Stockbridge — On the heels of its September 19 session, the Select Board took another stab at new signage for the Town Hall parking area, 75 parking spots that will need to be divvied up after the Tri-Town Board of Health relocates to the building by the end of the year.
During its October 3 session, the group reviewed the proposed designations, one standardized design showing parking spots allocated to the Berkshire Hills Regional School District and Tri-Town Board of Health, as well as town employees and officials. Board members Ernest Cardillo and Patrick White noted that those restrictions would be in place only on weekdays to allow for parking use by downtown patrons at other times.
“The key thing is we wanted to send a message out that these are Monday through Friday, 8 a.m. to 4 p.m.,” Town Administrator Michael Canales said. “But after 4 [p.m.], all parking is open and then, on weekends, the whole parking lot is open.”
He said small signs may be added to the parking lot’s entrances with similar designations.
According to Canales, the signs will be sized 12 inches by 18 inches, with beige lettering on a green background. He said staff was looking at using “more of a wooden sign.”
“When we bring in Tri-Town, we’re bringing in nine more, with the people upstairs, parking is going to get more difficult in terms of nights,” Canales said, adding that the signage may incorporate a statement that overnight parking isn’t permitted.
Chair Jamie Minacci was not present at the meeting, and no vote was taken.
At the brief session, Hugh Page was unanimously appointed to the town’s Cemetery Commission.
The Special Permit hearing for 12 Larrywaug Cross Road, the property of Dean P. Cimini and Elizabeth A. Strand, scheduled for the meeting was continued to November 7.
