Roundhouse Parklet license 12-7-2017LICENSE AGREEMENT
THIS AGREEMENT entered into this 7th day of December, 2017, by and between THE
CITY OF NORTHAMPTON, a municipal corporation organized under the laws of the
Commonwealth of Massachusetts with a principal place of business at 210 Main Street,
Northampton, Massachusetts (“City”) and ROBERT G. CURRAN, JR. (“Curran”) of 248
Washington Ave 4, Miami Beach, Florida and ROUNDHOUSE DEVELOPMENT, LLC
(“RD”), of 244 Main Street, Northampton, Massachusetts.
WHEREAS, the City is the owner of an unimproved parcel of land off Main Street and
the former Water Street by deeds recorded in the Hampshire Registry of Deeds in Book 1851,
Page 257; Book 2291, Page 317; Book 2317, Page 339; Book 2317, Page 341; Book 2708, Page
28; Plan Book 236, Page 88 (“the City Parcel”); and
WHEREAS, RD is the owner of the property at 244 Main Street, Northampton,
Massachusetts, by deed dated February 15, 2011 and recorded in the Hampshire Registry of
Deeds in Book 10482, Page 55, which is known as the Roundhouse Building (“the
Roundhouse”); and
WHEREAS, the City Parcel and the Roundhouse are contiguous to each other; and
WHEREAS, the Roundhouse is leased to and occupied by one or more business entities
whose employees would benefit from a nearby parklet; and
WHEREAS, the City of Northampton Open Space, Recreation & Multi-Use Trail Plan
(2011-2018) recommends a Pavement-to-Parks program, preserving small previously urbanized
or paved areas as tiny parks or parklets; and
WHEREAS, Curran has offered to develop a new parklet to the rear of the Roundhouse
on the City Parcel; and
WHEREAS, the City is willing to allow Curran to develop a parklet on the City Parcel
pursuant to the terms and conditions set forth herein.
NOW, THEREFORE, Curran and the City agree as follows:
1.The City grants this License to Curran and RD to develop a parklet on the City
Parcel as more particularly shown on Exhibit A, attached hereto.
2.Prior to the commencement of any work to develop the parklet, Curran shall
present to the City the plans for development of the parklet. The City shall, within
60 days thereafter, approve the plans or inform Curran, in writing, the reasons that
the plans cannot be approved in their then current form. Nothing herein shall bind
or obligate Curran and/or RD to develop the parklet in the event the City proposes
modifications or changes to the plans that are not acceptable to Currand and/or
RD.