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3 At 5:25. after a motion duly made and seconded, the Committee voted by a roll call vote (9-0) to exit Executive Session and return to Open Session to attend to the remaining agenda items. Mr. Malloy left the meeting at 5:25 PM. Needs Assessment Report – Looking Forward Proposal (cont.) – The Committee continued discussing the proposed Looking Forward section for th e NAR. Mr. Sandeen asked if the paragraph on the linkage or transfer fee bills should be removed, left in for educational purposes, or endorsed by the CPC. Ms. Krieger expressed favor for the CPC to support the bills. Ms. Roy expressed support for the CPC sending a letter of endorsement to the Select Board. Mr. Pressman commented that the Governor’s transfer fee legislation and the previously filed transfer fee legislation differ in the amount to which the sale price would be subject to the transfer fee and asked if the previously filed bill would be part of the CPC’s considerat ion. Mr. Sandeen recommended removing descriptions of the bills to avoid overstepping or accidentally misleading readers about the details of the bills, which are also subject to change. Ms. O’Brien asked if the Select Board had taken a position on any of these housing bills. Mr. Sandeen shared that he expects the Select Board will take a position on them. Ms. O’Brien expressed support for sharing the CPC’s outlook and supported leaving the bills in the NAR for educational purposes. Ms. Krieger advocated for recommending to the Select Board that they support any transfer fee. Ms. O’Brien asked Mr. Kanter if the CEC would consider advocating for the housing bills. Mr. Kanter was unable to answer, but Ms. Kosnoff noted that th e Appropriations Committee might be more relevant for this discussion and said she would share the question with the Committee. The Committee continued to discuss the language in the NAR pertaining to the various transfer or linkage fee bills and Mr. Sandeen agreed to draft language reflecting the CPC’s support for the passage of legislation that allows for additional funding for affordable housing. Ms. Walker expressed her opposition to the Looking Forward section. Ms. Walker expressed concern that the section blames housing for the CPC’s inability to fund all projects, while other Town entities also have high projected requests. Ms. Walker also expressed concern that by supporting the real estate transfer fee, the NAR would highlight housing as being the reason for the CPC’s deficit. Ms. Fenollosa commented that the other high demand projects not related to housing are also in the Looking Forward section, along with all other potential requests. Ms. Walker commented that the AHT’s items are not CPA requests, but rather projections for what requests the AHT could receive, and thus not the same as a Town CIP. Ms. Walker added that the LHA has no plans for what potential funding they will seek in future years and that the AHT’s number for the LHA were not provided by the LHA. Ms. Walker expressed that the LHA and other housing estimates are unknowns. Ms. Krieger commented that the table’s asterisks cover that all the numbers are estimates or assumptions.