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HomeMy WebLinkAbout06-20-1972 bERING•'TO'? oormi SI0'T on SUBtrm3A7 TU S'0"SI"r.,J.LITY 20. June 1972 ------- A m,..,.....A meeting of the Commission was held on 20 June 1972 at 8: 00 pe m. in Room G• 15, Town Office Building. .Present were Brown, Busa,. Butters, E.H. Clarke, Eaton Kassman, McLaughlin, l'•4lohelman, tower, Riffin, Scotney, Totmaare and Turner. .Also present LCV Observer Judith Baehr and LIC Chairman Erik Lund Minutes of the meeting of 4 c'lay 1972 were accepted. ;-r. riichclman disti_ibuted copies of an outline (attached) of his projected report to the Board of Selctrnon and presented Lis commentary, inviting questions and reactions Copies of the final written report will be distributed to all members. T e Housing Authority has received encouragement from the HOUSING IiIIFA to proceed to plan for a proposal to build small houses on tax title lots, financed at a little more than 57; interest by YIiF A. Units would be rented by Lar at a sum not exceeding 25,j of tenant' s income, except that there would be .a rental floor to as:lu.re self-liquidation of construction expenses. A tenant would have the option to buy at a later date at appraised fair market value and would provide money regularly to be held in es:-row ag al.nst 'she purchase. It was po:iatOd out that the effect oi this would be to keep the property in rental more or less in- definitely The provision does obviate the problem of a tenant selling for prof t and thus taking the property out of the ow- middle income range. Mr. Lund presented the preliminary plans of an LIO project to develope subs&dised bossing at the corner of Garfield. and hickory Etreets, to be filed with the Board of Appeals undzr Chapter 774. .flans dhow siz two-storey attached townhouses, each with two bedroom& rs:ith a common garage. .t4 IFA has invited an application f'oi financing and :it is hoped to construct at about P20000 per unit All units would be rented under a rent-subsidy plan. The land, owned by :Frank Smitn, is under option to LYO. The appeal concerns a variance to allow a density twice th^t which is presenting allowed. i@r. Lund also proposed a study to determine the feasibility of a To".'r j rograiil to provide second mortgages as a gringo benefit for town employees. The Torr:; would rrco'lp itu money when the house was sold,. and world gall in the mortgage a.f the owner :left 'Town employ. It was .AGRELD that development of scattered site housing 72-73 Should be _LCSIt'' firs commitment the. Board will be under RECe:1MI 1T- some p1esssre to sell L-a:a title lots to private individial s DA'TIOn when_ the one-year moratorium on such sales. expires in the spring The OOmmidsio:n oc at to offer its assistance to both LHA and L10 to move their p'o 'cots forward as fast as a05FJ.bie, Necil,ers agreed with the Choi :men that the Commission. should assume an investigative, inf0rmative, educative ,role, (Ref Section I.I.[ of the outl'ia;e, ) it should undertake in- k. tensive 'tx.dy of transportation, regionalization and finanusna propodals to determine their inmact en Lexington, and saaould inform the .public on these issue's, .it should attempt to arrive at positiOns on legislative proposals and seek ,u influcue .t Miss Scotney spoke to the role of high school repro- MEMBERSiHI_' " sentatives on the Commission. She said that while she and Mr. Swets learned a great deal and valued the experi- ence, they had previously been so isolated from LCSR concerns that they could contribute nothing, either to the Commission or to the student body. She felt there is a very low level of interest in these concerns among high school students and recommended that if 1IS representatives continued, they should be students who indicated a real interest. In recruiting volunteers, LOSR should provide specific information abouts its activities and organization. Commistion members laNtX thought that as representation should continue, but only if interested students could be found, After some discussion about the present make-up of the membership, the following votes were taken. VOTED unanimously, on motion of Mr. Buss. To recommend to the Board that they appoint a town 2aployee who is a resident, selected from among people who express an interest and volunteer to serve. VOTED unanimously on motion of ,+Irs. Brown. To diman recommend the appointment of a teacher selected from among school staff who express an interest and volunteer to serve. VOTED unanimously on motion of Pars. Clarke: To recommend the elimination of a PTSA representative. VOTED on motion of Mr. Turner- To recommend appointment of one or two members-at-largo. This would give the Board the apportunity to re-appoint past members who are of particular value to the work of the Commission at any particular time, or to appoint people who have a real contribution to make who are not eligible as members of the specified organizations.