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Page 1 of 4 Affordable Housing Trust Meeting Minutes of July 26, 2023 10:06 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 Lexington Staff present for the Public Meeting: Carol Kowalski, Assistant Town Manager for Development; Ragi Ramachandran, Administrative Assistant Other attendees: Elizabeth Rust, RHSO 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 10:07 am. The meeting was recorded by LexMedia for future on-demand viewing. 1. Approval of July 13 meeting minutes The AHT Board reviewed the draft minutes of the meeting held on 7/13/23. Ms. Tung and Mr. Sandeen shared their edits to the meeting minutes. Mr. Sandeen moved to approve the meeting minutes of 7/13/23 as amended. Ms. Prosnitz seconded. The Trustees voted in favor of the motion 5-0-0. Motion passed unanimously. 2. Chair, Select Board Liaison and other liaison report, RHSO/staff report Ms. Tung shared that as a follow up to the Trustee compensation decision from the past meeting, she has emailed the Trust’s request to Joe Pato, the Select Board Chair , to recommend that the Select Board approve a stipend for any low or moderate income Lexington resident trustee currently serving on the AHT to receive a $3000 annual stipend to be paid on a monthly pro rata basis, out of AHT non-CPA funds to assist the Trustee with childcare, transportation, and time away from work. Ms. Tung will follow up with Mr. Pato for an update. Mr. Erickson shared the update from his meeting with the Lexington Housing Authority Executive Director, Caitlin Foley. LHA has 3 large projects with 40 – 70 units in them; primarily senior living with mostly one-bedroom houses. They also have 17 individual houses that are mostly pre-fab houses and have several maintenance needs. The LHA is focusing on repositioning with HUD and setting up as an LLC. LHA might try to double or triple the housing.