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:: :: MAP Lexington Housing Partnership Board Meeting Minutes for August 20,2020 Attendees: Harriet Cohen,Jeri Foutter, Mary Haskell, Paul Linton, Bob Peters, Bob Pressman, Melanie Thompson, Betsey Weiss Absent: Wendy Manz, Rich McDonough, Melinda Walker Guest: Charles Hornig 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 7:09 pm. 1. Call to Order 2. Approve Prior Minutes Ms. Weiss moved approval of the minutes of July 16, 2020. Ms.Thompson seconded the motion. Mr. Pressman abstained from the vote; all other members voted in favor of approval. 3. Board Member Updates ■ Planning Board Mr. Peters: most of the items on the development agenda for the spring meeting were postponed because of financial issues.The development items will be on the Special fall town meeting warrant list. Hearings are planned at the September Planning Board meetings on September 2, 9, and 14 and possibly also on September 23. ■ LexHAB Mr. Pressman said that LexHAB reported that no Vine Street residents had come to view the Farmview units. ■ Lexington Housing Authority No updates at this meeting. ■ Council on Aging No update at this meeting. ■ SPRD Committee Two meetings, 7/21 and Tuesday.Jennifer Van Campen, Executive Director at Metro West Collaborative Development, spoke on Zoom at the July 21 SPRD Committee meeting. Her key point was that to get state credit and state aid, at least 25 units would need to be built. Smaller developments are an equal amount of work.The state is very unlikely to fund developments of under 10 units. Ted Brovitz, the SPRD consultant, talked about pocket neighborhoods and other housing types. He recommended changing the name of the Bylaw from SPRD to "Flexible Residential Developments" or"Balanced Residential Developments". Ms. Weiss is recommending that the density bonus add clarity as to the public benefit, especially regarding affordable and attainable housing. Need to incentivize zoning to get more units.