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stakeholder be required to notify the Town Manager in writing of their withdrawal so there is a record of same. After a long discussion, Ms. Weiss moved to approve the policy with Mr. Zhao’s point about written notification added and minus the last paragraph. Mr. Hornig seconded the motion. In favor: Ms. Weiss, Mr. Hornig, Ms. Byrnes, Mr. Zhao, Mr. Linton, Mr. Pressman, Ms. Cohen, Ms. Heitz, Ms. Thompson, Ms. Morrison, Ms. Manz Against: none Abstaining: none 7. Review STM Warrant re: HPB positions In the 2023 Town Meeting, Article 7 “Appropriate Housing Resale and Rental Monitoring Fees” is relevant to the HPB’s advisory role. Ms. Weiss moved to recommend that the Select Board support Article 7, “Appropriate Housing Resale and Rental Monitoring Fees”. Mr. Linton seconded the motion. In favor: Mr. Linton, Ms. Weiss, Mr. Hornig, Mr. Pressman, Ms. Cohen, Ms. Heitz, Ms Thompson, Ms. Byrnes, Ms. Morrison, Ms. Manz Against: none Abstaining: Mr. Zhao 8. Discussion of new vacancy on HPB and suggestions for candidates As Jeri Foutter has resigned from the HPB, there is a new vacancy. Please seek volunteers. Ms. Cohen noted that the HPB has received an application for the HPB open position. She will forward the link which was sent to the HPB email address at lexingtonma.gov. 9. Updates Ms. Manz proposed that, in the future, HPB members and liaisons providing updates send them to the HPB via email prior to the meeting. This will save time in the meeting and ensure that we focus on the critical issues. Mr. Hornig noted that the updates should go directly to the chair who should remove all opinions from the updates and then resend them. The updates must be factual to stay within the bounds of the Open Meeting Law. Community Preservation Committee: Based on his attendance at CPC meetings, Mr. Pressman understands that the following applications will be made to the CPC: ▪ Affordable Housing Trust: $3.2M ▪ (No request from the Lexington Housing Authority) ▪ LexHAB: approximately $300,000 for preservation and rehabilitation projects plus a lesser amount for the type of support that helps an organization providing affordable housing be economically viable. This year, the CPC housing bucket will have about $1.8M. For accounts outside of the three 10% buckets $4.6M will be available. The chart provided by Recreation last year indicated that they