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MINUTES OF MEETING:

Call to Order

Chairman Patricia Butler called the meeting to order at 4:30 PM.

Present:
Patricia Butler, Chairman
Susan Blair
Mary Dean (until 5:50 PM)
Edward McCann
Ethel Wheatley

Absent:

Also Present:
Paul DeLeo, Executive Director and Secretary to the Board

06-47: VOTE to accept the minutes of the Regular Meeting of June 13, 2006.
Mary Dean moved to accept the minutes with amendments. Edward McCann seconded it. Susan Blair abstained, as she was not present at that meeting.

In Favor: 4
Opposed: 0
Abstained: 1

06-48: VOTE to accept the minutes of the Special Meeting of June 27, 2006.
Susan Blair moved to accept the minutes with amendments. Mary Dean seconded it.

In Favor: 5
Opposed: 0
Abstained: 0

06-49: VOTE to acknowledge receipt of the April 2006 Budget and Tenant Account Receivable Reports from Richard Conlon, CPA.
Susan Blair moved the vote on this acknowledgement, noting that the Aged Tenant Account Receivable Delinquency Report for the state housing program was not included in the package . Mary Dean seconded it.

In Favor: 5
Opposed: 0
Abstained: 0

06-50: VOTE to acknowledge receipt of the Director’s Report dated July 5, 2006.
Edward McCann moved the vote on this acknowledgement. Susan Blair seconded it.

In Favor: 5
Opposed: 0
Abstained: 0

Other Bills and Communications:

None

Reports of Committees:

• Community Preservation Committee – next meeting is scheduled for July 17, 2006.

• Executive Review Committee – to meet on Tuesday, July 18, 2006 at 4:30 PM.

Old Business:

• Counter Offer to MBTA – Paul DeLeo’s efforts to identify an attorney with a specialization in Eminent Domain matters by using the Mass Bar Assoc.’s Referral Service were fruitless. Edward McCann recommended calling the firm of Kopelman and Paige, which specializes in service to the public sector, as that firm would likely have Eminent Domain specialists.

• SHA Affordable Housing Initiative – The Board will meet to discuss this matter in a Special Meeting on Tuesday, July 25 at 4:30 PM. Mary Dean reported that use of the land is restricted to rental housing, but SHA could still develop housing for home ownership if it pursues its development plans as a “Friendly 40B”, a process that is based on cooperation and agreement with the Town and community groups so it overrides zoning restrictions. Paul DeLeo will obtain a copy of the environmental report prepared by Green Environmental, Inc. in 1994.

• Other items – The following items conti

New Business:

06-51: VOTE to authorize the Executive Director to enter into a Line of Credit agreement with Rockland Trust Company to borrow up to $550,000 of the unexpended balance of the Contract for Financial Assistance for the Special Needs Housing project at 412 First Parish Road. The Line of credit is to be at the prime rate, and have an expiration date of October 31, 2006.

Edward McCann, citing reliance upon the April 14, 2006 Letter of Authorization from Stan Kruszewski, Director of Mass. DHCD’s Project Development Unit, and assurance from SHA Executive Director Paul DeLeo that this is an accepted and tried business practice of Mass. DHCD for financing construction projects that cross state fiscal years, moved the vote. Ethel Wheatley seconded it.

In Favor: 5
Opposed: 0
Abstained: 0

06-52: VOTE to approve Change Orders No.’s 2, 3, 4 and 5 totally $17,983.44 to the contract with Williams Building Company for the modular construction of Special Needs Housing at 412 First Parish Road. These Change Orders are recommended by the Project Architect, Richard Fennucio and Executive Director Paul DeLeo. They are also preliminarily approved by DHCD’s Construction Management Division.

CO #1 Building Permit Fee Reimbursement (to be submitted separately) $ 0.00

CO #2 Elevated Ground Water/Raised Foundation $ 8,599.00

CO #3 Fill Abandoned Well $ 839.00

CO #4 Scituate Water Service Fee $ 7,257.00

CO #5 Underslab Pipe Drain System $ 1,288.44

Edward McCann made the motion. Patricia Butler seconded it.

In Favor: 5
Opposed: 0
Abstained: 0

06-53: VOTE to reconsider Resolution 06-45, approved at the Regular Meeting of June 13, 2006.

Patricia Butler noted that the 2-0-1 vote does not adequately express the consensus of the Board. Susan Blair moved the vote. Ethel Wheatley seconded it.

In Favor: 5
Opposed: 0
Abstained: 0

06-54: VOTE to NOT approve the proposed Agreement with South Shore Elder Services, Inc. allowing it to use the Wheeler Park 1 Community Room for their Scituate Meals on Wheels Program..

Patricia Butler moved the vote. Susan Blair seconded it. Mary Dean abstained because she is the Program Coordinator at the Scituate Council on Aging’s Senior Center, where South Shore Elder Services is currently operating the Meals-On-Wheels program.

In Favor: 4
Opposed: 0
Abstained: 1

The Meeting adjourned at 6:03 PM.