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Lexington Housing Partnership van Campen and Steve Laferriere from Metro West Collaborative Development would like to join the subcommittee when possible. 5. Affordable Housing Proposing for Fairview Street LexHAB has proposed4 units of affordable housing on Fairview Street. The units would be architecturally designed and would be highly energy efficient. LexHAB has worked hard to honor the requests of the neighbors and have as little impact as possible on the neighborhood. This development is being done as a "Friendly 4013". It would be beneficial to this effort for the LHP to support the project. Mr. Laferriere will draft a letter in support. He will send it to Ms. Weiss and Ms. Kluchman for review. They will send it to the LHP as a whole. The letters will be provided for review at the next LHP meeting. 6. Support for Affordable Housing by LexHAB Mr. Pressman will draft a letter in support of the affordable housing on the Busa farm land. The letter will be available for review at the next LHP meeting. The BOS discussion of the Busa land is targeted for May. LexHAB has taken the house down on the Leary land. They have not yet had any plans developed for the property, though they would like to go to the BOS in June to discuss their plans for Leary. 7. Housing on Marrett Road The Town has voted to purchase the Scottish Rite land on Marrett Road. The Commander's House is not being sold. It will be retained by the Masons. It is likely the property will be taken under a general historical restriction. The historical restriction does not prevent change to the land. The land can be used for appropriate community uses. This does not preclude the use of the property for affordable housing, particularly for senior housing, in the future. Ms. Manz will undertake some research as to the legal implications of the taking of the land under a general historical restriction. Mr. LaFerriere offered to serve as a resource. 8. CPC Update Related to Housing Proposals CPC updates have been covered in the previous discussions. 9. LHP and mission /goals This discussion was postponed until next meeting. 10. Adjournment Ms. Weiss moved to adjourn. Ms. Manz seconded. The motion passed unanimously. The next meeting will be on April 25, 2013, at 7:30 pm.