BRPC - Executive Committee Meeting - Jan. 2nd, 2025

Virtual Attendance Information

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/3926128831?omn=87662827699

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 the Minutes of the Executive Committee Meeting of December 5, 2024*
4. Financial Reports (4:05)
   1. Vote to Approve the November 28 – December 20, 2024, Expenditures Report*
   2. Report on the Accounts Receivables – December 2024
   3. Report on the Line of Credit – December 2024
5. Open Comments from Berkshire Regional Planning Commission Delegates and Alternate
   Delegates, not to be further discussed at this meeting by the Executive Committee (4:10)
6. Items Requiring Action* (4:15)
   
   1. Vote to Authorize the Environmental Review Committee to Submit Comments to the
      Massachusetts Environmental Policy Act (MEPA) Office on Behalf of the Berkshire
      Regional Planning Commission on the Expanded Environmental Notification Form and
      Environmental Impact Report for the Berkshire Natural Resources Property Exploration
      Wells Project in Great Barrington*
   2. Vote to Authorize the BRPC Executive Director to Submit Comments to the
      Massachusetts Executive Office of Housing and Livable Communities (EOHLC) on
      Accessory Dwelling Units Draft Regulations*
7. Committee Reports and Discussion (4:25)
   
   1. Berkshire Municipal Planning Organization
   2. BRPC Finance Committee
8. Executive Director’s Report and Discussion (4:30)
   
   1. Report on New Contracts / Agreements
   2. Berkshires Tomorrow Inc. (BTI) Update
   3. Staff Updates
   4. Rural Policy Advisory Commission (RPAC) Update
   5. Seasonal Communities Advisory Council Update
   6. Passenger Rail
   7. BRTA Announces New Pilot Pittsfield Paratransit Evening Service
   8. Department of Conservation and Recreation Proposed Land Acquisition –
      Adams
   9. EOTSS and Cyber Security Opportunities
   10. Permit Extension Act
   11. Addiction and Substance Use Disorder Bill
9. Old Business (4:35)
   
   1. The U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE) National Interest Electric Transmission
      Corridor (NIETC) Phase 3 Determination
10. New Business (4:50)
    
    1. Discussion of Topics for the January Commission Meeting
11. Adjournment* (5:00)

BRPC has adopted the BRPC website www.berkshireplanning.org as its official posting method as allowed by 940 CMR29.00 section 29.03 (3) (b) since November 2010. The Meeting Notice, Agenda and 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.

* Items Requiring Action