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Select Board Announcements and Liaison Reports—January 8, 2024 Mark Sandeen: Affordable Housing Trust • The Affordable Housing Trust voted on January 3rd to recommend that the Select Board place a warrant article on the Annual Town Meeting warrant asking for Town Meeting's authorization to allow the Select Board or its designee to enter into a Land Disposition Agreement for the development of affordable housing on the Town owned property at Lowell Street and North Street. Two members of the Affordable Housing Trust had previously met with all Select Board members to answer any questions the Select Board members had about the proposed warrant article. The Affordable Housing Trust will be conducting public information session on the proposed development plan.The Town has mailed notices to neighbors within 300 feet of the property inviting them to attend the public information session on January 16t". The Affordable Housing Trust will also be reaching out to several Town committees, boards, commissions and other affordable housing stakeholders suggested by Select Board members to solicit comments regarding the proposed plan. The wording of the final proposed warrant article has been reviewed and updated by Town Counsel and Town staff. ARTICLE 31 AUTHORIZE AFFORDABLE HOUSING TRUST TO SEEK AFFORDABLE HOUSING To see if the Town will vote to authorize the Select Board to sell, lease or otherwise dispose of Town-owned land described as parcel 68-44 located on Lowell Street near the northeast corner of North Street and Lowell Street for the purposes of developing affordable housing thereon, and to authorize the Select Board or its designee to enter into a Land Disposition Agreement and associated agreements in connection therewith; or to act in any other manner thereto. • The Affordable Housing Trust also voted on January 3rd to send a statement to the Select Board on the importance and urgency of using the Town owned parcel at 173 Bedford Street for affordable housing.