Grow Food Northampton Structures.pdf
September 1, 2015
Clem Clay
Executive Director
Grow Food Northampton
245 Main Street
Northampton MA 01060
RE: Proposed Pavilion and Shed, Grow Food Northampton
Dear Clem:
Building Department and Conservation staff have reviewed the plans for the pavilion and shed
at the Grow Food Northampton Community Gardens on Meadow Street. As shown in the
engineering plans, the project will cumulatively result in a loss of compensatory flood storage of
18 cubic feet, and is outside all other wetlands resource areas. The Northampton Conservation
Commission voted that projects impacting less than one cubic yard of bordering land subject to
flooding do not "cause an increase in or... contribute incrementally to an increase in the
horizontal extent and level of flood waters during peak flows."
The project does not require Conservation Commission review. This applies only to the shed
and pavilion project referenced, and does not authorize or permit any other work within
jurisdictional resource areas. If the scope of the project is changed to include additional flood
storage loss or impacts to additional resource areas or buffer zones, review under the Wetlands
Protection Act and Northampton Wetlands Ordinance may be required.
Sarah LaValley