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�RECEIVED 2022 21 l uir, 155 Ipim Minutes of the Community Preservation Committee February 24, 2022 1 OWN CLERK Remote Zoom Meeting LEXINGTON Meeting ID: 865 9851 2270 4:00 p.m. Committee Members Present by Roll Call: Marilyn Fenollosa (Chair), David Horton,Jeanne Krieger, David Langseth,Joe Pato, Robert Pressman, Lisah Rhodes and Melinda Walker Committee Member(s)Absent: Charles Hornig(Vice-Chair) Other Attendee: David Kanter (Capital Expenditures Committee Liaison) Ms. Fenollosa called the meeting to order at 4:05 PM. Review and Approve Report to 2022 Annual Meeting Ms. Fenollosa reviewed a few items about the formatting of the annual report, one being the use of the Oxford comma and another being the use of justified margins. Ms. Fenollosa reported Mr. Hornig had raised a concern about one of the criteria for Community Housing, specifically: "Give priority to local residents, Town employees and employees of local businesses." (Page 6.) He felt the Committee should talk about whether we should still encourage a local preference because it no longer is considered good practice. Ms. Walker indicated her support of Mr. Hornig's concerns. She explained that this requirement contradicts the restriction in the LexHAB guidelines that any housing acquired or built using CPAfunds has to be eligible for inclusion on the SHI.She said that if LexHAB wanted to set aside a unit only for individuals with a Lexington connection the unit could be counted on the SHI. She explained that a local preference percentage can be applied to SHI units and that the Lexington practice has been to set aside 70% of units for local preference. However, since local preference is now recognized as an impediment to fair housing, several communities have lowered their local preferences to 25%. There was a discussion about whether the phrase could be edited to add in the current practice of 70% local preference in Lexington or whether the phrase should be taken out of the document. Following the discussion, the Committee voted by a roll call vote to remove the sentence altogether. (8- 0). Mr. Pressman asked if the Committee would consider adding an explanation of the vote on Article 10 (e) "Center Recreation Bathrooms& Maintenance Building Renovation (pages 14& 15). He requested that the following be inserted: "The dissenter is supportive of the project but believes that the use of tax levy funds should have continued to be the planned payment method." The Committee voted by a roll call vote to approve adding the explanation to the report. (8-0). Ms. Fenollosa asked for a motion to accept the 'final draft' of the CPC report as amended. The Committee voted by a roll call vote to accept the report. (8-0). 1