BRPC - Executive Committee Meeting - June 6th, 2024

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.

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Meeting id: 392 612 8831, 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 May 2, 2024* (4.05)
4. Financial Reports (4:10)
   A. Vote to Approve the April 26 – May 30, 2024, Expenditures Report*
   B. Report on the Accounts Receivable/ Assessments – May 2024
   C. Report on the Line of Credit
   D. Report on EPA’s Limited Scope Review
5. Comments from Berkshire Regional Planning Commission Delegates and (4:15)
   Alternate Delegates
6. Items Requiring Action* (4:20)
   A. Vote to Approve (After the Fact) the Submission of a Grant Application to the
   Massachusetts Department of Environmental Protection Section 319 Nonpoint Source
   Pollution Competitive Grant Program
   B. Vote to Re-appoint Members to Special or Standing Committees or Commissions not
   Under the Jurisdiction of the Commission*
   C. Vote to Approve Amendments to BRPC’s Professional Development Program*
   D. Vote to Approve Revisions to BRPC’s Telework Policy*
   E. Vote to Authorize the Environmental Review Committee to submit Comments to the
   Massachusetts Environmental Policy Act Office the City of North Adams Department of
   Public Services Expanded Environmental Notification Form (EENF) for the Mount
   Williams Reservoir Dam and Notch Reservoir Dam Improvements Projects.
7. Committee Reports and Discussion (4:50)
   A. Comprehensive Economic Development Strategy Committee
   B. Transportation Advisory Committee
   C. Regional Issues Committee
   D. Metropolitan Planning Organization (MPO)
8. Executive Director’s Report (4:55)
   A. Report on New Contracts / Agreements
   B. Berkshires Tomorrow Inc. (BTI) Update
   C. Staff Updates
   D. Rural Policy Advisory Commission (RPAC) Update
   E. Passenger Rail
   F. 5th Thursday Dinner
   G. Beyond Mobility Plan Public Comments
   H. Brownfields Awards
   I. State Retirement Legislation
9. Old Business (5:00)
   A. Discussion about the Annual Meeting
10. New Business (5:05)
    A. National Interest Electric Transmission Corridor (NIETC) proposal
    B. Vote to Approve the FY 25 BRPC Meeting Schedule
    C. Review and Discussion of Environmental Review Committee Procedures
    D. Discussion of the Kusik Award
    E. Discussion about BRPC Meeting Recordings
11. Adjournment (5:10)
    Attachments:
    - Unapproved Minutes of the May 2, 2024, BRPC Executive Committee Meeting
    - April 25 to May 30, 2024 Expenditures Report
    - Accounts Receivable Report – May 2024
    - Line of Credit Report
    - Notification of Limited Scope Review
    - Executive Director’s Memorandum
    - Draft – Professional Development Program
    - Proposed – Telework Policy Amendment
    - Unapproved Minutes of the May 8, 2024 Comprehensive Economic Development Strategy
    Committee Meeting
    - Unapproved Minutes of the May 21, 2024 Transportation Advisory Committee Meeting
    - Unapproved Minutes of the May 28, 2024 2024 Metropolitan Planning Organization
    Meeting
    - Beyond Mobility Plan Comments
    - NEITC Press Release
    - Potential NIETC Geographic Area New England
    - Proposed SCHEDULE OF MEETINGS FY2025April 2024 Technical Assistance Memo
    - Kusik Award Awardees List
    - Technical Assistance Memo April 2024
    * Items Requiring Action