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<br /> <br />Lexington Housing Partnership <br />Meeting Minutes for October 25, 2004 <br /> <br />Attendees: <br /> <br /> <br />Florence Baturin Bob Bicknell Ken Kreutziger Harriet Cohen <br /> <br /> <br />Inky MacDougall Donald Graham Betsy Weiss Maryann McCall-Taylor <br /> <br />Bob Bicknell chaired the meeting; Harriet Cohen took the minutes. <br /> <br />The meeting was called to order at 7:11 pm. <br /> <br />1. Hear Reports from Sub-committees. <br /> <br />Zoning By-Law Changes <br /> (Mary Haskell) <br />Ms. Haskell submitted her report via e-mail (see Appendix I). Mr. Bicknell noted that the <br />Planning Board will consider the warrant articles they will support. They are likely to support <br />the accessory apartment by-law and the adaptive re-use by-law. They are unlikely to support <br />the inclusionary zoning by-law at this time because it is a complex issue regarding more study <br />and more public review. However, they do plan to describe all the zoning initiatives in the <br />information sessions that will be held. <br /> <br />HOME Consortium <br /> (Bob Bicknell) <br />The Lexington HOME Plan has been submitted to the MetroWest consortium. MetroWest will <br />include the plan in the MetroWest plan. There will be at least one and probably two public <br />hearings on the Lexington HOME Plan and another public hearing on the MetroWest plan. <br /> <br />Housing Trust <br /> (Florence Baturin) <br />Work is in progress to obtain IRS approval for the 501(3)(c) status. <br /> <br />Land Use <br /> (Winifred McGowan) <br />No updates to report at this time. <br /> <br /> <br />2. Report from the chair <br />ACTION <br /> <br />David Burns will represent the Lexington Housing Partnership on the ACTION committee. <br /> <br />New LIP by Homes Development Corp <br />Mr. Bicknell was briefed by The Homes Corp about their LIP (Local Initiative Program). The <br />LHP is a required approver of the LIP program as is the Board of Selectmen. The Homes Corp <br />has bought some land at state auction. The zoning regulations would allow the Homes Corp to <br />build, at most, two single-family houses. Instead, they are proposing through the LIP to build 8 <br />town homes, with 2 affordable. We will continue to monitor the progress on the LIP and <br />determine what our next steps will be. <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br />