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# _ Lexington Housing Partnership Meeting Minutes for October 25, 2012 Attendees: Carole Marine, Suzanne O'Neil Jones, Florence Baturin, Mary Haskell, Betsey Weiss, Wendy Manz, Tom Harding, Harriet Cohen, Chris Kluchman Chris Kluchman chaired the meeting; Harriet Cohen took the minutes. The meeting was called to order at 7:45 pm. 1. Minutes The minutes for the meeting of September 27, 2012 were approved unanimously. 2. Membership Update Suzanne O'Neil -Jones has been officially appointed to the Lexington Housing Partnership. The Partnership welcomed Ms. O'Neil- Jones. Ms. Kluchman is working with Lynn Pease to ensure the Town has the correct list of members. Iris Wheaton and Paul Linton have been reappointed by the Board of Selectmen. Mr. Linton maintains the web site. Ms. Wheaton has not been an active member for some years. There are currently 3 liaisons from other Town committees and three designees who are voting members. Bill Kennedy is the designee from LexHAB, Melinda Walker from the Lexington Housing Authority, and Wendy Manz from the Planning Board. Each of the designees is a voting member. In addition, there are currently ten voting members, plus two voting vacancies. The LHP will recommend to the Town that we eliminate one of the vacant positions and that the LHP try to fill the other vacant position. Ms. Haskell suggested sending a letter to the Lexington Inter -faith Organization, to ask if someone in that community would be interested in joining the Lexington Housing Partnership. 3. Housing Production Plan A meeting to discuss the Lexington Housing Production Plan is scheduled for November 15. LHP is listed as a sponsor of the meeting. Data about housing and housing trends will be presented at this meeting. MAPC and the Metro West Collaborative Development have collected and are presenting the data. This information will be used to drive an update to the Lexington Town Housing Plan. 4. Lexington Housing Survey Results Ms. Kluchman has received the results of the housing survey. She will provide the results electronically to the LHP members. 5. Housing at the Masonic Site The Masonic Temple is selling a very large lot that is currently part of the Museum /Masonic property. The lot has several structures on it. The Town is considering buying the lot. If the Town purchases the lot, possible uses would include a senior center, visitor center, or a