1. Jan Ackerman, Vice Chair Affordable Housing Trust (AHT) reported on AHT activities.

a. Acquisition and use of donated land on Glendale Middle Road. AHT plans to seek assistance from Commonwealth planning professionals and to apply for planning grants. 

b. Currently there is a second survey to determine the exact boundaries of the parcel.

c. Determining cost of the infrastructure which would vary with number and style of housing.

d. Final decisions about the number of units or the style — single family, apartments, or condos — have not been made. However, Patrick White, Select Board and AHT Board member, said he was on record as preferring a small number of single-family dwellings — perhaps 6-8.

e. Technically “affordable housing” means subsidized housing.

f. AHT does not have sufficient funds to develop the land so a public/private partnership, public funding, or other funding method would have to be developed and agreed upon.

There was a public comment period. Those who spoke were opposed to density, supportive of maintaining the character of the neighborhood. They were also in favor of mixed use.

2. AHT also reported on the Production Plan draft which is available online for comments.

3. There was a brief discussion of the Commonwealth’s ADU law that, if passed, will override local zoning bylaws related to ADUs and be by right.

4. Chair Kate Fetcher suggested a new schedule wherein PB meets as needed. Permit requests would be reviewed in a timely manner according to the law, but PB would not meet otherwise. Nancy Sosha asked if they were going to meet to review bylaws or take up other matters in the purview of the PB. Apparently not. The Chair’s suggestion was to meet as needed (Based on submissions for permits).