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Lexington Housing Partnership Meeting Minutes for June 29, 2006 Attendees: Florence Baturin Bob Bicknell Winifred McGowan Bill Carlson Jeri Foutter Florence Baturin Tom Hardin Mary Haskell Harriet Cohen Iris Wheaton Ken Kreutziger Inky MacDougall Paul Linton Julie Duncan Betsy Weiss Chris Eaton Greg Zurlow Bob Bicknell chaired the meeting; Harriet Cohen took the minutes. The meeting was called to order at 7:05 pm. 1. Open Meeting – (Approval of May minutes) The May minutes were approved unanimously. 2. Affordable Housing Deed Restriction program Mr. Bicknell proposed hiring a consultant to develop a program to achieve state approval for a affordable housing deed restriction program. The Partnership supported the notion of a deed restriction program. There was discussion about next steps. Mr. Bicknell and Ms. McGowan will be meeting with a consultant who is working with Stowe on a similar program. They will ask the consultant for a proposal for a study. 3. Discuss plans for inclusionary zoning information meetings Several planning board members will hold an “Inclusionary Zoning 101” on Saturday, July 22 at 9AM and Saturday, August 5 at 1PM. The goal is to create a corps of people knowledgeable about and ready to act as proponents for the Inclusionary Zoning by-law proposal. Partnership members were asked to advise Mr. Bicknell of their availability for the meeting. The Partnership suggested that Town Meeting Members be invited to the information session. 4. Neighborhood conservation districts Ms. Wheaton gave several examples of communities that had already successfully established neighborhood conservation districts. It is likely that two bylaws would be needed to move forward. The first would be a bylaw to establish the ability to set up neighborhood conservation districts. The second bylaw would define the neighborhood. Ms. Wheaton called for some assistance in her efforts. This is not a single person task; it requires additional help. The Partnership requested further information from Sally Zimmerman. 5. Lexington Housing Partnership web site The web site is now available at www.lexhp.org . Ms. Foutter has posted the minutes there. Alex Fuchs, who is building the web site, is unavailable for the summer. Mr. Linton has volunteered to look at the web site and see if he can improve it. 6. HOME Consortium Funds The following responsibilities have been assigned the Housing Partnership by the Board of Selectmen: