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BRPC - Executive Committee Meeting - March 7th, 2024

When:
Thu March 7th 2024 at 04:00 PM
Where:
Virtual/Teleconference only

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 February 1, 2024* (4.05)
  4. Financial Reports (4:10)
    1. Vote to Approve the January 24 to February 29, 2024, Expenditures Report*
    2. Report on the Accounts Receivable/ Assessments – February 2024
    3. Report on the Line of Credit
    4. Increase in FY25 Health and Dental Insurance.
  5. Comments from Berkshire Regional Planning Commission Delegates and Alternate Delegates (4:15) 
  6. Items Requiring Action* (4:20)
    1. Vote to Approve the Submission of a Grant Application to the Health Resources in Action (HRiA) Massachusetts Community Health and Healthy Aging Funds (MACHHAF) Healthy Aging Program*
    2. Vote to Approve the Submission of a Grant Application to the Health Resources in Action (HRiA) Massachusetts Community Health and Healthy Aging Funds (MACHHAF) Policy, Systems, and Environmental Change (PSE) Program*
    3. Vote to Approve the Submission of a Grant Application to the Health Resources in Action (HRiA) Massachusetts Community Health and Healthy Aging Funds (MACHHAF) Community Health Improvement Planning (CHIP) Program*
    4. Vote to Approve Submission of Comments to the Commission on Energy Infrastructure Siting and Permitting on Questions Related to the Siting of Clean Energy Infrastrucutre.*
  7. Committee Reports and Discussion (4:40)
    1. Transportation Advisory Committee
    2. Municipal Planning Organization (MPO)
    3. Regional Issues 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. DLTA Projects for 2024
    7. CPTC Annual Conference 2024
    8. MassDOT Transportation Innovation Conference 2024
    9. MMA Western and Rural Mass Conference
  9. Old Business (4:50)
    1. Officer Terms
  10. New Business (4:50)
    1. Discussion about the March Commission Meeting
  11. Adjournment (5:00)

Attachments:
- Unapproved Minutes of the February 2, 2024, BRPC Executive Committee Meeting
- January 24, 2024 to February 29, 2024 Expenditures Report
- Accounts Receivable Report – February 2024
- Line of Credit Report
- Executive Director’s Memorandum
- Unapproved Minutes of the February 27, 2024 Metropolitan Planning Organization
Meeting
- Resume – Brett Roberts
- Resume – Peter LaRochelle
- Press Release – West – East Rail Director
- January 2024 Technical Assistance Memo
* Items Requiring Action