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Home My WebLink About2015-05-28-HPB-min +«¾¯´ºµ´'µ»¹¯´/§¸º´«¸¹®¯¶Ȏ!»¯²ª¯´§#¯¼«¸¹«ȍ5¯¨¸§´º+«¾¯´ºµ´ MeetingMinutesforMay28,2015 Attendees:MelindaWalker,BetseyWeiss,BobPressman,WendyManz,MaryHaskell,NancyCorcoran Ronchetti,andJeriFoutter Guest:ElizabethRust,RegionalHousingServicesOffice Absent:HarrietCohen,JoePato,PaulLinton ThemeetingwaschairedbyMelindaWalkerandtheminutesweretakenbyJeriFoutter.Themeeting wascalledtoorderat7:35pm. 1.TheApril30,2015Minuteswerevotedon.BobPressmanmadeamotiontoapprovethemand BetseyWeisssecondeditandbothmotionswereapprovedunanimously. 2.TenantBasedRentalAssistanceprogram ElizabethRust,oftheRegionalHousingServices Office,presentedaproposaltoimplementaTenantBasedRentalAssistanceprogramusing HOMEfunds.Fundswouldbeusedtoassistlowincomeindividualswithapartmentsecurity st depositsand1ƒƚƓƷŷ͸ƭrents.Afterdiscussion,theLHPmembersvotedtosupportthe proposal. 3.MunicipalHousingTrustConcept JeriFoutterupdatedthegrouponherdiscussionwithAaron HenryandhisthoughtsonforminganewMunicipalHousingTrust.AaronHenryindicatedthat althoughLexHABappearstojustbeabletohandletheircurrentworkload,LexHABisa MunicipalHousingTrustandcouldcarryouttheresponsibilitiesofaMunicipalTrust,i.e. administertheproposedSmallGrantsProgram,purchaseproperty,etc.Atthistime,hedoes notbelievethereisenoughpoliticalbackingtosupporttheformationofanewhousingtrust. 4.BUSA/LIPApplication ΑBobPressmanandMelindaWalkerupdatedthegroupontheBUSA status.Melindareportedshesentaletter(fromLHP)toJenniferVanCampen,Metrowest CollaborativeDevelopmenttobesubmittedtotheDepartmentofHousingandCommunity Developmentinsupportof\[ĻǣI!.͸ƭLocalInitiativeProgramapplicationforsixunitsofhousing ontheBUSApropertyonLowellStreet.SubmissionoftheLIPpaperstoDHCDisawaitingthe ƷƚǞƓ͸ƭsecuringforLexHABadeedidentifyingLexHABasowneroftheBUSAhousingparcel. ThereissomeconcernthattheretirementoftheDHCDstaffmemberwhohandledtheFairview LIPapplicationwillextendtheperiodforapprovaloftheBUSAapplication. +«¾¯´ºµ´'µ»¹¯´/§¸º´«¸¹®¯¶Ȏ!»¯²ª¯´§#¯¼«¸¹«ȍ5¯¨¸§´º+«¾¯´ºµ´ (page1of2) 5.PlanningBoardResidentialPolicyAdHocCommitteeΑ NancyCorcoranRonchettiupdated thegroupontheformationthenewPlanningBoardsubcommitteetobevotedonatthe rd June3PlanningBoardMeeting.ThePlanningBoardislaunchinganinitiativetoreexamine residentialpolicy.PendingConfirmation: Chair:GinnaJohnson PlanningBoardmembers:NancyCorcoranRonchetti,RichardCanale PlanningBoardAssociateMember:MichaelLeon BOSliaisons:JoePatoandMichelleCiccolo NonPlanningBoardmembers:TomHardenandJeriFoutter thst InitialactivitiestoincludetheMay20ListeningSessionand1AdHocCommitteemeeting th scheduledforJune9. 6.ListeningSession:ResidentialPolicyandTheLexingtonWeWant ΑDiscussionoccurred regardingtheListeningSession.Melinda,Bob,Wendy,NancyandJeriattendedtheListening th sessiononMay20.TherewaspositivesupportoftheformatΑ2minutelimitandthe speakerskepttheircommentstothetimelimit.Overall,thegroupfeltitwasagoodevent withmanythoughtfulcommentsmadeduringthesession. 7.{ĻƌĻĭƷƒĻƓ͸ƭAnnualGoalSettingMeetingandLHPGoals ΑBobPressmanhadvolunteered todrafttheannualLexingtonHousingPartnershipGoalsforsubmissiontotheBoardof Selectmen.Thegroupwasprovidedacopypriortothemeeting.Aftersomediscussionand minoredits,thegroupvotedtoapprovethegoalstobesubmittedtotheBoardof Selectmen. 8.ReviewofMayAffordableHousingForumsΑ GeneralfeedbackonHancockChurchevent wasgood,albeitasmallgroupattended.Therewereapproximately35to40attendeesat theTempleIsaiahevent.SeveraloftheTempleIsaiahattendeeshadalsoparticipatedinthe ListeningSessionatClarkMiddleSchool.Thegroupgenerallyfeltthatthestrongestpartsof theeveningwerethesmallgroupdiscussions,aĻƌźƓķğ͸ƭandotherpanelƒĻƒĬĻƩƭ͸ commentsandtheLexHABƩĻƭźķĻƓƷ͸ƭpersonaljourneystory. th 9.NextMeetingΑ June25at7:30PM. Themeetingadjournedat9:25PM. +«¾¯´ºµ´'µ»¹¯´/§¸º´«¸¹®¯¶Ȏ!»¯²ª¯´§#¯¼«¸¹«ȍ5¯¨¸§´º+«¾¯´ºµ´ (page2of2)