BRPC - Executive Committee Meeting - Feb. 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 January 2, 2025*
4.  Financial Reports and Discussion (4:05)
   
   1.  Vote to Approve the December 19, 2024 – January 28, 2025 Expenditures Report*
   2. Report on Accounts Receivables – January 2025
   3. Report on the Line of Credit – January 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 Toxic Use Reduction
      Institute (TURI) Grant Program*
   2. Vote to Approve the Submission of a Grant Application to the Substance Abuse and
      Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) Partnerships for Success Program*
   3. Vote to Approve the Submission of a Grant Application to the Health Resources and
      Services Administration (HRSA) Rural Health Network Development Planning Program*
7. Committee Reports and Discussion (4:25)
   
   1. Comprehensive Economic Development Strategy (CEDS) Committee
   2. Environmental Review Committee (ERC)
   3. BRPC Finance 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. Chapter 90 Report
   8. State Auditor Report – Pursuing Equitable State-Owned Land
      Reimbuursements for Municipalities
   9. Transportation Funding Task Force Report
   10. Municipal Empowerment Bill
   11. Accessory Dwelling Unit Regulations
9. Old Business and Discussion (4:45)
   
   1. Report on Surplus Equipment Distributed
   2. Report on Accessory Dwelling Unit Comments on Regulations
   3. Discussion of BRPC Personnel Handbook
10. New Business and Discussion (4:55)
    
    1. Report on Comments Submitted on Proposed Changes to Article 97 regulations
    2. Discussion about the Potential for the Open Meeting Law to Require In-person Meetings
       after March 31, 2025.
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