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Against: none Abstaining: none Ms. Foutter thanked the Planning Board for their work. 6. Land Acquisition Ms. Weiss presented the Land Acquisition Policy draft. The HPB members had comments on the draft. Ms. Weiss asked for comments to be sent to her so she could incorporate them and revise the draft. The Land Acquisition Policy working group will review the comments and update the memo as needed. The policy will be brought back to the HPB for another round of review. 7. Board Member Updates CPC: Mr. Pressman: The CPC has voted the following funding from the CPA funds: $1.5M for the Affordable Housing Trust and over $300,000 for LexHAB for work on their units. LexHAB had previously been authorized by the Select Board to spend $325,000 on a mortgage for a house to be acquired by LexHAB. Subsequently, an additional $400,000 was allocated to LexHAB for that purchase. The CPC received a proposal for renovation of the Stone Building that requests $400,000 for design documents and funding for emergency repairs at 2023 ATM. There is an estimate of $10M for construction costs, which are unknown at this time and a contingency fund expense targeted at $0.9M. The money will be allocated over several years. This is the same amount of money that has been allocated to affordable housing since the inception of the CPC. Planning Board: Mr. Hornig: The focus of the PB has been on Articles 33 and 34, with a review of Article 40 proposed by Matt Daggett. The Planning Board will continue to work on their Articles 33 and 34. SPRD: Ms. Weiss presented a brief overview of the SPRD proposed zoning bylaw. LexHAB: There was no update at this meeting. Lexington Housing Authority: There was no update at this meeting. COA: Mr. Zhao: COA is investigating a LexExpress-lite service. COA will invite the Town Transportation Department to their next meeting to provide feedback on their proposal. Affordable Housing Trust Study Committee (AHTSC): The AHTSC has not held any meeting since the last HPB meeting. Sustainable Lexington: Ms. Arens: Ms. Arens, LexCan, and the town resiliency officer are working with LexHAB to get rebates and incentives for weatherization and other resiliency and efficiency improvements for affordable housing residents. They have applied for a grant from Massachusetts to perform broader outreach within Lexington. The grant is for a part-time position to help the community take advantage of programs to improve resiliency and efficiency of their housing units.