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Housing Partnership Board Charge Revision Subcommittee TOWN CLERK
LEXINGTON MA
Meeting Minutes for March 17, 2022
Attendees: Harriet Cohen,Jeri Foutter, Bob Pressman, Betsey Weiss
Absent:
Guests: Margaret Heitz, Stephanie Hsu
The meeting was chaired by Harriet Cohen and the minutes were taken by Ms. Cohen.The meeting was
called to order at 7:02 p.m. and the roll was called.
The attendees discussed the draft Housing Charge presented by Ms. Cohen.The attendees offered
suggestions for improvement to the draft document and Ms. Cohen incorporated those suggestions.
Among the incorporated suggestion was the addition of low income and senior affordable housing to
the list of housing types.
The subcommittee discussed but did not come to agreement on either the definition of the housing
terms used in the draft (low income, moderate income, affordable, senior affordable, and workforce) or
the process for defining those terms.The subcommittee will continue this discussion at their next
meeting.The subcommittee will also continue its work to incorporate fair housing into the charge.
The subcommittee agreed that the next meeting will be on April 5, 2022 at 7:00 pm.
Ms. Weiss moved approval of the minutes for the subcommittee meeting on March 1, 2022. Ms. Foutter
seconded the motion. Ms. Foutter, Mr. Pressman, and Ms. Cohen voted in favor; Ms. Weiss abstained.
Ms. Weiss then moved adjournment and Ms. Foutter seconded the motion.The motion passed
unanimously.The meeting was adjourned at 8:10 pm.