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Lexington Housing Partnership Meeting Minutes for February 24, 2005 Attendees: Bob Bicknell, Arthur Katz, Florence Baturin, Jeri Foutter, Inky MacDougall, Tom Harden, Anne Frymer, Sherry Gordon, Ruth Ladd and David Williams. Bob Bicknell chaired the meeting; Jeri Foutter took the minutes. The meeting was called to order at 7:00 pm. Community Preservation Act (CPA) 1. Bob updated the Partnership on the Community Preservation Act activities:  Submitted article descriptions and coordinated with legal on motions.  Attended conference to hear experiences of other communities.  Coordinated with Conservation, Historic Preservation, Recreation committees in town.  Discussed CPA with Appropriations (Eric Michelson) and Mary Jo Bohart of the nd Chamber of Commerce and will brief Capital Expenditures committee on March 2 and rd Appropriation Committee on March 3.  Briefed Selectmen on Warrant Articles 7 & 8 and provided supplementary information. copies being e-mailed to Partnership ().  Coordinated with TMMA (Ellen McDonald) for their info to TMMA. Will present to th them on March 17. th Selectmen to discuss articles on March 14 9pm with Jay Gonzales, town council. th Will need Town Meeting member Town Meeting considers the articles on March 30. to make the motions.  I will present a report from the Partnership under Article 2 on March 28 and will present th. info on Articles 7 & 8 on the 30 Probably with Conservation Committee (Joyce Miller) and historical Commission (Marilyn Fenollosa). 2. Franklin School Apartments The Town of Lexington, Community Builders, Mass Housing and Marshall Derby of LexHab will be meeting to discuss the possibility of the Town buying the Franklin School Apartments property. Currently, there are approximately 2 to 3 units that are vacant. 3. Warrant Article 19 – Conservation Land Transfer Warrant Article 19 concerns the future use of the front lots on North Street, near the intersection of North Street and Lowell Street. There has been discussion about not supporting this Article, so that the front lots could possibly be developed in the future by LexHAB for an over 55 community, with some housing available at 120% of Area Median Income (AMI). Note: The back lots are controlled by Recreation. 4. Hear Reports from Sub-committees. Zoning By-Law Changes : Tom Harden mentioned that the Zoning By-law changes are st scheduled for one of the 1 sessions at Town Meeting. At this time, the Planning Board is 4 to 1 in favor of the proposed changes. HOME Consortium : Jeanne Krieger and Bob attended a meeting with HUD Boston held at the behest of Framingham. Reps Markey and Franks sent their aides. They will take action