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RECEIVED 0 2 3 1Ip ir°, 1 5 7 Ip Affordable Housing Trust TOWN CL,ERK Meeting minutes of March 15, 2023 3:00 pm LEXINGTON Affordable Housing Trust Board Members present for the Public Meeting: Mark Sandeen, Linda Prosnitz, Tiffany Payne, William Erickson Elaine Tung was absent for the meeting. Lexington Staff present for the Public Meeting: Carol Kowalski, Assistant Town Manager for Development; Ragi Ramachandran, Administrative Assistant; Arnold Lovering, Town Treasurer Other attendees: Mina S. Makarious, Elizabeth Rust, Katherine Roy Ms. Kowalski started the meeting at 3:01pm. She suggested every participant present in the meeting to introduce themselves. Ms. Kowalski introduced herself as the Assistant Town manager for Development. She is the department head for the following portfolios - Planning, Building, Zoning, Conservation, Public Health, Economic Development, and Housing. Mr. Sandeen introduced himself as the member of the Select Board. He looks forward to this Trust being quite effective and changing how things work for housing in Lexington. Ms. Prosnitz has worked in Affordable Housing for many years. She was part of the Affordable Housing Trust Study Committee the past year. Ms. Payne is a Lexington resident for two and half years and excited to be a part of this board. Mr. Erickson is a Lexington resident for 41 years. He is a partner with an architectural firm in town and has been part of several non-affordable housing projects in the past. Presently the firm has affordable housing projects as well. Ms. Ramachandran is the administrative assistant to Ms. Kowalski in the Land Use, Health and Development department. She is a member of the Affordable Housing Trust in Westford. Mr. Lovering(a.k.a Skip) introduced himself as the Town Treasurer/Collector. Ms. Rust is the Director of the Regional housing services office and is here to assist the Trust. Ms. Roy introduced herself as the Chair of the Affordable Housing Trust Study Committee. Mr. Makarious is a lawyer at Anderson and Kreiger. He is a Lexington Town Counsel and Cambridge resident. Ms. Kowalski stated that Lexmedia is recording the meeting. She will email the members some draft biographical sketches that they could edit and return. It will be compiled and shared with Page 1 of 5