The Blue Mountains Attainable Housing Corporation

Council of the Town of The Blue Mountains established a not-for-profit corporation as a wholly-owned subsidiary of the Town of The Blue Mountains to augment the supply of healthy and sustainable ownership and rental housing units in The Blue Mountains, with the goal of providing housing to moderate income working individuals and families locked out of the housing market. The Board is comprised of eight (9) Directors, two (2) of whom are sitting members of Council.

Current Directors:

• Mayor Alar Soever
• Councillor Rob Sampson, Chair
• Cary Eagleson
• Janet Findlay
• Patrick Gourlay
• Gavin Leitch
• Andrew Siegwart
• Carolyn Letourneau
• Michael Schaefer

Visit Blue Mountains Attainable Housing Corporation website for further information on programs and initiatives relating to Attainable Housing.

See below for the Board's meeting agendas and minutes prior to November 2020. 

For meeting agendas and minutes from November 2020 onwards, visit The Blue Mountains Attainable Housing Corporation website.

Gateway Project Design Guidelines Task Force

Task Force Terms of Reference

The Blue Mountains Attainable Housing Corporation (BMAHC) is seeking input from the Town of The Blue Mountains community as BMAHC develops design guidelines for inclusion in the Request For Proposals (RFP) for the design and construction of attainable housing units on the Gateway site.  BMAHC has established a Task Force for the purposes of assembling input on these design guidelines.  This Task Force shall be known as The Blue Mountains Attainable Housing Corporation Gateway Project Design Guidelines Task Force or the “Task Force”.

Membership

The Task Force will be comprised of Ten (10) members (the “Members”) with the composition as follows:

Non-Public Members:

• One (1) member representing BMAHC, who shall also act as Chair;
• One (1) member of Town staff representing the Town of The Blue Mountains; and
• One (1) member representing BMAHC’s Development manager.

Public Members:

BMAHC will make all reasonable attempts to seek and encourage participation from the following groups.  These groups are identified as those representing broad interests and perspectives within the community or residential areas in proximity to the Gateway site.

• One (1) public member residing on Bay Street;
• One (1) public member representing the Blue Mountains Rate Payers Association;
• One (1) public member residing on Arthur Street East;
• One (1) public member who is also a Prospective Tenants of the Gateway Project and is appointed by BMAHC based upon a list of prospective tenants that BMAHC has assembled as of September 21, 2020;
• One (1) public member who is a member of and is recommended by the Blue Mountains Chamber of Commerce;
• One (1) public member who is a member of and is recommended by the Blue Mountains Climate Action Now; and
• One (1) public member who is a member of and is recommended by the Blue Mountains Village Association.

Advisory Participants:

The Task Force will have Participants (“Participants”) with the composition as follows:

• One (1) representative of the Towns Communication Committee;
• One (1) Representative of the Towns Sustainability Committee;
• One (1) representative of the Towns Economic Development Advisory Committee;
• One (1) representative of the Beaver Valley Outreach; and
• One (1) representative of Grey County.

Meeting Documents

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