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t1891 ' Lexington Rowing Partnership Boar' Meeting Minutes for March 23, 2021 Attendees: Bob Burbidge, Harriet Cohen,Jeri Foutter, Mary Haskell, Paul Linton, Robert Peters, Bob Pressman, Mark Sandeen, Melanie Thompson, Melinda Walker, Betsey Weiss,John Zhao Absent: Nancy Corcoran-Ronchetti, Wendy Manz Guests: Matt Daggett, Pamela Hallett, Bill Kennedy,Jonina Schonfeld The Housing Partnership Board (HPB) meeting was chaired by Jeri Foutter and minutes were taken by Harriet Cohen. 1. Call to Order The meeting was called to order at 7:03. 2. Affordable Housing Trusts(AHT), Housing Development Corporations(HDC),and Community Development Corporations(CDC) Ms. Hallett, Executive Director, Housing Corporation of Arlington (HCA), spoke about the work that Arlington has done to create affordable housing.The Housing Corporation has provided a vehicle that has enabled Arlington to create local affordable housing. The HCA is a CDC. As a CDC, the HCA can provide a variety of community services, including housing,tutoring, and mentoring. If it were an AHT, it would be limited to building houses. The HCA is both a type of CDC known as a Community Housing Development Organization (CHDO) and a Certified Development Corporation.The advantage of being a CHDO is that CHDOs have access to HOME funding. As a Community Development Corporation,they have access to DHDC funds for housing and they can participate in a citizen tax credit program. In this program, if a citizen donates a minimum of$1,000,the citizen receives a credit of half the donated amount towards their state taxes.The donor can choose the use of their funds. Ms. Hallett answered questions from the HPB regarding financial and other aspects of CDCs. She offered to provide a tour of the scattered site housing that is nearing completion. 3. HPB Vote on AHT, HDC, and/or CDC The HPB reviewed the draft letter supporting the creation of a task force to investigate the creation of an AHT and a task force to investigate reconstituting LexHAB as a CDC.The HPB asked for clarifications of the language of the letter while agreeing on the purpose of the letter. As such,the HPB agreed that the HPB members would provide edits to Ms. Cohen. Mr. Linton then moved that the HPB support in principle a task force to investigate the creation of an AHT and support a task force to investigate reconstituting LexHAB as a CDC. Ms. Weiss seconded the motion.The motion passed unanimously. 4. Article 36 Mr. Daggett provided a roadmap laying out a timeline for housing mitigation. He shared new areas of investigation since his presentation at the last HPB meeting. Mr. Daggett then answered