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Minutes of the Community Preservation Committee
February 24, 2022 1 OWN CLERK
Remote Zoom Meeting LEXINGTON
Meeting ID: 865 9851 2270
4:00 p.m.
Committee Members Present by Roll Call: Marilyn Fenollosa (Chair), David Horton,Jeanne Krieger,
David Langseth,Joe Pato, Robert Pressman, Lisah Rhodes and Melinda Walker
Committee Member(s)Absent: Charles Hornig(Vice-Chair)
Other Attendee: David Kanter (Capital Expenditures Committee Liaison)
Ms. Fenollosa called the meeting to order at 4:05 PM.
Review and Approve Report to 2022 Annual Meeting
Ms. Fenollosa reviewed a few items about the formatting of the annual report, one being the use of the
Oxford comma and another being the use of justified margins.
Ms. Fenollosa reported Mr. Hornig had raised a concern about one of the criteria for Community Housing,
specifically: "Give priority to local residents, Town employees and employees of local businesses." (Page
6.) He felt the Committee should talk about whether we should still encourage a local preference because
it no longer is considered good practice. Ms. Walker indicated her support of Mr. Hornig's concerns. She
explained that this requirement contradicts the restriction in the LexHAB guidelines that any housing
acquired or built using CPAfunds has to be eligible for inclusion on the SHI.She said that if LexHAB wanted
to set aside a unit only for individuals with a Lexington connection the unit could be counted on the SHI.
She explained that a local preference percentage can be applied to SHI units and that the Lexington
practice has been to set aside 70% of units for local preference. However, since local preference is now
recognized as an impediment to fair housing, several communities have lowered their local preferences
to 25%. There was a discussion about whether the phrase could be edited to add in the current practice
of 70% local preference in Lexington or whether the phrase should be taken out of the document.
Following the discussion, the Committee voted by a roll call vote to remove the sentence altogether. (8-
0).
Mr. Pressman asked if the Committee would consider adding an explanation of the vote on Article 10
(e) "Center Recreation Bathrooms& Maintenance Building Renovation (pages 14& 15). He requested
that the following be inserted: "The dissenter is supportive of the project but believes that the use of
tax levy funds should have continued to be the planned payment method." The Committee voted by a
roll call vote to approve adding the explanation to the report. (8-0).
Ms. Fenollosa asked for a motion to accept the 'final draft' of the CPC report as amended. The
Committee voted by a roll call vote to accept the report. (8-0).
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Vote to Approve Minutes from January 20,2022
Ms. Walker asked that the Committee approve the following change to the sentence (section "Item 3,
LexHAB acquisition costs) "retaining the guideline is that it serves as a reminder that acquisition and
construction costs are high for LexHAB projects.The Committee voted by a roll call vote to accept the
minutes as amended. (8-0).
Update on LexHAB Guidelines
Mr. Pressman reported his understanding of LexHAB's plan regarding the proposed, revised Guidelines.
LexHAB will suggest an alternative to paragraph 3, as well as an addition to paragraph 9.
Committee Business
Ms. Fenollosa reviewed the CPA articles have been pulled from the Consent Agenda and will be
considered individually. Articles were pulled for individual consideration if they did not have unanimous
consent, were for large amounts, or were otherwise controversial.
10(b),Wright Farm Barn;
10(e), Center Playground bathrooms;
10(f), Hard Court Surfaces at Gallagher and Farias courts;
10(i), Lincoln Park Master Plan;
10(k), LexHAB Vine Street construction.
Mr. Kanter summarized some of the discussions the Capital Expenditures Committee had about the
articles, including their request for formal cost estimates from LexHAB. Ms. Rhodes reported that the
Appropriation Committee had requested that Article 10(i)—Lincoln Park Master Plan—be taken off the
Consent Agenda because even though the AC supports 10(i) unanimously, they felt that it deserved a
separate vote to initiate a new round of significant capital spending on Lincoln Park.
Member Concerns
David Langseth announced that, after serving as the liaison from the Conservation Commission to the
CPC for two years, he will be resigning from the CPC in March. Members congratulated him on his
future plans.
Next Meeting: TBA
The meeting was adjourned at 4:48 PM by a roll call vote. (8-0)
The following documents were submitted at the meeting:
1) CPC Report to 2022 ATM—"91" Draft-3 Final 2-22-2022
2) Meeting Minutes from January 20, 2022
Respectfully submitted,
Melinda Walker
Approved March 10,2022
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