BRPC - Executive Committee Meeting - Mar. 6th, 2025

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 the Minutes of the Executive Committee Meeting of February 6, 2025*
4. Financial Reports and Discussion (4:05)
   
   1. Vote to Approve the January 29, 2025 – February 27, 2025 Expenditures Report*
   2. Report on Accounts Receivables – February 2025
   3. Report on the Line of Credit – February 2025
   4. Report on Federally Funded Contracts
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 Approve the Submission of a Grant Application to the U.S. Environmental
      Protection Agency for Brownfields Revolving Loan Fund Supplemental Funding *
   2. Vote to Approve the Berkshire Regional Planning Commission joining an Amicus Brief
      related to the Discontinuance of Roads, specifically the Commonwealth of
      Massachusetts Appeals Court No. 2023-p-0310, Town of Concord, Plaintiff-Appellee, v.
      Neil E. Rasmussin, Anna Rasmussin, Brooks S. Read, Susannah Kay, Russell Robb III,
      Leslie Robb and Thomas Wray Falwell, Trustees of the Pippin Tree Land Trust, and
      President and Fellows of Harvard College, Defendants-Appellants.*
7. Committee Reports and Discussion (4:25)
   
   1. Regional Issues Committee
   2. Transportation Advisory Committee
   3. Berkshire Brownfields Committee
   4. Berkshire Municipal Planning Organization
8. Executive Director’s Report and Discussion (4:35)
   
   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. FY2026 Medical, Dental and Vision Costs
   8. A Home for Everyone: A Comprehensive Housing Plan for Massachusetts
   9. Building for Tomorrow Report
   10. Vacant Storefront Properties Grant Program
   11. CPTC (Citizen Planner Training Collaborative) Annual Conference
   12. Accessory Dwelling Unit Model Zoning
9. Old Business and Discussion (4:45)
   
   1. Discussion about Proposed Article 97 Regulations
   2. Discussion about the Potential for the Open Meeting Law to require in-person meetings
      after March 31, 2025.
10. New Business and Discussion (4:55)
    
    1. Discussion about Topics for the March 20,2025 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 .
    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