Planning Board Minutes

FINAL

Town of Tyringham

Planning Board Meeting

7:00 PM Nov 2, 2022

Town Hall & Virtual on Zoom, Tyringham, MA 01264

In Attendance: Carol Hardy-Fanta, Ellen Slater Gonnello, Pete Salinetti, Amanda Hamilton, Rebecca Honig

Public in Attendance: NA

ANRs, Courtesy Notices, Mail: Public hearing notice from Lee, MA for a special permit application,

Old Business:

Approved 10/26/22 meeting notes

Master Plan (aka Town Plan)

• MA State Resources
  • https://www.mass.gov/guides/community-one-stop-for-growth
  • Grant: Rural and Small Town Development Fund Grant Program
  • The most recent application deadline was June 2022. We would be looking to apply for the FY2024
  • First step was (before applying for the grant) to send a letter of interest. The deadline for this was December 15, 2021. So, if the grant is made available for 2024, we expect similar deadlines.
• BRPC Community Planning advising & resources
  • https://berkshireplanning.org/program/community-planning/
  • Amanda reached out to Thomas Matuszko (Assitant Director of BRPC) with questions about cost and consulting with BRPC.
  • Amanda will attend the BRPC executive meeting held 11/3 as well
• Otis’ Master Plan
  • Carol emailed Harold Kobrin, previous Chair of Otis Planning Board to ask about his experience creating the Otis Master Plan. We’ll await his response.
  • Amanda provided copies from the Otis appendix  and the Rural and Small Town Development Plan from the State’s Community One Stop for Growth site.
  • We emailed Larry Gould, our Building Inspector, and asked him to join us for a meeting. We would benefit from hearing about his experience with the Otis Master Plan (he was on the Steering Committee (MPSC)
• Tyringham Town Survey from 2018
  • We reviewed the results and discussed the next survey we would need to do.
  • We reviewed Otis’ town survey which was in depth and included 35 questions.
• Project Management Tools
  • Ellen looked into Trello which has a free 14 day trial. The standard plan is $5 per person per month (when billed annually). This would cost us about $300. We will table this idea until we know more about BRPC & One Stop (MA State) resources & costs.

New Business: NA

Adjourning:  8:16 pm

Our next meeting will be 11/16/22

Respectfully submitted, Ellen Slater Gonnello

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