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Lexington Housing Partnership Meeting Minutes for Tuesday, February 20, 2018 Attendees: Harriet Cohen, Nancy Corcoran-Ronchetti,Jeri Foutter, Mary Haskell, Paul Linton,Wendy Manz, Rich McDonough, Bob Pressman (via telephone), Melinda Walker, Betsey Weiss Absent: none The meeting was chaired by Melinda Walker and minutes were taken by Harriet Cohen.The meeting was called to order at 7:37 pm. 1. Approval of minutes of January 9,2018 The LHP agreed on several minor changes to the minutes.The minutes, as amended,were approved unanimously. Ms. Corcoran-Ronchetti moved the motion and Mr. Linton seconded the motion.The motion was approved with five in favor and one abstention. 2. Recap: Manor House Lottery/ Ms. Corcoran-Ronchetti At the invitation of Elizabeth Rust of the Regional Housing Services Office, Ms. Corcoran-Ronchetti represented LHP at the lottery for the six'first-time home buyers' units at the Manor House. Ms. Corcoran- Ronchetti 'pulled the numbers'for the lottery winners.Although they did not have to be present, Ms. Corcoran-Ronchetti did meet some of the lottery winners. If any of the first six lottery winners do not acquire the units, the units will be offered to the next qualified person or persons on the waiting list. 3. Guest Presentation on a "Citizen's Article:Special Permit Residential Developments"/Matt Daggett,TMM To strengthen the Special Permit Residential Development (SPRD) process, Mr. Daggett put forward a proposal with three major goals: • Stronger focus on affordable housing • Inclusion of age-restricted housing • Preservation of more open space The age-restricted housing aspect of the proposal may be removed for Town Meeting, since it is not clear that state and federal laws or regulations allow requirements for the particular form of age- restricted housing proposed. His proposal combines public benefit development and balanced housing to create a new type of SPRD with guidelines as to the number and size of the units in the SPRD. Currently,there is no guidance around the number of units. Also as part of the proposal, affordable housing is required. At the 1.5 multiplier, 15%would have to be affordable.There is also a 2x multiplier, with 20% affordable. Per the proposal,the houses will have Gross Floor(GFA) restrictions. The differences between Mr. Daggett's proposal and the existing public benefit development/ balanced housing zoning are the affordable housing requirement,the GFA restrictions, and the requirement for open space.