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1 <br />MINUTES OF THE COMMUNITY PRESERVATION COMMITTEE <br />June 7, 2022 <br />REMOTE ZOOM MEETING <br />MEETING ID: 456 375 8551 <br /> <br />JOINT MEETING WITH CAPITAL EXPENDITURES COMMITTEE AND A FFORDABLE HOUSING <br />TRUST STUDY COMMITTEE <br /> <br />Committee Members Present by Roll Call: Marilyn Fenollosa (Chair), Kevin Beuttell (arrived <br />8:30), Bob Creech, David Horton (arrived 8:35), Jeanne Krieger, Joe Pato, Robert Pressman, <br />Lisah Rhodes, Melinda Walker and David Kanter (Nonmember liaison to the CPC from the <br />Capital Expenditures Committee) <br /> <br />Committee Member(s) absent: None <br /> <br />Capital Expenditures Committee (CEC) Members Present: Charles Lamb (Chair), David Kanter <br />(Vice Chair), Sandhya Beebee, Michael Boudett, Rodney Cole, Frank Smith, Sara Arnold <br />(Nonmember recording secretary to CEC) <br /> <br />Affordable Housing Trust Study Committee (AHTSC) Members Present: Kathryn Roy (Chair), <br />Gretchen Reisig (Vice Chair), Jeri Foutter, Carol Marine, Tara Mizhari, Linda Prosnitz, Betsey <br />Weiss. <br /> <br />Other Attendees: Carolyn Kosnoff (Assistant Town Manager for Finance), Carol Kowalski <br />(Assistant Town Manager for Land Use and Community Development), Glenn Parker <br />(Appropriation Committee Chair), Bob Burbidge (LexHAB Chair), Sarah Morrison (LexHAB <br />Executive Director), Liz Rust (Regional Housing Services Office) <br /> <br />1. Call to order: Ms. Fenollosa called the CPC meeting to order at 8:04 AM. <br /> <br />2. Consideration of issues and financing associated with the creation of an Affordable <br />Housing Trust (AHT) in Lexington: <br /> <br />Ms. Roy gave a PowerPoint presentation concerning AHTs (see attached slides). Issues <br />discussed: <br /> <br />• Why does Lexington need an AHT <br />• What other Massachusetts communities have AHTs <br />• What an AHT can do: create affordable housing opportunities, preserve <br />affordable housing, other miscellaneous powers) <br />• Powers of AHTs under state enabling legislation, MGL Ch. 44, § 55C <br />• Potential AHT funding sources and funds flow <br />• Role of Lexington Housing Assistance Board (LexHAB)