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Public Hearing for FY2009 CPC Proposals Cary Auditorium, Cary Memorial Building Thursday, December 20, 2007 7:00 p.m. CPC Members Present: Joel Adler, Norm Cohen, Marilyn Fenollosa, Wendy Manz, Leo McSweeney, Richard Pagett, Judy Pearson, Sandy Shaw, Betsey Weiss, Dick Wolk CPC Chair, Betsey Weiss with introductions of the Community Preservation Committee members, th opened the meeting. Betsey convened the meeting at 7:05 p.m., continuing it from December 13. The agenda items were presented as follows: 1. Lexington Site Analysis Project (Housing Partnership) $25,000 – presented by Bob Bicknell Bob Bicknell briefly outlined this project, which is to identify developable building lots in the Town of Lexington that are suitable for affordable housing. The project is an extension of past efforts and designed to provide up-to-date resources and GIS data to identify developable land opportunities throughout Lexington. Questions: 1. David Kanter, Capital Expenditures Committee, asked how this is connected with other GIS efforts of the Town. Will the material become publicly available? Bob responded that he is not aware of how accessibility is set-up. He imagined the Engineering and Planning Departments would have access to this information and it is therefore likely to be treated like other Town Office information. 2. Frank Sandy, TMM, Precinct 6, asked about the picture on the PowerPoint slide. Marilyn Fenollosa explained that it was a chart used in the Homebuyers Assistance Program project application. 3. David Kanter, Capital Expenditure Committee, commented that the results of this project could be viewed as a roadmap for anyone to develop in town. He expressed concern that with public knowledge, this material could be very useful to real estate developers. Bob Bicknell shared his own concern, which is that they do not have a way to identify affordable properties and this effort will allow them a more modern approach. 2. Survey and Define the Homebuyer Assistance Program (LexHAB and Housing Partnership) $25,000 – presented by Bill Hays and Bob Bicknell Bob Bicknell announced that this is an amended project from the original Homebuyer Assistance Program project. Rather than the $470,000 previously requested, Lexington Housing Partnership and LexHAB are seeking $25,000 to define an appropriate home ownership program for the Town. Therefore, the project that had previously been submitted for CPC consideration has been amended. The request now is for only $25,000. With this, they will create a Statement of Objectives and Summary for how best to achieve affordable housing. Bill Hays shared some history stating that the Town of Lexington has become a resource of affordable rental housing know-how for other communities. And therefore, at this time, they are interested, on Public Meeting 12.20.07 Minutes – FINAL 1.16.08 1