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Lexington Housing Partnership Board Meeting Minutes for January 22, 2019 Attendees: Harriet Cohen, Nancy Corcoran-Ronchetti,Jeri Foutter, Paul Linton, Bob Pressman, Melanie Thompson, Melinda Walker, Betsey Weiss Absent: Rich McDonough, Mary Haskell, Wendy Manz Action Items: ■ HPB members: review the material on the Lexington website regarding the 186 Bedford Street development (list documents). ■ HPB members: review the material at the links provided by Jeri Foutter regarding the 40R and 40S legislation and please read about the Massachusetts starter home initiative (see this article for a summary of the starter home initiative). 0 40R ■ https://www.mass.gov/service-details/chapter-40r ■ https://www.chapa.org/sites/default/files/TheUseofCh40R 2018.pdf 0 40S ■ https://www.mass.gov/service-details/chapter-40-s ■ http://www.concordsqdev.com/pdfs/050522 CHTF School Funding.pdf o Housing Production Plan ■ Section VI -Goals and Objectives, p. 43-p. 53 - info for HPB and goals we can work on. ■ p. 42 2.6 talks about modifying overlay districts ■ Ms.Weiss will ask Mr. Pato as to where the funds from Brookhaven will go. (The clarification is requested as these funds are specifically for building new affordable units.) ■ Mr. Linton to post handouts at HPB meetings on the website to make them available for review by HPB members and other interested parties. ■ [revised] Ms.Cohen will draft a letter to Lexington's state legislators supporting this legislation. She will send it to the HPB for review and then discussion at a subsequent HPB meeting. o Revision: Chris Kluchman, former chair of the Housing Partnership Board, is the driving force behind this legislation. We will invite Ms. Kluchman to provide an overview of this legislation. ■ [complete] Ms. Foutter will contact the Comprehensive Planning Process committee to ask for a representative of the committee to talk with the HPB at an HPB meeting. (Agenda Item 4) ■ [complete] Ms.Weiss will resend the description of the Town's three affordable housing related entities. ■ [complete] All members: provide comments on the housing entities descriptions by Dec. 21 ■ [complete] Ms. Foutter will find out how the members may add themselves (or be added to)the TMMA Google Group. ■ [complete] Ms. Foutter will contact Mr. Reyelt to discuss modifications to the presentation based on the comments and feedback from the HPB.