23.370 DESE Clark Lease Letter
COUNCILORS
AT LARGE
Marissa Elkins
Jamila Gore
WARD
Stanley W. Moulton, III
Karen Foster – Vice President
James Nash – President
Garrick Perry
Alex Jarrett
Marianne L. LaBarge
Rachel Maiore
August 23, 2023
Commissioner Jeffrey C. Riley
Department of Elementary and Secondary Education
75 Pleasant Street
Malden, MA 02148
Dear Commissioner Riley,
At a regular Northampton City Council meeting on Thursday, August 17, 2023, following a motion to suspend the council’s rules to allow approval of a measure at the same meeting at which
it was introduced, a motion was made and seconded to approve the following:
“Motion to approve 23.370 An Order Authorizing the Lease of a Portion of the Jackson Street Elementary School to Clarke School for the Deaf”
A roll call vote was taken resulting in a unanimous consensus to declare the space surplus to the city’s needs and authorize approval of said lease. Attached is a certified copy of
the order and draft copy of minutes from this meeting to be approved at the September 7, 2023, meeting.
Sincerely,
Councilor James Nash
Northampton City Council President
cc: Superintendent Portia S. Bonner
Attachment: August 17, 2023, Draft City Council Meeting Minutes, Certified Order 23.370