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<br /> <br />Lexington Housing Partnership <br />Meeting Minutes for September 25, 2008 <br /> <br />Attendees: <br /> <br />Wendy Manz, Bob Bicknell, Art Katz, Betsey Weiss, Tom Harden, Florence Baturin, Harriet Cohen, <br />Martha Wood, Melinda Walker <br /> <br />Bob Bicknell chaired the meeting; Harriet Cohen took the minutes. The meeting was called to order at <br />7:18 pm. <br /> <br />1. Open Meeting <br />The June and August minutes, as modified, were approved unanimously. <br /> <br /> <br />2. Sub-Committee Reports <br />Consortium of Local Towns Proposal to MHP – Mr. Bicknell <br />In anticipation of approval of the grant proposal, the Consortium has developed an RFP. The <br />RFP will solicit bids for a consultant to survey the Consortium towns and recommend a <br />structure to enable the towns to work together more effectively on affordable housing. Mr. <br />Bicknell will be signing a Memorandum of Understanding which establishes an oversight <br />body. <br /> <br />Continuation of Lexington Site Analysis <br />The 2001 list of potential properties for affordable housing development is available. It will <br />be reviewed to determine which properties are no longer available. <br /> <br />Report from Lexington Housing Foundation – Mr. Bicknell and Ms. Baturin <br />Fund raising results update: Mr. Bicknell and Ms. Baturin have been in touch with several <br />banks. Citizen’s Bank has agreed to provide a donation of $500. <br /> <br />3. Discussion of Survey and Define Report <br />Ms. Sunnarborg’s survey has been completed and was emailed to the Partnership membership. It <br />concludes that professional support is needed for affordable housing projects. The Town Manager <br />does not believe that the housing specialist’s salary should be paid from CPA funds. No other funds <br />are available for that position. <br /> <br />The next step is to distill the report and determine which programs are applicable to Lexington. Ms. <br />Sunnarborg will then help us develop a program for Lexington. The Partnership discussed the <br />report and agreed that we do not have enough time to develop a proposal for the CPC by Nov. 1. <br /> <br />The Partnership discussed the report. A sub-committee of the Partnership will be meeting with Ms. <br />Sunnarborg. Please contact Mr. Bicknell if you have any ideas for discussion at the meeting. <br /> <br />The next Lexington Housing Partnership meeting will be held on October 30, 2008 from 7:00 to 9:00 pm <br />in the Ellen Stone Room of Cary Hall. <br /> <br />The meeting was concluded at 8:39 pm <br />