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HomeMy WebLinkAbout2019-03-20-HPB-min Ɏ Lexington Housing Partnership Board Meeting Minutes for March 20, 2019 Attendees: Harriet Cohen, Nancy Corcoran-Ronchetti, Wendy Manz, Bob Pressman, Melanie Thompson, Melinda Walker, Betsey Weiss Absent: Jeri Foutter, Paul Linton, Mary Haskell, Rich McDonough Attendees: Leonard Morse-Fortier Action Items: Ms. Walker to discuss comments on the Jefferson Drive flyer with Ms. Foutter and then work with Liz Rust of the Regional Housing Services Office (RHSO) regarding those comments. Mr. Linton to post a statement to the HPB website to indicate that the HPB Meeting Minutes Archives section. HPB members: review the material on the Lexington website regarding the 186 Bedford Street development (list documents). HPB members: review the material at the links provided by Jeri Foutter regarding the 40R and 40S legislation and please read about the Massachusetts starter home initiative (see this article for a summary of the starter home initiative). o 40R https://www.mass.gov/service-details/chapter-40r https://www.chapa.org/sites/default/files/TheUseofCh40R_2018.pdf o 40S https://www.mass.gov/service-details/chapter-40-s http://www.concordsqdev.com/pdfs/050522_CHTF_School_Funding.pdf o Housing Production Plan Section VI - Goals and Objectives, p. 43-p. 53 - info for HPB and goals we can work on. p. 42 2.6 talks about modifying overlay districts Ms. Weiss will ask Mr. Pato as to where the funds from Brookhaven will go. (The clarification is requested as these funds are specifically for building new affordable units.) \[completed\] Mr. Linton to post handouts at HPB meetings on the website to make them available for review by HPB members and other interested parties. The Housing Partnership Board (HPB) meeting was chaired by Betsey Weiss and minutes were taken by Harriet Cohen. The meeting was called to order at 7:03 pm. 1. Approve Prior Minutes Ms. Walker moved the tabling of the minutes to the next meeting. Ms. Thompson seconded the motion. The motion passed unanimously. 2. 186 Bedford Street Discuss and Vote Because the developer has committed to 4 of 13 units as affordable (30% of the total units), all 13 count towards the 10% affordable housing count (SHI). Ɏ Lexington Housing Partnership Board Ms. Walker moved that the HPB support Article 38, Amend Zoning Bylaw and Zoning Map, 186 Bedford Street and that the chair contact the town meeting moderator for time at Town Meeting to read a letter in support at town meeting. Mr. Pressman seconded the motion. The motion passed unanimously. The HPB discussed the proposed content of the letter to be read at town meeting. Ms. Weiss will create a first draft. 3. LexHAB For Lowell Street housing, LexHAB is considering building two triplexes as prefab (manufactured housing) in New Hampshire. LexHAB members will be meeting with the prefab companies who are candidates for building the housing. LexHAB is also working on better processes and procedures and on better communication of housing resources. 4. Lexington Human Rights Committee Fair Housing Training Tabled until the next meeting. 5. LIP application 3 homes at Jefferson Drive (Grove Street) The Select Board approved the LIP application at a recent meeting. 6. 40R and 40S, Starter Home Initiative and Housing Production Plan The full discussion was tabled. Ms. Corcoran-Ronchetti suggested that we focus on 40R, the residential portion of the regulations, and not on 40-S, which discusses schools. 7. Website name and rename Ms. Cohen suggested that the Housing Partnership Board consider renaming the Board website to reflect official name of the group. The address for the website is LexingtonHousingPartnership.org, which uses the colloquial name for the Board. The website can also be reached through a secondary URL, lexhopa.org. One alternative would be to make LexHousingPartnershipBoard.org the main name for the website and make the secondary address LexingtonHousingPartnership.org. 8. Article Boston Affordable Housing Conference April 9 at 7:30 at the Boston Marriott Long Wharf. 9. New Business Ms. Walker informed the HPB that the Massachusetts Municipal Association now supports Bill H.4075, An Act to Promote Housing Choices. This bill is known informally as Housing Choice bill. 10. Action Items There was no update regarding the action items. 11. Set Next Meeting Date The next meeting will be on April 23, 2019 Ɏ Lexington Housing Partnership Board 12. Adjournment Ms. Cohen proposed adjournment of the meeting. Ms. Corcoran-Ronchetti seconded. The motion passed unanimously. The meeting adjourned at 8:26 pm.