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Lexington Housing Partnership Meeting Minutes for May 18, 2006 Attendees: Mary Haskell, Harriet Cohen, Tom Harden, Winifred McGowan, Wendy Manz, Florence Baturin, Mary Ann McCall-Taylor, Bob Bicknell, Bill Carlsen, Jeri Foutter, Iris Wheaton, Chris Eaton Bob Bicknell chaired the meeting; Harriet Cohen took the minutes. The meeting was called to order at 7:09 pm. 1. Approval of January and March Minutes The minutes for January, 2006 and March 2006 were approved unanimously. 2. Welcome New Board Members Tom Harden, Nick Santosuosso (representing the Council on Aging) and Greg Zurlo (representing the Planning Board) have joined the LHP. 3. Discuss CPA Procedures (Betsey Weiss) The application for applying for CPA funds is complete. For the anticipated Fall Town Meeting, projects will be accepted through August 1. The next deadline is November 1, for voting at the Spring Town Meeting. At the most recent Town Meeting, $100,000 was allocated to the Police Station Dispatch Room for interior renovation, $100,000 capital repairs for the Fire Station, and $60,000 for environmental controls for the vault in the basement of Town Hall. This was all historic preservation. 10% ($230,000) was banked for each of affordable housing and 10% ($230,000) for open space. Most of the remainder was banked as unreserved. An enclosure explaining the CPA surcharge will be included with the next Town tax bill sent out to residents. 4. Discuss Plans for Promoting Inclusionary Zoning Bylaw (Wendy Manz) Ms. Manz suggested that we put together a campaign for the Inclusionary Zoning Bylaw in much the same way as we would put together a campaign for a ballot initiative. The first step would be training volunteers so that they are thoroughly versed in the bylaw. The next step is putting together a plan and timeline, along with gathering some data as to how other towns have successfully used inclusionary zoning. Then launch the campaign in the fall with informational meetings, articles and letters in the Lexington MinuteMan, and so on. 5. Committee Reports (Chris Eaton) 40-R Smart Growth Examples 40-R development is cumbersome and has not been used, to this point, by municipalities. The overlay districts permitted by 40-R have mostly been pursued by developers for site- specific developments.