AFFORDABLE HOUSING DRAFT - Salisbury, CT

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9. To submit an annual report to the Board of Selectmen of its activities in the aboveeight categories, including appropriate financial reporting.Section III. Membership; terms; vacanciesThe Commission shall consist of five (5) members who shall be electors of the Town of Salisburyand shall serve without pay to be appointed by the Board of Selectmen.The initial appointees of the Commission shall be one (1) member who shall serve for a term ofone (1) year; two (2) members who shall serve for a term of two (2) years; two (2) members whoshall serve for a term of three (3) years; all such members to hold office until the ____ day of ____ inthe year of the expiration of their term. Thereafter, all appointments shall be for a term of three(3) years expiring on the ____ day of ____. Members shall be eligible for immediate reappointment.The Board of Selectmen shall fill any vacancies for the unexpired term.Section IV. OrganizationThe Board of Selectmen shall appoint a Chair and Vice Chair from the Commission’s members.The Commission may organize itself in such manner as its members may determine is best suited tocarry out the Commission's duties.This ordinance shall become effective _____, 20__.44
Exhibit 4: Draft Ordinance to Establish an Affordable Housing FundSection I: PurposePursuant to the provisions of CGS 7-148(c)(2)(K), the Town of Salisbury does hereby create aspecial fund to provide affordable housing for the Town of Salisbury. The fund shall be known as theSalisbury Affordable Housing Fund (SAHF), hereinafter the Fund. Such fund shall not lapse at the endof the municipal fiscal year.Section II: Sources of Funding, Investments, and Limitations on Use of FundA. In addition to such sums as may be appropriated by the Town for deposit into said Fund, theTown is authorized to and shall deposit all monies received by it, from whatever source, forthe provision of affordable housing, including fees, monetary gifts, grants and loans, unlessotherwise restricted, into said Fund.B. Said Fund shall be in the custody of the Town Treasurer. All or any part of the monies in saidFund may be invested in any securities in which public funds may be lawfully invested. Allincome derived from such investment shall be placed into the Fund and become a partthereof. The monies so invested shall at all times be subject to withdrawal for use ashereinafter set forth.C. No sums contained in said Fund, including interest and dividends earned, shall be transferredto any other account within the Town budget. No expenditures shall be made from said Fundexcept in accordance with the provisions of this Ordinance.Section III: Expenditures from FundA. The continuation of the Fund shall be perpetual, notwithstanding that from time to time saidFund may be unfunded.B. Expenditures shall be made from the Fund only in accordance with the following proceduresand requirements:1. Said expenditures shall be made exclusively for the costs associated with theinvestigation, appraisal, acquisition, administration, fees, feasibility studies, andmaintenance costs relating to parcels of land, both improved and unimproved, ordevelopment rights, easements, deed restrictions, options, interests or rights therein, theuse of which shall be limited to retention or designation of parcels for their long-term usein providing affordable housing as defined by state statute (CGS 8-30g).2. Recommendations for any and all expenditures from the Fund shall be submitted to theSalisbury Affordable Housing Commission (SAHC). If approved, recommendations from the45
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- Where the dwelling(s) are located
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Appendix VIII: State and Federal Re
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Appendix IX: Statutory Sources of A
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I. GENERAL MUNICIPAL POWERSA. Conne
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A. Connecticut Statutory Provisions
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