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:: :: MAP exington Housing Partnership Board The HPB concluded it is too expensive to mix affordable and historical housing; instead, a more feasible approach would be to build an addition with 6 affordable units. 6. Planning Board Update Mr. Peters said that the new Planning Director was introduced at the last Planning Meeting.The new director is Amanda Loomis, most recently the planning director in Framingham. 7. Council on Aging Update Mr. McDonough reported on a study showing that seniors are being squeezed out of Lexington by high taxes. 8. LexHAB Update Thursday was Pat Goddard's last day as Executive Director. Work is proceeding apace on the Busa property. However, LexHAB still has financial challenges on this work.The contract with the modular company exhausted the money allocated by the under the Community Preservation Act. LexHAB has contributed $90,000 for the modular company. LexHAB requested an additional $320,000 from the CPC for work on Leary. There are two issues related to the latest funding request:first,the Town is interpreting a contract signed previously with LexHAB as LexHAB having committed to no further funding requests.The second issue is that the CPC doesn't allocate money to work that is already committed, so some of the LexHAB work is not eligible. Town Counsel has been asked to determine whether LexHAB can be reimbursed for monies already expended. 9. Lexington Housing Authority Update No update. 10. SPRD Update A report was submitted to Town Meeting. A consultant is coming to inform Lexington as to what other communities have done regarding special permits and to help the committee decide on its recommendations. 11. Brief Comments Ms. Foutter has received feedback from HPB members that meetings run too long because discussions digress from the topic at hand. Ms. Foutter asked everyone's cooperation in keeping the meeting on track and in keeping updates to the point. Ms. Foutter inquired whether the HPB members are feeling heard at the meetings and everyone agreed as they were. Ms. Foutter also asked that when members submit items for the agenda that they include a time allocation for the items. The sentiment of the HPB was to reserve space in the Community Center rather than Town Hall. 12. 40R and 40S and Planning Board Ms. Foutter will work with Mr. Creech regarding the scheduling of a 40R and 40S presentation to the Planning Board.The presentation will most likely be in the spring.