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Ramsdale Building Committee Meeting Summary – September 29, 2026

Selectboard & Town Boards — Tuesday, September 29, 2026

BodyGreat Barrington, Massachusetts

SessionSelectboard & Town Boards

DateTuesday, September 29, 2026

StatusFILED

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Speaker 1

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Meetings pursuant to MGL7C38 section 20.

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After notifying the chair of a public body, any person may make a video or audio recording of an open session of meeting of public body or may transmit the meeting through any medium.

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At the beginning of the meeting, the chair shall inform other attendees of any such recordings.

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I'm not aware of any other than what's being reported on the Zoom.

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Any member of the public wishing to speak at the meeting must receive permission of the chair.

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That is me today.

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The listings of agenda items are those reasonably anticipated by the chair, which may be discussed at the meeting.

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Not all items listed may in fact be discussed.

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And other items not listed may be brought up for discussion to the extent permitted by law.

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All right, it is 403, and I'm calling to order this meeting of the Ramsdale Building Committee agenda.

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Um first item is a roll call.

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So let's have a roll call of those present.

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Frederica?

Speaker 2

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Here.

Speaker 1

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Pat?

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Here.

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And I, John am here, and we have quorum.

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Uh although not a member of this committee.

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Yes, yes, yes.

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You are.

1:15

I didn't miss that.

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From trustees.

1:16

Oh, brilliant.

Speaker 3

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Yeah.

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Okay.

Speaker 1

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Wait, Laura, are you here?

Speaker 3

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I'm Lauren.

Speaker 1

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Lauren.

1:20

Are you here?

1:21

You're here.

Speaker 3

1:22

I'm

Unassigned speaker

1:22

here.

Unassigned speaker

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We

Speaker 1

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have not even virtually an unquestioned quorum.

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Uh approval of minutes of the August 25th meeting.

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Frederica did send those out uh earlier this afternoon.

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And

Unassigned speaker

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have

Speaker 1

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folks had have a chance to take a quick look at those meetings, minutes, pardon

Speaker 4

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me.

Speaker 1

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And can I have a motion to approve them?

Speaker 4

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I'll make a motion to approve them minutes from August 25th.

Speaker 1

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Second.

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Second.

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Thank you, Pat.

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Any discussion?

2:05

Hearing none, all those in favor, roll call vote.

2:08

Frederica?

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Hi.

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Lauren?

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Rowan?

Speaker 4

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Aye.

Speaker 1

2:12

Pat.

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Aye.

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And I from John.

2:15

The minutes are passed unanimously.

2:19

Co-chair's report.

2:21

Will you kick us off, please for the

Speaker 2

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um

Unassigned speaker

2:24

well,

Discussion Breakdown — Share of Meeting

Historic Preservation████████████████████████████████████████████44%

Procedural████████████████16%

Community Engagement██████████████14%

Engineering And Infrastructure████████████12%

Transportation Safety█████████9%

Fiscal Sustainability████4%

Disability Rights█1%

Summary of Proceedings

Ramsdale Building Committee Meeting Summary – September 29, 2026

The Ramsdale Building Committee convened a public meeting on September 29, 2026, at 4:03 PM, with members Frederica, Pat, John, Lauren, and Pam present, constituting a quorum. The meeting focused on the Ramsdale Library project, including a co-chair's report on recent inter-board meetings, a liaison update from the library trustees, and a discussion about the long-standing absence of a Department of Public Works (DPW) representative on the committee. No formal votes were taken on substantive matters; the committee approved the August 25th minutes unanimously.

Consent Calendar

Minutes Approval (August 25, 2025): Motion made by Frederica, seconded by Pat, and passed unanimously by roll call (Frederica, Lauren, Rowan, Pat, John all voted Aye).

Co-Chairs' Report

September 2nd joint meeting with Pam Sandler, Lon Clark, Laura Mars, and the co-chair reviewed recent renderings and determined them to be not satisfactory, prompting a request for the trustees to identify their budget.
Trustees' budget for the project was reported as $50,000 that had been appropriated.
September 10th: Library trustees meeting occurred.
September 22nd: A joint select board/library trustees meeting took place where the library trustees voted to ask the Massachusetts Board of Library Commissioners (MBLC) for two extensions, and the select board agreed.
September 25th: A brief meeting was held with an MBLC representative, the project architect, the OPM (Owners Project Manager), the co-chairs of the trustees, and the co-chairs of the building committee. John was not present at that meeting.

Discussion Items

The meeting was called to order at 4:03 PM. A roll call confirmed a quorum with Frederica, Pat, and John present; later, Pam was acknowledged present, and Lauren was present.
Minutes from the August 25th meeting were approved unanimously by roll call vote.
Liaison Report (Lauren): Lauren noted that the Ramsdale Building Committee, the local historical commission, the trustees, and the select board all need to align on the Ramsdale project. She said things have gotten

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