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Silver Lake Landing seeks CDBG planning grant to add two senior units; Select Board to schedule hearings
Summary
Silver Lake Senior Housing Corporation asked the town to run a Community Development Block Grant planning application to convert a vacant 3‑bedroom unit into two 2‑bedroom units, increasing the complex from 19 to 21 units; the town will schedule the required public hearings and advise on compliance and timelines.
Madison — David Smolin, executive director of Silver Lake Senior Housing Corporation and the Gibson Center, told the Select Board on June 23 that his nonprofit wants the town to administer a Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) planning application that would fund preliminary design and permitting to add two senior units to the Silver Lake Landing property.
“My name is David Smolin. I’m the executive director of the Silver Lake Senior Housing Corporation and the Gibson Center in North Conway,” Smolin said, describing the two separate 501(c)(3) entities and the planning request. He said the plan would convert an existing three‑bedroom house into two comparable two‑bedroom units, raising the site’s capacity from 19 to 21 units.
Smolin asked the board about required steps and timing; town staff advised that CDBG planning‑study applications require a set of public hearings and administrative steps. The board and staff discussed the public‑notice timeline and noted planning grants can be submitted at several points in the year but that larger construction funding is on a twice‑yearly schedule.
Board members and staff discussed liability, administration and affordability covenants tied to CDBG funds. A town official explained that if the town later applies for construction funding and receives a CDBG award, the program typically requires affordability restrictions (a lien) for a defined period (commonly 10–20 years) and municipal administration to ensure compliance; the town would budget for administrative costs so the project would not directly incur net local expense.
Smolin and the board discussed scheduling a public hearing; town staff said notices require at least 12 days’ advance notice and suggested the first hearing be scheduled about four weeks out to meet noticing requirements. Smolin estimated a planning study could move the project forward within about two years if the full funding and approvals come through.
The board agreed to schedule the required hearings, provide templates and guidance for necessary plans (relocation/anti‑displacement paperwork and a housing/community development plan) and advise the group on next steps for applying for planning funds.
