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<br /> <br />Lexington Housing Partnership <br />Meeting Minutes for May 20, 2010 <br /> <br />Attendees: <br /> <br />Winifred McGowan, Bill Kennedy, Wendy Manz, Bob Bicknell, Melinda Walker, Tom Harden, <br />Mary Haskell, Harriet Cohen, Carol Marine, Florence Baturin, Betsey Weiss, Steve Laferriere of <br />MWCD. <br /> <br />Bob Bicknell chaired the meeting; Harriet Cohen took the minutes. The meeting was called to order at <br />7:30pm. <br /> <br />1. Open Meeting <br />Approval of Minutes for February 2010: <br /> The motion to approve the minutes as updated passed unanimously. <br /> <br /> <br />Discuss Nominating Committee Progress <br /> The Nominating Committee will make nominations in September, after all members have <br /> <br />been appointed for the new term. <br /> The Nominating Committee members are Florence Baturin, Mary Haskell and Winifred <br /> <br />McGowan. <br /> <br />2. Ballot initiative to repeal Chapter 40B and the implications – Carol Marine <br />The ballot initiative for which signatures are being gathered would end the development of <br />affordable housing under 40B and would nullify more than 12,000 homes that have been locally <br />approved but have not obtained building permits. <br /> <br />ProtectAffordableHousing.org – the site is a work in progress; it will be launched in about 2 weeks. <br />Social media will also be employed. The first step is educating the community at large as to what <br />40B is. <br /> <br />The Campaign to Protect Affordable Housing is seeking: <br /> Endorsements <br /> <br /> Funding <br /> <br /> Email contact information <br /> <br /> <br />Ms. Marine will prepare suggested wording for a resolution of endorsement of the Campaign to <br />Protect Affordable Housing and suggested wording for a letter to the Board of Selectmen for its <br />endorsement. In the interim, the Lexington Housing Partnership will determine whether it is within <br />its charter to endorse this initiative. <br /> <br />3. Reports <br />Report from Lexington Housing Foundation –Florence Baturin <br /> The Partnership recessed to conduct a meeting of the Lexington Housing Foundation. <br /> <br /> <br />Busa Farm status – Winifred McGowan <br /> Ms. Manz said that the Board of Selectmen has written a charge for the Busa Farm <br /> <br />Committee. The Selectmen are in the process of selecting committee members. The <br /> <br />