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Selectmen's Meeting F� 5` February 18, 1985 4. The applicant shall contribute not less than $25,000 to the Town of Lexington to be used to offset in whole or in part engineering design and construction costs for public improvements - - in the - immediate vicinity of the development for pedestrian and vehicular safety. The applicant shall be required to construct a sidewalk on Wood Street, at its cost, from Bates Road to its property line at Hartwell Avenue. 5, Insofar as permitted under EOCD or other applicable regulation, the rent for affordable dwelling units shall be calculated on the basis of the income of the mean size of potential applicant households, without exceeding the 30% of gross annual income guideline. 6. Data on the income of tenants of the affordable housing units shall be submitted to the Lexington Housing Author ity.each year. If a household's income has risen so that it no longer meets the maximum income guidelines, the tenant may remain in the dwelling unit provided the applicant substitutes another market rate unit to be an affordable unit. If no market rate unit with the same number of bedrooms is available a unit with one less bedroom may be substituted. 7. The applicant shall give preference in the selection of tenants for the affordable dwelling units to low- and moderate- income households. Vacant units shall be offered to persons holding Section 8 or comparable rent sup plement certificates and low-- income households on a list maintained by the Lexington Housing Authority. The applicant shall apply directly, or request the Lexington Housing Authority to apply, to EOCD for additional certificates and /or Section 8 leases if necessary to fill the available units 8. The applicant shall conduct an affirmative action marketing effort comparable to that required by the Massachusetts Housing Finance Agency in administering the SHARP program to advance the Town's fair housing objectives. Equal consideration shall be given to Town employees who apply for units and y are qualified under income guidelines. A member of the Hoard of Selectmen will attend your hearing on February 27, 1986, and would be happy to explain the reasoning behind the above should you so desire. Upon motion duly made and seconded, it was voted 4 -- 0 by roll call vote, Mr. Marshall, Mr. McL aug hl in , Mr. E dd i so n, Mr. Dailey, to go into Executive Session f or discussion of matters of litigation, with no intent to resume open session. Upon motion duly made amd seconded, it was voted to adjourn at 9:5 p.m. A true record, Attest: ;!/! Marion H . Snow i Executive Clerk