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HomeMy WebLinkAboutMinutes - Affordable Housing Committee - 03/06/2017March 7, 2017 South Burlington Affordable Housing Committee MINUTES March 6, 2017 4:00 p.m. Members Attending: Tom Bailey, Leslie Black-Plumeau, Sandy Dooley, Mike Simoneau Members Absent: John Simson Others Present: Andrew Bolduc, South Burlington City Attorney; Kevin Dorn, City Manager; Evan Langfelt, O’Brien Brothers Agency and Jessica Louisos, Chair of the South Burlington City Planning Committee Minutes: Leslie Black-Plumeau Agenda: 1. Call to order/welcome guests 2. Review of Agenda: Additions, deletions or sequence changes 3. Comments or questions from the public not related to the agenda 4. Review and approval of minutes from the February 21, 2017, committee meeting 5. Review of and possible vote on draft amendment to South Burlington Land Development Regulations related to Housing Preservation; if approved, schedule Public Information Meeting/s 6. Kirby Cottages discussion 7. Discussion re extension of Inclusionary Zoning 8. Members’ homework reports 9. Review of new homework assignments (if any) 10. Other business 11. Adjournment Call to order: Sandy Dooley, committee vice chair, called the meeting to order at 4:05 PM. She welcomed Planning Commission Chair Jessica Louisos and Evan Langfelt from the O’Brien Brothers Agency to the meeting. Agenda review: Kevin explained that the committee had not yet approved the minutes of two earlier committee meetings (one in September 2016 and one in November 2016) and asked if the committee wanted to add that to the agenda. The committee agreed to add this to the agenda for the next meeting, so they could review the minutes in advance. Comments or questions from the public not related to the agenda: none Review and approval of minutes from the February 21, 2017 Committee meeting: Tom moved and Leslie seconded approval of the February 21, 2017, minutes as drafted. Motion passed by vote of 4 – 0. Review of draft amendment to South Burlington Land Development Regulations related to Housing Preservation Andrew reviewed the changes he had made since the committee’s last meeting to the draft language. Andrew agreed to make several additional changes and prepare a new draft for the committee. Leslie agreed to prepare payment in lieu estimates, based on the formula used by Burlington and share it with the committee. The committee agreed to revisit the “exemptions” section of the regulations at the next meeting so that they could review the location of homes in areas zoned as commercial. The committee also agreed to consider ways of specifying exemptions rather than relying on the “relief” section of the amendment. Kirby Cottages Sandy said she would meet with David Mullin, Executive Director of the local Habitat for Humanity office. She will explore options that might be available for Habitat to identify potential home buyers for the Kirby Cottages who might live and care for them in their current location (while they are still owned by the airport) and then purchase them once they are moved by Champlain Housing Trust to their new site. This could be an approach for creating the time South Burlington would like to have to explore potential sites for the cottages while helping to ensure that the homes stay in good condition. Adjourn: Tom moved and Leslie seconded that the meeting be adjourned at 6:00 PM. Motion passed by vote of 4-0.