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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link="#467886" vlink="#96607D" style='word-wrap:break-word'><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'>Trish:<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'>What I can recommend to every planning and zoning board across the Commonwealth is the “Guidebook to Massachusetts Land Use.” This publication was written by Bob Mitchell, FAICP and Bob Ritchie, Esq. It’s published by the MA Chapter of the American Planning Association, and available to members via their website. Individual members of planning or zoning boards can join for $35 annually. This guidebook alone is worth the price of admission. I go to it frequently. Full of hyperlinks to statutes and court cases!<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'>Best regards,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'>Jeff Lacy<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'>Rural Planning Associates<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'>896 Graves Road<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'>Conway, MA 01341<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'>ruralplanningassociates@crocker.com<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'>(413) 230-9693<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #E1E1E1 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none'>From:</span></b><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none'> MassPlanners <massplanners-bounces@masscptc.org> <b>On Behalf Of </b>Trish Settles | CMRPC via MassPlanners<br><b>Sent:</b> Tuesday, October 1, 2024 4:49 PM<br><b>To:</b> Mass Planners <massplanners@masscptc.org><br><b>Subject:</b> [Massplanners] Standard Planning Board Admin<o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt'>Hello </span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt'> </span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt'>Does anyone have a standard how-to-guide to admin a town planning board and zoning board for a small town. (Board of Heath too, but that is probably a different list serve.) The town doesn’t have a planner, so the town services coordinator (TSC) handles all the administrative stuff. But the current TSC is retiring after 14 years, and I was wondering if anyone had a how-to-guide that might simplify the expectations, so the new TSC doesn’t have to read all of MGL and doesn’t have to learn the hard way. We are strongly encouraging the participation and usage of tools and resources like CPTC, SNEAPA, MA-APA, massplanners list serve. </span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt'> </span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt'>Send me your tattered cheat sheets. Stamp this, sign this, post that, notify this…. </span><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Segoe UI Emoji",sans-serif'>😉</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt'> </span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt'>Asking for a friend. </span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt'> </span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span style='font-size:20.0pt;font-family:"Freestyle Script";color:#002060'>Trish Settles</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt'>Trish Settles, AICP</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><i><span style='font-size:11.0pt;color:#0070C0'>(she/her/hers)</span></i><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt'>Deputy Director</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt'>Regional Collaboration and Community Planning</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt'>Central Massachusetts Regional Planning Commission</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt'>1 Mercantile Street, Suite 520</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt'>Worcester, MA 01608</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt'> </span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt'>Direct: (508) 756-7717 x 120 </span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt'>Fax: (508) 792-6818</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt'>Web: <a href="http://www.cmrpc.org/" target="_blank"><span style='color:#0563C1'>www.cmrpc.org</span></a></span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt'> </span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><a href="http://cmrpc.org/"><span style='font-size:11.0pt;color:black;mso-ligatures:none;text-decoration:none'><img border=0 width=99 height=52 style='width:1.0312in;height:.5416in' id="x_Picture_x0020_2" src="cid:image002.png@01DB14B9.59C9E330" alt="wBvRxa0kJoxEgAAAABJRU5ErkJggg=="></span></a><span style='font-size:11.0pt'> </span><a href="https://www.cmrpcregionalservices.org/imagine2050"><span style='font-size:11.0pt;color:black;mso-ligatures:none;text-decoration:none'><img border=0 width=134 height=49 style='width:1.3958in;height:.5104in' id="x_Picture_x0020_1" src="cid:image006.png@01DB14B9.59C9E330" alt="Logo
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