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BRPC - Executive Committee Meeting - Feb. 1st, 2024

When:
Thu February 1st 2024 at 04:00 PM
Where:
Virtual/Teleconference only

This will be a virtual meeting as allowed by Ch. 2 of the Acts of 2023 extending certain 
provisions of the Open Meeting Law, G.L. c.30 sec.20 until March 31, 2025.

To participate virtually join the Zoom meeting at https://us02web.zoom.us/j/84716166729

Meeting id: 847 1616 6729, Phone: 646.558.8656, 646 931 3860, 312.626.6799, 301 715 8592
Meeting materials are on BRPC’s website: www.berkshireplanning.org. Click the
calendar of events, then the meeting name, and follow the link to materials.

Agenda

  1. Call to Order & Open Meeting Law Statement (4:00)
  2. Roll Call of Executive Committee Members Attending the Meeting
  3. Vote to Approve Minutes of the Executive Committee Meeting of January 4, 2024* (4.05)
  4. Financial Reports (4:10)
    1. Vote to Approve the December 28, 2023, to January 23*, 2024, Expenditures Report*
    2. Report on the Accounts Receivable/ Assessments – January 2024
    3. Report on the Line of Credit
  5. Comments from Berkshire Regional Planning Commission Delegates and (4:15)
    Alternate Delegates
  6. Items Requiring Action* (4:20)
    1. Vote to authorize (after the fact) the Executive Director to sign any contracts and
      agreements with Berkshire Community College related to the BERK12 Mohawk Trail
      Regional School District project*
    2. Vote to Approve the Submission of a Grant Application to the Substance Abuse and
      Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) Strategic Prevention Framework-
      Partnerships for Success (SPF-PFS) Program in the U.S. Department of Health and
      Human Services*
    3. Vote to Approve Submission of a Grant Application to the US Department of
      Transportation (DOT) – RAISE (Rebuilding American Infrastructure with Sustainability
      and Equity) program *
    4. Vote to Approve Submission of Comments in Response to the Massachusetts
      Department of Energy Resources (DOER) Request for Comments on the Solar
      Massachusetts Renewable Target (SMART) Review and Stakeholder Questions*
    5. Vote to Approve Submission of Comments to the Joint Committee on
      Telecommunications, Utilities and Energy of the Massachusetts General Court
      regarding Several Legislative Bills Related to Solar Development and Regulation*
  7. Committee Reports and Discussion (4:40)
    1. Commission Development Committee
    2. Municipal Planning Organization (MPO)
    3. Berkshire Brownfields Committee
    4. Regional Issues Committee
    5. Comprehensive Economic Development Strategy (CEDS) Committee
  8. Executive Director’s Report (4:45)
    1. Report on New Contracts / Agreements
    2. Berkshires Tomorrow Inc. (BTI) Update
    3. Staff Updates
    4. Rural Policy Advisory Commission (RPAC) Update
    5. Passenger Rail
    6. Select Board Handbook
    7. Municipal Empowerment Act
    8. Housing Bond Bill
    9. MMA Western and Rural Mass Conference
  9. Old Business (4:50)
    1. None
  10. New Business (4:50)
    1. Discussion about the March Commission Meeting
  11. Adjournment (5:00)

    Attachments:
    - Unapproved Minutes of the January 4, 2024, BRPC Executive Committee Meeting
    - December 28, 2023, to January 23, 2024, Expenditures Report
    - Accounts Receivable Report – January 2024
    - Line of Credit Report
    - Executive Director’s Memorandum
    - Unapproved Minutes of the January 4, 2024 Commission Development Committee
    Meeting
    - Unapproved Minutes of the January 9, 2024 Metropolitan Planning Organization Meeting
    - Massachusetts Select Board Association’s announcement of the Select Board Handbook
    - Municipal Empowerment Act Summary
    - Affordable Homes Act Summary
    - Affordable Homes Act Testimony
    - December 2023 Technical Assistance Memo
    * Items Requiring Action