CAC cover letter phase one report
April 22, 2002
Secretary Robert Durand
Executive Office of Environmental Affairs
251 Causeway Street, Suite 900
Boston, Massachusetts 02114
ATTENTION: MEPA Unit
Re: COMMENTS OF THE CAC, EOEA #12626, Phase I Report, The Village at Hospital Hill
Dear Secretary Durand:
The Citizens’ Advisory Committee (CAC) for the Northampton State Hospital/Village at Hospital Hill voted on April 22, 2002 to send you the following recommendation:
The Citizens’ Advisory Committee has fully evaluated the Village at Hospital Hill Phase One Report and fully endorses the project. The CAC recommends to the Secretary of Environmental
Affairs that Phase One of the project be allowed to proceed, all as described in the Phase One Report and the attached comments.
The CAC was initially formed under Chapter 86 of the Acts of 1994, (…Disposition of Certain Property at Northampton State Hospital) and then expanded by you to include neighborhood representation
as part of the Village’s ENF process.
The CAC has met six times to review the Phase I Report. Our review included posting the entire draft report on a city web site (www.NorthamptonPlanning.org), holding briefing sessions
with the project proponent, sponsoring a public comment session, and drafting CAC comments.
These comments represent a clear consensus of the CAC.
Our remaining comments are attached hereto. We understand that these comments will be included in the Phase I Report when
it is filed for your review and circulated for public and agency review.
Sincerely,
Mary Clare Higgins, Mayor Kenneth Landon
CAC Chair
Reverend R. Leroy Moser Edward Skroski
Charles DeRose Suzanne Beck
Bruce Fogel Robert Starr
John W. Hornor Daniel Yacuzzo
Joanne Campbell Alan Sax
David Modzelewski Rita Bleiman
Senator Stan Rosenberg Representative Peter Kocot
Jami Albro-Fisher Harriet Diamond
Joseph Blumenthal