Housing Trust Votes to Enter Executive Session on Land
The Housing Trust formally considered two new housing sites—Broadacre Farm and Liberty Ledge—without voting, while voting 8-0 to enter executive session.
In this report: Key decisions · Next dates · Full report · Sources
What happened
The Housing Trust voted 8-0 to enter executive session on real estate negotiations. The trust examined two new potential housing sites—Broadacre Farm, a four-and-a-half-acre parcel estimated to support three to five units, and Liberty Ledge, an existing house on Haynes Road—without voting on either. The board deferred substantive decisions to future meetings, with Liberty Ledge discussion scheduled for November 12.
Key decisions
- 🏢 Consideration of Broadacre Farm for housing. The Housing Trust discussed Broadacre Farm, a roughly four-and-a-half-acre town-owned parcel estimated to support three to five housing units, as a potential affordable-housing site, without voting. Next steps identified include staff outreach and neighborhood engagement; any formal proposal will require Select Board coordination. Read case details
- 🏠 Consideration of Haynes Road house for housing. The Housing Trust discussed the chair's proposal to transfer the Haynes Road house at Liberty Ledge for family housing, without voting. Members agreed to schedule formal discussion and voting for November 12, pending first determining whether the scope is house alone or house plus acreage for multi-unit development. (Next: Nov. 12, 8 a.m.). Read case details
- ● Enter executive session on real property. The Housing Trust voted unanimously 8-0 to enter executive session under Massachusetts General Laws Chapter 30A, Section 21(a)(6), purpose six, to discuss the purchase, exchange, lease, or value of real property. (Vote 8-0). Read case details
Next dates
- Oct. 31: Stone Road repair work RFP due
- Nov. 12: Housing Trust regular meeting
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