HomeMy WebLinkAboutHRPAC Minutes - 12/03/2003Mansfield Community Development Office
Six Park Row, Mansfield, MA 02048
Phone: 508.851.6410 Fax: 508.261.7424
BRPAC Meeting
December 3, 2003
Attendees:
Jack Vultaggio, Zoning Board of Appeals
Judy Martone, Member -At -Large
Doug Annino, Planning Board
Gale Farrugia, Council on Aging
Beverly Estes-Smargiassi, CDO
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Meeting began at 4:05 p.m.
1. The Minutes of HRPAC Meeting on June 18, 2003 were approved unanimously.
2. Beverly Estes-Smargiassi provided a brief update on the Program:
Seven projects have been completed since the previous meeting. A two-family should be
completed by the end of the month, and we have another six units under construction. These
include two two -families and two single families.
The large, historic home that has been discussed at previous meetings is one of the two -families
now under construction, and is expected to be completed early next year.
Two single unit projects are being prepared for bidding. One includes some handicap
accessibility work, and the other is a case that was referred to the program through Social
Services and Board of Health. The latter project is one in which the program will attempt to
address as many issues as possible, but the cap limits the program to spending $20,000.
3. A waiver request was discussed for a case being prepared for bids is one which needs a large
amount of work, including extensive cleaning (due to animals), potentially new ceilings and
floors, new plumbing and electrical upgrades. There is approximately $22,000 remaining in the
housing rehabilitation budget that could be made available to this project, and that amount could
increase depending upon the final costs for the other projects. However, the owners only qualify
for $20,000 from the program. The waiver request would allow a construction budget of up to
$25,000 or the amount of funds remaining in the housing rehabilitation budget, whichever is less.
Voted: to approve the waiver request as presented. Approved unanimously.
4. Contractor debarment. The staff recommended barring Ideal Property Maintenance, Inc., of
Tewksbury, Massachusetts from working in the Mansfield Program. They have been unable to
complete projects in a timely manner, and there have been serious problems with the quality of
their work. Voted: to formally bar Ideal Property Maintenance, Inc. of Tewksbury,
Massachusetts from working in the Mansfield Housing Rehabilitation Program. Approved
unanimously.
These minutes have been accepted and approved.
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