<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif;font-size:large;color:#000000">My Town Counsel said this last week:</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif;font-size:large;color:#000000"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif;font-size:large;color:#000000"><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,sans-serif">Just an FYI - reports are that the State Senate Budget includes language that would extend remote meetings until December 15, 2023, as follows:</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,sans-serif"><blockquote style="margin:0px 0px 0px 40px;border:none;padding:0px"><div class="gmail_default"><br></div><div class="gmail_default">SECTION 125A. Section 30A of chapter 20 of the acts of 2021, inserted by section 10 of chapter 22 of the acts of 2022, is hereby amended by striking out the words “July 15, 2022” and inserting in place thereof the following words:- December 15, 2023.</div></blockquote></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,sans-serif"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,sans-serif">It's not 100% clear that this is what will pass, but it suggests that some significant extension of the remote participation rules will be adopted before July 15, when the current authorization for remote meetings expires. </div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,sans-serif"><br style="color:rgb(34,34,34)"></div></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif;font-size:large;color:#000000"><br></div><div><div dir="ltr" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><font color="#a64d79" face="tahoma, sans-serif"><b><img width="96" height="95" src="https://ci3.googleusercontent.com/mail-sig/AIorK4wpRW2a9qK3yohcVl8OLpDR5WPmCKvT_Utzp-iPHtbc0ISA-0rA52TtmHmfQ4mE9c96SDKtnuE"></b></font><div><font face="tahoma, sans-serif" color="#0000ff"><b>Michelle R. Tyler</b></font><div><font face="tahoma, sans-serif" color="#0000ff"><b>Director of Planning</b></font></div><div><font face="tahoma, sans-serif" color="#0000ff"><b>Town of Randolph</b></font></div><div><font face="tahoma, sans-serif" color="#0000ff"><b>781-961-0936</b></font></div></div><div><span style="color:rgb(34,34,34)"><i><font size="1">Please be advised that the Massachusetts Secretary of State considers e-mail to be a public record, and therefore subject to the Massachusetts Public Records Law, M.G.L. c. 66 § 10.</font></i></span><font face="tahoma, sans-serif" color="#0000ff"><b><br></b></font></div></div></div></div><br></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Tue, Jul 5, 2022 at 10:44 AM Danielson, Stephanie via MassPlanners <<a href="mailto:massplanners@masscptc.org" target="_blank">massplanners@masscptc.org</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex">
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<p class="MsoNormal"><font size="2" face="Calibri"><span style="font-size:11pt">Our Planning Board isn’t rushing to go back to in-person meetings, yet we have hearings that need to be noticed and no decision from the State on continuing remote meetings. I
have a call into our Town Counsel, but thought I’d go out to the list with this question to see if anyone has asked and received guidance:<u></u><u></u></span></font></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><font size="2" face="Calibri"><span style="font-size:11pt">Could we submit the legal notice with the statement “The agenda,
<u>with the meeting location</u>, will be posted at least 48 hours in advance of the meeting.”<u></u><u></u></span></font></p>
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