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Deerfield senior-housing committee authorizes site-visit sign-off, plans Conway School resident survey
Summary
The Ad Hoc Senior Housing Committee authorized member Lili Dwight to approve a site visit if needed, discussed Conway School’s frontage and parking constraints as a potential senior-housing site and agreed to deploy a resident survey and printed outreach materials.
The Town of Deerfield Ad Hoc Senior Housing Committee met remotely on Feb. 18, 2026, approved its Feb. 11 minutes and authorized a committee member to make decisions about a site visit before the next meeting.
Committee members discussed the Conway School site as a possible location for senior housing, noting frontage and parking issues that will shape feasibility. Committee members Kathy Sylvester and Lili Dwight said they are developing a Google survey to gather resident input and plan to provide printed copies at the Library, Senior Center and Town Hall; Pam Predmore said she will announce the survey and bring hard copies to the next Women’s Club meeting.
On procurement timelines, the minutes record that Alex will follow up with FRCOG to confirm whether the proposal period for the RFP is 60 or 90 days. The committee noted no new state response had been received; Lili Dwight sent another email to Josh Cuddy and the minutes reference that Pittsfield recently received funding for housing as a point of local context.
Procedurally, the committee voted to authorize Lili Dwight to make decisions about a site visit if needed before the next meeting; the minutes record the vote but do not provide a mover/second or a roll-call tally. The Feb. 11 minutes were approved unanimously, per the record. No public comment is recorded as having been made. The meeting adjourned at 5:14 p.m.; the next meeting is scheduled for Wednesday, March 4, 2026.
The minutes also note routine remote-meeting logistics and legal authority for remote meetings under House Bill Number 62 of the 194th General Court and M.G.L. c.30A § 20, as recorded in the meeting notice.
