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Memo Daren Gray From:Daren Gray Sent:Monday, September 24, 2012 1:37 PM To:Carolyn Misch (cmisch@northamptonma.gov) Cc:'Dan Dodge (ddodge@opal-re.com)'; Thomas Hogan (Thomas.Hogan@doucet- mass.com) Subject:Clarke School Redevelopment Project - Updated - Supplemental Application PDF Attachments:2012-09-24 Updated Supplemental Application.pdf HelloCarolynʹ AttachedyouwillfindaPDFoftheupdatedSitePlanApplicationfortheClarkeSchoolRedevelopmentProject.This updatedPDFisbeingprovidedaspartoftheresubmittalpackage. AsyouwillseeinthePDF,textaddedforthisresubmissionisinblue. WewillbehanddeliveringacheckforadditionalapplicationfeeandaCDwithPDFsofupdateddocumentstoyour officeshortly. Hardcopieswillfollowlatertoday. Thankyou, Daren DarenMGray,P.E. WƌŽũĞĐƚDĂŶĂŐĞƌ 136 West Street, Suite 103 Northampton, MA 01060 O: 413-517-0133 xt. 22 F: 413-517-0136 daren.gray@doucet-mass.com www.doucetandassociates.com AdditionalInformation: Applicantproposesamixeduseredevelopmentoftheexistinghistoriceducationalcampus.Acoregoalofthisprojectis tomaintainthecharacteroftheClarkecampus.Proposedusesincluderesidential,professionaloffice,generaloffice, medical/dentistoffice,andgeneralcommercial.Thefinalactualbreakdownandlocationoftheseuseswillbephased overtimebasedonleasingdemand.Further,theapplicantrequestsareductioninparkingrequirements(Section 350.8.6)aspartoftheSitePlanApprovalforthestaggeredparkingdemandofthemixeduses.TheApplicanthashada neighborhoodmeeting.Therearenoproposedchangestoanybuildingexteriors.Theproposedsiteworkdisturbanceis minimalandisprimarilyforsafetyandaccesspurposestoaccommodatethemixeduses. SitePlanCriteria: 1.Nonewcurbcutsproposed.Thereare(2)existingcurbcuts,oneforeachsideofRoundHillRoad.Thewidthofthe easterlycurbcutisproposedtobeincreasedforsafetypurposesandtoallowfor2waytraffic. 1 2.Thesiteisproposedtostayprimarilyasis.Thepropertyhasanexistingnetworkofsidewalksforseparation.The existingsitehasspeedbumpstocontrolthespeedofvehicles. 3.Theresidentialandcommercialuseshavestaggeredparkingdemands.Theproposedmixeduseofthesitecoupled withitsdowntownlocationpromotepedestrian,PVTA,andbicycleaccess.PVTAscheduleswillbepostedthroughout thesite.Theexistingbikerackwillbemaintainedandadditional(5)bikerackswithtrashbarrelsareproposedforthe site.Theseareshownonthesiteplans. SitePlanʹOnsiteTraffic: Existingtrafficpatternsattheaccesspointswillbemaintained.Theincreaseinwidthfortheeasterlycurbcutwill decreaseconflicts.Wayfindingsignageisproposedforwesterlyentrancetoavoidconfusionwiththevariousbuildings. SitePlanOffsiteTraffic: 1.TheApplicanthasagreedtoprovideoffsitemitigationmeasures.Thesemitigationmeasuresareproposedtobeofa valueequaltothemitigationfee,ascalculatedperCityzoningintheapplicationmaterials. 2.TheApplicantwillbefinalizingamitigationpackagewiththeCitytoinsurecompliancewithzoningfortraffic mitigation.Seememoandcalculationssubmittedwiththeapplicationforadditionaldiscussion.Again,itis proposedthattheactualmitigationmeasuresbeequivalenttothecalculatedmitigationfeeof$102,000andthat theCityproposetheactualmitigationmeasuresassociatedwiththisproject. 3.Theproposedprojectisexpectedtogenerateadditionaltrafficbeyondtheexistingandhistoricuseoftheparcelsas aneducationalcampus. SitePlanʹWaiverRequests: 11.Existingrefuseremovalareasareproposedtoremain.Anychangeswouldbebasedontenantneeds. 12.Noproposedchangestositelighting. 13.Erosioncontrolmeasuresareshownonthesitegradingplanduetothelimitedamountofproposeddisturbance. 15.Astatementwithaccompanyingstormwatercalculationshasbeenprovidedfortheproposedraingardenassociated withtheproposedCoolidgedropoffarea.Otherwise,newareasofimperviousareminimalanddraintoexistingsite infrastructure. 2