[Year-Round Housing] December YRHC meeting? and Updates and Storm Windows

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Year Round Housing  Corporation 
Town of Long  Island 
Wharf Street - Box 263 
Long  Island,  Maine  04050 

Mark Greene, Trustee, President                                               
                                        Leah Doughty,  Secretary 
Tammy Hohn, Trustee, Vice-President                                           
                                   Stephen Train,  Treasurer 
Amy Tierney, Trustee                                                          
                                     Ruth  Peterson, Registered Agent 
Sandra Scheurman,  Trustee 
Newell Stewart, Selectman  Trustee 
December 10, 2008 
Subject:            Next YRH Committee Meeting? 
Hi All, 
Thought I would show off the new letterhead with the YRHCorp new Trustees  
and Officers.   Hope it is all  accurate. 
I have scheduled a regular YRH Committee meeting for Tuesday, Dec. 16,  but 
as I began to put together the agenda, I am not sure we need to meet in  person 
to cover what is going on.   Please let me know if a meeting is in order as I 
do have the library and  calendar set for it if desired by you.  Otherwise, 
we will schedule our next YRHC meeting for Tuesday, January  20.  
Let me give a summary of the many things in motion at this  time. 
1.         Ownership of the remaining lots on Garfield St. and Leavitt St. 
are now  complete and in Town hands. 
2.         Survey work of all lots: Cushing and Fowler; Garfield, Leavitt, 
and 811  near the East End  School house is  complete. 
3.         I met with our lawyer in Town yesterday and gave her all of the 
surveys  and descriptions needed to make and record proper deeds for all of the 
five  properties. That should be done within the week. 
4.         Genesis has given me permission (and funding) to get septic and 
site  plans done for all five lots!    Al Frick Associates will be here all day 
next Tuesday (weather  permitting) to do the ground work on that. 
5.         I have been in contact with Maine State Housing Director Dale 
McCormick  about getting our Lease/Homestead Program certified for the First Home 
Loan  Program and other MaineHousing benefits.   She is most receptive and is  
hosting a meeting with MaineHousing,  Camden National Bank, and myself in the 
near future.  I am just awaiting word from a Mr. Tyler  Gilday as to what 
will work for him (he is away until Dec. 15).  I met him recently and he sees no 
big  issue with our program being eligible for Camden loans. 
6.         YRHASC meeting last month went well and I am hopeful that things 
will  continue to progress at next weeks meeting. (Wed).   The group is close 
to finishing  and covering much productive ground. 
7.         The new Working Waterfront had an interesting article about “
Chebeague  residents install storm windows for neighbors”    I got two sets of 
plans (one  more detailed than the other,  but  both good) for these inexpensive 
interior windows that may be useful in many of  your homes.   I am going to try 
 some at my house ASAP.    Let me know if any of you try them out.  They are 
attached to this  e-mail 
8.         I got word this morning that there are several showings of the 
former  Woodman house going on.   I  think we need to get YRHCorp more ready to 
jump on this type of thing in the  future.  501c3 status, as noted at  the 
YRHCorp Annual meeting is months and months away as IRS is backloged 6  months on 
this stuff.   I  cannot do anything to speed it up.   
9.         We do need to elect officers for the YRHC, but that can also wait 
until  the January meeting.   We need  a Chairman, Vice Chairman, and 
Secretary.   I will be glad to run or not run  for Chairman, especially if someone is 
hot to trot for the position.  I will only run for Chairman if the Vice  
Chairman agrees to step up and run for Chairman next year.    I have no plans to be 
any  less active in any of this, but feel it is important that the YRHC and 
YRHCorp  be running with a variety of folks interested and able to carry it 
forward.  The participation over the last few  years in all of this from all of 
you has been GREAT!!  
10.       Let me know  of anything else we need to share for info or if you 
want a live meeting this  month.        
Thanks,   Mark             
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