housing
Pending Items:
(no report on the following)
Incentives/Tax Credits for Development of Affordable Apartments
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Potential Housing Unit via Inclusionary Zoning
o
Frank Scarola Proposed Condominium Units in Southold
o
Fair Housing lawsuit
o
Other:
Suggestion to meet with realtors-Phillip reported that Tom McCarthy volunteered
to attend meeting. Beth suggested an invitation to Julia Robins (Greenport trustee and
realtor.) Agreement to invite to the July meeting.
The meeting concluded at 6:35 p.m.
Next Meeting is scheduled for Date:Wednesday, June 10th at 5:30 p.m.
Respectfully submitted,
Phillip Beltz