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:: :: MAP Lexington Housing Partnership Board Meeting Minutes for September 24,2020 Attendees: Harriet Cohen,Jeri Foutter, Mary Haskell, Wendy Manz, Robert Peters, Bob Pressman, Melanie Thompson, Melinda Walker, Betsey Weiss Absent: Rich McDonough, Paul Linton 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 August 20, 2020. Mr. Peters seconded the motion. The motion passed unanimously, with one abstention (Ms. Walker). Mr. Peters moved approval of the minutes of September 3, 2020. Ms. Walker seconded the motion.The motion passed unanimously, with one abstention (Ms. Walker). 3. Board Member Updates ■ Planning Board Mr. Peters: have been holding hearings on proposals that will come before town meeting. A hearing for Hartwell Ave will be held next Wednesday. Mr. Peters encouraged HPB members to read the Hartwell Ave proposed zoning changes and to attend the meeting. Ms. Walker said she would contact Matt Daggett regarding his request to the Select Board for legislation to empower the Town with the authority to impose a tax on building houses. Ms. Walker will ask him to contact Ms. Foutter regarding a presentation to the HPB. ■ LexHAB Mr. Pressman: LexHAB is not meeting until next Wednesday.There is no update for this meeting. Ms. Walker:There were 176 applicants in the lottery for the 6 units at Farmview.This is indicative of the need for affordable housing in Lexington. ■ Lexington Housing Authority All residents in LHA properties have stayed safe and well during the pandemic. Ms. Walker is working on compiling racial and ethnicity statistics for the Town of Lexington. ■ Council on Aging No update at this meeting. ■ SPRD Committee There was a meeting last week.Ted Brovitz, the consultant, proposed a draft of the revised SPRD zoning.There was very little on affordable housing and only one out of seven residential development types was workforce infill housing. Ms. Weiss indicated her disappointment with the lack of consideration for affordable housing to Jill Hai. Ms. Manz