BRPC - Executive Committee Meeting - Jun. 5th, 2025

This will be a virtual meeting as allowed by An Act relative to extending certain measures adopted during the COVID-19 emergency which extended certain provisions of the Open Meeting Law, G.L. c.30A sec.20 until June 30, 2027.

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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.
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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 May 1, 2025*
4. Financial Reports and Discussion (4:05)
   
   1. Vote to Approve the April 17, 2025 – May 29, 2025 Expenditures Report*
   2. Report on Accounts Receivables – May 2025
   3. Report on the Line of Credit – May 2025
   4. Report on Federally Funded Contracts
   5. Update on the EPA Limited Scope Review Results
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 Massachusetts Executive
      Office of Housing and Livable Communities (EOHLC) Community Planning Grants
      Program for a Buildout Analysis of Berkshire County*
   2. Vote to Approve the Submission of a Grant Application to the Massachusetts Executive
      Office of Public Safety and Security Office of Grants and Research FFY26 State Traffic
      Safety Information System Improvements Grant Program for the establishment of the
      Berkshire County High Injury Network Dashboard*
   3. Vote to Approve Revisions to BRPC’s Telework Policy to Extend it for Another Year*
   4. Vote to Approve the Submission of Comments to the Executive Office of Energy and
      Environmental Affairs on the Single Environmental Impact Report for Mount Williams
      Reservoir Dam and Notch Reservoir Dam Improvements*
   5. Vote to Approve the Submission of a Grant Application to the Massachusetts Department
      of Energy Resources Regional Energy Planning Assistance Program to Provide Energy
      Planning Assistance to Under-Resourced Berkshire County Municipalities*
      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.
7. Committee Reports and Discussion (4:25)
   
   1. Comprehensive Economic Development Strategy (CEDS) Committee
   2. Transportation Advisory Committee
   3. Environmental Review Committee
   4. Berkshire Metropolitan Planning Organization
   5. Regional Issues Committee
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. Berkshire State of Work Summit
   8. Massachusetts Healthy Aging Report
9. Old Business and Discussion (4:45)
   
   1. Discussion about the BRPC Annual Meeting
10. New Business and Discussion (4:50)
    
    1. Discussion about the Sale of Our Office Building
    2. Discussion about Topics for the July 15, 2025 Commission Meeting
    3. Discussion and Vote to Establish the FY 26 Meeting Schedule*
11. Adjournment* (5:00)
    * Items Requiring Action