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Minutes of the Meeting
April 25, 2019
The regular meeting of the North Andover Housing Authority was held on Thursday,
April 25, 2019 in the community room at McCabe Court, North Andover, MA at 4:00 P.M.
Proper 48-hour notice was fled with the Town Clerk.
Mary Beth Soucy-Larkin called the meeting to order at 4:00 P.M. and upon roll call the
following answered present: absent:
Mary Beth Soucy Larkin
Madeleine Sutcliffe
Francis McCarty
Edward Capodilupo
Stephen Long
Present in addition to board members was Cathy Hoog, Executive Director for the North
Andover Housing Authority.
Minutes
The first agenda item was the reading of the minutes of the last Board Meeting on 3/28/2019. A
motion was made by Madeleine Sutcliffe which was seconded by Edward Capodilupo to approve
the minutes as is. All members voted affirmative.
Tenant Participation
A tenant from McCabe Court mentioned challenges the hall lights were out in the hallway of 14
mcCabe Court. The ED instructed the tenant to call the main office and ask for a work order
when work items needed to be done and to avoid waiting to report work items at a meeting. A
question was also asked about whether any new information was received from HUD about
voluntary conversions in public housing. ED explained that there was nothing new to report but
that a meeting would take place in the month of May to begin to discuss this process with
tenants.
Old Business
None
New Business
The Executive Director provided the Board with and update on the status of the gas restoration at
the developments.
a. Distribution of NAHA Financial Statements, Move/In Out Report, Resident Balance
Reports, work order reports, year of Board Meeting Dates-ED distributed reports to
the Board.
b. Board Vote-Updated payment standards to include the new payment standard for
Cambridge/Boston/Quincy are (FMR just came out for this area for 2019) -A motion
was made by Edward Capodilupo which was seconded by Stephen Long. All
members voted affirmative to approve the Updated Payment Standards.
c. Board Vote-2019 Capital Improvement Plan for State Developments-A motion was
made by madeleine Sutcliffe which was seconded by Francis McCarty. All members
voted affirmative to approve the 2019 Capital Improvement Plan.
Update-Modernization Projects
ED updated the board on the status of the project at Family Housing for doors and
lighting, the Comprehensive Capital Needs Assessment Project, the Boiler Project at
O'Connor Heights and the Emergency Generator Project. Discussed that ED will be
attending the 2019 Town Meeting for North Andover in support of the most recent
application to the Community Preservation Committee which will be formally voted on
in Town Meeting.
Francis McCarty motioned to adjourn the meeting which was seconded by Madeleine
Sutcliffe. All members voted affirmative to adjourn the meeting.
Mary Beth Soucy-Larkin declared the meeting adjourned at 4:43 P.M.
Respectfully Submitted,
Cathy Hoog, Executive Director