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Page 1 of 5 Affordable Housing Trust Meeting Minutes of May 12, 2023 10:30 am Affordable Housing Trust Board Members present for the Public Meeting: Mark Sandeen, Linda Prosnitz, Elaine Tung, Tiffany Payne, William Erickson Lexington Staff present for the Public Meeting: Carol Kowalski, Assistant Town Manager for Development; Ragi Ramachandran, Administrative Assistant Other attendees: Elizabeth Rust, RHSO The meeting was recorded by LexMedia for future on-demand viewing. Ms. Kowalski started the meeting at 10:30am. Mr. Sandeen was the Chair pro tem for the meeting. As the Chair pro tem he called the meeting of the Affordable Housing Trust to order at 10:35am. 1. Election of Officers Mr. Sandeen stated the first item on the agenda was the election of officers. Mr. Sandeen shared the nominations received for the various positions, Elaine Tung for Chair, Linda Prosnitz for Vice Chair and Tiffany Payne for Clerk. Mr. Sandeen made a motion that the Affordable Housing Trust approve the slate of officers as nominated, Ms. Tung as Chair, Ms. Prosnitz as Vice Chair and Ms. Payne as Clerk. Mr. Erickson seconded. The Trustees voted in favor of the motion 5-0-0 (Roll call: Erickson – yes, Payne – yes, Prosnitz – yes, Tung – yes, Sandeen – yes). Motion passed unanimously. As Chair, Ms. Tung called the meeting to order at 10:37 am. Ms. Tung conducted a roll call to ensure all the members of the Affordable Housing Trust and members of staff present could hear and be heard. Ms. Tung shared that at this meeting the Trust should set up the goals and objectives. They needn’t go into the strategies for each one yet. They should have a preliminary discussion of charge and discuss the timelines; look at the 2014 Housing goals and objectives set forth in the Town’s HPP, review the framework proposed by Ms. Rust and compare it to the Lexington Next Comprehensive Plan. She advised the Trustees should review the extensive materials that were sent out.