Roundhouse parking ORDER WF1-10-19City of Northampton
Massachusetts
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In City Council, January 17, 2019
Upon the recommendation of Mayor David J. NarkewiczWHEREAS,The 2016-2017 expansion of the Pulaski Park overlook reduced parking on the northerly side of the Roundhouse Parking Lot, creating
a need to expand the parking lot southerly side of the lot; andWHEREAS,Purchasing Parcels A, B, C, and D,shown on a survey entitled Plan of Land in Northampton…prepared for Tighe & Bond,
Inc. signed by Daniel F. Stasz, Northeast Survey Consultants, dated June 15, 2017 and recorded at the Hampshire Registry of Deeds at Plan Book 241, Page 38, and related easements will
allow for said parking lot expansion and rail trail relocation; andWHEREAS,Granting an access easement across the south side of the Roundhouse Parking Lot can spur additional downtown
economic development and housing activities.Ordered, that
The Mayor is authorized to purchase or otherwise acquire for parking lot and rail trail purposes:
A fee interest in Parcel A (2,362±square feet) with related slope and construction easements for up to $19,000; and
A fee interest in Parcel B (430± square feet) with related slope and construction easements for up to $5,000; and
A fee interest in Parcel C (891± square feet) with related slope and construction easements for up to $8,000; and
A fee interest I Parcel D (105± square feet) with related slope and construction easements for up to $1,000; and
Further, the Mayor is authorized to grant a single shared access easement from the Roundhouse Parking Lot to the land to the south, at an amount not less than that determined by an appraisal,
with such terms and conditions and the Mayor deems reasonable, with such easement being surplus to city needs.