ORDER-2019-30 : Amending Melrose Revised Zoning Ordinance, Chapter 235, Article XI, Section 235-73.1 Affordable Housing Incentive Program

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▶ 19:18 Speaker 8: proceed madam clerk of committees order 2 0 1 9 3 0 amending Melrose revised zoning ordinance chapter 235 article 11 section 235 dash 73.1 affordable housing

▶ 19:34 Peter D. Mortimer: incentive program this order comes from the committee on appropriations with a recommendation for passage alderman lippi garabedian so moved alderman lippi garabedian makes a motion for passage second duly seconded by alderman Zwirko on discussion

▶ 19:52 Robert A. Boisselle: alderman voyzel please according to my notes of the appropriations committee of january 14th in doing the discussion of the affordable housing aspects and the amendments there was a discussion concerning of uh finances from the fees collected from these operation and about 200 i guess about 200 i have 200 000 here of affordable housing was put into some sort of an account which wasn't listed anywhere and i just want to know they were supposed to discuss it with the auditor to create an account to put this money into it and i just wanted to know if that's been done at this point for the record before we approve the regulations itself i did too ask about that matter

▶ 20:39 Peter D. Mortimer: and i have not received any correspondence or information back from the administration have uh madam clerk of committees have you received anything i have not filling in for uh city clerk have you heard of any i haven't heard anything uh apparently uh that

▶ 20:56 Peter D. Mortimer: matter to at least to the knowledge of uh anyone here if anyone else cares to chime into the

▶ 21:03 Peter D. Mortimer: discussion uh we have not heard about that at this point uh alderman boyce okay um oh excuse

▶ 21:09 Speaker 8: me yeah may i just clarify was this something that was uh requested to move forward to the audit department meaning we would follow up with them at the last that meeting it was a request

▶ 21:20 Robert A. Boisselle: they were going to discuss it with the auditor to put into the appropriate program and so forth and I dropped into the auditor the following morning and to ask if he was aware of this particular amount of money outside of the regular accounting system and he said no and he was going to talk to the planning board or planning office to clarify it and put it into the appropriate accounts and I'm just looking for either I missed the email or I haven't heard anything anything has been done about it and i know there the planning office is really follows up quite clearly with this type of method i can follow up yeah don't don't think you missed an

▶ 22:05 Peter D. Mortimer: email okay thank you all right thank you very much all the boys sell any uh further discussion on the

▶ 22:09 Peter D. Mortimer: motion for passage by alderman Letter garabedian second by alderman forbes seeing no further

▶ 22:15 Peter D. Mortimer: discussion this is a roll call vote requiring eight votes uh madam clerk would you call the

▶ 22:23 Speaker 2: roll please yes alderman brutra yes alderman Boisselle no alderman forbes no alderman Letter garabedian yes alderman mcmaster yes alderman marderos yes alderman mortimer yes alderman Tramontozzi yes alderman wright yes alderman Zwirko yes uh alderman lemmerman is absent

▶ 22:53 Peter D. Mortimer: 8, yes. The order passes. Madam Clerk of Committees, please proceed.

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