Neighbor Letter
Carolyn Misch
From:Wayne Feiden
Sent:Wednesday, August 31, 2011 8:28 AM
To:Andrew Weir (andrewlweir@gmail.com); Carolyn Misch; Debin (Deborah) Bruce
(bruced@ntsb.gov); Frandy Johnson (frandyj@gmail.com); Jen Dieringer
(JenDieringer@gmail.com); Katharine G. Baker (bakerkg@comcast.net); Marilyn
Richards; Mark Sullivan; Stephen Gilson (smgilson@comcast.net)
Subject:FW: Kensington Estate issue
FYI (see below). This will be on your agenda in October.
Wayne Feiden, FAICP
Director of Planning and Development
City of Northampton
210 Main Street, Room 11
Northampton, MA 01060
http://www.northamptonma.gov/opd
413.587.1265
directions (Google map)
From: MLaBargeWard6@aol.com [mailto:MLaBargeWard6@aol.com]
Sent: Tuesday, August 30, 2011 6:47 PM
To: Wayne Feiden
Subject: Fwd: Kensington Estate issue
Wayne,
Could you please pass this email to the Planning Board members. I really do appreciate this.
Sincerely;
City Councilor;
Marianne LaBarge
Ward 6
From: holtmb@hotmail.com
To: mlabargeward6@aol.com
Sent: 8/30/2011 12:49:57 P.M. Central Daylight Time
Subj: Kensington Estate issue
Dear Marianne,
my name is Brigitte Holt, I live at 126 Glendale Road (the old farm house directly across Gerry and Marcia). I am
writing concerning the planned development across the street from me. I was out of town for the rescheduled
one on June and will be out of the country for two months starting September 5th, so will unfortunately also
miss the September 8th hearing. I am very concerned about the amount of traffic this development will cause,
but also about the lights that will shine directly into my living room each time a car comes out of the new
driveway. I spoke with the developer this summer, and really felt very little understanding on his part. When I
brought up the issue, he replied in a very dismissive manner "that will only be a problem if the cars turn left".
There are two problems with this: first, most cars will in fact do just that to go to Northampton; second, any car
coming down the driveway will in fact shine its light straight into my living room, whether they turn left or right.
The idea solution would of course be that this ridiculous development not be built at all, but I am not hopeful
this will be the case. If the approval is given for the development to take place, then a barrier of large
evergreens (arbor vitae) should be planted in front of my property to provide essential protection, at the expense
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of the developer. Given that I cannot attend this hearing, I wanted to voice this request to you, as my City
Council representative. I very much appreciate your attention in this matter. Thank you. Best, Brigitte Holt
Brigitte M Holt,Ph.D.
Associate Professor
Graduate Program Director
Dept of Anthropology
University of Massachusetts
103 Machmer Hall
Amherst, MA 01003
Office Phone: (413) 545-0697
Lab Phone: (413) 545-0299
Fax: (413) 545-9494
"When we try to pick up anything by itself, we find it hitched to everything
else in the universe" (John Muir)
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