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HomeMy WebLinkAbout1989-10-11-FHC-min.pdf Fair Housing Committee Minutes, 10/11/89 Present Gerri Weathers, Chairman; Bob Pressman; Bill Spencer, Mary Haskell ; Jim Brannon; Steve Baran, Fair Housing Director Minutes of meeting of 7/26 and Minutes of 9/13 The Committee responded to questions of Debby Radway on the Minutes of the 7/26 meeting On page 1 , par 4, instead of "some of their residents", substitute "one of their residents" On page 2, par 2, the word " latter" should be changed to "former" See attached Minutes In paragraph. 5 on the same page, the phrase "with rental of units" should be eliminated In the Minutes of 9/13 purpose of the discussion with the Newcomers' Club and the Guide was to encourage newcomers in relation to the Committee' s goal of promoting diversity Demographics Housing demographic forms which had been filled out were reviewed by the Committee with respect to returns from the Lexington Housing Authority, LexHab, and Lexington Interfaith Data must still be obtained from Katandin Woods and Pine Grove Manor An unduplicated count showed 289 white, 11 Black, 11 Asian, 2 Hispanic and 1 other Among the elderly subset there were C elderly, 196 White, 10 Asian, 1 Hispanic and 1 other Waiting List It was noted that the Affordable Housing Task Force was now looking at, the Lexington Housing Authority waiting list Equal preference \is given to minorities and to Lexington residents There are bbth State and federal waiting lists, and people are urged to gets on both It was agreed, that the Committee would look at waiting list numbers, and other groups would be invited to share information on how outreach is done There was some discussion about how to encourage people on the waiting list to want to move to Lexington In this connection, Erna Greene will be asked to include St John' s Church in Woburn (Larry Edmonds, minister ) in the Guide Selection Process for Mixed Income Housing It was agreed that there was a gap between low and affordable housing The Committee needed to look at the SHARP guidelines for tenant selection and check on affirmative action issues with the Policy and Goals Affordable Housing Committee Fair Housing Committee Minutes, 10/11/89 Page 2 Affordable Housin¢ Process A consult-ant has been hired on the Site Development Committee Bob Pressman had objected to the postponement of a report to Town Meeting from the fall to the spring even though Town Meeting had directed that a report be made available in the fall Rick had been asked about the potential impact of additional cuts on affordable housing He commented that there should not be a moat around the Town Affordable Housing Committee members had suggested goals ranging roughly between 0 and 50 A needs questionnaire will be completed by respondents approached at the Stop and Shop and through the Clergymen' s Association Affordable Housing Committee members are also meeting with Town Meeting members and studying various construction techniques while the Planning Department is conducting a land study of all Lexington parcels to be completed by the Spring The purpose is to find usable parcels on non-taxable land Poster Prosect and Other Educational Protects Gerri Weathers agreed to talk with Debby Radway about methods for sending out fair housing information Poster project is in the planning stages Respectfully Submitted, A Stephen 'Waren