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Lexington Housing Partnership <br />Ms.FoutterandCambridgeSavingsBankforprovidingthevenueandforcontributing$500to <br />sponsor/fundthesessions. <br />7.UpdateonFairview(BetseyWeiss) <br />TheZoningBoardofAppealsapprovedtheFairviewproposalbyavoteof4to1.Theproposalwillgo <br />throughthestandardprocessofapprovedproposals. <br />8.RequestforaPlanningBoardStudytoLimitTearDowns(BobPressman) <br />HomeownersinEastLexingtonhaveindicatedaninterestinlimitingteardowns.Ameetinghasbeen <br />scheduledwiththeresidentstodiscusstheirconcerns. <br />9.CPCUpdate(BobPressman) <br />Nohousingrequestshavebeenreceivedthisyear.TheCPCreceivedfouropenspacerequests,four <br />historicrequests,andseveralotherrequests,plusarequestfordebtservice. <br />10.LHPMembersRunningforTownMeeting <br />Ms.WeissandMr.PatourgedLHPmemberstorunforTownMeeting. <br />11.DiscussionaboutaMinimumNumberofMeetingsperYearforVotingMembers <br />SeveralmembershavebeenmissingmostoralloftheLHPmeetings.Typically,thereare10meetingsper <br />year.Memberswhodonotattendareasonablenumberofmeetingsorareothernototherwiseactive <br />memberswillbeencouragedtoresign. <br />12.FallOpEd(MelindaWalker) <br />WalkerisinprogressonanOpEdpiecetargetedforthe\[ĻǣźƓŭƷƚƓaźƓǒƷĻƒğƓ. <br />Ms. <br />13.DiscussHousingTrustFundIdea(BetseyWeiss) <br />Ms.Weissisexploringthepossibilityofestablishingahousingtrustfund.CPAandpotentiallyotherfunds <br />wouldbeheldbythefundratherthanhavingthefundsgotoLexHAB.TheLHPdiscussedwhetherthe <br />LexingtonHousingFoundationcouldserveasthisvehicle. <br />14.ChangeofChair(BetseyWeiss) <br />Ms.WalkervolunteeredtochairtheLHP.Ms.WeissmovedthatMs.Walkerbeappointedthechairand <br />Ms.Weissbeappointedvicechair,asofJanuary2015.Mr.Pressmansecondedthemotion.Itpassed <br />unanimously.Ms.Walkernotedthatshewouldrefertohernewpositionastheͻ/ƚƓǝĻƓĻƩͼ͵ <br />15.NewBusiness <br />TheWatertownTownCouncilrecentlyamendeditsInclusionaryZoningOrdinancetoincreasethe <br />ordinance <br />percentageofaffordablehousingrequired.Moreinformationaboutthechangestothezoning <br />maybefoundattheMetroWestCollaborativeDevelopmentblog. <br />16.Nextmeetingdate:Nov.20,2014isproposed.December4willbethefallbackifcommitteemembersare <br />notavailable.Ms.Weisswillfollowup. <br />17.Adjournment <br />Ms.Walkermovedthatthemeetingbeadjourned.Ms.Haskellsecondedthemotion.Themotionpassed <br />unanimously.Themeetingwasadjournedat9:30pm. <br /> <br />