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Meeting Minutes for May 5, 2022 Attendees: Paul Linton, Harriet, Jeri, Betsey Weiss, Joe Pato, Melanie Thompson, Wendy Manz, John Zhao, Mary Haskell Guests: Maureen Rynn, Charles Hornig Absent: Bob Burbidge, Melanie Thompson The Housing Partnership Board (HPB) meeting was chaired by Jeri Foutter and minutes were taken by Harriet Cohen. 1. Call to Order: Housing Partnership Board Meeting Ms. Foutter called the meeting to order at 7:00 p.m. and the roll was called. 2. Passage of OSRD at TM Mr. Hornig reported: The Planning Board is working on regulations to implement the OSRD. The new zoning is in effect but must be approved by the AG. A proposal for the new regulations is due in September or October. 3. Land Acquisition Subcommittee Ms. Weiss reported: The committee met on April 26 and are still working on the policy proposal. Will be provided to the HPB and then sent to Ms. Kowalski for her comments. Presentation to be created. And then to the committees. 4. Affordable Housing Resources (formerly Community Housing Specialist) Subcommittee There was no update for the Affordable Housing Resources Subcommittee 5. HPB Charge & Membership Ms. Foutter reported that the Human Rights Committee has agreed to provide a liaison to the HPB (Stephanie Hsu), as has Sustainable Lexington (Cindy Arens) 6. Board Member Updates Planning Board: Mr. Hornig reported: The Planning Board met last night to discuss its work plan. The first item of business is the Comprehensive Plan which has a housing component. The goal is to present the Comprehensive Plan at a public meeting in the fall. The Planning Board will be addressing the MBTA housing requirement following the Comprehensive Plan, when further guidance is available from the state on the implementation requirements. SPRD: Ms. Weiss reported: The committee met yesterday. The committee is assessing two different paths for the SPRD: Site Sensitive and an Alternate. The Alternate path is going to be developed to show what could have been possibly built at 6 Elliott and at 53 Hancock St. The committee anticipates that it will hold is to have public hearings shortly, obtain community input, and incorporate the community ideas. The committee's goal is to provide additional options to builders so there are housing developments other than the conventional large single family home development. Early versions of draft proposals have been written. The committee is putting them into presentable format prior to public meetings. Both proposals would permit some multi-family housing.