NEEDHAM HOUSING AUTHORITY 

BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS

REGULAR MEETING

HIGH ROCK HOMES LLC MEETING

Thursday October 21, 2021, 7:30 PM

NOTE:  Under the June 2020 amendments to the Massachusetts Open Meeting Law G.L. c. 30A, s.20, the NHA Board of Commissioners as a “public body” may conduct this meeting on and in-person basis, a virtual basis, or on a hybrid bases (i. e., both in-person and virtual.)  A meeting can be conducted on a virtual basis, “…provided that the public body shall ensure public access to the deliberations of the public body for interested member of the public through adequate, alternative means of public access.”   It has been determined that streaming this meeting via Zoom meets the public access requirement, and accordingly the NHA Board of Commissioners will hold this meeting as a virtual meeting.  

AN in-person meeting will NOT take place at a location 

normally used for nha board meetings.

To listen, view and participate on a virtual basis using your phone, computer, laptop, or tablet, a few minutes before the above date/time:

• [Browser access] Use your browser to connect to www.zoom.us.   On the Zoom home screen, click the “Join a Meeting” button (top right of the screen).   Enter the Meeting ID number.

OR

• [Install Zoom on laptop/desktop] Click this link (or copy link into your browser):  

  https://us02web.zoom.us/j/85375198665 

OR

• [Smartphone or tablet] Download and install the “Zoom Cloud Meeting” app from the Apple or Android app store, or from http://www.zoom.us/.  Open the Zoom app, click “Join” button and enter the Meeting ID number (see above).

OR

• [Audio dial-in only] Dial +1 669-900-9128 Enter the Zoom Meeting ID number (see above), followed by the # sign.

ROLL CALL TO CONVENE THE MEETINGS      

COMMISSIONERS:                                 NHA STAFF:                                                                          

Chair Reg Foster                                         Angie Medeiros, Executive Director & Secretary 

Vice Chair Eleanor Evans

Treasurer Ed Scheideler

Commissioner Penny Kirk

Commissioner Janice Bennett

GUESTS:

Adequate notice of this meeting has been provided by the Secretary of the Needham Housing Authority (NHA) by preparing a Public Notice dated October 18, 2021, setting forth the date, time and place of this meeting.  Said notice was filed with the Clerk of the Town of Needham and provided to persons requesting it.

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AGENDA

REGULAR NHA & HRH LLC BOARD MEETINGS

CHAIR’S ANNOUNCEMENTS (matters that could not be reasonably anticipated in advance of the meeting.):

RESIDENT/TENANT INPUT:  

A.  Old Business

1. Discussion:  Constraints of the Open Meeting Law

2. Approval:  Certificate of Final Completion

3. Review & Approval:  

   • 9/16/2021 Minutes of Public Hearing and NHA & HRH LLC Board Meetings:  

   • 9/29,30/2021 Minutes of the NHA Special Meeting on the After School Program

4. Status Update:  Needham Housing Plan Group
5. Status Update & Discussion:  2020 High Rock Homes LLC Audit
6. Status Update:  Modernization/Redevelopment Initiative (MRI)
   • 10/19/21 Presentation to the Needham Planning Board
   • 10/20/21 Community Preservation Committee Meeting
   • Upcoming:  

• 10/28/21 @ 7:30pm -- LWV Housing Forum

• TBD – Schedule Special Board Meeting -- Draft Repositioning Analysis Review

1. Status Update & Discussion:  After School Program Reboot

   • Report on EEC Requirements

   • Report on Off-Campus Office Space for NHA Staff

2. Discussion & Next Steps:  Board Training Session #2

3. Heads-Up:  Q4 ’21 Matters Requiring Board Attention

   • MRI Issues and Decisions

   • 2022 Budget Approval Process

   • 2021 Executive Director Personnel Evaluation

4. Information & Discussion:  Executive Director’s Report, Financial Report, Vacancy Report, Workorder Report.

5. Approval:  NHA Bill/Check Warrant

6. Approval:  HRH LLC Bill/Check Warrant

    

UPCOMING NEEDHAM HOUSING AUTHORITY BOARD MEETING DATES

Thursday Nov. 18, 2021,                   7:30pm          Regular Meetings          Zoom Virtual Meetings

Thursday Dec. 16, 2021,                    7:30pm          Regular Meetings          Zoom Virtual Meetings

Thursday January 20, 2022               7:30pm          Regular Meetings          Zoom Virtual Meetings