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Select Board (Jill Hai) 1) Select Board approved a letter to legislative delegation supporting the real estate transfer fee. 2) Warrant will include an article asking for approval for Select Board to dispose of property at North/Lowell Street pursuant to request from AHT to seek development of affordable housing. (If approved, it would give the Select Board the authority to enter into sale or lease agreement with an affordable housing developer. AHT would be managing the RFP process, which they want to commence as soon as possible, in order to allow bidders to file for state affordable housing funding with a November application deadline.) Planning Board (Charles Hornig) The Planning Board has been preparing several zoning changes for the spring Town Meeting. The housing-related ones are: ▪ § 7.5.5.10.a Maximum Building Height in Village Overlay ▪ § 10.0 Definitions for Floor Area (Gross & Net Floor Area) ▪ § 6.10 Short Term Rentals ▪ § 7.5.12 Inclusionary Housing in Village & Multi-Family Overlay Districts ▪ Land owner petitions received from the owners of 507 & 509 Bedford St. to be added to the Bedford Street North MFO (Multi-Family Overlay) zoning district Non-housing-related changes include: ▪ § 3.4 Table 1 Permitted Uses and Development Standards and §10.0 Definitions ▪ § 5.2 Signs ▪ Technical Corrections to various sections of the zoning to correct any errors The changes were discussed at the Board’s 01-10 meeting. The drafts going into that meeting are in the meeting packet at https://lexington.novusagenda.com/agendapublic/MeetingView.aspx?MeetingID=962&Minut esMeetingID=-1&doctype=Agenda. Sustainable Lexington Committee (Cindy Arens) In addition to helping LexHAB get more MassSave incentives for insulation and heat pumps at a new single family property, we have been looking into getting assistance for applying for federal tax credits for new solar systems that have been installed on two properties. LexHAB is eligible to receive 50% of the installation cost in federal tax credits because the solar will benefit low- income housing.