Housing Board - Regular Meeting

oder die Sitzung eröffnen. Okay.

Hi, ganz schnell. Ich möchte nur sagen, ich habe vorher mit Britney gesprochen. Sie hat die Tagesordnung tatsächlich nicht erhalten. Ich habe den E-Mail-Verlauf überprüft. Ich hatte sie also geschickt. Sie sagte, sie würde versuchen, zur Sitzung zu kommen. Es waren ungefähr 30 Minuten.

Ich habe sie gerade geschickt.

She wasn't in the e-mail chains. I just wanted to point that out. One person was missing. It was, coincidentally, Britney. I don't know why.

It could be that there is a problem with your Boxborough e-mail.

I have to check that.

Ian, should I check if...

Yes, if you want to send her a test email or if you can check it from your side.

What's her name?

B, should be B, Zorn. Brittany. Oh, sorry. No, she doesn't have one. She doesn't use her Boxborough email. Still, thank you.

Okay. I think we sent him all the information about the agenda.

So why don't we start?

I'll just... So, okay. Thank you for your patience. Then let's start with the protocol. Did anyone have the opportunity to read the protocol from July 28th? That is now visible on the screen. I hope you like it. I submit the application to approve the protocol. Is the application submitted? I agree. Thank you, then. Channing submitted the application and Diane approved it. Let's vote. Ah. Channing.

I. Diane. I. Uhm. Okay.

Oh, I think that's right. Um... Corinne? Uh... And Joel? Me.

Okay, the protocol is approved. Let's move on to the next outstanding protocol. Das ist das Protokoll des Forums zum Thema Wohnen vom 25. August. Wir haben versucht, es zu verteilen.

Ich stelle den Antrag, es anzunehmen.

Okay, danke, Diane.

Hör ich eine Sekunde?

In Ordnung. Alle dafür, oder? Danny?

Ich.

Diane?

Ich.

Karin. I. And let's see. Jock. I. Okay, the protocol is approved. Okay, that's it with the protocol. The next point is something we could discuss. I thought it would be a good idea to collect feedback or impressions that we had for the housing forum. Joe can then enter it in the notes and we have a overview of the information we have received in the forum. Does anyone want to give feedback that he has received?

Well, I found the participation on the forum actually a bit small. For those who were there, there was still interest in my opinion. I would say that it is difficult to deduce from the sample what the municipality has in terms of the use or affordable living space in the sense. I don't want to encourage that, but I wonder if you would actually do that to get this information. We would have to put the city on a suitable But I think, to comment a little more, I think that based on what we have, and that is probably what we will get, we will have to start making solid plans. We will have to make some decisions about what we want to do. Anyone else?

Neither Joe nor I were there.

Okay.

Ryan, were you there?

Does everyone hear me?

I wasn't there.

Wendy was there. You can ask Wendy.

Yes, Wendy. And Wendy, what is your impression?

I really liked it. I mean, there were quite a few people there. I think it could have been difficult for the people who were online to participate in the part about getting up and moving. But the people who were there were really committed. But yes, it would have been a shame that no more people showed up because there was a lot of advertising. But Ian, Ian did a great job. I think so too. What was your opinion, Ian?

I vote for Chandler. I vote for Wendy. I think those were some of our difficulties. You can't... It would have been great if twice or three times as many people had been there. But I know it's to be appreciated that the people who were there were definitely interested and engaged. I thought that was pretty good. And I understand that it was definitely a bit difficult for the people online. I was happy to get as much information as possible from the people online, but it also seemed as if some of the people online just wanted to participate by watching. And you know, if you don't have anything to contribute, you don't have anything to contribute. And that's completely fine. Overall, I thought it was good. It was good for us as an apartment building authority to take part in the community with Gilda. Or at least for us to advertise and try to get some people to think about the apartment building in Roxborough. I spent some time last week watching some of the presentations. Excuse me, my screen is still frozen. I watched some of the posters. Wenn Sie möchten, zeige ich Ihnen gerne die Ergebnisse. Soweit wir wissen, gibt es nicht viele Daten, die man wirklich verarbeiten könnte, aber es ist trotzdem ziemlich gut. Ich zeige es Ihnen gerne, wenn Sie möchten.

Das wäre gut. Okay, großartig.

I think these are the apartment types. You have to forgive me that my computer is too big, because I scanned it with the plotter. It's just huge files. So that takes a very long time. Well, so try not to spend too much time with it, but these were the apartment types for the community. I think there were 19 points here. Really spread across the entire spectrum, but as you can see, rather centered on the left of the middle. That's three quarters of the answers for this missing middle. The strongest interest in living space was found in four-story and courtyard buildings as well as double houses. There was also a demand for free-standing houses, as we can see on the far left. And of course it was a bit difficult to distinguish between the ADUs, but overall the answers were good. I think we got most of the answers on this one. And I think she definitely catches the character of Boxborough and his wish to keep this character in our entire apartment building plan. So we find 72 Stowe Road. Yes, it looks like we have some support here for entry-level houses, affordable living space and definitely living space for middle income and living space for seniors. We really had all that. So it was interesting that we didn't get anything for rent there, which could definitely go hand in hand with some of the options we were looking for, such as affordable living space and the starter homes program. The general answers focused on smaller, more effective and more cramped apartments on this existing site. Let's go to this topic. I had hoped to get a little more out of it, but there were many, many, I don't want to say many, but a few pretty good ideas that were spread all over the place, about double houses, new houses, community living in connection with agriculture, surrounding the office park district. So definitely a bit short-term mixed with some decisions in the Bauernutzungsverordnung, die angegangen werden müssten. Und dann denke ich, was haben wir noch? Noch eins, noch zwei. Okay, ja, dieses letzte über Lagerhaltung macht Sinn. Also insgesamt sind es hier 19. Oder 20 Punkte. Wir sehen sie offensichtlich in der Stowe Road zentriert. Aber man sieht auch viele im Büroparkviertel und in den MBTA-Gemeindebezirken. In any case, concentrate on this concentrated growth, increased growth over time. And there was also a written comment that emphasized where living space should be in relation to our water resources. I did not include our basic water protection district, which would probably have been helpful here. But yes, there are definitely some concentrated points that will be helpful overall. It seems that most of the people who were there at least agreed that we should take a look at some of our unused areas here on the left side or some of our, you know, Stowe Road or also up on Middle Road or our community district. I'm happy to get back to all these things if anyone has any questions. But yes.

But I think the big question is what the next steps should be. I mean, we're going to work on the housing development plan, so we don't have the money for that yet. But there are other types of public work that we should try to get a clearer idea of what direction we should go.

Das war also eine meiner Ideen, weiterhin einige dieser Poster zu Veranstaltungen in der Stadt mitzubringen. Ich denke, es könnte sich eine Gelegenheit für den Infoabend der Stadt ergeben. Der sollte wahrscheinlich Anfang November stattfinden. Das wäre gut, um mit den Leuten vor Ort ins Gespräch zu kommen. Außerdem veranstaltet der Ausschuss für wirtschaftliche Entwicklung ab Samstag, dem 3. Oktober von 11.30 Uhr bis 16.00 Uhr ein Dorf für einen Tag. Sie werden auch Gastgeber für die städtischen Ausschüsse sein. Der Schwerpunkt liegt auf Unternehmen. Ich bin mir nicht sicher, ob ich daran teilnehmen kann. Aber wenn Mitglieder des Wohnungsausschusses Interesse haben, würde ich sie gerne mit der gesamten Ausrüstung ausstatten, die sie benötigen, und ihnen genau erklären, wie sie mit diesen Postern arbeiten und eine gute Beteiligung erzielen können. Aber wenn das nicht gewünscht ist, bin ich mir nicht sicher, ob wir das schaffen. Ich schicke morgen eine E-Mail an das Wohnungsamt und frage, ob jemand Zeit hat, falls ich nicht teilnehmen kann.

Jaja, das ist eine gute Idee. Ich denke, wenn wir einen halben Schritt zurückgehen, denken Sie, dass es für Sie sinnvoll ist, dass Sie hier der Herr der Daten sind. Entschuldigen Sie bitte noch einmal. Fassen Sie in vielleicht fünf oder sechs Sätzen zusammen, was Sie auf der visuellen Seite haben. Es gibt hier Interesse an dem und dem. Es gibt dort Interesse an dem und dem. Es gibt Interesse an dem und dem an dritter, vierter, fünfter Stelle. Ordnen Sie sie nach dem größten bis geringsten Interesse. And these statements could then be published in the city in a different way, which we agree on. But there would be at least something more specific to the people that they react to and what they can agree on. Or do you know, it will clarify, it will specify more precisely, I think. And it brings people to focus on a certain kind of recommendation. For me?

No, I definitely understand that. I think Abby actually asked me for a quote for the Boxborough News and I think I summarized it quite well. But I'll go back to that and find out what I said. And I will definitely see how I can implement this, either by ... ... editing these posters to achieve that, or by making new posters that bring it to the point. I definitely understand what you want to get out of it, Channing, and I think we have some good information. I think we have to start taking the next steps so that we ... ... don't just do it over and over again, you understand?

Well, I think what you just said is that you should write down what you said two, three or four minutes ago when you gave your summary statement. Write them down. Five or six prioritized statements, such as the diagram or the graph, that show interest in living space so that people have something to read. And that's just what you've already said, I think. Sind Sie da bei mir?

Ja, das bin ich.

Okay. Wissen Sie, ich meine, das sollte nicht länger als fünf Minuten dauern. Vielleicht? Ich weiß nicht.

Ich werde es morgen in meine kurze E-Mail an das Wohnungsamt aufnehmen, wenn ich nachschaue, ob jemand dafür verfügbar ist.

Okay.

Aber ich werde es natürlich auch für andere Zwecke aufbewahren. Wissen Sie, es war mein... Bitteschön.

I'm sorry to interrupt. I didn't really... Don't worry. I was done. I've made the experience that people are often enthusiastic about a given idea being criticized or accepted as something new to suggest. And that's why I don't know if we're at a point where we can suggest something specific to StowRoad or elsewhere. But that is probably a more effective way to get more feedback. It could be negative feedback, but negative feedback is often just as good as positive feedback. So I mean, I think maybe we should think about this as a strategy to get far enough so that we can suggest something that makes sense for us to publish and see what the reaction is.

Yes, I agree with that.

But I don't know if we're already at that point. But it would certainly be good to get there.

No, I definitely agree. In relation to the bigger question about the housing plan, we should expect an answer to the application for Community One Stop for Growth to be received in October. It could also be in November. I think it says October, but they're always one month too late. Wenn wir Glück haben, bekommen wir vielleicht nächsten Monat Ende Oktober eine Antwort, aber es kann auch etwas länger dauern. Wir werden diese koordinierten Bemühungen zur Öffentlichkeitsarbeit aber trotzdem fortsetzen. Denke, dieses Poster war ein guter Anfang. Es muss nur noch ein paar mehr Leute erreichen. Denke, wir sind jetzt auf einem guten Weg. Natürlich ist das ein langer Prozess. Most of it will take place next year, as soon as we have hired a consultant. But I think that's definitely more than many municipalities get before they even start with the housing plan. I think we're on the right track.

Okay, thanks guys. You know what? Why don't we jump forward in the agenda? Because Kelly was so friendly to be with us tonight. um über die Neugestaltung der Website zu sprechen, damit wir uns überlegen können, ob Sie die gesamte Sitzung hier bleiben können, Kelly. Kelly. Aber... Ja, wir würden gerne hören, wie die Idee dahinter ist und was Sie sich von uns wünschen. Und dann könnten wir vielleicht darüber sprechen, welche Änderungen oder sonstige Wünsche wir haben. So, Kelly, I guess you're still there. Yes, that's you.

Hello. Thank you for the invitation. Yes, great. Thank you for the invitation. So, the city of Boxborough, if you remember, was approved last year to redesign the website of Boxborough. Basically, it is not a small model care where we, we, work with colors and reorder the website homepage. When we were thinking about the redesign, we thought that we should maybe redesign most of the city's website. So, we're going to continue now and take a look at the individual departments, committees and commissions together with the departments, their websites and clean them up a bit. Because most of it has not been done for a while. So, I don't know if you want me to share the screen with her? Then we can see what's in there now.

Yes, just tell me where I should go and I'll be there.

Okay.

Your, yes, your ... website.

Yes, so let's see. Well, on the right side where it says resources, many... ...sides or many committees and committees have decided to place a contact on this side directly via resources. I'm not quite sure if you want to do that. Um, Ian, if you want, I'm just trying to think of an example that we can show you.

Who did you show me last week?

I mean, we've done a lot, um, is the...

So the board is well positioned for the time?

Yes, why don't you go straight to the EDC when... No, let me try to find someone who has support. Um... has... Let's go to... Uh, let's see... Who do you have? Uh, yes, you could choose the board. That's pretty neat. Yes. We can... Yes, well, that's not a good example. Let's... Because I just did it, I just did the COA. So if you... Yes, you can go there. Sure. So if you look on the right side, there is contact and then there is a kind of employee. Whoever is assigned to your committee, I think it will be Ian, supported by Wendy. So we could basically have the contact of Ian or Wendy on this page. And then we could also have your email address. You know, if someone wants to send an email to the housing authority, we could only have a link to the housing authority. I don't know if... and then...

I don't know if that's what you want.

Okay, and then when you go back to the housing office. Would you like to show him what you have now?

I think it would be a step in the right direction to just have a person.

You have a pretty, I would say she is pretty slim. These resources can be reorganized.

For the sake of well-being, I am the person on the contact list. That's why I didn't know I was on the website of the housing authority. But I don't think I am.

Let me try an idea I had with you, Kelly. When I went through it and read it myself, I had the impression that the description of what we do alone could be much more user-friendly and much easier to understand. I think instead of referring to documents and laws, we should simply convert it into a readable description of the tasks and goals of the housing development committee.

so that you can understand it. You know, it's not like that anymore. It refers to many other files, links that you can view and so on. But all these links here are pretty old. I mean, they're not really up-to-date. I think it would be a good idea to give a current overview of what we do, what goals we have and where we are right now. And then there is a long list of responsibilities that we have down there. I just got up. Oh yes, I should change that. I mean, some of these things have been declared illegal by the ELC or DHCD or whatever you call it now. They no longer allow us to monitor the development of affordable housing. I think it would be a step in the right direction to reduce this list to the most important points.

Because I think if people see such a long list, they don't want to read anything about it. And I think that would be a step in the right direction.

Yes, I fully and completely agree with you, Al. I fully and completely agree with you. Would you... You, that... If others could help me, that would be great, but I could certainly provide you with a rough draft of it.

Don't think that it would be too much trouble, because I would probably just go back and look at a few city reports that you have to create to give a description of what we do, what is important and where our responsibilities lie. And I would think that maybe all members of the housing committee would want to take a look at the design and influence it. And they can do that too. And does that make any sense to anyone?

That sounds good. If you like it the way it is now and you like little stars with a few big ones. Open it for a moment? Yes. Just make it very reader-friendly. So, you know...

It's really not like that anymore. It's like a fire hose of information. I don't know if something of it is really wrong, but I'm not sure if it conveys well to the public who we are and what we do.

It looks like this was updated one of the last times in 2020. So about six years ago. I'm sure a lot has happened since then.

Well, maybe it's partly because the body image is a little out of sync with what's really going on and that we really think about what we're doing. Actually, I would have a certain answer to that, but very flexible and adaptable and so on. The mission could be revised accordingly. If you want to make a design, I'll take a look at it.

Yes, I'd like to help you with that. That's fine with me. I could make a design that we look at and send it around. I'd like that. And everyone can have the opportunity to edit it. But it would look different than now. At least in my opinion. Now it changes.

Sie haben auf dieser alten Seite eine Kontaktzeile. Sie ist nur unten auf dieser Seite statt oben. Können Sie nach unten scrollen, wo Kontakt steht? Ja. Wir könnten sie leicht einheitlicher gestalten, wie es andere Leute haben. Andere Gremien.

Das wäre tatsächlich nützlich für mich, wenn Sie könnten, I guess some committees have already taken this into account and made some changes. Which are they? Maybe you don't know exactly. Which, in your opinion, could be useful as a model, Kelly?

Sure. Let me see. Well...

I think... I think Finn will come. was not active until a few days ago, then they asked me to post something. If you want to go to the financial committee to show it to them, there was a really good example, but I think you can get a certain understanding. This budget here is so big that it is cut off on the right side, but you can somehow see it. Sie hatten ein Bild auf der rechten Seite. Sie hatten einen Kontakt. Sie hatten Kontakt. Ich denke, du solltest auch darüber nachdenken, was für Einwohner oder jemanden, der neu in der Stadt ist oder der eine Wohnung sucht, nützlich wäre, wenn sie deine Seite besuchen. Sie möchten vielleicht wissen, wann Sitzungen stattfinden, wer die Mitglieder sind. Sie möchten vielleicht einige Ressourcen für bezahlbaren Wohnraum kennen. Um, I think, um... I forgot, is it Metro West? Is that the organization you work with for the evicted apartments?

Metro West is an advisory organization that helps us with some aspects of our program. Especially with the rental assistance program. But it is not a government agency. The state authority we work with most often is EOHLC. It used to be called VHCD. Okay.

What does BOHLC stand for? What does it stand for?

Yes, let me take a quick look.

Ministry of... housing, and community values, you have to cut them off. Go to the profile here and ask me.

Ian, if you want, you might go to the Select Board. I think they're pretty well organized. Yes, there is a contact page and if you scroll down a bit, you will find a short summary of your responsibilities, meetings and members. And then a few things that are relevant to you. Do you know the city council, a few of your goals, the new thing for Boxboros? Do you know, because you are the appointed authority, have you put the area for volunteers on your side? I would probably rather think about what your mission is and simply formulate it in such a way that it is tied to your mission as a board. Is it to help residents find affordable housing? Is it to provide resources? Do you somehow work together with Paddock Estates? And... Or maybe Wendy could introduce the BRAP program. I'm not... I'm sorry, I'm not so familiar with the exact order of the housing committee. I should probably get to know it a little better, but...

It has changed over the years and I think it depends on the circumstances. I think it's... I think I personally have enough to create a design. And that's what I'm going to do. And then I'm sure everyone can approve it.

Well, thank you, Kelly. I think that was a good practice. Yes, that's a good idea.

And as far as the contact is concerned, do you want me to only take over the city's support? Or do you want a resident to have the opportunity to turn to the entire board or only to the chairperson? You already know, Alan, there is still something. And Ian, are you the support now? Because it says that Alec is on it, but who is the new one?

Yes, yes, no, that's pretty old. I have nothing against it if my name is there and Wendy's, but I always want to enter a contact form for members so that the entire housing development committee can be contacted.

Yes, that's the advantage if only Ian and Wendy are contacted. They have secretaries and things like that who can record calls. I mean, you could try to contact a board member and a board member is maybe just not in town, maybe on vacation, but that's not a problem if the contacted contact is in the office, like Wendy and Ian, for example. I think that's an advantage and then you can catch it. And I think you can pass it on to every member of the housing committee. If it is applied. I don't know if anyone has an objection, but that would be my opinion. Wendy and Ian are the main partners.

And then right. Do you still meet on Thursday every month?

Yes, unless there is something like Thanksgiving or Christmas.

Then we would have to postpone it. And what about the resources? Could you point out some of them? Or something like... I added it. Oh, I added it.

I recently changed a few of these things, such as the BREP application.

We could... I just don't understand why all these other things are added. Could you go back to the housing building committee? Take it out immediately.

Wait a minute.

You go back to the side of the housing building committee. So all these things on the left side, I don't understand why they're there.

They're not there. I will.

And maybe you can enter the BREP application there, like... Then you can update it.

I just changed that.

Nice. And maybe we can put that in the blue field, just move the BREP application to the left and insert a page that is not directly linked to the BREP page. Not necessarily just the application, but the BREP page.

Okay. What about the housing demand analysis of 2012? Is that...

I think that's too old to be on the current website. I think. Well... We actually did more current things than that. And we are in the middle of the creation of a housing plan.

Okay, then let me delete that. Do you have questions about affordable living space? Do you want to keep that?

Yeah, I think so. A lot of people are really curious. Or don't understand it.

Yeah, but if you click on it... Is that... the wrong contact?

If you click on it, is that old? I don't think that's the right information. Okay.

Can you click on it, Ian? The next one. There's Nancy Flynn-Barwick. She's at a seaside apartment. Where?

That's what I mean. The second point on the top right. Do you have questions about affordable living space? That's old. Uh-oh. Old, old, old. Very old.

Sweet. That's about three, uh... And there are even more cities that we have, uh... Do you know where we can get a copy of the new issue?

Or is there a new flyer?

On the one hand, there is a new person. This is a person who was the representative for Metro West a long time ago. But now she is a different representative. Since Nancy, there have been several different representatives. So we should at least ask the current person. Thank you.

The new is the apartment building plan.

So not yet started.

I can go through with everything and make sure that everything... And the flyer for Stowe, I assume you don't have it. Oh no, there you are. Yes, this one is actually new.

Okay. Yeah, that's right.

That's right. And you can just move it. You can just move it. I'll help you, Kelly. We can just remove it. I just put it in until we're done. But I want to move something to the blue thing that only says BRA program. You can click on it. It will be brought to my page.

Okay.

Okay. And if you come up with ideas, you can tell me at any time. And you can update them while we move forward. It doesn't have to be immediately. Even in six months, if you come up with something, we can still do it.

Let's all work together and create a design.

I mean, that's a good, concrete starting point.

And I'm sure we'll all have the opportunity to improve the design.

I just think, if I needed help, if I was new to the city and... needed help, I could come here and use it as a resource site. I don't know if you know that you have several... apartments that I know that Pedoxy offers, but whatever, I don't know if that's... or maybe that's more for Wendy's side. I'm not quite sure, but... That's a reminder.

We're not... directly involved in Paddock Estates, whether they believe it or not, although they make up the majority of the slums in our city. This is because the then administration of the DHCD after the publication of all this information has decided that it is best if a state authority or a state quasi-authority that takes over surveillance and no committee in the city like we do. So we do not monitor any of the affordable housing units in Patriot Estates.

So things are different than at the time when this was written. I think it would definitely make sense for people with affordable to help living space and to help you understand the rules of the game. Okay.

All right. Thank you very much. I appreciate that. I can work with Wendy and Ian together in the next 1-2 weeks. Wir planen die Website Ende Oktober zu starten. End Oktober. Also wir haben noch etwas Zeit.

Okay, dann lass uns daran arbeiten. Es ist ein gutes Projekt.

Ja. In Ordnung.

Danke.

Danke.

Danke. Okay, das könnte tatsächlich Spaß machen, weißt du? Wo waren wir stehen geblieben? Oh, I think, Ian, haven't you already informed us about the status of the financing for the apartment building plan? Okay. Wendy, is there anything to discuss regarding the Box for Rental Assistance program?

Not really. I'm still there. To get a few more people for the program and to manage the waiting list, uh... A few people have dropped out of the waiting list because their circumstances have changed. But there are still a few people left. Okay.

May I say something about that? We're talking about the VRAP application at the CBA, right?

No, we're just talking about the program in general.

Okay. Well, when I saw the application, I thought... Yeah, I don't think we're that far yet.

We're not that far yet.

Well, my comment somehow covered itself with it, but it didn't focus directly on it, except on the fact that I'm pleasantly surprised by how big this program is now compared to the time when it started as a pilot project. I mean, it has developed into a full-fledged program that helps a lot of people and that with a considerable budget. And compared to the time when it started, it's much bigger, I think. Maybe by a factor of three.

Yes, when you weren't in the board of directors for the last two years, Channing, I carried out a market study and looked at what other cities gave to the people and most people gave about 500 or up to 500. So I went to the CPC with it and everyone supported me and there was definitely some resistance. But when we talked about how people over 60 use the program, it really helped us and they decided it in unison. That will be the third year. With the 69, right all. Yours. Yes.

I think I'm correcting myself if I'm wrong, but I think the program is the same in these three years. It is really designed for an average of 14 clients per year. Is that right?

Yes, but I have about 16.

Well, no, but that's just the average that is at 14. I mean, people go from time to time and we have free space. And that's why we tried to keep this average. And that of course means that the total number of participants is sometimes higher than 14 and sometimes lower than 14. So I don't think we're going to make any changes this year. I want to look at the administrative costs and make sure that we have the right hand. Make sure that we have enough money for the administrative costs. So that could change. So the total amount could change, but I think we should just, in my personal opinion, and that's how it's written, we should keep it at the same level of service.

And I think it's important that you say, Wendy, that more seniors should be brought in. And I'm sure that's due to the growing older population in the city. But that's important information.

Jaja, das war's, was es so richtig auf die Spitze getrieben hat. Denn als wir das zum ersten Mal vorgeschlagen haben, gab es tatsächlich kein zusätzliches Geld wie im CPC. Es kam also in einem guten Jahr, als wir es vorgeschlagen haben. Aber Sie meinten, oh, was ist nächstes Jahr? Sie müssen es einplanen. Aber letztes Jahr haben wir es wieder versucht und alle waren damit einverstanden. Also, machen wir einfach so weiter.

Schön für Sie. I think it would be nice if we could probably help even more households in Boxford. But the limitation is not only the money, but also the time. It's like Wendy's time.

Yes, it's a lot of work. I really don't want it to get any bigger. Because it takes a lot of time and effort.

We have to get you a helper, Wendy.

I don't think that will happen.

In my opinion, this is the biggest limitation and the most important factor that forces us to maintain the current level of service. Okay, this total amount can increase in the coming weeks. I would like to see exactly how much we are missing in Metro West for the qualification and all other numbers and ensure that we have the appropriate Money. A plan. But other than that... ...we will approve it.

Does everyone agree with that?

Yes. We probably have to vote on it. Should we vote, Wendy?

I think that would probably be a good idea. I mean, we did it for the Welfare Committee.

We voted.

I think that's a good idea.

Okay. Well then, let me approve it. I suggest that the road construction committee supports the rental assistance program for residents of Boxborough at its current level for our business year 2018. I join in. Commentary discussion? In order. Let's vote.

Channing for 100%. Diane. I. And Corinne.

I.

And Joe. I. And that was all, I think. Okay, thank you very much. And if we change the amount, I'll send it to all members of the House Committee so you can look at it. Okay. I just wanted to show it to you. Ah, it's already aged, because Corinne isn't healthy enough to take part in a meeting, so... Personally. At least visually. How are you feeling, Corinne?

You're mute, Corinne. Is she there? I see her. She's switched off.

Uh, okay. Well, that's the schedule. And since Corinne couldn't lead the protocol, Joe leads the protocol. And I'll probably talk to Corinne later. But I just wanted to. Since it has changed, I thought it would be a good idea to take a look at it and see if there are any problems. Uh, does anyone have problems with that? Is alles in Ordnung, alle?

Also gut dann. Mal sehen. Wo hast du das hingelegt?

Okay, und ich denke, wir werden auf die CBC reagieren. Wir haben gesehen, dass wir das bereits getan haben. Die Neugestaltung der Website haben wir bereits getan. Das einzige, was hier noch übrig ist, ist, dass Ian mit dem Makler in... who came into contact with a unit in Harvard Ridge for the purpose of using it as an affordable housing. At Affordable Housing. It's definitely a property with a bedroom. I have to admit, after thinking about it at the weekend and getting a few numbers from the Affordable Housing Trust, angesehen habe, glaube ich nicht, dass wir das schaffen können. Sie wollen 175.000 Dollar dafür. Es ist sicherlich möglich, einen niedrigeren Preis auszuhandeln. Die Realität ist jedoch, dass im Moment 195.000 Dollar aus dem Affordable Housing Trust zur Verfügung stehen. Und wir geben Geld daraus aus. The total profit will be deducted from it. Even the Metro West bill will be deducted from it for some reason.

I don't quite understand that. But ...

I thought, instead of just taking it off because of my opinion, I should present it to the housing development committee. Let's discuss it and either ... decide not to pursue it further or pursue it in another way.

Some improvements have been made. Yes. That's why it's so expensive. We have to spend money.

So where is the problem with the summary of the real estate?

The problem is whether we should continue or whether we should contact the seller and say yes, We are interested. Let's talk more about it. Or whether we should say, no, you just can't afford it.

Or we won't take it.

But what if the Trust buys it?

Yes. Yes.

What is the reason for the Trust to do that?

Well, it would be to add another beautiful unit to the city.

Ich empfehle darauf zu verzichten und es nicht zu kaufen.

Ich muss Joe zustimmen.

Warum willst du darauf verzichten?

Ich denke, wir müssen unser Budget verwenden. Wir brauchen einen Plan, wie wir unsere Mittel ausgeben, anstatt nur zu reagieren. Es sei denn, das ist unser Hauptplan, auf den Markt zu reagieren. Aber ich würde gerne einen Plan sehen, wie wir unser Geld ausgeben.

Yes, I agree with Joe and I think we have already had this conversation with previous units. And we've always been in a circle and that's the result. And just to talk about another topic that Al mentioned, namely the Metro SCD is taken away from the Trust. Actually, there should be a separate household register when we go to the city for funding, but you have to excuse me because I don't feel particularly good. And I can't remember if it was this funding. But there should be a kind of separate household register taken from the Metro West. And I think we're being charged about $12,000 a year for that. So we should probably check and make sure that this money comes from the funds intended for it.

That's good. Someone should do that, because I mean, we hopefully budgeted for it. I think that the costs for Metro West in the last year relate to the program for psychological support. And hopefully the program for psychological support can do that. If we have not budgeted appropriately, we should check it and make it right in the future. Yes, I agree with you, Lydia. I think we should look at it.

Welches Geld wird vom richtigen Konto abgebucht? Das Geld geht an Metro West.

Ich mache das jedes Quartal. Bekomme die Rechnung? Ich habe eine Formel. Sie müssen sie nicht fragen. Ich habe alles. Wenn Sie es sehen wollen, habe ich es dokumentiert. Ich bezahle die Rechnung jetzt, weil ich es verstehe.

Nun, manchmal ist es zumindest für mich schwer, Karlis Haushaltsaufstellung zu verstehen, aber soweit Sie das aus den Haushaltsaufstellungen ersehen können, nimmt sie das Geld direkt aus dem Affordable Housing Trust.

Ich meine, es gibt noch eine andere...

Abteilung oder so etwas, die ich nicht sehe. Ich weiß es nicht.

Metro West ist in zwei Konten aufgeteilt. Eines davon kommt direkt aus dem Affordable Housing Trust und dann listet Stephanie auf, wie viel BREP ist und ich nehme das Geld direkt aus dem Mietbeihilfeprogramm. Okay, vielleicht ist es okay. Ich bin mir zu 99,9% sicher. It's okay, but I'll show it to you and explain. I wrote a whole email, I created a whole table, how I have a table every quarter when I get the bill. And how it is divided. So you can have a look. Okay, sounds good. It took a while until I got it and I have a whole package every quarter if you want.

How do we do that? So, I'm the problem with Anne, the unit, uh, uh, in the Swanson Road. Would anyone like to make a request in one direction or another? Well, now a question. I tried to remember what happened.

The unit is an expensive unit that is for sale and someone will treat it in such a way that it ultimately becomes a market unit and falls out of the category of volatile units. I'm pretty rusty here. I don't know what happened.

I don't know what happened. One thing I remember is that a long time ago Elizabeth Hughes, a former city council planner, spent a lot of time with a unit that we took over because she didn't pay taxes. The city took it over because of taxes. And I don't know exactly what it did. It's been a while. But it was a lot of work. So we had to buy it. And then we had to somehow convert it into a payable unit. That happened once. But buying a car at the time was a lot of work. And besides, that's the sale price of someone. 175,000 dollars. Maybe we could sell a lower price. But there are other costs associated with buying a house.

I mean, there are rental costs, closing costs.

So it will eat more than the offer price from our budget and really bring us to a low number. That's my conclusion for this week. It just doesn't make any sense, in my opinion.

I don't think everyone has the same opinion.

I'm not sure she has a chance, but...

Yes. What do you want to do, Charlie?

Well, I'm not sure. I'm trying. It's too much and too early for me.

I'm getting a little nervous. The benefit of the Affordable Housing Trust is reduced to less than $200,000 and most of it should be used to buy it to keep it as payable and then keep it for resale. In view of the circumstances. But if it is the most reasonable thing in the big picture and the Affordable Trust can afford it without the benefit of it going down to a really dangerous low level, then I would probably vote for it. But I don't know if there is a really good answer to that. You know, if we lose a unit, it won't have a great effect on the ESHE e-percentage, but I don't have a good answer to that. In the sense of the committee, that we should do this, I will support you.

Okay, um... Now let me make a request, and I don't want to impose any restrictions on the company. The unit in the Watson Road. 196. To acquire in 505. I support that. And I support it.

Is there any further discussion? Very well, let's sign off.

I think I support this application. I... Um... Sorry.

I said, it hurts me. Sorry. Can you please repeat that, because my audio quality is a bit disturbed? Can you please just repeat what you have formulated in the application? I'm sorry.

I have applied that we purchase unit 196 Swanson Road. Unit 505. Do not pursue. Do not pursue. Um... Um... And for use as affordable living space... I suggest... So, before... Uh, this... Do not pursue. Thank you for the clarification.

I appreciate it.

Okay, we already have three votes here, Joe.

And just so you know, answer Channing's question. Channing's question. There is about $193,000 in the trust fund. In the trust fund.

Okay, then. Yes, then I support the purchase with money from the trust fund for affordable housing. Not. Yes, let's continue voting. Joe. Oh, sorry. Sorry. Me. And Corinne? I hope I'm not repeating myself.

Okay, then we won't go on like this. And here's another point, because it says... Go on to the next point, sir. Possible resale of a payable unit? I hesitate to call you individuals. However, I spoke to an owner who is in the middle of a divorce and that's all very complicated. It could lead to a resale. I even put it on the agenda, in case the owner comes to the meeting and wants to tell us the situation. But he didn't do it. You're talking too much in the air at the moment. So I'd rather not go into detail, uh ... I can give you more details, but there is a possibility that we ... How many units are left? Two units.

Uh, yes. Oh, that's a good question.

Uh, maybe 18. No, no. What did we monitor? Oh, there are 19. There are 19 because I don't plan to find them.

That's a pretty big number.

Of the two units that were rented out tonight, 10% actually come from better conditions. Yes. But don't watch them. Very well. So we'll move it to another meeting if it's necessary. And is that the end of the agenda? The next meeting will take place on October 27th. Oh, I have one more thing. During the preparation of the protocols for our last two meetings, I had in one case the overview about the Zoom meeting that the Zoom program had written up. The overview. And I probably also have a transcript of the discussion. Would that be available for this meeting to help Joe?

I got along well with the notes and Wendy and I are already recording the meeting. She will send it to me for review, but I am very satisfied with the notes, very satisfied. There is a transcription option. Maybe we can use it next time. Someone with an account has to do that, but yes, yes.

I think Wendy can do it. She may not have it. Mal sehen, ob du Hilfe brauchst. Ich denke, Wendy hat wahrscheinlich etwas zu verlieren. Sie hat mir ein Transkript auf dem Geschick geschickt.

Ja, es steht da, dass die Verwendung des Besprechungsprotokolls jedem die Verwendung des Besprechungsprotokolls mit meiner Notiz erlaubt, mit meiner Notiz erlaubt. Das ist die Option. Notiz für die Zukunft automatisch starten. Diese Option ist nicht aktiviert. Ich glaube aber, dass das Besprechungsprotokoll aktiviert ist.

Ich werde sehen, was passiert. If it really exists, you could send it to Joe. Joe doesn't have to look at it when his notes are complete, but it could help him.

Okay, thank you very much. If there are no further comments, I would like to file a petition.

And then it is submitted.

I support the application. Okay, Channing. Thank you for your participation. I'm really sorry that we...