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Page 1 of 3 Affordable Housing Trust Meeting Minutes of July 13, 2023 9:30 am Hybrid meeting on Zoom and attended in-person in the Parker room, Town Office Building Affordable Housing Trust Board Members present for the Public Meeting: Elaine Tung, Chair; Mark Sandeen, Linda Prosnitz, William Erickson, Tiffany Payne (arrived late) Lexington Staff present for the Public Meeting: Carol Kowalski, Assistant Town Manager for Development; Ragi Ramachandran, Administrative Assistant Other attendees: Elizabeth Rust, RHSO; Bob Pressman, Margaret Heitz, Mina Makarious Ms. Tung conducted a roll call to ensure all the members of the AHT Board and members of staff present could hear and be heard. Ms. Tung chaired the hybrid meeting and called the meeting to order at 9:33 am. The meeting was recorded by LexMedia for future on-demand viewing. 1. Approval of June 21 meeting minutes The AHT Board reviewed the draft minutes of the meeting held on 6/21/23. Ms. Tung and Mr. Erickson shared their edits to the meeting minutes. Mr. Erickson moved to approve the meeting minutes of 6/21/23 as amended. Mr. Sandeen seconded. The Trustees voted in favor of the motion 4-0-0 (Roll call: Erickson – yes, Prosnitz – yes, Tung – yes, Sandeen – yes). Motion passed. 2. Chair, Select Board Liaison, RHSO/staff report Mr. Sandeen shared that the Select Board was informed of a property available for LexHAB to purchase. He felt it important to have a process to notify the AHT when such an opportunity arises. The members discussed and some of the options considered were that the Select Board staff notify the AHT chair, review the housing stakeholders’ working group policy, and the AHT working in close liaison with the Housing Partnership Board to enable exchange of information. 3. MHP Housing Institute Ms. Tung shared a brief summary and her learnings from the MHP Housing Institute sessions held in June. She spoke about the complete neighborhoods’ initiative, and the housing challenges in MA in comparison to other states. She shared data on subsidized housing and age restricted housing. Ms. Tung quoted a Planner who spoke about ‘Housing for everyone’ – “Does