Commission on Financing and Delivery of Affordable Housing and Conservation

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Friday, August 20, 2010

Meeting Details

Hearing Type

Standard

CDs

10-1, 2, 3, 4, 5

Meeting Record

9:30 AM

Introductions of and by Commission members

9:45 AM

Initial discussion of Charge and ways to proceed

10:00 AM

Commissioner's Charge, benchmarks, mission

• Tayt Brooks, Commissioner, Department of Economic, Housing & Community Affairs
  

11:00 AM

Agencys Charge, benchmarks, mission

• David Adams, Chief Of Operations, Vermont Housing Finance Agency
  

12:00 PM

Board's Charge, benchmarks, mission

• Gus Seelig, Executive Director, Vermont Housing and Conservation Board
  

1:00 PM

Authority's Charge, benchmarks, mission

• Richard Williams, Executive Director, Vermont Housing Authority
  

2:00 PM

Comments from members of the public

• Gil Livingston, President, Vermont Land Trust
  
• Erhard Mahnke, Executive Director, Vermont Affordable Housing Coalition
  
• Harold Nadeau, Home and Community Access Manager, Vermont Center for Independent Living
  
• Kenn Sassorossi, Vice President, Housing Vermont
  

2:30 PM

Committee Discussion

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Tuesday, September 7, 2010

Meeting Details

Hearing Type

Standard

CDs

10-1

Meeting Record

9:30 AM

Brief Introduction by Commission members

9:35 AM

Concerns, Questions, and Charge of Commission

• Melinda Bussino, Co-Chair, Vermont Coalition to End Homelessness, Brattleboro
  
• Harold Nadeau, Home and Community Access Manager, Vermont Center for Independent Living
  
• Kenn Sassorossi, Vice President, Housing Vermont
  
• Connie Snow, Windham Housing Trust
  
• Brenda Torpy, Champlain Housing Trust
  

12:00 PM

Lunch

12:30 PM

Concerns, Questions, and Charge of Commission

• Nancy Eldridge, Executive Director, Cathedral Square Corporation
  
• Noelle MacKay, Smart Growth Vermont
  
• Stephen Marsh, Community National Bank, Derby
  
• Eileen Peltier, Executive Director, Central Vermont Community Land Trust
  

2:30 PM

Comments from members of the public

3:05 PM

Schedule Next Meetings

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Tuesday, October 5, 2010

Meeting Details

Hearing Type

Standard

CDs

10-1

Meeting Record

9:30 AM

Commission Questions

• Christa Alexander, Chief Legislative Editor, Jericho Settlers Farm
  
• Roger Allbee, Secretary, Agency of Agriculture, Food & Markets
  
• Ella Chapin, Farm Viability Enhancement Program, Vermont Housing and Conservation Board
  
• Austin Cleaves, Farmer, Fairmont Farms
  
• Heather Darby, Alburg Farmer, UVM Extension
  
• Mark Fasching, Jericho Settler's Farm
  
• Bob Klein, State Director, The Nature Conservancy-Vermont Chapter
  
• Gil Livingston, President, Vermont Land Trust
  
• Lawrence Pyne, Wildlife author
  

12:00 PM

Lunch

12:30 PM

Commission Questions

• Paul Bruhn, Director, Preservation Trust of Vermont
  
• India Farmer, Farmer, Rutland Area Food & Farm Link
  
• Karen Freeman, Vermont Housing and Conservation Board
  
• Bob Klein, State Director, The Nature Conservancy-Vermont Chapter
  
• Gil Livingston, President, Vermont Land Trust
  
• Robert McBride, Founder & Director, Rockingham Arts & Museum Project
  
• - Representative, Windmill Hill Pinnacle Assoc.
  
• Gus Seelig, Executive Director, Vermont Housing and Conservation Board
  
• Win Smith, President, Sugarbush Resort
  

3:30 PM

Public Comments

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Friday, November 5, 2010

Meeting Details

Hearing Type

Standard

CDs

10-1

Meeting Record

9:30 AM

Response to Final Report of Weidner, Inc.

• - Representatives, Weidner, Inc.
  
• Gus Seelig, Executive Director, Vermont Housing and Conservation Board
  
• Richard Williams, Executive Director, Vermont Housing Authority
  

12:30 PM

Lunch

1:00 PM

Response to Final Report of Weidner, Inc.

• Tayt Brooks, Deputy Commissioner, Department of Economic, Housing & Community Development
  
• Sarah Carpenter, Director, Vermont Housing Finance Agency
  

3:00 PM

Public Comments

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Tuesday, December 7, 2010

Meeting Details

Hearing Type

Standard

CDs

10-1

Meeting Record

9:30 AM

Input for Report

• Merton Bangemann-Johnson, Representing, Gilman Housing Trust
  
• Peter Gregory, Executive Director, Two Rivers-Ottauquechee Regional Commission
  
• Christine Hart, Chair, VHCB and Strategic Leadership Group
  
• Larry Mires, Representing, VHCB
  

11:45 AM

Lunch

12:15 PM

Input for Report

• Paul Costello, Executive Director, Vermont Council on Rural Development
  
• Alan Hunt, Representing, Strategic Leadership Group
  
• Robert McDonald, Representing, USDA Rural Development
  
• Shellie Spaulding, Representing, Northgate Residents Ownership Corporation
  

3:15 PM

Commission Discussion

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