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• r price. Mr. Trainor said that the units are designed with empty nesters and the divorcee market in mind. It is important to have grade level access and direct access to the garage and parking. Ms. Krieger asked if they had a sense of the number of children that might live there, based on the unit mix? Mr. Posner said the affordable units will have families with kids. Of the market rate unit, about half will have children. He expressed concerns about the community if children are only in the affordable units. They will need to market to families. Mr. Derby stated that Locke Village does not have ground level access and children only in the affordable units. There was some discussion about who to target with marketing and whether is might raise fair housing questions. Mr. Marchant said that in a development in Weston the big units still did not get children,they were only in the affordable units. Ms. McCall-Taylor asked how the price of an affordable unit was set. Mr. Marchant said that it was based on a family size 1.5 times the number of bedrooms. The price would be set before the lottery for the units took place. Ms. McCall-Taylor said that to get affordable units that aren't just for families the units would have to be designed to reflect the expected tenant. Mr. Derbay said that LexHab could manage the project units. Ms.Kreiger closed the meeting by saying that the next meeting would be without the developer present. She reminded committee members to get any comments on the minutes to Rachael who will put the minutes on a future agenda. Adjourn Respectfully submitted, Rachael Herrup-Morse Maryann McCall-Taylor