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Lexington Housing Meeting Minutes for January 24, 2013 Attendees: Wendy Manz, Betsey Weiss, Bob Pressman, Harriet Cohen, Tom Harden, Mary Haskell, Carole Marine, Chris Kluchman, Suzanne O'Neil Jones Steve Laferriere, Senior Housing Project Manager, Metro West Collaborative Development The meeting was called to order at 7:37 pm. Chris Kluchman chaired the meeting and Harriet Cohen took the minutes. 1. General Information Ms. Kluchman opened the meeting by providing an overview of a program in Sudbury that caps real estate tax at 10% of household income for qualifying seniors. This is a useful program for keeping seniors in moderately priced town housing. 2. Minutes Wendy Manz moved approval of the Dec. 20 minutes as amended. Carole Marine seconded. The motion passed unanimously. 3. Lexington Housing Partnership Organization Ms. Cohen has assumed the role of secretary. There is a vacancy in the vice chair position. The person in this position would provide backup if Ms. Kluchman is unavailable. Expected responsibilities include: acting as chair when the chair is not present, providing a second point of contact for correspondence with the Board of Selectmen (BOS), and speaking for the LHP as needed. Please contact Ms. Kluchman after the meeting if you are interested in the vice chair position or if you have thoughts on a candidate for the position. Ms. Manz will no longer be on the Planning Board as of March 4. As she is appointed by the Planning Board as the Planning Board representative, she may no longer be an ex officio member of the LHP after her term on the Planning Board ends. Ms Manz will check with Lynne Pease as to her status. 4. Report on Fairview Avenue / LexHAB With funds provided by developers to meet permitting requirements, LexHAB has purchased a property of slightly more than a half acre. The property has a small house on it. LexHAB proposed to the neighbors that they, LexHAB, would build 2 small buildings with 2 units each and would refurbish the existing house, providing 5 housing units in total. The neighbors expressed many concerns about this proposal.