NEEDHAM HOUSING AUTHORITY 

BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS

SPECIAL BOARD MEETING

CONVERSION/REPOSITIONING OPTTIONS FOR

NHA FEDERAL PROPERTIES

Wednesday November 3, 2021, 7:15pm – 9:15pm

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.  

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 shown above.

OR

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

  https://us02web.zoom.us/j/89067670622 

                                                                           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                           Gary Kuphal, Facilities & Maintenance Manager

Treasurer Ed Scheideler

Commissioner Penny Kirk

Commissioner Janice Bennett

GUESTS:  From the Cambridge Housing Authority

Margaret Moran, Principal

Nathalie Jansen, Sr. Project Manager

Joe DeLarauze, Project Manager

Karen Sunnarborg, Needham Housing Specialist

Adequate notice of this meeting has been provided by the Secretary of the Needham Housing Authority (NHA) by preparing a Public Notice dated November 1, 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

SPECIAL BOARD MEETING

1. Chair’s Announcements (matters that could not be reasonably anticipated in advance of the meeting.)

    

2. Draft Federal Public Housing Conversion Assessment Report

1. Presentation by the Cambridge Housing Authority

2. Discussion and Q&A by the NHA Commissioners and Staff

3. Resident Input and Q&A

UPCOMING NEEDHAM HOUSING AUTHORITY BOARD MEETING DATES

Monday Nov. 8 2021                          7:15pm          Special Meeting             Zoom Virtual Meetings

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

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