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Page 1 of 2 Affordable Housing Trust Meeting Minutes of January 31, 2024 10:00 am Hybrid meeting on Zoom and attended in-person in the Hudson Room, Cary Hall Affordable Housing Trust Board Members present: Elaine Tung, Chair; Mark Sandeen, William Erickson, Tiffany Payne, Linda Prosnitz Staff present: Carol Kowalski, Assistant Town Manager for Development; Elizabeth Rust, RHSO Director; Ragi Ramachandran, Administrative Assistant Other attendees: Margaret Heitz, Bob Pressman, Kathryn Roy, Rick Jette, Mariana Mariscal Ms. Tung chaired the hybrid meeting and called the meeting to order at 10:05am. 1. Approve Meeting Minutes The meeting minutes approval was postponed to next meeting. 2. Finance Report Ms. Tung requested a consolidated report detailing the revenue and expense line items specified on the Housing Trust Fund Balance summary report from Finance department. The Staff agreed to provide this report at the next meeting. 3. Chair, Select Board, Board/Committee Liaison and RHSO/staff report Mr. Sandeen updated that the Select Board has approved Article 10i for pre -funding the Affordable Housing Trust and Article 33 for Lowell St to be included in the Annual Town Meeting Warrant. Ms. Tung updated that she and Mr. Erikson attended a Planning Board meeting. The Planning Board will be voting on support of Article 33 at a future meeting. Ms. Tung and Ms. Prosnitz will be meeting with the Capital Expenditures Committee and Appropriation Committee. Ms. Payne provided an update from the Lexington Lyceum Affordable Housing event that she and Ms. Tung presented at on Jan. 30. It was well attended and informative to hear the perspectives and feedback from the community. 4. Affordable Housing Trust Work Session The Trustees had a work session and reviewed in detail the outline of questions to be included in the FAQ’s and the responses. There was discussion on the goals for parcel 68-44, the zoning process, the process for development on the parcel, the RFP process, opportunities for community input, and addressing public concerns. Ms. Rust shared inputs on the zoning process, and the timeline for 40B permitting. Ms. Kowalski explained the process from the issuance of RFP to housing development. Mr. Erickson agreed to help with a flowchart to illustrate the process. Mr. Sandeen suggested minimizing FAQ content as the present draft is too long. Ms. Tung felt it should be comprehensive with as much information as possible for the community, but shorter.