MEETING MINUTES - AUGUST 2020
BOARD OF DIRECTORS MEETING
MINUTES
August 19, 2020
A. Organizational Matters
I. Call meeting to order – Meeting called to order at 3:01 p.m. by Lisa Daily
II. Attendance – Members: L. Daily, A. Church, K. White, P. Halayko, J. Surace, A. Niles
Others: D. Chafiezadeh, J. Welles, A. Filosa, D. Mangaser
III. Review & Approval of July 2020 Minutes –Accepted Minutes.
IV. Review & Approval of Financial Report July 2020 – Accepted Financial Reports.
V. Annual Meeting to be held following this meeting.
B. Property Related Matters
I. New development/2 Family renovations:
1. House to Home: RFP and RFQ to be released after September 8th for 27 and 43 Johnston (Finished Architect Plan – Ready to be submitted for permit; 27 Johnston ready to submit. 150 Lander – Architect to begin plans.
2. Church of Holy Deliverance : 37 Chambers/Lander St lots – waiting on W-9 from Surveyor (TEC) and surveying was on hold until it arrived this past week.
3. 104 Washington – J. Welles states the Purchase Agreement was sent to Mistral and is under review by their attorney. A Resolution approving the sale was passed in previous meeting.
4. 143 Washington Street RFP: J. Welles states the deadline is August 31st and there have been a few inquiries.
5. 62 Campbell– RFA deadline August 31st . J. Welles states we have a couple of applications.
II. Sales NCLB Development Projects:
1. House to Home 2-Family—J. Welles states 45 Lander was sold August 11th to Terry Brown, a long-time Newburgh resident.
2. Habitat for Humanity—J. Welles stated the transfer of 5 properties to Habitat will occur by the end of the Calendar year. Habitat went before the planning board for 162 North Miller this month.
3. RUPCO partnership: Sale of 20 properties took place on July 22nd.
III. Building Preservation Program/Building Preservation/Other
1. J. Welles stated that we are committed to complete at least 10 building stabilizations for the Enterprise grant. 7 Complete; 128 Dubois has not started due to having to get lead and asbestos remediation certified carpenters; still waiting for their certification program (pushed back due to COVID). J. Welles states that we would assist RUPCO to fund asbestos abatement at 197 First St due to increased costs related to the recent fire. J. Welles seeking estimates for 38 Lander St.
2. 34 Lander was stabilized last year using NCLB operating funds, but will be added to the BPP grant program and we will be reimbursed. RUPCO requested to use the building as part of a Youth Build application, in which they are partnering with Blacc Vanilla (now LYNC Community); J. Welles will write a Letter of Support for use as a Workforce Development training site for two years. L. Daily requested a Motion to approve, K. White initiates the Motion and A. Church seconds the Motion. All in favor.
3. 44 S. Miller(demo): staff submitted application to SHPO for demolition and application was approved; need to take the next steps for that process.
4. A. Church brings up New Property Matter: the DEC started the remediation of the underground oil tanks at 151 Liberty St lot, which is owned by the City, and that it would make sense to combine with the 10 Chambers lot owned by NCLB. They are located behind 96 Broadway. J. Welles agreed that it a good potential development site and that we need to talk about what we would like to see there that would be beneficial to the community. A. Church recommended adding it to a future agenda.
5. Artist-in-Vacancy program--D. Mangaser gives update of artists that have been selected for this year’s program. They represent a diverse selection of mediums; visual artists; installation artist; percussionist; sculptor; performing artist and all come from different backgrounds. The information will be posted on our website this week.
C. Executive Session – L. Daily motions to go into Executive Session:
J. Surace initiates the Motion. All are in favor. The Motion is Approved.
L. Daily motions to Adjourn Meeting at 3:30pm
D. Next Board Meeting September 16, 2020, 3:00pm