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<br />+«¾¯´­ºµ´'µ»¹¯´­/§¸º´«¸¹®¯¶Ȏ!»¯²ª¯´­§#¯¼«¸¹«ȍ5¯¨¸§´º+«¾¯´­ºµ´ <br />MeetingMinutesforMay28,2015 <br />Attendees:MelindaWalker,BetseyWeiss,BobPressman,WendyManz,MaryHaskell,NancyCorcoran <br />Ronchetti,andJeriFoutter <br />Guest:ElizabethRust,RegionalHousingServicesOffice <br />Absent:HarrietCohen,JoePato,PaulLinton <br />ThemeetingwaschairedbyMelindaWalkerandtheminutesweretakenbyJeriFoutter.Themeeting <br />wascalledtoorderat7:35pm. <br />1.TheApril30,2015Minuteswerevotedon.BobPressmanmadeamotiontoapprovethemand <br />BetseyWeisssecondeditandbothmotionswereapprovedunanimously. <br />2.TenantBasedRentalAssistanceprogram ElizabethRust,oftheRegionalHousingServices <br />Office,presentedaproposaltoimplementaTenantBasedRentalAssistanceprogramusing <br />HOMEfunds.Fundswouldbeusedtoassistlowincomeindividualswithapartmentsecurity <br />st <br />depositsand1ƒƚƓƷŷ͸ƭrents.Afterdiscussion,theLHPmembersvotedtosupportthe <br />proposal. <br />3.MunicipalHousingTrustConcept JeriFoutterupdatedthegrouponherdiscussionwithAaron <br />HenryandhisthoughtsonforminganewMunicipalHousingTrust.AaronHenryindicatedthat <br />althoughLexHABappearstojustbeabletohandletheircurrentworkload,LexHABisa <br />MunicipalHousingTrustandcouldcarryouttheresponsibilitiesofaMunicipalTrust,i.e. <br />administertheproposedSmallGrantsProgram,purchaseproperty,etc.Atthistime,hedoes <br />notbelievethereisenoughpoliticalbackingtosupporttheformationofanewhousingtrust. <br />4.BUSA/LIPApplication ΑBobPressmanandMelindaWalkerupdatedthegroupontheBUSA <br />status.Melindareportedshesentaletter(fromLHP)toJenniferVanCampen,Metrowest <br />CollaborativeDevelopmenttobesubmittedtotheDepartmentofHousingandCommunity <br />Developmentinsupportof\[ĻǣI!.͸ƭLocalInitiativeProgramapplicationforsixunitsofhousing <br />ontheBUSApropertyonLowellStreet.SubmissionoftheLIPpaperstoDHCDisawaitingthe <br />ƷƚǞƓ͸ƭsecuringforLexHABadeedidentifyingLexHABasowneroftheBUSAhousingparcel. <br />ThereissomeconcernthattheretirementoftheDHCDstaffmemberwhohandledtheFairview <br />LIPapplicationwillextendtheperiodforapprovaloftheBUSAapplication. <br /> <br />