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Commission on Financing and Delivery of Affordable Housing and Conservation

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Previous Meetings - Full Report

Summary Report

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


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


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


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


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