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Lexington Housing Partnership Lexington Housing Partnership Meeting Minutes Thursday, February 25, 2014 Ellen Stone Room, Cary Hall 1605 Massachusetts Avenue Lexington, Massachusetts ATTENDEES Jeri Foutter, Tom Harden, Mary Haskell, Wc andy Marv, Joe Pato, Bob Pressman, Steve LaFerriere (Metro West Collaborative Development), Melinda Walker & Betsey Weiss. Betsey Weiss chaired the meeting and Melinda Walker took notes. The meeting was called to order at 7:35 PM. DISCUSSION ITEMS 1. Approval of Minutes of January 23, 2014 Meeting Melinda Walker moved to approve minutes. Mary Haskell seconded the motion. Motion approved unanimously. 2. LHP Support Letter for BUSA Property Mary Haskell offered a new version of the letter intended for the BoS in support of six (6) units of housing on the BUSA property. There was an animated discussion of the merits of the various versions of the letter. There were concerns expressed about the length of the letter and how much chronological detail was necessary. Following the discussion, Mary Haskell offered a motion to accept Mary Haskell's version of the letter. Melinda Walker seconded the motion. The motion passed unanimously. 3. LexHAB CPC Request Bob Pressman reported that the chair of the Community Preservation Committee had asked LexHAB to provide additional detailed information about how the components of the project at BUSA would add up to $1,250,000.00. After LexHAB provided the additional documentation, the chair changed her vote to 'Yes,' giving LexHAB unanimous support from the Community Preservation Committee. [Note: At this point, Wendy Manz reported some good news for the partnership: the Capital Expenditures Committee wants to develop a five year plan for affordable housing. She also reported that there is support from the CEC for the LexHAB request for $750,000.00 for development on the BUSA property. Wendy reviewed the some of the upcoming capital projects (including $900,000 for the town wide pool and $2,400,000 for the center field track) which will be competing for funding in the coming years.]