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14.Greeley Village – Construction of 4 Accessible Housing Units – Mr. Steve Keane, Director of the Lexington Housing Authority (LHA), presented this project for $1,110,673 to design and construct four accessible units at Greeley Village. Mr. Keane explained that there were no accessible units at Greeley Village, despite a need for them. He added that Greeley Village is out of compliance with the State’s requirement of 5% accessible units. He presented the Committee with two letters; one from Minute Man Vocational Technical School agreeing to help construct the units, and a second, from the Department of Housing and Community Development, which stated that although the Department supported the LHA initiative, it could not commit funds at the present time. Mr. Keane said he would have a better sense of the State’s position on funding before Town Meeting. Mr. Cohen questioned whether Minuteman Vo-Tech might be committed to other projects (such as Leary or Busa) in coming years. He also noted that the construction of the units by the Town might make them ineligible for future State or Federal maintenance dollars. Ms. Fenollosa questioned whether renovations could be made to existing units to make them accessible, to which Mr. Keane reminded Ms. Fenollosa that LHA had submitted such an application a couple of years ago, which Town Counsel had deemed ineligible. Mr. Keane added that the LHA had received State funding for the renovation of two common rooms to make them handicapped accessible. 15.Debt Service Payments – Ms. Manz addressed this item, stating that the CPC had two debt service payments to make in FY13. These are; (1) the debt service for Busa Farm of $930,300, and (2) the debt service payment for Cotton Farm of $1,000,000. Both represent the final years of payments on the projects. 16.Administrative Budget – Ms. Manz also addressed this item, stating that the CPC sought $150,000 in Administrative funds, $50,000 of which included planning monies for land acquisition. The meeting was adjourned at 9:43 PM. The following documents were presented at the hearing: (1)“FY13 CPA Projects and Account Balances (for CPC Meeting of 12/19/11), dated December 19, 2011. (2)“Greeley Village Accessible Housing Project” (project amendment), dated November 11, 2011. (The date had not been amended.) (3)A letter dated 12/19/11 from Steve Keane, Executive Director of the Lexington Housing Authority, noting the attachment of two letters; a letter from Minute Man 7