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increasing dark -sky visibility", which will regulate state- and municipally -funded
outdoor lighting projects, have been reported favorably by the Joint
Telecommunications, Utilities, and Energy Committee of the Massachusetts
Legislature; and
WHEREAS, H.2858 and S.1937 have been co -sponsored by over 25 state senators and
representatives and endorsed by the Appalachian Mountain Club, Mass
Audubon, the Massachusetts Sierra Club, and the Massachusetts Medical
Society; and
WHEREAS, The Massachusetts Municipal Association has endorsed virtually
identical principles to those in H.2858 and 5.1937; and
WHEREAS, Every New England state except Massachusetts has passed some form of
legislation or regulation of light pollution;
NOW, THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED, that the City Council of Northampton urges the General
Court of Massachusetts and Governor Charles Baker to enact a state law curbing light pollution
and protecting the Commonwealth of Massachusetts' naturally dark skies.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Administrative Assistant to the City Council shall send a copy
of this Resolution to Governor Charles Baker, House Speaker Robert DeLeo, Senate President
Karen Spilka, Senator Michael Rodrigues (Chair of Senate Ways and Means Committee), the
presenters of the bill, Senator Cynthia Creem and Representative Sean Garballey, and
Representative Lindsay Sabadosa and Senator Jo Comerford.
In City Council, September 3, 2020
Passed First Reading on Roll Call Vote of 9 Yes, 0 No, 0 Absent
Attest: Gt , Clerk or council
In City Council, September 17, 2020
Passed Second Reading on Roll Call Vote or Yes, 0 No, 0 Absent
Attest: &ZQ2L , Clerk or council
Passed two readings and enrolled
hereby certify that the above resolution passed the Northampton City Council an September 17, 2020
Attest: _ pAt _ , Clerk of Council