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Commission on Disability February 14, 2023 Meeting Minutes Members: Victoria Buckley (Chair), Shaun Grady, Julie Miller, Janet Perry, John Rossi, Francine Stieglitz, Nancy Wong Town Liaisons: Jim Kelly, Building Commissioner; Hemali Shah, Chief Equity Officer; Mark Sandeen, Select Board Committee Liaisons: Pam Lyons, Center Committee; Bonnie Teitleman, Council on Aging Guests: Charles Hornig and Joyce Murphy from the Special Permit Residential Development Zoning Bylaw Amendment Ad Hoc Committee (SPRD) Pursuant to Governor Baker’s March 12, 2020 Order Suspending Certain Provisions of the Open Meeting Law, G.L. c. 30A, §18, and the Governor’s March 15, 2020 and subsequent Orders imposing strict limitation on the number of people that may gather in one p lace, this meeting of the Lexington Commission on Disability will be conducted via remote participation to the greatest extent possible. On July 16, 2022, Governor Baker signed into Law an Act Relative to Extending Certain State of Emergency Accommodations, which, among other things, extends the expiration of the provisions pertaining to the Open Meeting Law to March 31, 2023. Specifically, this extension allows public bodies to continue holding meetings remotely without a quorum of the public body physically present at a meeting location, and to provide "adequate, alternative" access to remote meetings. The Act does not make any new changes to the Open Meeting Law other than extending the expiration date of the temporary provisions regarding remote meeti ngs. Minutes The minutes for November 2022, December 2022 and January 2023 were unanimously approved. Presentation by Charlie Hornig and Joyce Murphy from the Special Permit Residential Development Zoning Bylaw Amendment Ad Hoc Committee (SPRD) The purpose of this bylaw (Article 33) is to increase diverse models of housing to meet different needs of residents. The permit addresses detached, attached and multifamily development. There are two types: site sensitive developments, which preserve something on the site (like wetlands) and limit the number of dwellings but not the number of dwelling units; compact neighborhood developments where there is no limit on the number of dwelling units but there is a limit on the size of the units. Both types require inclusionary (subsidized) units. Two thirds of dwelling units need to be affordable low-income (calculated at being at or below 80% of the median local income. The AAB regulations have not been updated for years. Smaller units and stacked units might be more accessible. The zoning used to be only for townhouses. The village overlay districts would be good places for multifamily housing.