Rockport可负担住房信托4比0推进为30户长者楼捐发电机 最高15万美元以租约余期至少10年为条件
马萨诸塞州Essex县Rockport镇的可负担住房信托（Rockport Affordable Housing Trust）于11月12日以4比0投票决定，继续推进向一栋30户长者可负担住房楼捐赠发电机的事项。该楼去年冬天曾停电数小时。会议同时决定其Main Street项目暂停，确定一处镇有土地值得进一步查看，定于12月5日举行年度公开会议，并取消12月例行会议。
信托希望确保Pigeon Cove Ledges的30名长者居民在下次停电时不致受冻。按11月12日会议视频，信托投票继续推进最高150,000美元的捐赠，用于为这栋位于Curtis Street的楼宇购置发电机，前提是先确认该楼租约至少还有10年。成员说，该楼目前没有备用电源，去年冬天一场风暴中停电数小时，居民当时没有供暖与照明，如停电持续更久，镇方将不得不把居民转移到温暖处所。成员估计，一台能供整栋楼的发电机需约300,000美元或更多，信托拟出的150,000美元可供楼内公共区域使用，如运营该楼的非营利机构能承担其余部分，信托可出更多。该非营利机构对该楼有储备金，但动用需获许可。出席视频会议的四名成员为主席Diane Vella、副主席Ken Kaiser、Robert Simmons与同时任Select Board成员的Laura Evans，会议时长1小时47分钟。
信托基金按9月报表约有105万美元，其中包括一笔来自旧镇住房基金的8,600多美元赠款。成员说，Granite Street Crossing与高中公寓已有发电机。信托的年度公开会议定于12月5日周六上午10:30在图书馆举行，时长约两小时，12月例行会议取消，下次例行会议为1月第二个周三。
Rockport Affordable Housing Trust Votes 4-0 to Pursue Up to $150,000 Generator Donation for 30-Unit Senior Building, Conditioned on at Least 10 Years Left on Lease
The Rockport Affordable Housing Trust in Rockport, Essex County, Massachusetts, voted 4 to 0 on November 12 to keep working on a generator donation for a 30-unit senior building that lost power for hours last winter. Members also said their Main Street project is paused, named one town-owned site worth a closer look, set their December 5 annual public meeting and canceled December's regular meeting.
The trust wants to make sure the 30 seniors at Pigeon Cove Ledges are not left in the cold the next time the power goes out. According to the meeting video, the trust voted to continue pursuing a donation of up to $150,000 for a generator at the Curtis Street building, which members said has no backup power and went dark for several hours during a storm last winter, leaving residents without heat or light; had the outage lasted, the town would have had to move residents to a warm place. Members estimated a generator for the whole building would cost about $300,000 or more, while $150,000 would be enough to power the building's common rooms, and the trust could pay more if the nonprofit that runs the building can cover the rest. The nonprofit has reserve money for the building but needs permission to spend it. All four members joined the video call: Chair Diane Vella, Vice Chair Ken Kaiser, Robert Simmons and Laura Evans, who also sits on the Select Board, in a meeting that ran 1 hour 47 minutes.
The trust's fund stood at about $1.05 million as of the September statement, including a gift of more than $8,600 from an old town housing fund. Members noted that Granite Street Crossing and the high school apartments already have generators. The trust's annual public meeting is set for Saturday, December 5 at 10:30 a.m. at the library, lasting about two hours; its regular December meeting is canceled, so the next regular meeting is the second Wednesday of January.
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图片来源：图：一台备用电源发电机（资料图）。作者：Cantons-de-l'Est，CC0，维基共享资源。 / Photo: A standby power generator (file photo). Credit: Cantons-de-l'Est, CC0, via Wikimedia Commons.
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