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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Cambria",serif">Hello Friends and Colleagues,
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Cambria",serif">Hudson is forging ahead with the implementation of the Open Gov online permitting software. Question for you folks: how does your municipality charge for the certified abutters
list for Planning Board and ZBA filings? Do you 1) charge one flat filing fee that covers all administrative tasks, including the preparation of the certified abutters list; 2) charge a separate fee that is added into the total filing fee based on the number
of abutters (which is what Hudson currently does) ; or 3) have the applicant pay the Assessors’ Department separately. We are trying to create some administrative efficiencies with the implementation of the Open Gov software, and during this process, we
have discovered that some of our administrative practices do not comport with the intended purpose of the software, which is to keep applicants from having to come into Town Hall to pay filing fees.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Cambria",serif">Thanks in advance for any guidance/wisdom you can impart.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Cambria",serif">Appreciate it,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Cambria",serif">Kristina
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<p class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="font-family:"Lucida Calligraphy"">Kristina Johnson, AICP<o:p></o:p></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><i><span style="font-family:"Lucida Calligraphy""><o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Garamond",serif">Town of Hudson, MA<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Garamond",serif">President, Mass. Association of Planning Directors<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Garamond",serif">Tel: 978-562-2989
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Garamond",serif">Cell: 857-939-3427<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Garamond",serif">Email: <a href="mailto:kjohnson@townofhudson.org">
<span style="color:windowtext">kjohnson@townofhudson.org</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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