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RECEIVED zz 25 Mar, a7 a The Affordable Housing Trust Study Committee (ad hoc) Meeting Minutes of March 9, 2022 TOWN CLERK LEXINGTON Affordable Housing Trust Study Committee members present for the public meeting: Kathryn Roy, Chair; Betsey Weiss, Gretchen Reisig, Jeri Foutter, Linda Prosnitz, Carol Marine, Tara Mizrahi. Lexington Staff present for the public meeting: Carol Kowalski, Assistant Town Manager for Development; Kiruthika Ramakrishnan, Administrative Assistant. Non-voting liaison of the Select Board: Mark Sandeen Other Attendees:Thomas Callahan, Milton Affordable Housing Trust Ms. Roy conducted a roll call to ensure that all the members of the Affordable Housing Trust Study Committee (ad hoc) and members of staff present could hear and be heard. Ms. Roy chaired the meeting and called the meeting to order at 4:01 pm. The meeting was recorded by LexMedia for future on-demand viewing. 1. Approval of The Affordable Housing Trust Study Committee Minutes of 02/09/2022 and 02/23/2022 The Affordable Housing Trust Study committee reviewed the draft minutes of the meeting held on 02/09/2022 and 02/23/2022. Ms. Reisig moved that the Affordable Housing Trust Study Committee vote to approve the minutes of the meeting held on 02/09/2022 and 02/23/2022, as presented. Ms. Prosnitz seconded the motion. The Affordable Housing Trust Study Committee voted in favor of the motion 7-0-0 (Roll Call VOTE, MOTION PASSED UNANIMOUSLY) 2. Address by Guest Speaker Thomas Callahan Mr. Callahan gave the details as to how the Affordable Housing Trust was formed in Milton. Mr. Callahan gave an overview of the demographics of Milton including that it is bordered on 3 parts by majority people of color towns—Dorchester, Mattapan, and Hyde Park. It is reasonably diverse—greater than 15% people of color. The high school is 1/3 people of color. They are well below 10% SHI. He explained that almost all of the 40b affordable housing units in Milton were rental units and most of it is age restricted. Mr. Callahan explained that there were five members in the 1