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--></style></head><body lang="EN-US" link="blue" vlink="purple" style="word-wrap:break-word"><div class="WordSection1"><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Garamond","serif";color:#1f497d">Eric,</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Garamond","serif";color:#1f497d"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Garamond","serif";color:#1f497d">Welcome to MA. I suspect the newspapers lobbyists will do the same here if we tried. I completely agree the time came long ago. </span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Garamond","serif";color:#1f497d"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Garamond","serif";color:#1f497d">Best,</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Garamond","serif";color:#1f497d"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Garamond","serif";color:#1f497d"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Bookman Old Style","serif";color:#1f497d">Richard J. McCarthy, Jr.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Bookman Old Style","serif";color:#1f497d">Town Planner</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Bookman Old Style","serif";color:#1f497d">1 Liberty Lane</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Bookman Old Style","serif";color:#1f497d">Norfolk, MA 02056</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Bookman Old Style","serif";color:#1f497d">508-440-2807</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Bookman Old Style","serif";color:#1f497d">Office Hours- Monday through Thursday 9am to 6pm</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Bookman Old Style","serif";color:#1f497d">Closed Fridays</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Bookman Old Style","serif";color:#1f497d"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Garamond","serif";color:red">As a reminder, please do not reply all to this email. If you have any questions or comments, email me directly. </span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Garamond","serif";color:red"> </span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12.0pt"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Garamond","serif";color:red">Please be advised that the Secretary of State has determined that e-mail sent by or received by municipal employees is a public record.</span></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:red"></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Bookman Old Style","serif";color:#1f497d"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Garamond","serif";color:#1f497d"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Garamond","serif";color:#1f497d"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Garamond","serif";color:#1f497d"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Garamond","serif";color:#1f497d"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Garamond","serif";color:#1f497d"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Garamond","serif";color:#1f497d"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Garamond","serif";color:#1f497d"> </span></p><div><div style="border:none;border-top:solid #b5c4df 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in"><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"">From:</span></b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif""> MassPlanners [mailto:<a href="mailto:massplanners-bounces@masscptc.org">massplanners-bounces@masscptc.org</a>] <b>On Behalf Of </b>Eric Rumsey via MassPlanners<br><b>Sent:</b> Wednesday, March 23, 2022 11:13 AM<br><b>To:</b> Joseph Laydon; Kristina Johnson; <a href="mailto:massplanners@masscptc.org">massplanners@masscptc.org</a><br><b>Subject:</b> Re: [Massplanners] Legal Advertisements for Planning Board and ZBA Hearings</span></p></div></div><p class="MsoNormal"> </p><p class="MsoNormal">A few years ago (when I worked for a municipality in CT), we asked everyone who participated in our public hearings how they had heard about the hearing. There wasn’t a single person who had seen the legal notice in the paper. CCAPA, CAZEO (Connecticut Association of Zoning Enforcement Officers), and others lobbied for a change to the statutes to allow posting on websites, etc. Sadly, the newspaper lobbyists have/had deeper pockets so no change was made. </p><p class="MsoNormal"> </p><p class="MsoNormal">Hopefully here in Massachusetts will have better luck.</p><p class="MsoNormal"> </p><div><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family:"Candara","sans-serif"">Eric Rumsey</span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Candara","sans-serif"">Town Planner & Conservation Agent</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Candara","sans-serif"">Economic Development and Planning Department</span></i></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Candara","sans-serif"">Town of Southbridge</span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Candara","sans-serif"">41 Elm Street | Southbridge, MA 01550</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Candara","sans-serif"">p: 508.764.5402</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Candara","sans-serif"">e: <a href="mailto:erumsey@southbridgemass.org"><span style="color:#0563c1">erumsey@southbridgemass.org</span></a> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Candara","sans-serif"">w: <a href="http://ci.southbridge.ma.us">ci.southbridge.ma.us</a></span></p></div><p class="MsoNormal"> </p><div><div style="border:none;border-top:solid #e1e1e1 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in"><p class="MsoNormal"><b>From:</b> MassPlanners <<a href="mailto:massplanners-bounces@masscptc.org">massplanners-bounces@masscptc.org</a>> <b>On Behalf Of </b>Joseph Laydon via MassPlanners<br><b>Sent:</b> Wednesday, March 23, 2022 10:56 AM<br><b>To:</b> Kristina Johnson <<a href="mailto:kjohnson@townofhudson.org">kjohnson@townofhudson.org</a>>; <a href="mailto:massplanners@masscptc.org">massplanners@masscptc.org</a><br><b>Subject:</b> Re: [Massplanners] Legal Advertisements for Planning Board and ZBA Hearings</p></div></div><p class="MsoNormal"> </p><p class="MsoNormal">Kristina,</p><p class="MsoNormal"> </p><p class="MsoNormal">You forgot one important point; these consolidated media entities can’t figure out billing. So not only are the costs high, but we are constantly calling to straighten out billing issues.</p><p class="MsoNormal"> </p><p class="MsoNormal">We may be at a tipping point where planners and towns start asking our legislatures to remove the newspaper requirements and to rely on posting on town websites. Even moving from planning to administration, I continue to be frustrated by the changing costs and billing errors.</p><p class="MsoNormal"> </p><p class="MsoNormal">Joe</p><p class="MsoNormal"> </p><p class="MsoNormal">_________________________________</p><p class="MsoNormal">Joseph Laydon</p><p class="MsoNormal">Town of Littleton</p><p class="MsoNormal">Assistant Town Administrator</p><p class="MsoNormal">37 Shattuck Street</p><p class="MsoNormal">Littleton, MA 01460</p><p class="MsoNormal"><a href="mailto:jlaydon@littletonma.org"><span style="color:#0563c1">jlaydon@littletonma.org</span></a></p><p class="MsoNormal">978-540-2460</p><p class="MsoNormal"> </p><p class="MsoNormal"> </p><p class="MsoNormal"> </p><div><div style="border:none;border-top:solid #e1e1e1 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in"><p class="MsoNormal"><b>From:</b> MassPlanners <<a href="mailto:massplanners-bounces@masscptc.org">massplanners-bounces@masscptc.org</a>> <b>On Behalf Of </b>Kristina Johnson via MassPlanners<br><b>Sent:</b> Wednesday, March 23, 2022 10:44 AM<br><b>To:</b> <a href="mailto:massplanners@masscptc.org">massplanners@masscptc.org</a><br><b>Subject:</b> [Massplanners] Legal Advertisements for Planning Board and ZBA Hearings</p></div></div><p class="MsoNormal"> </p><p class="MsoNormal"><br><br>**THIS EMAIL WAS SENT BY AN EXTERNAL SENDER** </p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Hello Friends and Colleagues,</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">I am curious to know if any of you are having an issue with legal advertisements, as many local and regional newspapers either being consolidated by large corporate media entities, have a completely online presence, or have changed their billing policies. Both in Hudson and in Framingham (where I serve on the PB), the regional newspaper, the MetroWest Daily News is requiring “pre-payment” for all legal advertisements instead of the traditional third-party billing method. Thankfully in Hudson we have another newspaper that publishes locally, although their deadlines completely changed our submission deadlines for PB ZBA, as they only publish once a week. In Framingham, the only other local newspaper is 100% online, so Framingham will most likely have to raise fees for application filings to cover the pre-payment in order to ensure the provisions of 40A Section 11 are met. I should note that legal advertisements are not cheap!</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">What a headache! Anyone else facing this issue?</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Best,</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Kristina </span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="font-family:"Lucida Calligraphy"">Kristina Johnson, AICP</span></i></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Garamond","serif"">Director of Planning &</span><i><span style="font-family:"Lucida Calligraphy""> </span></i><span style="font-family:"Garamond","serif"">Community Development</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Garamond","serif"">Town of Hudson, MA</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Garamond","serif"">President, Mass. Association of Planning Directors</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Garamond","serif"">Tel: 978-562-2989 </span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Garamond","serif"">Cell: 857-939-3427</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Garamond","serif"">Email: </span><a href="mailto:kjohnson@townofhudson.org"><span style="font-family:"Garamond","serif";color:windowtext">kjohnson@townofhudson.org</span></a></p><p class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="font-family:"Lucida Calligraphy";color:black;background:white">Acta non verba</span></i></p><p class="MsoNormal"> </p><p> </p><div class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><hr size="2" width="100%" align="center"></div><p>This email has been scanned for spam and viruses by Proofpoint Essentials. 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