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<br />Lexington Housing Partnership <br />MeetingMinutesforTuesday,October27,2016 <br />Attendees:BobPressman,MelindaWalker,WendyManz,JeriFoutter,JoePato,HarrietCohen,Betsey <br />Weiss <br />Absent:PaulLinton,NancyCorcoranRonchetti,MaryHaskell <br />Guests: <br />ThemeetingwaschairedbyMelindaWalkerandtheminutesweretakenbyHarrietCohen.Themeeting <br />wascalledtoorderat7:40pm. <br />ofminutesofSeptember13,2016 <br />1.Approval <br />Mr.PressmanmovedapprovaloftheSeptember13,2016minutesandMs.Weisssecondedthe <br />motion.Themotionwasapprovedunanimously. <br />2.Developmentsregardingͻ\[LtͼproposalforBUSAproperty/Walker <br />Mr.PressmanforwardedaletterfromBillKennedyofLexHABtoMs.Walker.Theletteraskedfora <br />letterofsupportfortheLIPproposal.WhenMs.WalkerfollowedupwithMr.Kennedy,heaskedher <br />towaitonsupplyingtheletter. <br />3.ReviewofactivitiesofRHSO(LizRust)/Pressman&Walker <br />Mr.PressmanreviewedanemailmessagefromElizabethRustofRHSO(RegionalHousingServices <br />Office).LexHABhasaMassHousingloanfortheInterfaithhousingwhichmaturessoon.Topreserve <br />affordabilityontheproperty,LexingtonwouldneedtoenteraRegulatoryAgreementtoensure <br />thereisanaffordablehousingrestrictionontheproperty.RHSOhasstartedtodraftsucha <br />document. <br />BecauseWrightFarmdoesnothavetherequisiteamountofland,thebuildinginspectorisunwilling <br />toissueabuildingpermit.Ms.Rustisworkingonafriendly40Bproposalthatwouldallowabuilding <br />permittobeissued. <br />4.ReportonaffordablehousingdiscussionatPlanningBoardinformationsessionforcommunityon <br />revisionofComprehensivePlan/Pressmanetal. <br />Mr.PressmanreportedthatthePlanningBoardisbeginningtheprocessofredoingthe <br />ComprehensivePlan.Afteranoverviewoftheprocess,theattendeesseparatedintobreakout <br />groups.Mr.Pressmanattendedtheresidentialpolicybreakoutgroup.Therewassomediscussion <br />aboutseniorhousingandpotentialalternatives,alsodiscussionoflocalpreferenceforLexington <br />housing.TherewassupportfortheregularcommitmentoffundstoLexHAB. <br />Ms.Manzwenttothetransportationsession.Therewerenodiscussionsrelevanttoaffordable <br />housing. <br />5.DiscussionofLexHABactivities/Pressman <br />Noreportthisweek. <br />6.ImpressionsoftheMetroWestAffordableHousingInfoSessiononOct.4/Foutter&Walker <br />Therewasaverylargeturnoutforthemeeting.Thepresentationwaswellreceivedandtherewere <br /> <br />