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# _ Lexington Housing Partnership Meeting Minutes for December 6, 2012 Attendees: Betsey Weiss, Florence Baturin, Melinda Walker, Bob Pressman, Mary Haskell, Chris Kluchman, Carol Marine, Harriet Cohen, Wendy Manz, Ken Kreutziger, Jennifer Van Campen (Metro West Collaborative Development) The meeting was called to order at 7:35 pm. Chris Kluchman chaired the meeting and Harriet Cohen took the minutes. 1. Minutes Betsey Weiss made a motion to approve the minutes of Oct. 25, 2012. Wendy Manz seconded the motion. The motion was passed with 6 ayes, 0 nays and 1 abstention. Ms. Weiss made a motion to approve the minutes of Nov. 15, 2012. Ms. Manz seconded the motion. The minutes were amended to note that the meeting took place prior to the Housing Production Plan Forum. 6 The motion was passed with 6 ayes, 0 nays and 1 abstention. 2. Report from Regional Housing Services: Ms. Kluchman provided a brief update from Regional Housing Services. 3. Update on Housing Production Plan: The list of possible housing sites has been updated and is available. At the Board of Selectmen meeting, Aaron Henry said the Housing Production Plan would be ready in June or later. 4. HOME Consortium The Lexington Housing Authority owns a 1 -level house on Mass Ave that is set aside for disabled persons. A proposal was made to allocate HOME funds to bring this property up to code and to renovate the house. The members of the BOS voiced support for the proposal to use $160K of HOME funds for this work. No formal vote was taken regarding this project. [Aaron Henry advised subsequently that the BOS must hold a public hearing concerning the proposal before a formal vote.] There was discussion at the Board of Selectmen meeting as to whether the HOME funds were sufficient to justify the administrative support required for the HOME consortium. The BOS is soliciting input as to whether Lexington should continue in the consortium. Ms. Van Campen said that unused HOME funds would be passed into a pool, and each HOME community could apply for the use of those funds. This allows towns to apply for a substantial allocation rather than the accumulating funds over many years. She encouraged the LHP to send a letter to the BOS supporting Lexington's participation in the HOME consortium. Mary Haskell moved that the LHP respond to the Board of Selectmen with an endorsement of the HOME consortium. Ms. Manz seconded the motion. The motion passed unanimously, with 8 aye votes. (The additional vote was provided by Ms. Marine who joined the meeting shortly after the minutes were approved.)