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Yarmouth Affordable Housing Trust approves minutes and annual report, tables Habitat for Humanity item
Summary
At its Jan. 20 meeting the Trust approved meeting minutes for Oct. 7 and Oct. 16, 2025 and the 2025 Annual Report to the Select Board; the Trust tabled a Habitat for Humanity neighborhood item and set its 2026 meeting schedule.
The Yarmouth Affordable Housing Trust voted to approve two sets of past meeting minutes and its draft 2025 Annual Report during the Jan. 20, 2026 meeting.
On a motion by Trustee Robert C. Lawton, Jr., seconded by Myra Suchenicz, the Trust voted to approve the Oct. 7 and Oct. 16, 2025 meeting minutes; Trustees Robert L. Whritenour, Jr., Robert C. Lawton, Jr., and Mark Forest voted affirmatively by roll call. Deborah Clark had left the meeting prior to the votes and Myra Suchenicz was noted as absent for this meeting.
The Trust then voted unanimously on a motion by Lawton, seconded by Myra Suchenicz, to approve the 2025 Annual Report to the Select Board. The minutes record the same roll‑call pattern for the votes: Whritenour, Lawton and Forest voting YES; Clark had left prior to the roll calls.
In new business, the board tabled consideration of the Wood Road Habitat for Humanity neighborhood proposal at 1121 Route 28, South Yarmouth. Staff reported plans to interview the Rental Assistance Program RFP respondent Housing Assistance at the Trust’s February meeting. Staff also said the 645 Route 28 mixed‑use project is advancing through permitting and that the grant agreement for that development requires four affordable units. The Mattacheese Utilization Committee continues to work with BSC Group on three conceptual plans for Select Board review in early February and a community session scheduled for Feb. 25, 2026.
Trustees set the 2026 meeting schedule for the third Tuesday of each month at 9:30 a.m., with a stop time of 11:00 a.m. The Trust adjourned at 11:35 a.m. on a motion by Robert C. Lawton, seconded by Mark Forest.
