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tft Lexington Housing Partnership Board Meeting Minutes for January 28,2020 Attendees: Harriet Cohen,Jeri Foutter, Mary Haskell, Paul Linton, Wendy Manz, Bob Peters, Mark Sandeen, Melinda Walker, Betsey Weiss Absent: Rich McDonough, Melanie Thompson Guests: The Housing Partnership Board (HPB) meeting was chaired by Jeri Foutter and minutes were taken by Harriet Cohen.The meeting was called to order at 6:56 pm. 1. Call to Order 2. Approve Prior Minutes Ms. Walker moved approval of the minutes of July 22, 2019. Ms. Weiss seconded the motion. The motion passed with 4 in favor, 0 against, and 3 abstentions Mr. Peters moved approval of the minutes of November 4, 2019, Mr. Linton seconded the motion.The motion passed with 4 in favor, 0 against, and 3 abstentions. The HPB discussed the minutes of the November 25, 2019 minutes and agreed on updates to the minutes. Ms. Walker moved approval of the minutes. Mr. Peters seconded the motion.The motion passed with 5 in favor, 0 against, and 2 abstentions. 3. Brookline TMA—RE Transfer Fee Brookline has proposed a 2%fee real estate transfer fee (1% buyer, 1% seller) on house sales. The money would go to the Brookline housing trust. Ms. Walker will invite the sponsor of the bill to an HPB meeting to explain what Brookline has done with the bill. 4. Board Member Updates ■ Planning Board The Town has hired a new planning director, Amanda Loomis. She started during the first week in January. She is off to a strong start.The Board is preparing for several zoning articles that will be presented to Town Meeting. The developer has been at the Board several times regarding the former nursing home property. The developer is proposing a Balanced Housing development.The proposal will not come to Town Meeting since it is under the Balanced Housing regulations. ■ LexHAB LexHAB decided not to ask for money at this spring town meeting for the Farmview development (the Lowell Street development). LexHAB withdrew its CPA application for funding. ■ Lexington Housing Authority No update.