<div dir="auto"><div dir="auto"></div>The 495/MetroWest Partnership provided this update today: <div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto"><span style="color:rgb(82,74,75);font-family:arial,verdana,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:16px;text-align:justify;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">The House is considering a different approach to several provisions, including extending only until March 31st, 2023 several items the Senate version would extend to December 15th, 2023. According to State House News Service, the "House bill also includes provisions specific to notaries public and real estate property closings that were not in the Senate bill."</span></div><div dir="auto"><div style="text-align:justify" dir="auto"><br></div><div style="text-align:justify" dir="auto"><span style="font-family:sans-serif">Thanks, </span><br></div><div style="text-align:justify" dir="auto"><span style="font-family:sans-serif"><br></span></div><div style="text-align:justify" dir="auto"><span style="font-family:sans-serif">Bryon Clemence, P.E.</span></div><div style="text-align:justify" dir="auto"><font face="sans-serif">Water Resources Committee </font></div><div style="text-align:justify" dir="auto"><font face="sans-serif">Agricultural Commission</font></div><div style="text-align:justify" dir="auto"><span style="font-family:sans-serif">Boxborough MA</span></div><div style="text-align:justify" dir="auto"><span style="font-family:sans-serif"><br></span></div><div style="text-align:justify" dir="auto"><span style="font-family:sans-serif"><br></span></div><div class="gmail_quote" dir="auto"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Thu, Jul 7, 2022, 2:11 PM Daniel Fortier via MassPlanners <<a href="mailto:massplanners@masscptc.org" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">massplanners@masscptc.org</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div lang="EN-US" link="blue" vlink="#954F72" style="word-wrap:break-word"><div><p class="MsoNormal">Checked with the MMA yesterday. The Senate pulled this out of the budget and has approved the extension. House is expected to take it up today. Hopefully the extension to December 15 2023 will pass today and get to the Governors desk for signature.</p><p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal">Dan Fortier</p><p class="MsoNormal">Retired Planner</p><p class="MsoNormal">Interim Dennis Planner</p><p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal">Sent from <a href="https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=550986" rel="noreferrer noreferrer" target="_blank">Mail</a> for Windows</p><p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p><div style="border:none;border-top:solid #e1e1e1 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in"><p class="MsoNormal" style="border:none;padding:0in"><b>From: </b><a href="mailto:massplanners@masscptc.org" rel="noreferrer noreferrer" target="_blank">Michelle Tyler via MassPlanners</a><br><b>Sent: </b>Tuesday, July 5, 2022 11:33 AM<br><b>To: </b><a href="mailto:SDanielson@easton.ma.us" rel="noreferrer noreferrer" target="_blank">Danielson, Stephanie</a><br><b>Cc: </b><a href="mailto:massplanners@masscptc.org" rel="noreferrer noreferrer" target="_blank">massplanners@masscptc.org</a><br><b>Subject: </b>Re: [Massplanners] Legal Notices and Meeting Place & Continued Remote Meeting Limbo</p></div><p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p><div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:18.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif;color:black">My Town Counsel said this last week:<u></u><u></u></span></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:18.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif;color:black"><u></u> <u></u></span></p></div><div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:18.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Just an FYI - reports are that the State Senate Budget includes language that would extend remote meetings until December 15, 2023, as follows:<u></u><u></u></span></p></div><div><blockquote style="margin-left:30.0pt;margin-right:0in"><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:18.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black"><u></u> <u></u></span></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:18.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">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.<u></u><u></u></span></p></div></blockquote></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:18.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black"><u></u> <u></u></span></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:18.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">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. <u></u><u></u></span></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:18.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black"><u></u> <u></u></span></p></div></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:18.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif;color:black"><u></u> <u></u></span></p></div><div><div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif;color:#a64d79"><img border="0" width="96" height="96" style="width:1.0in;height:.9953in" id="m_-6511667422506039807m_3082194476285308222_x0000_i1028" src="https://ci3.googleusercontent.com/mail-sig/AIorK4wpRW2a9qK3yohcVl8OLpDR5WPmCKvT_Utzp-iPHtbc0ISA-0rA52TtmHmfQ4mE9c96SDKtnuE"></span></b><u></u><u></u></p><div><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif;color:blue">Michelle R. Tyler</span></b></p><div><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif;color:blue">Director of Planning</span></b></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif;color:blue">Town of Randolph</span></b></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif;color:blue">781-961-0936</span></b></p></div></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="font-size:7.5pt;color:#222222">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.</span></i></p></div></div></div></div><p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p></div><p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p><div><div><p class="MsoNormal">On Tue, Jul 5, 2022 at 10:44 AM Danielson, Stephanie via MassPlanners <<a href="mailto:massplanners@masscptc.org" rel="noreferrer noreferrer" target="_blank">massplanners@masscptc.org</a>> wrote:</p></div><blockquote style="border:none;border-left:solid #cccccc 1.0pt;padding:0in 0in 0in 6.0pt;margin-left:4.8pt;margin-right:0in"><div><div><p class="MsoNormal">Hi everyone,</p><p class="MsoNormal"> </p><p class="MsoNormal">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:</p><p class="MsoNormal"> </p><p class="MsoNormal">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.”</p><p class="MsoNormal"> </p><p class="MsoNormal"> </p><p class="MsoNormal"> </p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Candara",sans-serif">Stephanie Danielson, AICP, </span><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Candara",sans-serif">Director of Planning & Economic Development</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Candara",sans-serif">Department of Planning & Economic Development</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Candara",sans-serif">Town of Easton, 136 Elm Street, Easton, MA 02356</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Candara",sans-serif">508.230.0641</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Candara",sans-serif"><a href="http://www.easton.ma.us/" rel="noreferrer noreferrer" target="_blank">Easton.ma.us</a></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Candara",sans-serif"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><a href="http://envisioneaston.com/" rel="noreferrer noreferrer" target="_blank"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Candara",sans-serif;color:windowtext;text-decoration:none"><img border="0" width="110" height="76" style="width:1.1481in;height:.7962in" id="m_-6511667422506039807m_3082194476285308222gmail-m_4081392619869030041gmail-m_-2382649836352026544Picture_x0020_1" src="cid:181cefc95ec4ce8e91" alt="logoemail"></span></a></p><p class="MsoNormal"> </p></div><p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p><p><a href="http://www.facebook.com/pages/Town-of-Easton-MA/109553865754359?sk=wall" rel="noreferrer noreferrer" target="_blank"><span style="text-decoration:none"><img border="0" width="32" height="32" style="width:.3379in;height:.3333in" id="m_-6511667422506039807m_3082194476285308222_x0000_i1026" src="http://www.easton.ma.us/images/facebook2.jpg" alt="Facebook"></span></a><span style="font-family:"times",serif">Follow us on Facebook</span><br><a href="https://twitter.com/#!/townofeaston" rel="noreferrer noreferrer" target="_blank"><span style="text-decoration:none"><img border="0" width="32" height="32" style="width:.3379in;height:.3333in" id="m_-6511667422506039807m_3082194476285308222_x0000_i1025" src="http://www.easton.ma.us/images/twitter.jpg" alt="Twitter"></span></a><span style="font-family:"times",serif">Follow us on Twitter</span></p><p><strong><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"times",serif;color:#29ab00">Help make the earth a greener place. 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