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Page 1 of 2 Affordable Housing Trust Meeting Minutes of January 22, 2024 9:00 am Hybrid meeting on Zoom and attended in-person in the Parker Room, Town Office Building Affordable Housing Trust Board Members present: Elaine Tung, Chair; William Erickson, Tiffany Payne were present. Mark Sandeen joined in during the review of meeting minutes. Linda Prosnitz was absent. Staff present: Carol Kowalski, Assistant Town Manager for Development; Liz Rust, RHSO Director; Ragi Ramachandran, Administrative Assistant Other attendees: Bob Pressman, Kathryn Roy, Margaret Heitz, Nico Gallinelli, Daniela Lang Ms. Tung chaired the hybrid meeting and called the meeting to order at 9:02 am. 1. Approve Meeting Minutes of October 23 and December 7 meetings. Ms. Tung provided amendments to the December 7 meeting minutes. Mr. Erickson moved approval, Ms. Payne seconded. Roll call vote: Mr. Erickson, yes; Ms. Payne, yes; Mr. Sandeen, yes; Ms. Tung, yes. 2. Finance Report was reviewed and discussed. The Trust asked for more detail. Mr. Gallinelli asked about the $550,000 land acquisition, which Ms. Tung explained was for the LexHAB 2 - family home purchase in December. Ms. Tung reported that the financial committees expect the Trust to submit a financial report to Town Meeting each year. 3. Chair, Select Board, Board/Committee Liaison and RHSO/staff report s. Ms. Tung mentioned the Lexington Lyceum event entitled How Much Affordable Housing is Enough? at which she and Ms. Payne would present. Ms. Tung would also be attending the Community Preservation Committee Article 10 presentation at the Select Board meeting that night. 4. Lowell Street. Ms. Tung reviewed that Mr. Erickson had previously agreed to prepare a draft Abbreviated Notice of Resource Area Delineation (ANRAD) application to the Conservation Commission. Mr. Erickson described the purpose of the ANRAD, and that the approved delineation would then be established for two years. 5. Preparation of a draft of Frequently Asked Questions was discussed, including an outline of categories of FAQs. Ms. Kowalski, Ms. Payne and Ms. Prosnitz would continue to work on the FAQs. 6. Housing Needs Assessment. Ms. Rust explained that the approach would be to establish a small working group of possibly 5 people, a member from each of the constituent groups to guide, review, and provide local input on the work, including one person from the Trust, meeting once per month. Ms. Rust presented the Lexington Needs Assessment Project Introduction, including a work plan. Mr. Sandeen asked who would decide who would be on the working group. Ms. Rust said the Assistant Town Manager for Development. Mr. Sandeen suggested that a member from the Lexington Housing Authority be on the working group, to which everyone agreed. Ms. Payne was recommended by Ms. Tung to represent the Housing Trust, to which Ms. Payne agreed. CPC representation was discussed, as well, and left to Ms. Kowalski.