Calendar

LIST OF TOPICS: 

1. Call to Order
2. Public Comment
3. Amendments to General Bylaw 3.48 Stretch Energy Code; proposed adoption of Specialized Energy Code
4. Continued Annual Review of Town Council Rules of Procedure
   1. Recommendations by Clerk of the Council: Rule 4. Agendas, Rule 7. Motions, Rule 8. Legislative Process, Rule 9. Voting Requirements
5. Review and Vote on Recommendations to Town Council re Disposition of Bylaws For Future Consideration
   1. 3.7 Licenses and Permits-Denial, Revocation, or Suspension for Failure to Pay Municipal Taxes or Charges
      1. Committee voted 8/30/23 to recommend no action
   2. 3.2 Special Board of Appeals
      1. Committee voted 8/30/23 to recommend no action
   3. 3.23 Peeking and Peering into the Place of Habitation
      1. Committee voted 7/12/23 to recommend referral to Town Services and Outreach Committee to consider changes related to drones
   4. 3.21 Regulations Relating to Animals
   5. 3.26 Nuisance House 
      1. Community Resources Committee is considering amendments; Governance, Organization, and Legislation Committee will review prior to Council action; no GOL action required at this time
   6. 3.36 Soliciting
      1. Committee voted 8/30 to recommend no action; Council amended the bylaw in 2022
   7. 3.49 Historic Districts
   8. 3.51 Zero Energy
      1. Committee agreed on 7/12/23 that no further action is needed
6. Approval of Minutes: July 19, 2023; August 2, 2023; September 13, 2023
7. Items not anticipated by the Chair 48 hours in advance of the meeting
8. Future agenda items
9. Adjourn

Meeting materials will be posted here https://www.amherstma.gov/DocumentCenter/Index/5887; materials may be added or changed up through and after the meeting date.

Pursuant to Chapter 20 of the Acts of 2021, extended by Ch. 22 and  107 of the acts of 2022, and extended by Ch. 2 of the Acts of 2023, this meeting will be held via remote means. Members of the public who wish to access the meeting may do so via Zoom or by telephone. No in-person attendance of members of the public will be permitted, but every effort will be made to ensure that the public can adequately access the proceedings in real time, via technological means.