Water Not Waste reports on two upcoming public information sessions regarding the recently issued Solid Waste Management Alternatives Study (PDF, 2.7MB). Concerned citizens are urged to attend. First Session: Monday, August 17, 7pmJFK Middle School, 100 Bridge Road, Community RoomStantec and HDR will present their Alternatives Study. Public comment welcome.Second Session: Monday, September 14, 7pmJFK […]
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Video: Committee on Economic Development, Housing and Land Use, 8/10/09 Meeting
Here is a complete blip.tv video of the 8/10/09 meeting of Northampton’s Committee on Economic Development, Housing and Land Use. The video is 1 hour 55 minutes long and was recorded by Mimi Odgers of Water Not Waste. Video highlights:0:56:40-1:50:58 …Should the City Council retain special permit decision-making authority over landfill expansion (the landfill is a […]
Video: Board of Public Works/City Council Joint Committee Meeting of 8/10/09; Landfill Expansion
Here is a complete blip.tv video of the 8/10/09 Board of Public Works/City Council Joint Committee Meeting. This meeting discussed topics relating to the prospect of expanding the Northampton landfill. The video is 39 minutes long and was recorded by Craig Odgers of Water Not Waste.If the video plays in a halting manner, pause it, […]
Water Not Waste Seeks Signatures, Donations; August 5 Meeting
Water Not Waste has launched a campaign to put the following non-binding question on the November ballot:“Shall the City of Northampton expand the Northampton landfill over the Barnes Aquifer?”You may download the petition signature form here.There will be an organizational meeting on Wednesday, August 5, 7:00pm at the Florence Community Center, 140 Pine Street.Contributions are […]
Video: Special City Council Meeting of 7/30/09; Landfill Ballot Question Rejected
Here is a complete blip.tv video of the 7/30/09 special meeting of Northampton’s City Council. The councilors deadlocked on how to proceed with a citizens’ petition to put a question on expanding the Northampton landfill on the November ballot. This video is 1 hour and 30 minutes long, and was recorded by Mimi Odgers of […]
Video: Board of Public Works Meeting of 7/29/09; Roberts Meadow Upper Reservoir Dam; Landfill Alternatives
Here is a complete blip.tv video of the 7/29/09 Northampton Board of Public Works meeting. This video is 1 hour 48 minutes long and was recorded by Lachlan Ziegler. The meeting included a discussion of the Roberts Meadow Upper Reservoir Dam (starts at 0:03:20 on video). The Department of Public Works is considering the dam’s removal (see […]
Heat and Rain Increasing in Massachusetts: Implications for Infill and the Proposed Landfill Expansion
The Gazette’s July 24 edition of Hampshire Life contains a valuable article, “When it rains it pours”, with implications for infill as well as the proposed expansion of the landfill. First, some excerpts: When it rains it pours: Why Massachusetts is becoming waterlogged…Massachusetts is accumulating rainy months at a disturbing pace.Over the past century, according […]
Video: Board of Public Works Meeting of 7/15/09 – Alternatives to Landfill Expansion
Here is a complete blip.tv video of the 7/15/09 meeting of Northampton’s Board of Public Works. This meeting discussed the Solid Waste Management Alternatives Study (PDF, 2.7MB). This video is 2 hours and 33 minutes long, and was recorded by Ken Mitchell.Besides the health impacts of the landfill on residents, we ask these questions: The alternatives to […]
July 30: Northampton City Council Special Meeting on Landfill Ballot Question
Concerned citizens are urged to attend this special meeting of the City Council: See also: Videos: City Council Meeting of 7/9/09 – Landfill Ballot Questions, Local Meals and Hotel Taxes, Conservation Water Not Waste Launches to Save Barnes Aquifer Gazette: “A duel of votes, voices: On landfill future, two possible paths to city’s fall ballot” […]
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 […]