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Lexington Housing Assistance Board Monthly Board Meeting Minutes February 8, 2023– 4-6 pm – Conducted in the Hudson Room, Cary Hall Call to Order A meeting of the Lexington Housing Assistance Board (LexHAB) was called to order at 4:0 4pm. LexHAB members present were Bob Burbidge, Les Savage, Tara Mizrahi, Gerry Howell, Henry Liu, Jonathan Silverstein, Sarah Morrison (LexHAB Executive Director), Pearlene Varjabedean (LexHAB Housing Director), and Regina Brown (LexHAB Financial Administrator). Guests: Eric Brown, Ingrid Klimoff, Kathryn Roy Minutes review of December 2022, Meeting A motion was made and seconded to approve January 11, 2023 meeting minutes. All approved. Chair Update: • What counts as a quorum? We are now a board of 7 members so a quorum is 4. • What is the plan on vacancies? Board seems to feel that we should bring on people as soon as possible- do not need to wait til June but do need to go through Select Board approval process Executive Director Report: • Closed on 9 Kimball • Search on for new property with $400,000 that we hope will be approved. Need to think about how we will fund the remainder. • Marketing/PR—LexHAB in the news • Dana Home Report – submitted Jan; new request March 1st- bathroom accessibility is a priority for units for seniors to make more units age-friendly. • Community Endowment grant – in Marc- maybe we can use for the Legacy initiative Also capacity building grants in October—cannot apply for both. • CPC – Rehab funds and new acquisition funds. Do we need to do a new presentation? • $5,000 for Bill Kennedy funds – Thank yous will go out soon. • 2023 Budget pulling together. 2024 budget will be a more formal process with more Board involvement. Henry, Tara and Gerry will help with this. • Bob will meet with Regina to go through preservation spreadsheet to pass the torch. • Sustainability—hitting snags/Gretchen Reisig is volunteering to help heard the cats related to the LEAN and MassSaves program • Sarah and some others have met with 4 individuals that are interested in the Board • Sarah found out that the capacity grant she applied for she was not eligible for until LexHAB is a non-profit. • Citrix Cloud computing system—trying it out. Regina approves. • Digitizing files—future project.