<div dir="ltr">Good Morning:<div><br></div><div>The City of Greenfield is also interested, thank you.</div><div><br></div><div>Eric</div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Thu, Jun 8, 2023 at 10:29 AM Joseph Giniewicz via MassPlanners <<a href="mailto:massplanners@masscptc.org">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"><div class="msg-2431031307832224482">
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<p class="MsoNormal">We’re hoping to get feedback from other communities that have implemented a hybrid meeting format for Land Use Boards (i.e. Planning, ZBA and Conservation) and would like to hear how your experience has been (both the positive and the negative)
as well as how you have addressed some of the immediate questions that come to mind, such as:<u></u><u></u></p>
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<li class="m_-2431031307832224482MsoListParagraph" style="margin-left:5.25pt">How many staff person(s) do you have facilitating the meeting?<u></u><u></u></li><li class="m_-2431031307832224482MsoListParagraph" style="margin-left:5.25pt">Is the Chair responsible for facilitating any of the virtual portion? Otherwise, who is facilitating the virtual portion and the in-person portion of the meeting?<u></u><u></u></li><li class="m_-2431031307832224482MsoListParagraph" style="margin-left:5.25pt">Have you had technical issues during a public hearing?
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<li class="m_-2431031307832224482MsoListParagraph" style="margin-left:5.25pt">If you weren’t able to address the issue in short order, was the hearing continued?<u></u><u></u></li><li class="m_-2431031307832224482MsoListParagraph" style="margin-left:5.25pt">Again if technical issues arose and no immediate solution presented itself, was everything else subsequent on the agenda continued as well?<u></u><u></u></li></ul>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Any feedback and best practices that you could share would be appreciated.<u></u><u></u></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Thanks,<u></u><u></u></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Joe <u></u><u></u></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span>Joseph Giniewicz, AICP<u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span>Town Planner<u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span>Town of Westford<u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span>55 Main Street<u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span>Westford, MA 01886<u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span>978-692-5524<u></u><u></u></span></p>
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</div></blockquote></div><br clear="all"><div><br></div><span class="gmail_signature_prefix">-- </span><br><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><span style="font-size:12.8px"><b><font color="#274e13">Eric Twarog, AICP, Director</font></b></span><br></div><div dir="ltr"><div>City of Greenfield</div><div>Department of Planning & Development</div><div>20 Sanderson Street, Room 203</div><div>14 Court Square (Mailing Address)</div><div>Greenfield, MA 01301</div><div>(413) 772-1549</div><div><a href="mailto:eric.twarog@greenfield-ma.gov" target="_blank">eric.twarog@greenfield-ma.gov</a></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>