Reynolds Response to Staff comments 175 Jackson Street Submission4/7/2020 City of Northampton Mail - 175 Jackson Street Submission
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Carolyn Misch <cmisch@northamptonma.gov>
175 Jackson Street Submission
Terrence Reynolds P.E. <terry@treynoldsengineering.com>Mon, Apr 6, 2020 at 2:07 PM
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To: Carolyn Misch <cmisch@northamptonma.gov>
Cc: David Veleta <dveleta@northamptonma.gov>, Doug McDonald <dmcdonald@northamptonma.gov>, Dawn Nims
<dnims@northamptonma.gov>, Richard Parasiliti <rparasiliti@northamptonma.gov>, Karen LaVerdiere
<karenlav44@gmail.com>
Hi Carolyn,
Please see the responses below;
Attached are the revised plans, Drainage report with soil logs, and the Arborist report.
Please let me know if I have missed anything.
Best,
Terry
Terrence R. Reynolds, P.E.
T Reynolds Engineering
Civil Engineers-Planning, Design and Permitting Services
152 Maplewood Terrace
Florence, MA 01062
Phone: (413) 387-8078
e-mail: terry@treynoldsengineering.com
www.treynoldsengineering.com
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From: Carolyn Misch [mailto:cmisch@northamptonma.gov]
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Subject: 175 Jackson Street Submission
4/7/2020 City of Northampton Mail - 175 Jackson Street Submission
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Hi Terry,
I hope this email finds you healthy!
As I think we have discussed, we are moving forward with public hearings on projects as they become
ready. These will be via Zoom interface. I have reviewed the application for 175 Jackson Street and have
determined that we will need some additional items in order to satisfy the zoning submission requirements
before this can be scheduled for a hearing.
Please submit the following:
1. The site plan indicates 6,252 square feet of new construction. The permit application indicates 3,256.
Project size for calculating fee and scale of project is based on total square footage not footprint. This
is a major project. Your payment needs to be amended to include the total square footage. Please pay
an additional $149.80.
Karen LaVerdiere has paid the additional amount for the building square footage
2. I do not see a statement in accordance with 11.5 B2(i)- There is no arborist report on the tree health for
the trees that will be protected. This will be necessary for the two Maple "clumps" at the front of the
site along with the Birch in that area as well as the 14" Birch and 16" Maple by the storage barn. A
tree protection plan for these trees must be submitted showing protection based on the health, size, etc
of these species.
Attached is the require arborist report for the project. The Maple clumps at the front of the site are actually
suckers growing in lilac bushes and will be removed. Tree protection measures are included in the arborist
report.
3. There appears to be a row of trees along the southerly border with the abutter that are not shown on the
plan. Do these still exist? If they are to remain to act as a screen for headlights and cars in the new
parking area, they should be called out by species.Protective measures will be necessary during the
construction. This should be included in the arborist report (item 2 above)
There is a row of deciduous trees along the wire fence line. These will remain and tree protection will be
installed so that roots in this area will not be disturbed beyond what is already disturbed by the existing
driveway. A 4-foot solid fence will be proposed to block winter light spill over from parking cars.
4. I do not see a tree replacement calculation for the 22" Maple or the 21" Maple in the area where the
stormwater infiltration swale is designed.
Replacement calculations are listed on the planting plan.
5. The elevations do not indicate clearly whether there will be a covered entry for the new units. The
sample photo shows this but it does not translate to the elevations. Please clarify.
The entries are recessed covered entries.
6. Traffic mitigation is not clear. Based on zoning, five new units would trigger a $5,000 one-time
payment in lieu of mitigation. Is this the applicant's intent? A waiver from a full traffic study should
be requested.
Payment in lieu of mitigation was listed on the application. A waiver from a traffic study is requested.
7. 11.5 B3(e) is not addressed. There should be a pedestrian path from the units to the public sidewalk.
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A 3-foot wide bituminous sidewalk has been added to the plans. The driveway has been narrowed so no
additional impervious is added. The applicant is asking for a waiver of the 5' concrete sidewalk as it adds
unnecessary impervious area and concrete would not be in keeping with the rest of the site and adjacent areas.
8. 11.6 F2(d) requires that the sidewalk crossing be cement concrete built to standards to carry vehicles
across the walk without damaging the walk.
This does not seem to apply as this is not a new driveway. The apron and sidewalk were also replaced during the
most recent Jackson street road reconstruction. If a concrete sidewalk is needed, the applicant would like to ask
that it be included as part of the upcoming sidewalk replacement project for Jackson Street.
9. Stormwater analysis assumes a portion of the project will continue to flow into Jackson Street. However the
amount of impervious surface flowing there is increasing. It is not clear how you are addressing that.
The area flowing to Jackson Street is reduced and as a result runoff is also reduced. the driveway entrance has
always been asphalt, but was recently stripped and re-graveled in anticipation of the upcoming project. The
current condition is modeled as gravel.
10. I did not see test pit data. Generalized soils data would indicate SHGW is 0-30" below grade. How
will the infiltrators, drywells, pervious pavement, swale function in these conditions without
intercepting high ground water?
Test pit data has been added to the drainage report. Infiltration basin separation is measured from the basin
surface. I did raise the basin 0.5 feet to provide better separation to GW. Porous pavement will have an
underdrain that will discharge to the basin. Depending on the subsoils encountered at the time of construction
some infiltration may be achieved in the underdrain bed. Actual soil conditions for the specific drywell locations
will need to be confirmed at the time of construction.
11. Was there information about inspection schedules during construction?
A construction period inspection schedule in included in the Stormwater Management Plan
12. I did not see any information about the new structures being solar ready.
All proposed buildings are solar oriented and will be solar ready.
13. We will need another plan sheet showing the boundary of the abutting zoning district. This parcel
backs up to URC, this needs to be shown on a plan.
The URC boundary has been added to the cover sheet.
14. There should be more landscaping to screen the parking spaces between the sidewalk and the first
block of parking.
Shrubs have been added to this area.
As soon as we have this information we can move forward to schedule a hearing. I will let you know as
soon as I receive comments from DPW. In order to be on the April 23rd agenda, I would need these items by
Monday the 6th or for the May 14 agenda I would need the information by April 24.
Thank you,
Carolyn Misch, AICP
Assistant Director
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Northampton, MA 01060
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Site Plans 4-6-20.pdf
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Tree Protection 175 Jackson Street.pdf
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Drainage Analysis 4-5-20.pdf
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