Deerfield
Town Info
- Contact Info
- 8 Conway Street
- South Deerfield, MA 01373
- PHONE: 413-665-4645 FAX: 413-665-7275
- E-mail: administrator@town.Deerfield.Ma.Us
- Hours & Days Open
- Monday through Friday
- 9:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m.
- Selectboard Meetings
- Every Other Wednesday, 7:30 p.m.
FRCOG work in Deerfield during 2005
- Staff worked with the Town to prepare the Town's Commonwealth Capital application and supporting materials.
- Staff helped prepare an application for a Smart Growth Technical Assistance Grant and secured $13,000 in funding to complete an Open Space and Recreation Plan.
- Two environmental site assessments were completed for the Former Lake Asphalt and Phan Oil sites located on River Road under the FRCOG's Regional Brownfields program. The value of the environmental assessment work for these properties in 2005 was $5,980.
- Staff secured a grant and began work on a Strategic Plan for Renewable Energy for the Pioneer Valley.
- Staff developed an emergency resource directory for first responders throughout Western Massachusetts.
- Staff updated state databases containing information on critical infrastructure and facilities in the region.
- Staff assisted in the development of a mutual aid agreement between the 101 towns of Western Massachusetts.
- Staff completed a pedestrian assessment survey and provided a map of the existing pedestrian facilities to the Town.
- Staff provided the Town with bicycle parking racks as part of Transportation Demand Management Program Share the Road in the Connecticut River Valley.
- Staff continued to provide technical assistance to the Select Board related to a potential South Deerfield Village streetscape and traffic flow improvements.
- Staff continued to provide assistance in advancing the Canalside Trail Bicycle Path section of the Franklin County Bikeway to construction including final revisions to the plans. Construction of this section of the Canalside Trail is anticipated to begin in the spring 2006.
- Staff provided technical assistance to the Select Board related to a potential South Deerfield Village streetscape and traffic flow improvements.
- Staff provided technical assistance to the Select Board and School Department related to traffic issues surrounding the Elementary School.
- Staff provided technical assistance to the Deerfield Building Department related to trip generation associated with new development.
- Staff provided available traffic volume and crash data to a consultant preparing a development proposal.
- Staff fulfilled data requests for Deerfield Academy and Communities Involved in Sustainable Agriculture (CISA).
- Staff completed the reporting requirements to maintain the Town's eligibility for the Economic Development Incentive Program through the Franklin County Economic Target Area.
- Staff created a GIS map showing 100 year flood zones and roads at risk for possible flood damage.
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