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RECEIVED 2022 28 Jain, ain't TOWN CLERK Minutes of the Community Preservation Committee LEXINGTON MA Thursday, December 9, 2021 Remote Zoom Meeting Meeting ID: 869 8806 4599 4:00 PM Committee Members Present: Marilyn Fenollosa (Chair); Charles Hornig (Vice-Chair), David Horton,Jeanne Krieger, David Langseth, Joe Pato (arrived at 4:10PM), Bob Pressman, Lisah Rhodes, Melinda Walker. Administrative Assistant: Gina Federico Other Attendees: David Kanter, Vice-Chair, Capital Expenditures Committee liaison to the CPC; Amber Carr, Conservation Coordinator; Mike Cronin, Director of Public Facilities; Alex Dohan, Conservation Commission; Caileen Foley, Executive Director, Lexington Housing Authority; Phil Hamilton (arrived 4:08 PM), Chair, Conservation Commission; William Kennedy, Chair, LexHAB; Karen Mullins, Conservation Administrator; Shawn Newell, Assistant Director of Public Facilities; David Pollak, Architect; Lester Savage, LexHAB; Annie Steele, Architect; Ingrid Klimoff (arrived 4:04 PM), Town Meeting Member. Ms. Fenollosa called the meeting to order at 4:02 PM. Revised FY23 CPA Funding Request- Lexington Housing Authority-Vynebrooke Village Modernization Prosect- Ms. Foley requested $454,615 in CPA funds to supplement state funding for a large-scale modernization project at Vynebrooke Village, including the conversion of three units into fully handicapped accessible units. Ms. Foley revised her original application due to feedback from the Committee wanting a more detailed breakdown of which expenses are CPA funding-eligible. Ms. Foley addressed Town Counsels annual CPA eligibility memo expressing concerns about the eligibility of the wetland mitigation and the use of funds for preservation of the ADA units. Ms. Foley explained that Vynebrooke is in a wetland area and that the ADA unit bump outs are going to be in the resource area which is why there is a need for wetland mitigation funding. The project will create more wetlands and in the process invasive species will be removed. Mr. Hornig stated that improving ADA compliance is considered rehabilitation according to the Department of Housing and Community Development (DHCD) and that rehabilitation is only allowed under the CPA if the units were purchased with CPA funds, which Vynebrooke Village was not. Ms. Fenollosa asked if preservation of the units would require compliance with ADA requirements. Mr. Pollak said yes. Mr. Pressman stated that wetland mitigation could be eligible for CPA funding under the Open Space category and posed the idea of funding the wetland mitigation under Open Space instead of Community Housing. Ms. Foley asked the 1