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Meeting Minutes for September 29, 2022 Attendees: Harriet Cohen (Clerk), Jeri Foutter (Chair), Charles Hornig (Planning Board), Paul Linton, Wendy Manz, Bob Pressman, Maureen Rynn (LHA liaison), Betsey Weiss Absent: Cindy Arens (Sustainable Lexington liaison), Sarah Morrison (LexHAB liaison), Joe Pato (Select Board liaison), Melanie Thompson, John Zhao (COA) 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. OSRD, Comprehensive Plan, MBTA Communities Updates The PB approved volume 1 of the Comprehensive Plan. The approval of volume 1 will provide the Planning Board and planning staff the time to engage in other important areas including Open Space Residential Development (OSRD) zoning and MBTA community housing zoning. The OSRD zoning will be discussed at the next meeting of the Planning Board. The Planning Board has a goal of adopting the OSRD zoning on Oct. 12. The Planning Board will also start the MBTA Community Housing discussion. The MBTA Community Housing law is still missing some technical guidance from the state, but there is sufficient information to enable the Planning Board to begin the “big picture” questions, for example, is the focus on the Center or on other parts of Town. The Planning Board will also seek to engage the public and continue to solicit public input. 3. Land Acquisition Subcommittee and minutes Ms. Kowalski has provided some comments on the draft Land Acquisition Policy. The comments led to a table being included in the draft Land Acquisition Policy. The plan is to review the draft policy at the next HPB meeting. If the HPB approves the draft, the next step will be to reach out to relevant committees for their input. Mr. Linton moved the minutes of the Land Acquisition Committee meeting and Mr. Pressman seconded the motion. Voting in favor: Ms. Cohen, Ms. Foutter, Mr. Hornig, Mr. Linton, Ms. Manz, Mr. Pressman, Ms. Betsey Weiss Voting against: none Abstaining: none 4. Housing Resource Subcommittee minutes Ms. Manz moved approval of the Housing Resource Subcommittee minutes and Ms. Weiss seconded the motion. Voting in favor: Ms. Cohen, Ms. Foutter, Mr. Hornig, Mr. Linton, Ms. Manz, Mr. Pressman, Ms. Weiss Voting against: none Abstaining: none