Videos: City Council Meeting of 7/9/09 – Landfill Ballot Questions, Local Meals and Hotel Taxes, Conservation

Here is a blip.tv video of the complete Northampton City Council meeting of 7/9/09. This video is 3 hours and 54 minutes long, and was recorded by Mimi Odgers from Water Not Waste. We have also broken out shorter segments of this video that cover the public comments period, ballot questions on expanding the landfill […]

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Houston Chronicle: “Density hasn’t been kind to Cottage Grove…”

The Houston Chronicle published a cautionary tale about infill on June 28: How urban can Houston become?Density hasn’t been kind to Cottage Grove, a small neighborhood with narrow streets, few sidewalks, poor drainage and scarce parking for the owners of its many new homes and their guests.Like many neighborhoods inside Loop 610, Cottage Grove in […]

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Special Permit As Issued to Kohl Construction for North Street Condos

Here is the special permit issued by the Planning Board in June to Tofino Associates/Northern Avenue Homes/Kohl Construction to build 20 condo units off North Street. Kohl still needs approval from the Conservation Commission (July 23 hearing expected) as well as a resolution to a lawsuit in Land Court over matters of title and rights-of-way. You […]

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Video and Slides: Planning Board Grants Special Permit to Kohl Condos on 6/25/09

Here is a blip.tv video of the Tofino Associates/Northern Avenue Homes/Kohl Construction hearing on June 25 before Northampton’s Planning Board. The board granted a special permit to Kohl to build 20 condo units off of North Street. Kohl has not yet secured approval from the Conservation Commission (hearing expected July 23). A Land Court lawsuit over title […]

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Video: Jesse Adams Campaign Kick-Off for City Council – Speeches with Text

Jesse Adams is running for a City Councilor At-Large position in Northampton. Here is a blip.tv video of the speeches from his campaign kick-off event at the Northampton Country Club on 6/24/09. Mr. Adams is introduced by Rick Gifford and Wendy Foxmyn. This video is 18 minutes long and was recorded by Adam Cohen. For […]

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Latest Kohl Condo Proposal for North Street: 20 Units as Duplexes

This week Kohl Construction submitted a revised condo proposal to the Office of Planning and Development. Compared to the previous proposal shown to the Planning Board on May 14, the new proposal reduces total units from 23 to 20 and breaks up the larger masses into duplexes. Several members of the Planning Board had asked […]

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Letter to Gazette: “Defending rights of North Street neighbors”

North Street gets fresh support from across town in Virginia Schulman’s letter published in today’s Gazette: Defending rights of North Street neighbors …I live on South Street, which used to have a lovely little wooded area at the corner where it forks into Old South and New South. In my opinion, destroying that woods to […]

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Video: Conservation Commission Meeting of 6/11/09

Here is a complete blip.tv video of the 6/11/09 meeting of Northampton’s Conservation Commission. This video is 1 hour 50 minutes long and was recorded by Lachlan Ziegler. With respect to the Kohl Construction/Tofino Associates proposal to build 23 condos off of North Street, the commission aims to select a hydrogeologist at its June 25 […]

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Video and Guest Column: Planning Board Approves Kollmorgen for Hospital Hill on 6/11/09

Here is a blip.tv video of the first 2 hours and 12 minutes of the 6/11/09 meeting of Northampton’s Planning Board. The board approved a proposal by Kollmorgen Electro-Optical to build a new facility at Hospital Hill/Village Hill. This video was recorded by Jesus Leyva and Benjamin Spencer. Here are the agenda items covered in […]

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Video: A Close Look at the Second Reading of the Wetlands Ordinance at City Council on 10/4/07

The intent of Northampton’s new Wetlands Ordinance has been a matter of controversy at the hearings of Kohl Construction’s condo proposal for the North Street neighborhood. The current proposal calls for a large amount of disturbance, construction and paved surface within the 100-foot buffer zone around a wetland, right up to the 35-foot line. To […]

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