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Home My WebLink About2014-05-01-HPB-min Lexington Housing Partnership MeetingMinutesforMay1,2014 Attendees:MelindaWalker,JoePato,NancyCorcoranRonchetti,JeriFoutter,HarrietCohen,Wendy Manz,MaryHaskell,BetseyWeiss ThemeetingwaschairedbyBetseyWeissandtheminutesweretakenbyHarrietCohen.Themeeting wascalledtoorderat7:39pm. 7,2014 1.Busa\[ĻǣI!.͸ƭ6unitspassedTMonApril TheLHPnotedthepassageofthe6LexHabaffordablehousingunitsontheBusapropertyatTown Meeting.ThePartnershipwasgratifiedbythenumberofspeakerswhovoicedsupportforthehousing. 2.Discuss/findthreerecommendationsfromtheHPPtosendtotheBOSfor6/19BoSGoalSetting Meeting AttheLHPmeetingonThursdayevening,theattendeesagreedthatwewouldprovideasetof3to5 recommendationstotheBoardofSelectmeninconjunctionwiththeHousingProductionPlan.The LHPproposedfourrecommendationsforconsideration.Theycanbesummarizedasfollows: ImplementplansaspreviouslysubmittedforLeary(andincludeURL) LexingtonhasnotidentifiedopportunitiesforTowncreatedaffordablehousingbeyondthe developmentoftheLearyproperty.Thismeansthataffordablehousinggrowthwillnotkeepup withthegrowthinmarketratehouses,andwillfallbelowthe10%thresholdspecifiedin Chapter40B.Hence,ourrecommendationis: Assessthefeasibilityofbuyingahousewithalargelot,spendingintherangeof$500$750K andputtingasmallclusterofaffordablehousingunitsonthelot.Thiswouldbeamultiyear developmenteffort. Exploreoptionsfordenserhousingdevelopment,forexample,forseniorhousing. TheplanisthattheLHPwilltoagreeonasetofrecommendationsatthenextmeetingonMay22, andthentakeavoteonthemtoformallyproposethemtotheBoS. 3.DiscusspointsforafallOpEdonwhyweneedaffordablehousingifweareat10% Thecommitteediscussedtheaspectsofaffordablehousingthatwouldmakeacaseforimplementing additionalaffordablehousinginLexington,eventhoughtheTownisbeyondtheChapter40B opedforthe\[ĻǣźƓŭƷƚƓaźƓǒƷĻƒğƓ thatmakesthiscase. requirementof10%.Thegoalistocreatean 4.NewBusiness Ms.WalkerwillbeshowingSteveLaferriereofMetroWestCollaborativeDevelopmentsomeof thepropertiesonthelistoflargertownproperties(theͻ5ƚķƭƚƓƌźƭƷͼΜ͵Theseareprivately thedevelopmentofaffordablehousing. ownedpropertiesthatwouldbeappropriatefor Ms.Fouttersuggestedthatweaddanagendaitemtothenextmeetingtodiscusshowwe mightperformtheoutreachandpublicadvocacyportionoftheLHPcharge. 5.NextMeeting TheLHPwillmeetonMay22at7:30pm. Lexington Housing Partnership 6.Adjournment Ms.CohenmovedtoadjournthemeetingandMs.Walkersecondedthemotion.Themotionpassed unanimouslyandthemeetingadjournedat8:53pm.