dragan LetterCarolyn Misch <cmisch@northamptonma.gov>
ZBOA - June 10th agenda - comments
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tanya dragan <tanyadragan@hotmail.com>Thu, Jun 10, 2021 at 10:13 AM
To: "CMisch@NorthamptonMA.gov" <CMisch@northamptonma.gov>
Cc: tanya dragan <tanyadragan@hotmail.com>
Hello Ms. Misch,
I am a resident of Leeds. Unfortunately, I cannot a end tonight's mee ng, and so am wri ng to pass on comments I
would have liked to share at the mee ng.
Please be so kind as to pass this on to the mee ng's decision makers.
While I understand the need for housing in our area, this is not the place for it. Adding sprawl to an area so close to
the Mill River is a bad idea for various reasons, including:
SAFETY - inadequate access for emergency personnel in, and access for people leaving in case of fire/flood.
ENVIRONMENT - run off (which can be only somewhat curtailed) during construc on, and during the subsequent
use of the homes will dirty the Mill River.
PAPER STREET - drawn OVER 100 YEARS AGO is no longer relevant in our day. Occupants of the proposed homes
will not be accessing them via walking and horse.
I urge the Board to reject the appeal, and sustain the previously made decision that "a lot is not a building lot
[at the] end of Grove Ave., Leeds, Map Id 5-12".
Respectfully,
Tanya Dragan
Beaver Brook Loop, Leeds
Carolyn Misch <cmisch@northamptonma.gov>Thu, Jun 10, 2021 at 12:36 PM
To: tanya dragan <tanyadragan@hotmail.com>
I will pass your comments on to the Board.
Carolyn Misch, AICP
Assistant Director
City of Northampton Office of Planning & Sustainability
210 Main St, Room 11
Northampton, MA 01060
413-587-1287
cmisch@northamptonma.gov
www.northamptonma.gov/plan
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