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roundhouse email to 4 26 07Subject Body From: (Name) From: (Address) From: (Type) To: (Name) To: (Address) To: (Type) CC: (Name) CC: (Address) CC: (Type) BCC: (Name) BCC: (Address) BCC: (Type) Billing Information Categories Im portance Mileage Sensitivity FW: 2504 Proposal letter "Hi Wayne, Attached is the draft of the proposal, let me know if you want us to send the original. Kathy Kathleen E. Ford Ford Gillen Architects 413-253-2528 --- Incoming mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.845 / Virus Database: 574 - Release Date: 1/25/2005 --- Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.845 / Virus Database: 574 - Release Date: 1/25/2005 " Kathy Ford kford@fordgillen.com SMTP Wayne Feiden WFeiden@NorthamptonPlanning.org SMTP Bill Gillen bgillen@fordgillen.com SMTP Normal RE: Site Reuse "Hey Wayne, the files you want are attached. The P&S should be a part of the RFP. I have also included the Prospect land sale. The Hatfield School RFP and the Propspect land sale RFP are better examples. Please let me review the RFP before it goes out. Joe -----Original Message----- From: Wayne Feiden Sent: Monday, April 04, 2005 10:53 AM To: Joe Cook Subject: Site Reuse Joe: Can you send me the RFP you did for the reuse of the Old Fire Station and the reuse of the Hatfield Road school, or any more recent RFPs of that type that you have? We are looking at doing an RFP for a parcel of surplus city land, but we want to specify some uses of the property. Thanks. Wayne Feiden, AICP Director of Planning and Development City of Northampton 210 Main Street, Room 11 Northampton, MA 01060 Direct: 413-587-1265 Office: 413-587-1266 Fax: 413-587-1264 Web: www.NorthamptonPlanning.org WFeiden@NorthamptonMA.gov " Joe Cook /O=MAIN/OU=FIRST ADMINISTRATIVE GROUP/CN=RECIPIENTS/CN=JCOOK EX Wayne Feiden /O=MAIN/OU=FIRST ADMINISTRATIVE GROUP/CN=RECIPIENTS/CN=Wfeiden EX Normal Normal Delenova's green housing developments "Hello Peg, As a follow-up to our brief telephone discussion last week regarding our potential interest in developing a green high performance housing project in Northampton, I am attaching a summary of the project we’ve initiated in North Adams to provide you with an overview of our design concept. You mentioned that there may be some properties in Northampton--including brownfield sites—for us to consider for a similar housing development (i.e. the site of the state hospital). Kindly provide some information on these properties, which we would be interested in visiting in the near future. Feel free to contact me with any questions. Best regards, Paul Paul R. LeBlanc Senior Partner Delenova Energy, LLC 413-698-3512 (office) 413-441-7157 (mobile) 413-235-0007 (fax) PO Box 531 Richmond, MA 01254 USA ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- This message (including any attachments) is confidential and may be privileged. If you have received it by mistake please notify the sender by return e-mail and delete this message from your system. Any unauthorized use or dissemination of this message in whole or in part is strictly prohibited. Thank you. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- " Paul LeBlanc pleblanc@delenova.com SMTP Peg Keller /O=MAIN/OU=FIRST ADMINISTRATIVE GROUP/CN=RECIPIENTS/CN=PKELLER EX Wayne Feiden /O=MAIN/OU=FIRST ADMINISTRATIVE GROUP/CN=RECIPIENTS/CN=WFEIDEN EX Normal Normal RE: Delenova's green housing developments "Dear Mr. Feiden, Thank you very much for your reply and compliment. I will follow-up with The Community Builders, Inc. as you suggested. We are interested to learn if there could be an opportunity to collaborate on the State Hospital project. Regarding the RFP, kindly add us to your bidder list. A mixed use project would be our preference, as it provides an opportunity for residents to eliminate a commute if they work in the complex and it adds to the vibrancy of the development. Mixed used concepts we are considering elsewhere include retail, childcare, healthcare, community/sports, live/work studios etc. In the meantime, are there any other sites in Northampton, brownfield or otherwise, that we could consider in the short term for a possible green development? We’ll conduct our own investigation as well, but any guidance or suggestions would be greatly appreciated. Thanks again, Paul Paul R. LeBlanc Senior Partner Delenova Energy, LLC 413-698-3512 (office) 413-441-7157 (mobile) 413-235-0007 (fax) PO Box 531 Richmond, MA 01254 USA _____ From: Wayne Feiden [mailto:wfeiden@northamptonma.gov] Sent: Tuesday, April 19, 2005 7:05 PM To: pleblanc@delenova.com Cc: Peg Keller Subject: Delenova's green housing developments Your work looks great. The housing at the former Northampton State Hospital is all going to be coordinated by The Community Builders of Springfield, who co-owns the property with Mass Development. You should contact them directly to see if they are interested in partnerships. I think you all could be a great team, but I don't know what they are looking for. We will also be issuing a RFP for the redevelopment of a downtown brownfield site. The reuse has to include commercial use, but we would love a mixed use project. Let me know if you are infested in being on the RFP bidder list when we send that our (probably late fall or early winter release). Wayne Feiden, AICP Director of Planning and Development City of Northampton 210 Main Street, Room 11 Northampton, MA 01060 Direct: 413-587-1265 Office: 413-587-1266 Fax: 413-587-1264 Web: www.NorthamptonPlanning.org WFeiden@NorthamptonMA.gov -----Original Message----- From: Paul LeBlanc [mailto:pleblanc@delenova.com] Sent: Monday, April 18, 2005 11:26 AM To: Peg Keller Cc: Wayne Feiden Subject: Delenova's green housing developments Hello Peg, As a follow-up to our brief telephone discussion last week regarding our potential interest in developing a green high performance housing project in Northampton, I am attaching a summary of the project we’ve initiated in North Adams to provide you with an overview of our design concept. You mentioned that there may be some properties in Northampton--including brownfield sites—for us to consider for a similar housing development (i.e. the site of the state hospital). Kindly provide some information on these properties, which we would be interested in visiting in the near future. Feel free to contact me with any questions. Best regards, Paul Paul R. LeBlanc Senior Partner Delenova Energy, LLC 413-698-3512 (office) 413-441-7157 (mobile) 413-235-0007 (fax) PO Box 531 Richmond, MA 01254 USA ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- This message (including any attachments) is confidential and may be privileged. If you have received it by mistake please notify the sender by return e-mail and delete this message from your system. Any unauthorized use or dissemination of this message in whole or in part is strictly prohibited. Thank you. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- " Paul LeBlanc pleblanc@delenova.com SMTP Wayne Feiden /O=MAIN/OU=FIRST ADMINISTRATIVE GROUP/CN=RECIPIENTS/CN=WFEIDEN EX Peg Keller;'Nedal Deeb' /O=MAIN/OU=FIRST ADMINISTRATIVE GROUP/CN=RECIPIENTS/CN =PKELLER;ndeeb@delenova.com EX;SMTP Normal Normal RE: Delenova's green housing developments "Mr. Feiden, Thank you for your reply and your support of our mixed-use green housing concept. As commercial developers, we would expect to compete for land. As investors from outside of Northampton, we are hoping to get some local guidance on site selection for the type of development we have in mind. I just visited the City of Northampton’s new website and noticed that the City has a separate Office of Economic Development (Teri Anderson – Economic Development Coordinator). My apologies, as I did not realize economic development was handled by another office. I will contact Teri later today. Separately, we’ll contact a local commercial real estate broker. I believe a mixed-use green housing project would be valuable contribution to the Historic Mill River Redevelopment Plan outlined in the City’s June 2002 report. Again, thanks for your encouragement. As discussed below, I look forward to receiving a copy of the downtown brownfield redevelopment RFP you mentioned once it becomes available. Feel free to contact me in the meantime with any questions. Best regards, Paul Paul R. LeBlanc Senior Partner Delenova Energy, LLC 413-698-3512 (office) 413-441-7157 (mobile) 413-235-0007 (fax) _____ From: Wayne Feiden [mailto:wfeiden@northamptonma.gov] Sent: Monday, May 02, 2005 5:00 PM To: pleblanc@delenova.com Cc: Peg Keller; Nedal Deeb Subject: RE: Delenova's green housing developments We don't maintain any specific list. Land is in high demand for development in Northampton and you will be competing with other developers, but we obviously prefer to see green mixed use housing instead of traditional low density housing. Wayne Feiden, AICP Director of Planning and Development City of Northampton 210 Main Street, Room 11 Northampton, MA 01060 Direct: 413-587-1265 Office: 413-587-1266 Fax: 413-587-1264 Web: www.NorthamptonPlanning.org WFeiden@NorthamptonMA.gov -----Original Message----- From: Paul LeBlanc [mailto:pleblanc@delenova.com] Sent: Monday, May 02, 2005 11:51 AM To: Wayne Feiden Cc: Peg Keller; 'Nedal Deeb' Subject: RE: Delenova's green housing developments Dear Mr. Feiden, As a follow-up to my 4/20 email below, I wanted to seek your guidance on other potential sites to consider for a green mixed-use housing project in Northampton. Possible sites could be brownfields and non-brownfields that could accommodate a project as small as 5-10 units, or as large as 75-100 units. Does your office maintain a list of available Northampton properties? For your information, we did follow-up with Community Builders as you suggested and intent to provide them with additional information shortly. However, given the project’s existing commitments and funding restrictions, a high performance green development my not be feasible at this time on an up-front cost basis. We will continue to investigate this option further, but would prefer to initiate a search of alternative sites as well. Feel free to contact me with any questions. Best regards, Paul Paul R. LeBlanc Senior Partner Delenova Energy, LLC 413-698-3512 (office) 413-441-7157 (mobile) 413-235-0007 (fax) PO Box 531 Richmond, MA 01254 USA _____ From: Paul LeBlanc [mailto:pleblanc@delenova.com] Sent: Wednesday, April 20, 2005 7:51 AM To: 'Wayne Feiden' Cc: 'Peg Keller'; 'Nedal Deeb' Subject: RE: Delenova's green housing developments Dear Mr. Feiden, Thank you very much for your reply and compliment. I will follow-up with The Community Builders, Inc. as you suggested. We are interested to learn if there could be an opportunity to collaborate on the State Hospital project. Regarding the RFP, kindly add us to your bidder list. A mixed use project would be our preference, as it provides an opportunity for residents to eliminate a commute if they work in the complex and it adds to the vibrancy of the development. Mixed used concepts we are considering elsewhere include retail, childcare, healthcare, community/sports, live/work studios etc. In the meantime, are there any other sites in Northampton, brownfield or otherwise, that we could consider in the short term for a possible green development? We’ll conduct our own investigation as well, but any guidance or suggestions would be greatly appreciated. Thanks again, Paul Paul R. LeBlanc Senior Partner Delenova Energy, LLC 413-698-3512 (office) 413-441-7157 (mobile) 413-235-0007 (fax) PO Box 531 Richmond, MA 01254 USA _____ From: Wayne Feiden [mailto:wfeiden@northamptonma.gov] Sent: Tuesday, April 19, 2005 7:05 PM To: pleblanc@delenova.com Cc: Peg Keller Subject: Delenova's green housing developments Your work looks great. The housing at the former Northampton State Hospital is all going to be coordinated by The Community Builders of Springfield, who co-owns the property with Mass Development. You should contact them directly to see if they are interested in partnerships. I think you all could be a great team, but I don't know what they are looking for. We will also be issuing a RFP for the redevelopment of a downtown brownfield site. The reuse has to include commercial use, but we would love a mixed use project. Let me know if you are infested in being on the RFP bidder list when we send that our (probably late fall or early winter release). Wayne Feiden, AICP Director of Planning and Development City of Northampton 210 Main Street, Room 11 Northampton, MA 01060 Direct: 413-587-1265 Office: 413-587-1266 Fax: 413-587-1264 Web: www.NorthamptonPlanning.org WFeiden@NorthamptonMA.gov -----Original Message----- From: Paul LeBlanc [mailto:pleblanc@delenova.com] Sent: Monday, April 18, 2005 11:26 AM To: Peg Keller Cc: Wayne Feiden Subject: Delenova's green housing developments Hello Peg, As a follow-up to our brief telephone discussion last week regarding our potential interest in developing a green high performance housing project in Northampton, I am attaching a summary of the project we’ve initiated in North Adams to provide you with an overview of our design concept. You mentioned that there may be some properties in Northampton--including brownfield sites—for us to consider for a similar housing development (i.e. the site of the state hospital). Kindly provide some information on these properties, which we would be interested in visiting in the near future. Feel free to contact me with any questions. Best regards, Paul Paul R. LeBlanc Senior Partner Delenova Energy, LLC 413-698-3512 (office) 413-441-7157 (mobile) 413-235-0007 (fax) PO Box 531 Richmond, MA 01254 USA ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- This message (including any attachments) is confidential and may be privileged. If you have received it by mistake please notify the sender by return e-mail and delete this message from your system. Any unauthorized use or dissemination of this message in whole or in part is strictly prohibited. Thank you. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- " Paul LeBlanc pleblanc@delenova.com SMTP Wayne Feiden /O=MAIN/OU=FIRST ADMINISTRATIVE GROUP/CN=RECIPIENTS/CN=WFEIDEN EX Peg Keller;'Nedal Deeb' /O=MAIN/OU=FIRST ADMINISTRATIVE GROUP/CN=RECIPIENTS/CN =PKELLER;ndeeb@delenova.com EX;SMTP Normal Normal RE: 2504 Roundhouse Study Phase 2 "Attached is the entire survey file for our Mill River project. It includes the information you are looking for, and lots of stuff I'm sure you don't care about. Let me know if you can extract what you need, or if you need us to help. We run a GIS shop and not CAD, so you are hopefully more qualified at doing the extract than we are. Wayne Feiden, AICP Director of Planning and Development City of Northampton 210 Main Street, Room 11 Northampton, MA 01060 Direct: 413-587-1265 Office: 413-587-1266 Fax: 413-587-1264 Web: www.NorthamptonPlanning.org WFeiden@NorthamptonMA.gov -----Original Message----- From: Ford Gillen Architects [mailto:fgaoffice@fordgillen.com] Sent: Thursday, May 19, 2005 10:14 AM To: Wayne Feiden Cc: fga Subject: 2504 Roundhouse Study Phase 2 Wayne, Have you been able to find the digitized version of the site plan that includes Old South St and the parking lot area on the east side? Krista Benoit Ford Gillen Architects, Inc. 409 Main St. Amherst, MA 01002 tel.413-253-2528 fax 413-256-1553 " Wayne Feiden 'Ford Gillen Architects' fgaoffice@fordgillen.com SMTP Normal Normal RE: Mill River Study "Hi Wayne, We never made an electronic copy of the report itself, but we can. Just means we’ll need to make PDF’s of everything, it may take a day or so. When do you need it? Kathy Kathleen E. Ford Ford Gillen Architects 413-253-2528 -----Original Message----- From: Wayne Feiden [mailto:wfeiden@northamptonma.gov] Sent: Monday, June 20, 2005 5:28 PM To: kford@fordgillen.com Subject: Mill River Study Kathy: I have paper copies of your original June 25, 2004 Mill River Study and an electronic copy of scheme 7's model, but I don't seem to have an electronic copy of the report itself. Is that something that you can send me? Thanks. Wayne Feiden, AICP Director of Planning and Development City of Northampton 210 Main Street, Room 11 Northampton, MA 01060 Direct: 413-587-1265 Office: 413-587-1266 Fax: 413-587-1264 Web: www.NorthamptonPlanning.org WFeiden@NorthamptonMA.gov " Kathy Ford kford@fordgillen.com SMTP Wayne Feiden /O=MAIN/OU=FIRST ADMINISTRATIVE GROUP/CN=RECIPIENTS/CN=WFEIDEN EX Normal Normal 2503 Phase II Features "Kathy just left the office and forgot this report. Please print it out for your meeting. _____ Mill River Study Draft 6-23-05 Features to discuss: BUILDING MASSING: proposed building are scaled for commercial/residential, with 40’-50’ depth to accommodate parking on first level as well. Where long continuous blocks are indicated, the idea would be to have ‘implied’ variety, building fronts to mimic the scale of the rest of town, not ‘monolithic’. BIKE PATH: objective is to continue existing path where it terminates on Hampton Ave. to continue across Old South Street under New South Stret as part of the Mill River Development Plan. PEDESTRIAN PATHS: distinguishing sidewalks and/or open spaces related to proposed massing and other features such as bike path, river development with pavers, distinctive material, and trees. PARKING: parking is considered an integral component to all proposed schemes, options could all accommodate grade level, 2 story deck, or garage building. OPEN SPACE: the character of open space is determined by adjacent uses, considered her is vehicular, pedestrian, recreational (bike path, river), residential, or commercial (outdoor cafes etc ). PHASING: each option could be phased to accommodate market demand or infill over time, variety is the ‘real’, not ‘implied’. OPTION A: ‘Gateways’ The massing idea is to ‘complete the edges’ along Old South Street and Hampton Ave. with 2-4 story buildings of varying width to form a continuous edge like Main Street. ‘Gates’ are indicated through these blocks for vehicular, pedestrian, and bike path continuation. The bike path is integrated with both vehicular and pedestrian traffic OPTION B: ‘Plaza’ The massing idea is to create a plaza/open space where Crafts and Old South meet with a continuous curved front at plaza edge. Infill buildings proposed along Hampton Ave. etc OPTION C: ‘Towers/Place’ .. " Ford Gillen Architects fgaoffice@fordgillen.com SMTP Wayne Feiden /O=MAIN/OU=FIRST ADMINISTRATIVE GROUP/CN=RECIPIENTS/CN=WFEIDEN EX Normal Normal FW: Scheme 12 issues "Wayne, Correction, top of ridge is 45’-6” (not 46’). Kathy Kathleen E. Ford Ford Gillen Architects 413-253-2528 -----Original Message----- From: Kathy Ford [mailto:kford@fordgillen.com] Sent: Friday, June 24, 2005 8:35 AM To: 'Wayne Feiden' Subject: RE: Scheme 12 issues Hi Wayne, Just in case you didn’t talk to Krista yesterday, height from park to crest (ridge) of roof is 46’-6” and from part to eave is 30’. I will incorporate this information into the final version of the report. Kathy Kathleen E. Ford Ford Gillen Architects 413-253-2528 -----Original Message----- From: Wayne Feiden [mailto: wfeiden@northamptonma.gov] Sent: Thursday, June 23, 2005 8:25 AM To: kford@fordgillen.com Subject: Scheme 12 issues Kathy: I was looking through your Mill River plan and I can't find two things: 1. What is the proposed height of scheme 12 above the park to the crest of the roof. 2. What is the proposed height of scheme 12 above the park to the start of the roof. Can you let me know these numbers as soon as possible? Also, if its not in the report (and I could of missed it) can you add it to the final revised report you are working on now? Thanks. Wayne Feiden, AICP Director of Planning and Development City of Northampton 210 Main Street, Room 11 Northampton, MA 01060 Direct: 413-587-1265 Office: 413-587-1266 Fax: 413-587-1264 Web: www.NorthamptonMA.gov WFeiden@NorthamptonMA.gov " Kathy Ford kford@fordgillen.com SMTP Wayne Feiden /O=MAIN/OU=FIRST ADMINISTRATIVE GROUP/CN=RECIPIENTS/CN=WFEIDEN EX Normal Normal RE: Scheme 12 issues "Hi Wayne, Just in case you didn’t talk to Krista yesterday, height from park to crest (ridge) of roof is 46’-6” and from part to eave is 30’. I will incorporate this information into the final version of the report. Kathy Kathleen E. Ford Ford Gillen Architects 413-253-2528 -----Original Message----- From: Wayne Feiden [mailto:wfeiden@northamptonma.gov] Sent: Thursday, June 23, 2005 8:25 AM To: kford@fordgillen.com Subject: Scheme 12 issues Kathy: I was looking through your Mill River plan and I can't find two things: 1. What is the proposed height of scheme 12 above the park to the crest of the roof. 2. What is the proposed height of scheme 12 above the park to the start of the roof. Can you let me know these numbers as soon as possible? Also, if its not in the report (and I could of missed it) can you add it to the final revised report you are working on now? Thanks. Wayne Feiden, AICP Director of Planning and Development City of Northampton 210 Main Street, Room 11 Northampton, MA 01060 Direct: 413-587-1265 Office: 413-587-1266 Fax: 413-587-1264 Web: www.NorthamptonMA.gov WFeiden@NorthamptonMA.gov " Kathy Ford kford@fordgillen.com SMTP Wayne Feiden /O=MAIN/OU=FIRST ADMINISTRATIVE GROUP/CN=RECIPIENTS/CN=WFEIDEN EX Normal Normal "Mill River Study, Phase II options for review" "Hi Wayne, Attached are drafts of the schemes we discussed in final form, any comments? Thanks, Kathy Kathleen E. Ford Ford Gillen Architects 413-253-2528 " Kathy Ford kford@fordgillen.com SMTP Wayne Feiden /O=MAIN/OU=FIRST ADMINISTRATIVE GROUP/CN=RECIPIENTS/CN=WFEIDEN EX Normal Normal "RE: Mill River Study, Phase II options for review" "Great. I will drop off the unbound copy with invoice tomorrow, but you’re right, I don’t think we actually need to meet. It will take a few days to do the electronic versions, just let me know who I should direct them to while you are gone. If I don’t see you tomorrow, have a great vacation! Kathy Kathleen E. Ford Ford Gillen Architects 413-253-2528 -----Original Message----- From: Wayne Feiden [mailto:wfeiden@northamptonma.gov] Sent: Monday, June 27, 2005 11:54 AM To: Kathy Ford Subject: RE: Mill River Study, Phase II options for review I like it just the way you have it. In fact, unless there is something to go over, I don't have a need to meet with you tomorrow (although I always enjoy the experience). As the final product, can you send us: 1. One complete (UNBOUND) report with the cover page showing June 27, 2005. 2. One complete PDF electronic version of the entire report either in print quality PDF. 3. If your staff can figure out how to do it, one compressed or ""lightened"" complete PDF electronic version small enough to put up on our web site (1 mb preferred, up to 4 mb if necessary). 4. A final invoice. Thank you very much. Its been a pleasure. Wayne Feiden, AICP Director of Planning and Development City of Northampton 210 Main Street, Room 11 Northampton, MA 01060 Direct: 413-587-1265 Office: 413-587-1266 Fax: 413-587-1264 Web: www.NorthamptonMA.gov WFeiden@NorthamptonMA.gov -----Original Message----- From: Kathy Ford [mailto:kford@fordgillen.com] Sent: Monday, June 27, 2005 12:41 PM To: Wayne Feiden Subject: Mill River Study, Phase II options for review Hi Wayne, Attached are drafts of the schemes we discussed in final form, any comments? Thanks, Kathy Kathleen E. Ford Ford Gillen Architects 413-253-2528 " Kathy Ford kford@fordgillen.com SMTP Wayne Feiden /O=MAIN/OU=FIRST ADMINISTRATIVE GROUP/CN=RECIPIENTS/CN=WFEIDEN EX Normal Normal Mill River Project "Hello Wayne Attached are panoramic views of four shots taken from the porch on the second level up from the parking lot. You can just barely see the hills/mountains in the second shot. If you can locate a survey or site plan, please call and I will stop by to pick it up for delivery to Laxman Parmar. Otherwise, I look forward to speaking with you in September. Joseph M. Benoit 413. 543. 3072 direct dial 413. 626. 2480 mobile Gallivan Company 28 Somers Road, Box 178 Hampden, MA 01036 413. 566. 8006 telephone 413. 566. 2227 facsimile JosephBenoit@gallivancompany.com " JosephBenoit@gallivancompany.com JosephBenoit@GallivanCompany.com SMTP Wayne Feiden /O=MAIN/OU=FIRST ADMINISTRATIVE GROUP/CN=RECIPIENTS/CN=WFEIDEN EX Laxman Parmar Laxran@go.com SMTP Normal N ormal RE: Requested Survey Services "Hi Wayne, Please find attached our proposal for the requested Survey services. I think the scope achieves your requirements. The only issue I saw was the endorsement on the Pulaski Park Plan. We believe it will require an 81 P certification and not a 81 X. It appears that in defining the Park you may be creating new boundaries. Is it possible to call the plan something other then a boundary plan? Please review the attached proposal and give me a call to discuss. Thanks Dan Daniel Stasz Huntley Associates PC office - 413-584-7444 XT 101 fax - 413-586-9159 email - staszd@huntleyassociates.com >>> ""Wayne Feiden"" <wfeiden@northamptonma.gov> 8/3/2005 11:11:11 AM >>> I just sent you our request for price. One other item we are going to want to include. We are considering going to bid to sell a surplus portion of the parking lot. We will want to mark up the area available for sale on a draft copy of your plan and then have you include that area on the final plan. Wayne Feiden, AICP Director of Planning and Development City of Northampton 210 Main Street, Room 11 Northampton, MA 01060 Direct: 413-587-1265 Office: 413-587-1266 Fax: 413-587-1264 Web: www.NorthamptonMA.gov WFeiden@NorthamptonMA.gov -----Original Message----- From: Dan Stasz [mailto:StaszD@huntleyassociates.com] Sent: Wednesday, August 03, 2005 9:22 AM To: Wayne Feiden Cc: Douglas Stephens Subject: Requested Survey Services Hi Wayne, As a follow up to you voice mail of 8-2-05. HAPC would be happy to offer a price quote and time frame for land survey services. It might be easier to out line what you need via email rather then by phone. We look forward to hearing from you. Thanks Dan Daniel Stasz Huntley Associates PC office - 413-584-7444 XT 101 fax - 413-586-9159 email - staszd@huntleyassociates.com " Dan Stasz StaszD@huntleyassociates.com SMTP Wayne Feiden /O=MAIN/OU=FIRST ADMINISTRATIVE GROUP/CN=RECIPIENTS/CN=WFEIDEN EX Normal Normal Round House survey "Douglas: Thanks for moving forward the Round House survey as quickly as possible. I did check the letter of engagement and I believe you all had said that the draft survey would be ready by early October. You can see why we are getting very anxious, having to push back our time lines while we wait for the survey. Thanks again for doing whatever you can. Wayne Feiden, AICP Director of Planning and Development City of Northampton 210 Main Street, Room 11 Northampton, MA 01060 Direct: 413-587-1265 Office: 413-587-1266 Fax: 413-587-1264 Web: www.NorthamptonMA.gov WFeiden@NorthamptonMA.gov " Wayne Feiden Douglas Stephens (stephensd@huntleyassociates.com) stephensd@huntleyassociates.com SMTP Normal Normal Pulaski Park "Wayne, Here is a preliminary print of our survey. We still have a bit of work to do on it to clean up the contours and finalize the drawing, including more research to find the deeds for the Pulaski Park into the City. It's on the top of my pile right now and I'll work on it steadily until it's done. I trust the information on it right now will allow you to proceed with your planning. At some point you will need to mark up where you want the new property lines to go so that we can prepare the ANR plan. Please call if you have any questions. Douglas A. Stephens, PLS Senior Land Surveyor Huntley Associates, PC 30 Industrial Drive East Northampton, MA 01060 413-584-7444 #110 stephensd@huntleyassociates.com Douglas A. Stephens, PLS Senior Land Surveyor Huntley Associates, PC 30 Industrial Drive East Northampton, MA 01060 413-584-7444 #110 stephensd@huntleyassociates.com Douglas A. Stephens, PLS Senior Land Surveyor Huntley Associates, PC 30 Industrial Drive East Northampton, MA 01060 413-584-7444 #110 stephensd@huntleyassociates.com " Douglas Stephens StephensD@huntleyassociates.com SMTP Wayne Feiden /O=MAIN/OU=FIRST ADMINISTRATIVE GROUP/CN=RECIPIENTS/CN=WFEIDEN EX Normal Normal RE: Draft AUL and meeting scheduling "10:00 tomorrow is fine with Val and I. I will assume this is set unless I here otherwise. Kevin -----Original Message----- From: Louis S. Moore [mailto:lmoore@admlawfirm.com] Sent: Monday, November 28, 2005 4:37 PM To: Wayne Feiden Cc: Kevin O'Reilly Subject: Re: Draft AUL and meeting scheduling Wayne, I have just briefly discussed BSG/AUL issues with Kevin. Can we do a 3 way conf. call this Wed. at 10 am? If yes, I can initiate the call. Thanks, Lou Louis S. Moore, Esquire Annino, Draper & Moore, P.C. 1500 Main Street, Suite 2504 P.O. Box 15428 Springfield, MA 01115-5428 (413) 732-6400 Fax (413) 732-3339 lmoore@admlawfirm.com ___________________________________ This message is intended only for the designated recipient(s). It may contain confidential or proprietary information and may be subject to the attorney-client privilege or other confidentiality protections. If you are not a designated recipient, you may not review, copy or distribute this message. If you receive this message in error, please notify the sender by replying to this e-mail and delete this message. The text of this e-mail is similar to ordinary telephone or face-to-face conversation and does not reflect the level of factual or legal inquiry or analysis which would be applied in the case of a formal legal opinion. ----- Original Message ----- From: ""Wayne Feiden"" <wfeiden@northamptonma.gov> To: ""Kevin O'Reilly"" <oreilly@oto-env.com> Cc: ""Louis S. Moore"" <lmoore@admlawfirm.com> Sent: Thursday, November 17, 2005 1:41 PM Subject: Draft AUL and meeting scheduling Kevin: Could you please review the attached draft AUL that Bay State Gas sent us for the Round House parking lot site? Please let me know as soon as you are done reviewing it so that we can set-up a phone conference call or meeting to plan our strategy. I want to get back to Bay State Gas (see their email below) as soon as possible, but I want to talk to you and Lou first. Thanks. Wayne Feiden, AICP Director of Planning and Development City of Northampton 210 Main Street, Room 11 Northampton, MA 01060 Direct: 413-587-1265 Office: 413-587-1266 Fax: 413-587-1264 Web: www.NorthamptonMA.gov WFeiden@NorthamptonMA.gov -----Original Message----- From: PLaGoy@NiSource.com [mailto:PLaGoy@NiSource.com] Sent: Thursday, November 10, 2005 9:46 AM To: Wayne Feiden Subject: Draft AUL and meeting scheduling Wayne: I've gotten error messages trying to send this to you at wfeiden@northamptonplanning.org. Did you receive it previously? Any thoughts on schedule for a meeting. Thanks, Peter ----- Forwarded by Peter LaGoy/BSG/Enterprise on 11/10/2005 09:43 AM ----- Peter LaGoy To: wfeiden@northamptonplanning.org 10/31/2005 02:39 cc: Robert Cleary/BSG/Enterprise@NiSource, PM SJaffe@foleyhoag.com Subject: Draft AUL and meeting scheduling Wayne: Attached for your review and comment is a draft of the Activity and Use Limitation (AUL) that we have prepared for the Roundhouse Parking Lot. We feel that this AUL allows you to fully redevelop the property, including development for commercial/residential purposes. The AUL also allows us to meet our objective of ensuring that the site does not pose a significant risk. We agree that the site settlement agreement should be signed in parallel with the AUL. Toward that end, we would like to meet with you sometime this month to start the process of establishing such an agreement. Would you please let me know your availability the weeks of the 7th, 14th, and 21st? For this meeting, I'd suggest attorneys and Bay State/City staff. Thanks Peter (See attached file: Roundhouse parking lot AUL version 3.doc)(See attached file: potential AUL area .pdf) " Kevin O'Reilly oreilly@oto-env.com SMTP Louis S. Moore lmoore@admlawfirm.com SMTP Val Watanabe;Wayne Feiden Watanabe@oto-env.com;/O=MAIN/OU=FIRST ADMINISTRATIVE GROUP/CN=RECIPIENTS/CN=WFEIDEN SMTP; EX Normal Normal Pulaski Park "Wayne, I've attached two drawings of Pulaski Park. One is a boundary plan with all the appropriate references and dimensions. The other is the topographic plan, with all of the elevations and utilities, etc... I separated them so that they would be legible. Both drawings have my digital signature and seal. Feel free to print and distribute them so long as you don't make any changes to them. Feel free to contact me if you have any questions. Regards, Douglas A. Stephens, PLS Senior Land Surveyor Huntley Associates, PC 30 Industrial Drive East Northampton, MA 01060 413-584-7444 #110 stephensd@huntleyassociates.com " Douglas Stephens StephensD@huntleyassociates.com SMTP Wayne Feiden /O=MAIN/OU=FIRST ADMINISTRATIVE GROUP/CN=RECIPIENTS/CN=WFEIDEN EX Dan Stasz StaszD@huntleyassociates.com SMTP Normal Normal "Round House Parking Lot, Northampton" "Robert: When you and I last spoke, about two years ago, we were looking at the possibility of either putting a senior center in the parking lot just west of your Round House building or putting the site up to bid for a redevelopment of the parking lot. Since then, we have ruled out the senior center and are now moving forward on the bid option. Under the terms of the bid we are preparing, the successful bidder would be able to build a commercial building or mixed commercial/residential building, but they would have to replace all of the parking lost to their building in a parking garage on the site. Both the municipal parking and the spaces that serve your Round House Building would be available under the same terms as they exist now. I would love it if you are interested in bidding on the project. Even if you are not, I want to make sure that you know what is going on because we abut your building. We will be working on the bid package in January and are aiming to release the package in February. Let me know if you have any questions or just want to chat about the project. Wayne Feiden, AICP Director of Planning and Development City of Northampton 210 Main Street, Room 11 Northampton, MA 01060 Direct: 413-587-1265 Office: 413-587-1266 Fax: 413-587-1264 Web: www.NorthamptonMA.gov WFeiden@NorthamptonMA.gov " Wayne Feiden 'r@cyclon.com' r@cyclon.com SMTP Normal Normal "RE: Round House Parking Lot, Northampton" "Dear Wayne I was notified by my attorneys of your intentions. As you are aware I am still living in miami so I depend on them to keep me informed. Happy Holidays Robert Curran 248 Washington Suite A Miami Beach Fl. 33139 office: 305.532.9296 efax : 305.675.8365 >From: ""Wayne Feiden"" <wfeiden@northamptonma.gov> >To: <r@cyclon.com> >Subject: Round House Parking Lot, Northampton >Date: Tue, 20 Dec 2005 09:50:10 -0500 > >Robert: > >When you and I last spoke, about two years ago, we were looking at the >possibility of either putting a senior center in the parking lot just >west of your Round House building or putting the site up to bid for a >redevelopment of the parking lot. > >Since then, we have ruled out the senior center and are now moving >forward on the bid option. Under the terms of the bid we are preparing, >the successful bidder would be able to build a commercial building or >mixed commercial/residential building, but they would have to replace >all of the parking lost to their building in a parking garage on the >site. Both the municipal parking and the spaces that serve your Round >House Building would be available under the same terms as they exist >now. > >I would love it if you are interested in bidding on the project. Even >if you are not, I want to make sure that you know what is going on >because we abut your building. > >We will be working on the bid package in January and are aiming to >release the package in February. > >Let me know if you have any questions or just want to chat about the >project. > >Wayne Feiden, AICP >Director of Planning and Development >City of Northampton >210 Main Street, Room 11 >Northampton, MA 01060 > >Direct: 413-587-1265 >Office: 413-587-1266 >Fax: 413-587-1264 >Web: www.NorthamptonMA.gov <http://www.northamptonma.gov/> >WFeiden@NorthamptonMA.gov > > " robert curran curran248@hotmail.com SMTP Wayne Feiden /O=MAIN/OU=FIRST ADMINISTRATIVE GROUP/CN=RECIPIENTS/CN=WFEIDEN EX fred@ent-atty.com fred@ent-atty.com SMTP Normal Normal Publish Date Assigned for Real Property "A publish date of 2/1/06 has been assigned to your Real Property submission with description of: 47,690 square feet of land for sale, with related easements and property rights, for the redevelopment of a prime parcel of land in downtown Northampton. " REGS@sec.state.ma.us REGS@sec.state.ma.us SMTP Wayne Feiden /O=MAIN/OU=FIRST ADMINISTRATIVE GROUP/CN=RECIPIENTS/CN=WFEIDEN EX Normal Normal Property Manager for New South Street Apartments (Heafy Block) "The contact information is below. Wayne Feiden, AICP Director of Planning and Development City of Northampton 210 Main Street, Room 11 Northampton, MA 01060 Direct: 413-587-1265 Office: 413-587-1266 Fax: 413-587-1264 Web: www.NorthamptonMA.gov WFeiden@NorthamptonMA.gov -----Original Message----- From: Joanne Campbell [mailto:jc@valleycdc.com] Sent: Wednesday, November 08, 2006 12:46 PM To: Wayne Feiden Cc: Peg Keller Subject: Re: Property Manager for New South Street Apartments (Heafy Block) contact Faith Williams at HAP; she's director of property management. I don't have her direct # but I believe this is the rental property management general #: 233-1700. joanne Joanne Campbell Executive Director Valley Community Development Corporation 30 Market Street Northampton, MA 01060 413-586-5855 Ext. 19 413-586-7521 Fax Wayne Feiden wrote: > Do either of you have a contact for the manager of the New South > Street Apartments? As part of the Round House brownfields > redevelopment project we are going to have to relocate some of the > utilities in the parking lot and we need to coordinate with the > property manager/owner. > > Thanks. > > Wayne Feiden, AICP > Director of Planning and Development > City of Northampton > 210 Main Street, Room 11 > Northampton, MA 01060 > > Direct: 413-587-1265 > Office: 413-587-1266 > Fax: 413-587-1264 > Web: www.NorthamptonMA.gov <http://www.northamptonma.gov/> > WFeiden@NorthamptonMA.gov > > " Wayne Feiden 'Shardool Parmar' shardool_parmar@hotmail.com SMTP Normal Normal Re: Brief " 7:15 Fri Dear Wayne, I have reviewed the revised draft that you sent. Re Your affidavit, it should contain all of the facts that you inserted into the brief. This brief, as revised needs to convince the judge of the following: that we scrupuluosly complied with 30B, you need to explain, in your affidavit, the criteria used to judge PVHG, (you, as the Chief Procurement officer have authority to look at both bidders and make a judgment, based on the criteria set forth in the RFP, to determine which bidder will be able to meet the criteria) emphasis on the environmental issues and cost issues should be in the affidavit, clearly and succintly. Also, one criteria, the tax calculation, needs to be put to rest, can you address that in the affidavit. Once you put these facts in your affidavit, I can revise the brief and insert your facts. I will be revising and redrafting this am. I expect to leave here about 8:45 am and back at 10:15. Call me at home 584-9099 if you get in before 8:45 and I can outline what I need you to emphasize. I will also be around this weekend. I expect I will be revising your affidavit this weekend and will want you to sign it on Monday morning(hearing is at 2:00p.m. Are you planning to come...depending on how quickly I learn these facts , I may or may not want you to be at court talk to you this am Janet Janet M. Sheppard Attorney at Law 67 Woodlawn Ave. Northampton, Ma 01060 413-585-5889 " Janet Sheppard /O=MAIN/OU=FIRST ADMINISTRATIVE GROUP/CN=RECIPIENTS/CN=JANETSHEPPARD EX Wayne Feiden /O=MAIN/OU=FIRST ADMINISTRATIVE GROUP/CN=RECIPIENTS/CN=WFEIDEN EX Normal Normal Fwd: Lawsuit against the City "Dear Clare, Wayne is preparing his affidavit as to what happened in this case. It was my understanding that Joe Cook, as Chief Procurement officer, supervised the process. I need an affidavit from someone that the process was supervised and followed according to the law...I would like that from Joe Cook, to supplement Wayne's factual ,step by step affidavit...hopefully Wayne, Joe and you will clarify who should sign. I will be working on this most of the day, except between 11-12:15. Best to call me at home, as I will answer that phone413-584-9099 I will assume this will be resolved today and that whoever supervised will sign an affidavit on Monday I have reviewed this with Wayne janet Janet M. Sheppard Attorney at Law 67 Woodlawn Ave. Northampton, Ma 01060 413-585-5889 " Janet Sheppard /O=MAIN/OU=FIRST ADMINISTRATIVE GROUP/CN=RECIPIENTS/CN=JANETSHEPPARD EX mayorhiggins@hotmail.com;Karen Bellavance-Grace mayorhiggins@hotmail.com;/O=MAIN/OU=FIRST ADMINISTRATIVE GROUP/CN=RECIPIENTS/CN=KBELLAVA SMTP;EX Wayne Feiden /O=MAIN/OU=FIRST ADMINISTRATIVE GROUP/CN=RECIPIENTS/CN=WFEIDEN EX Normal Normal Affidavit "11:00 am Dear Joe, I have revised your affidavit. Would you please review for accuracy. Thank you for all of your assistance. If you find the affidavit to be accurate, please print it sign it and leave it for me in the Mayor's office. Iwill pick it up today or Monday Thanks Janet M. Sheppard Attorney at Law 67 Woodlawn Ave. Northampton, Ma 01060 413-585-5889 " Janet Sheppard /O=MAIN/OU=FIRST ADMINISTRATIVE GROUP/CN=RECIPIENTS/CN=JANETSHEPPARD EX Joe Cook /O=MAIN/OU=FIRST ADMINISTRATIVE GROUP/CN=RECIPIENTS/CN=JCOOK EX Wayne Feiden;Karen Bellavance-Grace;C lare Higgins /O=MAIN/OU=FIRST ADMINISTRATIVE GROUP/CN=RECIPIENTS/CN=WFEIDEN;/O=MAIN/OU=FIRST ADMINISTRATIVE GROUP/CN=RECIPIENTS/CN=KBELLAVA;/O=MAIN/OU=FIRST ADMINISTRATIVE GROUP/CN=RECIPIENTS/CN=MCHI GGINS EX;EX;EX Normal Normal City Council Vote "Wayne Have there been two City Council Votes...one in December to authorize going forward with the RFP, a vote later to accept the bid of PVHG? Can you get certified copies of the votes from Wendy and attach to your affidavit. I added a case on point to the brief and it would help if I could add the dates of the City Council Votes Thanks Janet M. Sheppard Attorney at Law 67 Woodlawn Ave. Northampton, Ma 01060 413-585-5889 " Janet Sheppard /O=MAIN/OU=FIRST ADMINISTRATIVE GROUP/CN=RECIPIENTS/CN=JANETSHEPPARD EX Wayne Feiden /O=MAIN/OU=FIRST ADMINISTRATIVE GROUP/CN=RECIPIENTS/CN=WFEIDEN EX Normal Normal Re: Tryumph v. Northampton/PVHG "Dear Marwan, Attached is my brief (still not final) and affidavits. I will be in my home office tomorrow am if you wish to reach me.(413-584-9099) or cell 413-222-7358 otherwise, I will bring your final copy with me to Court. Thank you Janet M. Sheppard Attorney at Law 67 Woodlawn Ave. Northampton, Ma 01060 413-585-5889 " Janet Sheppard /O=MAIN/OU=FIRST ADMINISTRATIVE GROUP/CN=RECIPIENTS/CN=JANETSHEPPARD EX marwan.zubi@niclawgrp.com marwan.zubi@niclawgrp.com SMTP Wayne Feiden /O=MAIN/OU=FIRST ADMINISTRATIVE GROUP/CN=RECIPIENTS/CN=WFEIDEN EX Normal Normal Trial Brief "Wayne I am attaching the last draft before final edits. I will send final draft this evening. If anything is dramatically wrong, please let me know. I will revise affidavits and send finals later. I would like 6 copies of all affadavits and attachments., I will do the affidavits , can you have your staff provide 6 attac hments-map and copy of the original RFP Thanks I will be by around 10;30 to put it all together and bring to court thanks for your help Janet M. Sheppard Attorney at Law 67 Woodlawn Ave. Northampton, Ma 01060 413-585-5889 " Janet Sheppard /O=MAIN/OU=FIRST ADMINISTRATIVE GROUP/CN=RECIPIENTS/CN=JANETSHEPPARD EX Wayne Feiden /O=MAIN/OU=FIRST ADMINISTRATIVE GROUP/CN=RECIPIENTS/CN=WFEIDEN EX Normal Normal Re: lawsuit brief " Dear Wayne and Joe I will revise these items as soon as I get the formated copy back. I am also attaching my argument about how you followed the criteria, which I will import into the brief after I add a few legal cites. Please review for facts. I also am going to create affidavit for Teri Anderson...if she is in on Monday. If not I will need the Mayor to reiterate that the criteria was followed and that after the bid decision was made, she made statements to the Council as to why they should approve this sale of Real Estate. Please see attached and comment Thanks Joe thanks for this research, it cut down on my research time Janet Janet M. Sheppard Attorney at Law 67 Woodlawn Ave. Northampton, Ma 01060 413-585-5889 " Janet Sheppard /O=MAIN/OU=FIRST ADMINISTRATIVE GROUP/CN=RECIPIENTS/CN=JANETSHEPPARD EX Wayne Feiden /O=MAIN/OU=FIRST ADMINISTRATIVE GROUP/CN=RECIPIENTS/CN=WFEIDEN EX Joe Cook /O=MAIN/OU=FIRST ADMINISTRATIVE GROUP/CN=RECIPIENTS/CN=JCOOK EX Normal Normal lawsuit brief "Wayne and Joe Attached is my semi final draft, minus legal quotes. Marie is formating this for me, so do not add changes yet. Please review for factual accuracy thanks I will review your affidavit tomorrow Janet Janet M. Sheppard Attorney at Law 67 Woodlawn Ave. Northampton, Ma 01060 413-585-5889 " Janet Sheppard /O=MAIN/OU=FIRST ADMINISTRATIVE GROUP/CN=RECIPIENTS/CN=JANETSHEPPARD EX Wayne Feiden /O=MAIN/OU=FIRST ADMINISTRATIVE GROUP/CN=RECIPIENTS/CN=WFEIDEN EX Joe Cook /O=MAIN/OU=FIRST ADMINISTRATIVE GROUP/CN=RECIPIENTS/CN=JCOOK EX Normal Normal RE: lawsuit brief "Looking good. With regard to the $750,000, it is my impression that what they are alleging is that we should have given more weight to a guaranteed ""bird in the hand"" versus future, possible revenue. The certainty factor is up to the City to weigh and to incorporate into its RFP. The City did allow for the time/value of money in its calculations. The City did not set up the RFP to allow for a risk factor. One of the reasons the City looked at the track record of the proposers was so the risk factor could be reduced for future revenue. Wayne, have I described this correctly? Joe -----Original Message----- From: Janet Sheppard Sent: Saturday, November 18, 2006 10:39 AM To: Wayne Feiden Cc: Joe Cook Subject: Re: lawsuit brief Dear Wayne and Joe I will revise these items as soon as I get the formated copy back. I am also attaching my argument about how you followed the criteria, which I will import into the brief after I add a few legal cites. Please review for facts. I also am going to create affidavit for Teri Anderson...if she is in on Monday. If not I will need the Mayor to reiterate that the criteria was followed and that after the bid decision was made, she made statements to the Council as to why they should approve this sale of Real Estate. Please see attached and comment Thanks Joe thanks for this research, it cut down on my research time Janet Janet M. Sheppard Attorney at Law 67 Woodlawn Ave. Northampton, Ma 01060 413-585-5889 " Joe Cook /O=MAIN/OU=FIRST ADMINISTRATIVE GROUP/CN=RECIPIENTS/CN=JCOOK EX Janet Sheppard;Wayne Feiden /O=MAIN/OU=FIRST ADMINISTRATIVE GROUP/CN=RECIPIENTS/CN=JanetSheppard;/O=MAIN/OU=FIRST ADMINISTRATIVE GROUP/CN=RECIPIENTS/CN=Wfeiden EX;EX Normal Normal RE: lawsuit brief "Dear Wayne and Janet, Looking good. What I think they may have been getting at with their first argument about the $750,000 is that we should have given greater weight to the certainty of money received up front. The risk of not realizing future revenues is up to the City to weigh. Risk is one reason the City looked at the prior performance of the proposers. The City did do a time value of money calculation to allow for the difference of monies received earlier than later. Joe -----Original Message----- From: Janet Sheppard Sent: Saturday, November 18, 2006 10:39 AM To: Wayne Feiden Cc: Joe Cook Subject: Re: lawsuit brief Dear Wayne and Joe I will revise these items as soon as I get the formated copy back. I am also attaching my argument about how you followed the criteria, which I will import into the brief after I add a few legal cites. Please review for facts. I also am going to create affidavit for Teri Anderson...if she is in on Monday. If not I will need the Mayor to reiterate that the criteria was followed and that after the bid decision was made, she made statements to the Council as to why they should approve this sale of Real Estate. Please see attached and comment Thanks Joe thanks for this research, it cut down on my research time Janet Janet M. Sheppard Attorney at Law 67 Woodlawn Ave. Northampton, Ma 01060 413-585-5889 " Joe Cook /O=MAIN/OU=FIRST ADMINISTRATIVE GROUP/CN=RECIPIENTS/CN=JCOOK EX Janet Sheppard;Wayne Feiden /O=MAIN/OU=FIRST ADMINISTRATIVE GROUP/CN=RECIPIENTS/CN=JanetSheppard;/O=MAIN/OU=FIRST ADMINISTRATIVE GROUP/CN=RECIPIENTS/CN=Wfeiden EX;EX Normal Normal State-Supported Environmental Insurance for Massachusetts Brownfields Site "Shardool-- I know that you were considering getting environmental insurance for the round house site. I just want to make sure that you are aware that the state has a program whereby they pay up to 50% of eligible premiums, up to a maximum of $50,000 for privately sponsored projects. The amount goes up to $150,000 for public sponsored projects, which I assume that this is. Mass Business coordinated this program. They also have financing programs that may be applicable, although you probably already know all about that. If you need more information, please contact Tom Barry, Mass. Business Development Corp, 781-928-1106. Wayne Feiden, AICP Director of Planning and Development City of Northampton 210 Main Street, Room 11 Northampton, MA 01060 Direct: 413-587-1265 Office: 413-587-1266 Fax: 413-587-1264 Web: www.NorthamptonMA.gov <http://www.northamptonma.gov/> WFeiden@NorthamptonMA.gov " Wayne Feiden 'Shardool Parmar' shardool_parmar@hotmail.com SMTP Normal Normal " Northampton Youth and Community Rowing Association" "Todd: We have lots of informal MOA that we do and we have some formal MOA with MassHighway for an enhancement funded project. Do you have a model MOA that we should work off of, or should we just take a stab at drafting one from our own models? Could you also send me the formal language in the legislative appropriation so I can refer to it correctly in the MOA? Thank you so much for your help. Wayne Feiden, AICP Director of Planning and Development City of Northampton 210 Main Street, Room 11 Northampton, MA 01060 Direct: 413-587-1265 Office: 413-587-1266 Fax: 413-587-1264 Web: www.NorthamptonMA.gov <http://www.northamptonma.gov/> WFeiden@NorthamptonMA.gov ________________________________ From: Dennis Bidwell [mailto:dbidwell@bidwelladvisors.com] Sent: Wednesday, November 22, 2006 12:26 PM To: Wayne Feiden; 'Fontanella, Todd (EOT)' Cc: 'Harnpukdipatima, Amornrut (EOT)'; jawright@wright-builders.com Subject: RE: Northampton Youth and Community Rowing Association Hello Todd and Wayne: For the record, our organization is Northampton Youth and Community Rowing, Inc., notwithstanding the language in the legislation. Jonathan Wright and I are meeting on Monday to work out a scope of services. I'll call you Monday, Wayne, to find a time to get together to work on the MOA. As a point of clarification: I'm assuming that by operating a crew program for Northampton High (which serves over 100 kids, including kids from other area high schools), and by operating a community rowing program open to any and all adults, that that covers the ""open to the public"" and ""public accommodations"" issues. Also, we operate many community rowing events every year. If you are thinking otherwise, please advise. Also, to be clear, the purpose of the feasibility study is to find a location that will best serve the boathouse needs of NYCRI and its high school and community programs. The site we identify through this process might or might not be a location that maximizes the City's interests, though so far we've been totally on the same page about all of this. Thanks. Happy Thanksgiving. Dennis. ********************************************************** Dennis P. Bidwell BIDWELL ADVISORS Tel: (413) 584-2732 Fax: (413) 584-2728 www.bidwelladvisors.com 19 Forbes Avenue Northampton, MA 01060 ________________________________ From: Wayne Feiden [mailto:wfeiden@northamptonma.gov] Sent: Wednesday, November 22, 2006 10:59 AM To: Fontanella, Todd (EOT) Cc: dbidwell@bidwelladvisors.com; Harnpukdipatima, Amornrut (EOT) Subject: Northampton Youth and Community Rowing Association Todd: From the City's standpoint, everything you outlined in the form makes sense and is easy to address. The primary concern we would have is any local match. I understand that this is at the discretion of the Commonwealth. IF you decided that there needed to be a local match, could in-kind contributions be used to meet the match (our staff time and the Northampton Youth and Community Rowing Association's donated time). Wayne Feiden, AICP Director of Planning and Development City of Northampton 210 Main Street, Room 11 Northampton, MA 01060 Direct: 413-587-1265 Office: 413-587-1266 Fax: 413-587-1264 Web: www.NorthamptonMA.gov <http://www.northamptonma.gov/> WFeiden@NorthamptonMA.gov ________________________________ From: Fontanella, Todd (EOT) [mailto:Todd.Fontanella@state.ma.us] Sent: Wednesday, November 22, 2006 10:02 AM To: wfeiden@northamptionma.gov Cc: dbidwell@bidwelladvisors.com; Harnpukdipatima, Amornrut (EOT) Subject: Northampton Youth and Community Rowing Association Good morning, everyone. Per our various conversations on the proposed boathouse feasibility study and line item 6000-, here is a collective summary of what we have discussed so far: 1. The Northampton Youth and Community Rowing Association will discuss a formal working relationship with the City of Northampton to conduct the feasibility study. In the event that the parties agree, the City and the Rowing Association would draft a Memorandum of Agreement including EOT as the funding provider. 2. The elements of the feasibility study would be itemized in a Scope of Work and a budget that would be incorporated within a contract between EOT and the City of Northampton. It is assumed that the boathouse would be operated as a facility open to the public with facilities of public accommodation, given that public funds are being used for this project. 3. The City would oversee implementation of the grant for this project, including administration duties with the contract, progress reports, invoicing and periodic project updates. I'd require quarterly updates at a minimum; it would be preferable if these were monthly and/or attached with any invoices submitted for reimbursement. 4. The City would administer a Request for Proposals process and ensure that the procurement of consultants for this study meets Commonwealth procurement policies and regulations; 5. As per the State Comptroller's policy on State Grants and Federal Sub-Grants dated and revised through November 1, 2006, the Commonwealth has discretion as to whether this grant requires matching funds. 6. The project has not been started yet; however, for the contract we will need to know: 1) when the parties can commit to starting the project; 2) a preliminary project schedule; 3) a proposed payment schedule. 7. Muncipalities must be advised that if funds have been paid and services have not been delivered or reports provided, the municipality must reimburse the Commmonwealth or expect a deduction in local aid. 8. Contract dates can be beyond 6/30/06 (the project completion date), but the funding on MMARS (the state accounting system) will only be available through 6/30/06. Please keep me apprised of progress on this project, and do not hesitate to consult me with any questions. I will be out on Friday, but in the office next week. Have a fine Thanksgiving - Todd Fontanella, EOT " Wayne Feiden "'Fontanella, Todd (EOT)'" Todd.Fontanella@state.ma.us SMTP "'Harnpukdipatima, Amornrut (EOT)';jawright@wright-builders.com;'Dennis Bidwell'" Amornrut.Harnpukdipatima@state.ma.us;jaw right@wright-builders.com;dbidwell@bidwelladvisors.com SMTP;SMTP;SMTP Normal Normal Re: Access to hotel construction site from Pulaski Park "1. I do not have an issue with utilities through the park. However we should minimize the extend and have them come through the parking lot or from New South Street. 2. Why overhead - place them UNDERGROUND. We occasionally place our tree bucket truck in the park for work and do not need an inconvenience. 3. The DPW needs to review the fill as the proposed sewer line replacement will be in this area. As you know the DPW has limited capabilities with deep sewer lines. Do not commit until we know more. 4. Lets discuss the park beautification with them. On 28 Nov 2006 at 17:43, Wayne Feiden wrote: Subject: Access to hotel construction site from Pulaski Park Date sent: Tue, 28 Nov 2006 17:43:52 -0500 From: ""Wayne Feiden"" <wfeiden@northamptonma.gov> To: ""Ned Huntley"" <nhuntley@nohodpw.org> Keywords: As the hotel gets developed, there will be some impacts on Pulaski Park: 1. Maybe utilities through the park (that is up to you). 2. We are requiring that as part of the consideration they put the overhead power lines south of the Academy of Music and south of the play structure. 3. We are requiring that as part of the consideration they fill the entire hill that is part of the park to provide us with an expanded park area. 4. We have indicated that we are willing to talk about cutting down some of the conifers (or all of them) on the edge of the hill and allowing construction access from the park. I have been the point of contact for the project, but this is your park after all. How do you want to proceed on this? I don't know what needs to go to your board or what the issues are. Should we sit down with Shardool and hammer this out or do you want me to negotiate within parameters that you are comfortable with. Let me know what you want to do. Thank you for all your help on this. DPW has been great to work with on this project. Wayne Feiden, AICP Director of Planning and Development City of Northampton 210 Main Street, Room 11 Northampton, MA 01060 Direct: 413-587-1265 Office: 413-587-1266 Fax: 413-587-1264 Web: www.NorthamptonMA.gov <http://www.northamptonma.gov/> WFeiden@NorthamptonMA.gov Ned Huntley, P.E. Director of Public Works Northampton Department of Public Works 125 Locust Street Northampton, MA 01060 T: 413-587-1570 x 101 F: 413-587-1576 E: nhuntley@nohodpw.org W: www.northamptonma.gov/dpw/ " Ned Huntley /O=MAIN/OU=FIRST ADMINISTRATIVE GROUP/CN=RECIPIENTS/CN=NEDHUNTLEY EX Wayne Feiden /O=MAIN/OU=FIRST ADMINISTRATIVE GROUP/CN=RECIPIENTS/CN=WFEIDEN EX rparasiliti@nohodpw.org rparasiliti@n ohodpw.org SMTP Normal Normal No funding "Sadly, but not so surprisingly, we did not get the transit oriented development funding. Wayne Feiden, AICP Director of Planning and Development City of Northampton 210 Main Street, Room 11 Northampton, MA 01060 Direct: 413-587-1265 Office: 413-587-1266 Fax: 413-587-1264 Web: www.NorthamptonMA.gov <http://www.northamptonma.gov/> WFeiden@NorthamptonMA.gov " Wayne Feiden 'Shardool Parmar' shardool_parmar@hotmail.com SMTP Normal Normal Environmental Assessment for Hotel "In OTO's environmental assessment, they suggest a letter to DEP documenting why we believe that the PCBs found on the site are not reportable. This would be useful to the City, to protect us from any future DEP complaints that we did not properly report, and useful to PVHG, to keep a clear record with DEP. Any chance that PVHG will agree to fund Kevin's work drafting such a letter and the Kevin can then do so? Let me know if that is agreeable to all. Wayne Feiden, AICP Director of Planning and Development City of Northampton 210 Main Street, Room 11 Northampton, MA 01060 Direct: 413-587-1265 Office: 413-587-1266 Fax: 413-587-1264 Web: www.NorthamptonMA.gov <http://www.northamptonma.gov/> WFeiden@NorthamptonMA.gov " Wayne Feiden 'Shardool Parmar';Kevin O'Reilly shardool_parmar@hotmail.com;oreilly@oto-env.com SMTP;SMTP Normal Normal RE: Environmental Assessment for Hotel "Whatever Kevin feels is the proper format to submit to DEP. In the past for projects for us it has been a simple letter drafted by him. Wayne Feiden, AICP Director of Planning and Development City of Northampton 210 Main Street, Room 11 Northampton, MA 01060 Direct: 413-587-1265 Office: 413-587-1266 Fax: 413-587-1264 Web: www.NorthamptonMA.gov WFeiden@NorthamptonMA.gov -----Original Message----- From: Shardool Parmar [mailto:shardool_parmar@hotmail.com] Sent: Monday, December 11, 2006 4:41 PM To: Wayne Feiden Subject: RE: Environmental Assessment for Hotel I will look into it. Could you refer to the current report or do you need a seperate one? >From: ""Wayne Feiden"" <wfeiden@northamptonma.gov> >To: ""Shardool Parmar"" <shardool_parmar@hotmail.com>,""Kevin O'Reilly"" ><oreilly@oto-env.com> >Subject: Environmental Assessment for Hotel >Date: Mon, 11 Dec 2006 14:50:51 -0500 > >In OTO's environmental assessment, they suggest a letter to DEP >documenting why we believe that the PCBs found on the site are not >reportable. This would be useful to the City, to protect us from any >future DEP complaints that we did not properly report, and useful to >PVHG, to keep a clear record with DEP. > >Any chance that PVHG will agree to fund Kevin's work drafting such a >letter and the Kevin can then do so? > >Let me know if that is agreeable to all. > >Wayne Feiden, AICP >Director of Planning and Development >City of Northampton >210 Main Street, Room 11 >Northampton, MA 01060 > >Direct: 413-587-1265 >Office: 413-587-1266 >Fax: 413-587-1264 >Web: www.NorthamptonMA.gov <http://www.northamptonma.gov/> >WFeiden@NorthamptonMA.gov > > _________________________________________________________________ MSN Shopping has everything on your holiday list. Get expert picks by style, age, and price. Try it! http://shopping.msn.com/content/shp/?ctId=8000,ptnrid=176,ptnrdata=200601&tcode=wlmtagline " Wayne Feiden 'Shardool Parmar' shardool_parmar@hotmail.com SMTP Normal Normal Proposed Settlement Agreement "Bob: We are willing to begin our review of Bay State's first draft settlement agreement. As I suggested when we last met, however, I would prefer to come to an agreement on general principles first and then have the agreement fall into line after that. I am pleased that your proposed settlement agreement renews your offer of mitigation to the PVHG as part of your settlement offer. On my very first quick read, however, there are several items which are clearly missing which need to be addressed: 1. We have been talking about a settlement for the property which we are transferring to the Pioneer Valley Hotel Group. For this settlement to cover the entire property, it will need to include other issues, which I do not believe that the City or Bay State are ready to address. I am going to assume, therefore, that we are only talking about the PVHG portion of the property. If you want to cover the rest of the property, early December is a little late to bring it up and expect a resolution any time quickly. 2. We need more details on the institutional controls (AUL) and cleanup plans to go on the property. I don't think that we are comfortable writing a blank check as to AUL or methods to Bay State Gas. Again, this is a huge issue if we are dealing with the entire property. It is a smaller issue, but an issue nonetheless, if we are just dealing with the PVHG parcel of land. 3. We will expect Bay State Gas to cover all city out-of-pocket expenses as a result of this cleanup, specifically A) all lost parking lot revenue B) all costs related our procurement of temporary parking spots to meet downtown needs (presumably at outlying lots or possibly to fund parking demand strategies aimed at reducing parking demand without creating a depression downtown C) attorney's costs, D)other oversight costs. 4. We still need to work out the issues of public utility (water, sewer, stormwater) relocations that seems to be missing here. Please let me know how you want to proceed. I don't want to go through the detailed minutia of the agreement until we go over the big picture items. Wayne Feiden, AICP Director of Planning and Development City of Northampton 210 Main Street, Room 11 Northampton, MA 01060 Direct: 413-587-1265 Office: 413-587-1266 Fax: 413-587-1264 Web: www.NorthamptonMA.gov WFeiden@NorthamptonMA.gov -----Original Message----- From: RCleary@NiSource.com [mailto:RCleary@NiSource.com] Sent: Thursday, December 21, 2006 11:33 AM To: Wayne Feiden; sparmar@pvhg.com Cc: mikevito2002@yahoo.com; sjaffe@foleyhoag.com; PLaGoy@NiSource.com; JKeshian@NiSource.com Subject: Proposed Settlement Agreement Importance: High Wayne and Shardool, I transmit Bay State's proposed Settlement Agreement for the Roundhouse site. By way of update we are proceeding with our procurement for the remediation, and while the end of the year crush has delayed both the settlement and the procurement some, Bay State still plans to conduct the remediation this winter. Hopefully it will actually get cold in late Jan. (See attached file: Northampton_Roundhouse_site_12-21-06.pdf) (See attached file: revised settlement agreement between bsg and northampton - 3281790 v2 FHBOSTON.DOC) Happy Holidays and New Year! Bob This e-mail communication and any attachments are confidential and intended only for the use of the designated recipients named above. This communication may be an attorney-client communication, and as such it is privileged and confidential. If you are not the intended recipient, you are hereby notified that you have received this communication in error and that any review, disclosure, dissemination, distribution or copying of it or its contents is prohibited. _____________________________________________________________________________ Scanned by IBM Email Security Management Services powered by MessageLabs. For more information please visit http://www.ers.ibm.com ____________________________________________________________________ _________ " Wayne Feiden 'RCleary@NiSource.com';sparmar@pvhg.com RCleary@NiSource.com;sparmar@pvhg.com SMTP;SMTP mikevito2002@yahoo.com;sjaffe@foleyhoag.com;PLaGoy@NiSource.com;JKeshian@NiSource.com mikevito 2002@yahoo.com;sjaffe@foleyhoag.com;PLaGoy@NiSource.com;JKeshian@NiSource.com SMTP;SMTP;SMTP;SMTP Janet Sheppard /o=main/ou=First Administrative Group/cn=Recipients/cn=JanetSheppard EX Normal Norm al Hilton CADD file "Wayne, Shardool asked that I email you our most recent CADD file depicting the hotel layout and proposed utility re-route. Please let me know if you have any problems with this drawing. Thanks Bridget Mitchell The Berkshire Design Group Phone: 413-582-7000 Email: bridget@berkshiredesign.com " Bridget Mitchell bridget@berkshiredesign.com SMTP Wayne Feiden /O=MAIN/OU=FIRST ADMINISTRATIVE GROUP/CN=RECIPIENTS/CN=WFEIDEN EX sparmar@pvhg.com sparmar@pvhg.com SMTP Normal Normal FW: Hilton CADD file " Wayne Feiden, AICP Director of Planning and Development City of Northampton 210 Main Street, Room 11 Northampton, MA 01060 Direct: 413-587-1265 Office: 413-587-1266 Fax: 413-587-1264 Web: www.NorthamptonMA.gov <http://www.northamptonma.gov/> WFeiden@NorthamptonMA.gov ________________________________ From: Bridget Mitchell [mailto:bridget@berkshiredesign.com] Sent: Thursday, January 04, 2007 4:42 PM To: Wayne Feiden Cc: sparmar@pvhg.com Subject: Hilton CADD file Wayne, Shardool asked that I email you our most recent CADD file depicting the hotel layout and proposed utility re-route. Please let me know if you have any problems with this drawing. Thanks Bridget Mitchell The Berkshire Design Group Phone: 413-582-7000 Email: bridget@berkshiredesign.com " Wayne Feiden 'gis@northamptonma.gov' gis@northamptonma.gov SMTP Normal Normal FW: Cad Files " Round House elevations Wayne Feiden, AICP Director of Planning and Development City of Northampton 210 Main Street, Room 11 Northampton, MA 01060 Direct: 413-587-1265 Office: 413-587-1266 Fax: 413-587-1264 Web: www.NorthamptonMA.gov WFeiden@NorthamptonMA.gov -----Original Message----- From: Shardool Parmar [mailto:sparmar@pvhg.com] Sent: Friday, January 05, 2007 7:43 AM To: Wayne Feiden Subject: Cad Files Here are some of the elevations. Shardool Parmar President Pioneer Valley Hotel Group 321 Center St. Ludlow, MA 01035 (413) 231-7540 ________________________________________________________________ Sent via the WebMail system at pvhg.com " Wayne Feiden 'gis@northamptonma.gov' gis@northamptonma.gov SMTP Normal Normal Roundhouse parking "Mr Feiden We would like to know what parking the city proposes to give Roundhouse tenants during the construction of the proposed hotel so that we may inform interested tenants. Best Regards Robert Curran 248 Washington Suite A Miami Beach Fl. 33139 office: 305.532.9296 efax : 305.675.8365 " robert curran curran248@hotmail.com SMTP Wayne Feiden /O=MAIN/OU=FIRST ADMINISTRATIVE GROUP/CN=RECIPIENTS/CN=WFEIDEN EX kane@fierstpucci.com kane@fierstpucci.com SMTP Normal Normal RE: Roundhouse parking "We are still working out the details of our site access agreement with first Bay State Gas (for the cleanup) and then with the hotel group, so we don't have a final answer yet. My assumption has been that we will do one of two things. Either provide 22 parking passes that can be used in any portion of the city OFF-STREET parking system except the garage OR try to find an area for parking within the existing Roundhouse parking lot. It all depends on whether Bay State and/or the hotel are going to need the entire lot or just a portion. Do you have a preference? Also, can you give me an update on your discussions with the Pioneer Valley Hotel Group on the permanent replacement of the parking spaces? I want to make sure that we resolve everything to everyone's satisfaction as soon as possible. Incidentally, the Unitarian Church, which is located between City Hall and Memorial Hall near your building, is overflowing at the seams. They have been looking for additional space. You might want to contact them to see if they are interested in the Roundhouse. I know that they don't want the whole building, so maybe it doesn't work for you, but the location certainly works for them. Wayne Feiden, AICP Director of Planning and Development City of Northampton 210 Main Street, Room 11 Northampton, MA 01060 Direct: 413-587-1265 Office: 413-587-1266 Fax: 413-587-1264 Web: www.NorthamptonMA.gov WFeiden@NorthamptonMA.gov -----Original Message----- From: robert curran [mailto:curran248@hotmail.com] Sent: Thursday, January 18, 2007 10:33 PM To: Wayne Feiden Cc: kane@fierstpucci.com Subject: Roundhouse parking Mr Feiden We would like to know what parking the city proposes to give Roundhouse tenants during the construction of the proposed hotel so that we may inform interested tenants. Best Regards Robert Curran 248 Washington Suite A Miami Beach Fl. 33139 office: 305.532.9296 efax : 305.675.8365 " Wayne Feiden 'robert curran' curran248@hotmail.com SMTP kane@fierstpucci.com kane@fierstpucci.com SMTP Normal Normal Bay State Gas settlement talks "Shardool: Welcome back from India. When you get your bearings, give me a call so I can bring you up-to-date on my meeting with Bay State Gas and we can start talking about next steps. Can you give me an update as soon as you get a chance on the following: 1. What is the status of the final utility layout design? We need the final engineered drawings to work out the final settlement with Bay State. 2. Has or can Berkshire Design give an estimate on how long it would take to gear up to have the utility work completed once the engineering work is complete, including hiring a contractor and getting all materials delivered. There is still significant cost savings if this is ready to go when Bay State Gas moves the pipes, but I am worried that this can't be done on time. 3. What is the status of your permanent project financing? We are hearing rumors, but I wanted to get an update from you. 4. If the Bay State settlement money can be used to move utility lines, are you ready and willing to hire and arrange for all of this work before you take control of the site and before you get final financing, so as to allow this time critical phase of the project to move forward now in coordination with Bay State Gas. The short version of my meeting is that Bay State Gas doesn't think you are ready to go with the utility relocations now if we come to an agreement. I need to know if this coordination can work. Wayne Feiden, AICP Director of Planning and Development City of Northampton 210 Main Street, Room 11 Northampton, MA 01060 Direct: 413-587-1265 Office: 413-587-1266 Fax: 413-587-1264 Web: www.NorthamptonMA.gov <http://www.northamptonma.gov/> WFeiden@NorthamptonMA.gov " Wayne Feiden 'Shardool Parmar' shardool_parmar@hotmail.com SMTP Normal Normal Bay State Gas settlement talks "Shardool: Sorry I missed you yesterday when you called. You are out today and I am out tomorrow. In the meantime, while we try to catch up, when you get a chance can you give me an update on the issues in the email below? Understanding that will help in our hopefully home stretch discussions with Bay State Gas and be useful to me for me meeting with our attorney next week. Thanks. Wayne Feiden, AICP Director of Planning and Development City of Northampton 210 Main Street, Room 11 Northampton, MA 01060 Direct: 413-587-1265 Office: 413-587-1266 Fax: 413-587-1264 Web: www.NorthamptonMA.gov <http://www.northamptonma.gov/> WFeiden@NorthamptonMA.gov ________________________________ From: Wayne Feiden Sent: Tuesday, January 23, 2007 5:52 PM To: 'Shardool Parmar' Subject: Bay State Gas settlement talks Shardool: Welcome back from India. When you get your bearings, give me a call so I can bring you up-to-date on my meeting with Bay State Gas and we can start talking about next steps. Can you give me an update as soon as you get a chance on the following: 1. What is the status of the final utility layout design? We need the final engineered drawings to work out the final settlement with Bay State. 2. Has or can Berkshire Design give an estimate on how long it would take to gear up to have the utility work completed once the engineering work is complete, including hiring a contractor and getting all materials delivered. There is still significant cost savings if this is ready to go when Bay State Gas moves the pipes, but I am worried that this can't be done on time. 3. What is the status of your permanent project financing? We are hearing rumors, but I wanted to get an update from you. 4. If the Bay State settlement money can be used to move utility lines, are you ready and willing to hire and arrange for all of this work before you take control of the site and before you get final financing, so as to allow this time critical phase of the project to move forward now in coordination with Bay State Gas. The short version of my meeting is that Bay State Gas doesn't think you are ready to go with the utility relocations now if we come to an agreement. I need to know if this coordination can work. Wayne Feiden, AICP Director of Planning and Development City of Northampton 210 Main Street, Room 11 Northampton, MA 01060 Direct: 413-587-1265 Office: 413-587-1266 Fax: 413-587-1264 Web: www.NorthamptonMA.gov <http://www.northamptonma.gov/> WFeiden@NorthamptonMA.gov " Wayne Feiden 'Shardool Parmar' shardool_parmar@hotmail.com SMTP Normal Normal RE: Roundhouse parking "Wayne Shardool and I have had some preliminary conversations about the parking. From what I've heard it will be difficult to get the finacing necessary to build the hotel. As a side note, Shardool did assure me that he was not going to se any vinyl siding which was a relief. It would seem appropriate to me that the city provide me with tenant parking in the area in front of my building once the remediation is complete. Parking blocks away will not be satisfactory to my tenants. Your ability to dance around this issue has been the source of much amusement until now. We would appreciate it if you could confirm in writing where the city expects my tenants to park after the remediation and during the construction of the hotel. Best Robert Curran 248 Washington Suite A Miami Beach Fl. 33139 office: 305.532.9296 efax : 305.675.8365 >From: ""Wayne Feiden"" <wfeiden@northamptonma.gov> >To: ""robert curran"" <curran248@hotmail.com> >CC: <kane@fierstpucci.com> >Subject: RE: Roundhouse parking >Date: Fri, 19 Jan 2007 09:12:44 -0500 > >We are still working out the details of our site access agreement with >first Bay State Gas (for the cleanup) and then with the hotel group, so >we don't have a final answer yet. > >My assumption has been that we will do one of two things. Either >provide 22 parking passes that can be used in any portion of the city >OFF-STREET parking system except the garage OR try to find an area for >parking within the existing Roundhouse parking lot. It all depends on >whether Bay State and/or the hotel are going to need the entire lot or >just a portion. > >Do you have a preference? > >Also, can you give me an update on your discussions with the Pioneer >Valley Hotel Group on the permanent replacement of the parking spaces? >I want to make sure that we resolve everything to everyone's >satisfaction as soon as possible. > >Incidentally, the Unitarian Church, which is located between City Hall >and Memorial Hall near your building, is overflowing at the seams. They >have been looking for additional space. You might want to contact them >to see if they are interested in the Roundhouse. I know that they don't >want the whole building, so maybe it doesn't work for you, but the >location certainly works for them. > > >Wayne Feiden, AICP >Director of Planning and Development >City of Northampton >210 Main Street, Room 11 >Northampton, MA 01060 > >Direct: 413-587-1265 >Office: 413-587-1266 >Fax: 413-587-1264 >Web: www.NorthamptonMA.gov >WFeiden@NorthamptonMA.gov > > >-----Original Message----- >From: robert curran [mailto:curran248@hotmail.com] >Sent: Thursday, January 18, 2007 10:33 PM >To: Wayne Feiden >Cc: kane@fierstpucci.com >Subject: Roundhouse parking > >Mr Feiden > >We would like to know what parking the city proposes to give Roundhouse >tenants during the construction of the proposed hotel so that we may >inform interested tenants. > >Best Regards > > >Robert Curran >248 Washington Suite A >Miami Beach Fl. 33139 >office: 305.532.9296 >efax : 305.675.8365 > > > > " robert curran curran248@hotmail.com SMTP Wayne Feiden /O=MAIN/OU=FIRST ADMINISTRATIVE GROUP/CN=RECIPIENTS/CN=WFEIDEN EX kane@fierstpucci.com kane@fierstpucci.com SMTP Normal Normal Roundhouse parking "Robert: My answer is the same as in my January 19th email to you-- we are still working out the details. We don't know the footprint of lay down areas and trying to lay out parking without knowing what portions of the parking lot are available during construction is a waste of time. Obviously, we will work this out before the parking spots are displaced. In any case, we would like to solve this as a single settlement with you on permanent parking. On December 5, 2006, the Pioneer Valley Hotel Group wrote you a proposed agreement on permanent parking arrangements. Can you let me know what your response is to their memo? Thanks. Incidentally, if you are ever in town, I would love to sit down with you and work this out. Wayne Feiden, AICP Director of Planning and Development City of Northampton 210 Main Street, Room 11 Northampton, MA 01060 Direct: 413-587-1265 Office: 413-587-1266 Fax: 413-587-1264 Web: www.NorthamptonMA.gov WFeiden@NorthamptonMA.gov -----Original Message----- From: robert curran [mailto:curran248@hotmail.com] Sent: Friday, January 26, 2007 4:00 PM To: Wayne Feiden Cc: kane@fierstpucci.com Subject: RE: Roundhouse parking Wayne Shardool and I have had some preliminary conversations about the parking. From what I've heard it will be difficult to get the finacing necessary to build the hotel. As a side note, Shardool did assure me that he was not going to se any vinyl siding which was a relief. It would seem appropriate to me that the city provide me with tenant parking in the area in front of my building once the remediation is complete. Parking blocks away will not be satisfactory to my tenants. Your ability to dance around this issue has been the source of much amusement until now. We would appreciate it if you could confirm in writing where the city expects my tenants to park after the remediation and during the construction of the hotel. Best Robert Curran 248 Washington Suite A Miami Beach Fl. 33139 office: 305.532.9296 efax : 305.675.8365 >From: ""Wayne Feiden"" <wfeiden@northamptonma.gov> >To: ""robert curran"" <curran248@hotmail.com> >CC: <kane@fierstpucci.com> >Subject: RE: Roundhouse parking >Date: Fri, 19 Jan 2007 09:12:44 -0500 > >We are still working out the details of our site access agreement with >first Bay State Gas (for the cleanup) and then with the hotel group, so >we don't have a final answer yet. > >My assumption has been that we will do one of two things. Either >provide 22 parking passes that can be used in any portion of the city >OFF-STREET parking system except the garage OR try to find an area for >parking within the existing Roundhouse parking lot. It all depends on >whether Bay State and/or the hotel are going to need the entire lot or >just a portion. > >Do you have a preference? > >Also, can you give me an update on your discussions with the Pioneer >Valley Hotel Group on the permanent replacement of the parking spaces? >I want to make sure that we resolve everything to everyone's >satisfaction as soon as possible. > >Incidentally, the Unitarian Church, which is located between City Hall >and Memorial Hall near your building, is overflowing at the seams. >They have been looking for additional space. You might want to contact >them to see if they are interested in the Roundhouse. I know that they >don't want the whole building, so maybe it doesn't work for you, but >the location certainly works for them. > > >Wayne Feiden, AICP >Director of Planning and Development >City of Northampton >210 Main Street, Room 11 >Northampton, MA 01060 > >Direct: 413-587-1265 >Office: 413-587-1266 >Fax: 413-587-1264 >Web: www.NorthamptonMA.gov >WFeiden@NorthamptonMA.gov > > >-----Original Message----- >From: robert curran [mailto:curran248@hotmail.com] >Sent: Thursday, January 18, 2007 10:33 PM >To: Wayne Feiden >Cc: kane@fierstpucci.com >Subject: Roundhouse parking > >Mr Feiden > >We would like to know what parking the city proposes to give >Roundhouse tenants during the construction of the proposed hotel so >that we may inform interested tenants. > >Best Regards > > >Robert Curran >248 Washington Suite A >Miami Beach Fl. 33139 >office: 305.532.9296 >efax : 305.675.8365 > > > > " Wayne Feiden 'robert curran' curran248@hotmail.com SMTP kane@fierstpucci.com;'Shardool Parmar' kane@fierstpucci.com;shardool_parmar@hotmail.com SMTP;SMTP Normal Normal Meeting on Round House "Does 12:00 on Thursday work to meet with you and your dad? Wayne Feiden, AICP Director of Planning and Development City of Northampton 210 Main Street, Room 11 Northampton, MA 01060 Direct: 413-587-1265 Office: 413-587-1266 Fax: 413-587-1264 Web: www.NorthamptonMA.gov <http://www.northamptonma.gov/> WFeiden@NorthamptonMA.gov " Wayne Feiden 'Shardool Parmar' shardool_parmar@hotmail.com SMTP Normal Normal FW: Summary of settlement meeting " See Bay State Gas's latest email, below. Wayne Feiden, AICP Director of Planning and Development City of Northampton 210 Main Street, Room 11 Northampton, MA 01060 Direct: 413-587-1265 Office: 413-587-1266 Fax: 413-587-1264 Web: www.NorthamptonMA.gov WFeiden@NorthamptonMA.gov -----Original Message----- From: RCleary@NiSource.com [mailto:RCleary@NiSource.com] Sent: Tuesday, January 30, 2007 3:18 PM To: Wayne Feiden Cc: mikevito2002@yahoo.com; PLaGoy@NiSource.com Subject: Re: Summary of settlement meeting Wayne: Thank you for your email outlining your understanding of the issues to be resolved in reaching a settlement by and among Bay State Gas Company, the City, and Pioneer Valley Hotel Group. Although there are some issues still to be resolve, we are hopeful that we can come to an agreement soon. With respect to the specifics of your email, we believe that the following matters do require some clarification (numbered paragraphs reflect the numbered paragraphs in your email): 1. As discussed in more detail below, for Bay State there is no distinction between utility costs and what you refer to as incremental costs. Bay State has never offered to construct all the new utilities, let alone offered to construct new utilities and contribute another $250,000 toward ""incremental"" costs. The cost of the utilities is simply one of the additional or ""incremental"" costs You are correct that Bay State will pay the full cost of utility work necessitated by the cleanup. With the realignment of the utilities necessitated by the development, this ""full cost"" of utility work necessitated by the cleanup will be used to construct utilities in their new locations. However, Bay State's offer does not include designing and/or constructing the new utilities required for the hotel. Bay State will not take on that responsibility because it is not required by the cleanup and because Bay State has no particular expertise at that type of work. 3. With respect to incremental costs, as Bay State informed you when you were preparing the RFP for this development, Bay State will commit to spending up to $250,000 over and above its MCP Compliance costs to assist in developing the Roundhouse property by removing the MGP residuals from the footprint of the development. Bay State continues to believe this is a reasonable offer of assistance to the City. Since construction of the PVHG hotel/garage complex replaces certain components of Bay State's planned remediation, Bay State will contribute these avoided costs (savings to Bay State) toward the construction of the hotel and garage. Those structures will be a more substantial and durable cap than the pavement cap proposed in the remediation plan. (Bay State's list of its avoided costs is attached ). As promised, Bay State will incur reasonable additional costs directly associated with removing MGP impacted materials from the footprint of the hotel, the garage and the new utilities. (Bay State's list of additional costs is attached). Consistent with its commitment, Bay State's additional costs cannot exceed its savings by more than $250,000. That is, Bay State will incur no more than $250,000 above what its cost to comply with the MCP would have been in the absence of the development. Purely by way of example, if the sum of the avoided costs listed in the attached sheet is $80,000, then Bay State will contribute $330,000 towards the incremental cost of site development, to the extent the site development costs have increased as a result of the presence of MGP residuals. Bay State proposes that, based on our engineers' best estimates, Bay State and PVHG agree in advance on the savings, the additional costs and from them, the resulting increased cost to be incurred by Bay State. Bay State will perform the agreed upon additional work, since it involves handling of MGP residuals. Bay State will pay PVHG for the agreed upon avoided costs. Continuing the previous example, Bay State would conduct $250,000 of additional work by removing MGP residuals from the foot print of the project, and would write a check for $80,000 to PVHG, bringing Bay State's contribution to $330,000. Subject to agreement of the parties, Bay State proposes to pay the agreed upon sum in three equal installments at (1) the start of construction of the hotel or the utilities, whichever occurs first, (2) upon the permanent connection of all utilities interrupted by Bay State to the new utilities, and (3) at the completion of the building foundations (i.e., when the hotel/garage ""cap"" is completed)]. Bay State will be responsible for installing and operating any temporary utilities from the time Bay State needs to move them from their current locations until they can be connected to the new utilities. To help avoid the costs for off site disposal of the fill material excavated from the garage foundation, Bay State will utilize some of that fill as backfill for Bay State's remedial excavations. Bay State will determine the actual volume of soil used, based on such factors as the volumes of Bay State's excavations, the physical and regulatory suitability of the material for use as backfill, the ability to coordinate the need for backfill with the garage excavation, etc. 4. Bay State objects to paying for the parking places, not solely because Bay State donated property [and buildings] that continue to generate revenue for the City, but because the lost revenue from the parking is dwarfed by the contributions Bay State is making to cleanup the property and to assist in its development. However, if the lost revenue from the parking is important to the City, Bay State herein proposes to pay the City the daily revenue the Roundhouse parking lot for the duration of the cleanup, in return for which Bay State will have full access to the entire parking lot. Bay State will make the single row of parking spaces facing the apartment building available to the tenants of that building. Bay State did agree to pay the City's reasonable legal fees related to this matter, but the mechanics need to be worked out.. 5. Geographic Scope of the Settlement ? There are two somewhat distinct issues related to the geographic scope of the settlement. The first is whether Bay State will commit to attaining a response action outcome (RAO) for the entire site, as opposed to just the area of the form MGP facility. The answer to this is, of course, yes. Bay State's legal obligation is to attain an RAO for the entire Site, where the Site is defined, not by the former MGP boundaries, but by wherever contamination from the release has come to be located. Bay State will meet that obligation. Of course, that obligation runs to the Commonwealth in the first instance, not the City. Bay State is prepared to commit in the settlement agreement to attain an RAO, but is not prepared to give the City review authority or veto power over the response actions performed or RAO submitted by Bay State. As to future development of property owned by the City outside the boundary of the former MGP facility, Bay State acknowledges that the City has an interest in ensuring that the presence of any hazardous materials migrating from the MGP property does not materially limit the City's use of the property. As a matter of fact, given the depth of the residuals beneath the downgradient parcels, we do not believe it likely that any future development of any of these parcels would be impacted by the presence of such residuals. Nonetheless, Bay State is prepared to assume responsibility for increased development costs on those parcels, if and to the extent that such increased costs result from the presence of hazardous materials resulting from releases at the MGP facility. However, in return, Bay State would require that the City agree to imposition of reasonable activity and use limitations (AULs) on such properties. Bay State Gas ? Avoided Costs 1. Asphalt Pavement, curbing, lighting and landscaping within footprint of hotel complex 2. Backfill for 3 ft. deep excavation beneath hotel. 3. Backfill for remedial excavations > 3 ft. below grade within footprint of hotel complex. 4. Re-constructing utilities in their current locations. Bay State Gas ? Incremental Costs (Not to exceed $250K) 1. Utility trenches across former Bay State property. 2. Excavations for hotel pile caps and grade beams. 3. Deep excavation along north foundation wall of garage [to ensure MGP residuals do not slough into excavation]. 4. Placement of 1 foot clean backfill [or equivalent on sloped areas] to prevent construction worker contact with MGP residuals. 5. Design, installation and testing of vapor barrier and passive sub-slab ventilation system beneath hotel. I will be on vacation beginning tomorrow, returning next Wed. Feb 7. If you have any questions on this matter please contact Peter. Bob Cleary Principal, EH&S - Remediation 300 Friberg Parkway Westborough, MA 01581 508/836-7275 - office 508/836-7073 - fax 508/868-2272 - cell This e-mail communication and any attachments are confidential and intended only for the use of the designated recipients named above. This communication may be an attorney-client communication, and as such it is privileged and confidential. If you are not the intended recipient, you are hereby notified that you have received this communication in error and that any review, disclosure, dissemination, distribution or copying of it or its contents is prohibited. ""Wayne Feiden"" <wfeiden@northampt To: Robert Cleary/BSG/Enterprise@NiSource, Peter LaGoy/BSG/Enterprise@NiSource, onma.gov> <mikevito2002@yahoo.com> cc: 01/22/2007 06:50 Subject: Summary of settlement meeting PM Bob, Peter, and Michael: <?xml:namespace prefix = o ns = ""urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office"" /> Thank you for meeting with me last week (January 17, 2007) to allow us to work on the final settlement issues to determine where we are in agreement and what issues we have left to resolve. I think that we are getting very close and I am optimistic we can bring this to a closure very soon. Please review my meeting notes below. Please give me any corrections you have and any new information you can provide that can help resolve these issues. Once I get your comments, I would like to schedule a meeting between all three parties (City, Pioneer Valley Hotel Group, Bay State Gas), with all of our attorneys present, to hammer out a settlement agreement. I'm sure that other issues that we did not discuss will come up, but hopefully an agreement on some of the issues will speed the process along. My understanding of the issues and resolution is as follows: 1. UTILITY WORK: I believe that we have an agreement in principle here, but still have some issues to work out. Bay State Gas will pay the full cost of all utility work made necessary by your cleanup and to provide full clean utility corridors for all existing utilities and for all new utilities necessary to serve the PVHG redevelopment of the property, including fully restoring and paving the parking lot, landscaping, and all other infrastructure. If some of this work is not necessary as a result of the redevelopment of the site into a hotel, Bay State Gas will provide full financial credit to the City and PVHG for the savings, with said savings going towards the final utility relocation necessary to serve the hotel. * ISSUE: How do we determine the value of the ""credit"" and the manor in which the credit is made available? We had two meetings on this late last year and came close to an agreement on the value of the ""credit,"" but we need BSG agreement on the final amount or valuation method before PVHG completes their engineering. The City has made it clear that we will NOT grant an access agreement or trench permit until this issue is resolved because we do not want the environmental exposure nor the community dislocation of moving utilities twice. 2. CLEAN-UP STANDARD: I believe that we have an agreement in principle that BSG is cleaning up the site the MCP standards, but not beyond, except as otherwise noted herein. I lack the technical background to comment on whether we are in agreement on what the MCP standard is, as applies to this site. I will leave this to the attorneys and LSPs to discuss at our next (and final?) meeting. 3. INCREMENTAL COSTS; Bay State Gas made a very generous offer when the city was preparing our RFP for the site to fund up to $250,000 towards the incremental costs of redeveloping the site because of environmental releases. This is a generous offer and goes a long way to make this redevelopment viable by allowing the site to compete with an otherwise clean site. * ISSUE: At our meeting, Bob stressed that this amount could only be used to fund direct bills necessitated by the environmental releases. Michael suggested that this could be a lump sum payment to cover all incremental costs the site redeveloper will encounter. We need to spell this out. Obviously, we prefer a system that makes accounting easy and does not require that PVHG have to have BSG approve each contractor and consultant expenditure. 4. ACCESS AGREEMENT: The City needs to be held harmless from direct costs as a result of the cleanup. This includes the rental of parking spaces ($421 per day when the entire parking lot is closed by BSG cleanup activities, obviously less when only a portion of the lot is closed) and all legal expenses related to the access agreement and the cleanup (the actual amount of the invoice we receive from our attorneys). In addition, we need to keep the footprint of the project as small as possible and will agree to close portions of the lot as necessary for the project and agreed to by our parking manager. We are going to see if we can carve out an area of 22 parking spaces to fulfill our obligations to the Roundhouse building. These last spaces will only be needed when the find a tenant for the building. * ISSUE: BSG is reluctant to fund the loss of parking revenue because the northerly half of the parking lot was a donation from BSG. Obviously, from the City's position, half the parking lot did not come from BSG, and in any case the donation, while generous, was thirty years ago and the lands is now the city's. BSG expressed a willingness to fund necessary legal expenses but not other consultants. 5. GEOGRAPHIC SCOPE OF AGREEMENT: <?xml:namespace prefix = st1 ns = ""urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags"" />Bay State Gas suggested for the first time in December that the Settlement Agreement should cover the entire site release. We agree in principle, with some important caveats. Since we met, I have thought about these issues and how we can address your desire to move forward, and have the following proposal (which we did not discuss when we met): * ISSUE: We have not had sufficient time to study the wider area since BSG expanded the area of settlement. We can agree, however, to a comprehensive settlement if the settlement includes a permanent provision that BSG will fund any incremental (over the cost of addressing the site if it was clean) consulting, excavation, trucking, and disposal costs from any contaminated material that needs to be removed in the future for the construction of any new building on the site and for the creation of clean utility corridors to serve those buildings, assuming, of course, that such contamination is a result of the MGP operations. * ISSUE: We have not signed off on the downstream extent of movement of MGP contaminated materials. The settlement is for the parking lots and must clearly not cover any downgradient contamination that may be found or characterized in the future. 6. ON-GOING ISSUES: Bay State Gas suggests that any the PVHG, but not the City, carry environmental insurance to cover any environmental impacts as a result of their violation of the AUL on their site. Bay State Gas agrees that the discovery of new MGP contaminates or the failure of planned containment measures to contain contaminates will remain BSG's responsibility even after the signing of the settlement agreement, and that their company insurance will cover these potential costs. * ISSUE: We cannot speak for PVHG on the cost, availability, or their willingness to obtain environmental insurance. Wayne Feiden, AICP Director of Planning and Development City of Northampton 210 Main Street, Room 11 Northampton, MA 01060 Direct: 413-587-1265 Office: 413-587-1266 Fax: 413-587-1264 Web: www.NorthamptonMA.gov WFeiden@NorthamptonMA.gov _____________________________________________________________________________ Scanned by IBM Email Security Management Services powered by MessageLabs. For more information please visit http://www.ers.ibm.com _____________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________ Scanned by IBM Email Security Management Services powered by MessageLabs. For more information please visit http://wwwers.ibm.com _____________________________________________________________________ ________ " Wayne Feiden 'Shardool Parmar' shardool_parmar@hotmail.com SMTP Normal Normal Hilton Hotel site "Wayne/Carolyn, I’m in the process of preparing the utility re-route design for the proposed Hilton Hotel site adjacent to the Roundhouse building. It appears that we will need to remove a number of trees along the fence line of Pulaski Park due to the sewer re-location. What is the process for getting approval to remove these trees? Was Pulaski Park a 4f project? Feel free to call to discuss. Thanks Bridget Mitchell The Berkshire Design Group Phone: 413-582-7000 Email: bridget@berkshiredesign.com " Bridget Mitchell bridget@berkshiredesign.com SMTP Wayne Feiden;Carolyn Misch /O=MAIN/OU=FIRST ADMINISTRATIVE GROUP/CN=RECIPIENTS/CN=WFEIDEN;/O=MAIN/OU=FIRST ADMINISTRATIVE GROUP/CN=RECIPIENTS/CN=CM ISCH EX;EX sparmar@pvhg.com sparmar@pvhg.com SMTP Normal Normal Hilton Hotel site "To the best of my knowledge, Pulaski Park never utilized federal funds nor are federal funds being utilized now, so 4(f) does not apply. It is subject to Article 97 (state equivalent of 4(f)), but utilities have predate the establishment of the park and have a prescriptive easement to run under the park. As such minor relocations of utilities, especially when those relocations reduce the amount of sanitary sewage that is currently entering the storm system withIN the park and when no easements are required, should not kick in Article 97. That said, I am forwarding this email to our DPW to ask them what the formal process is for getting permission to remove trees. Can you send us detail on how many and what kind of trees are being disturbed? Wayne Feiden, AICP Director of Planning and Development City of Northampton 210 Main Street, Room 11 Northampton, MA 01060 Direct: 413-587-1265 Office: 413-587-1266 Fax: 413-587-1264 Web: www.NorthamptonMA.gov <http://www.northamptonma.gov/> WFeiden@NorthamptonMA.gov ________________________________ From: Bridget Mitchell [mailto:bridget@berkshiredesign.com] Sent: Wednesday, February 07, 2007 2:29 PM To: Wayne Feiden; Carolyn Misch Cc: sparmar@pvhg.com Subject: Hilton Hotel site Wayne/Carolyn, I'm in the process of preparing the utility re-route design for the proposed Hilton Hotel site adjacent to the Roundhouse building. It appears that we will need to remove a number of trees along the fence line of Pulaski Park due to the sewer re-location. What is the process for getting approval to remove these trees? Was Pulaski Park a 4f project? Feel free to call to discuss. Thanks Bridget Mitchell The Berkshire Design Group Phone: 413-582-7000 Email: bridget@berkshiredesign.com " Wayne Feiden 'Bridget Mitchell';Carolyn Misch;Ned Huntley;'James R. Laurila' bridget@berkshiredesign.com;/o=MAIN/ou=FIRST ADMINISTRATIVE GROUP/cn=RECIPIENTS/cn=CMISCH;/o=main/ou=First Administrative Group/cn=Recipients/cn=NedHuntley;jlaurila@nohodpw.org SMTP;EX;EX;SMTP sparmar@pvhg.com sparmar@pvhg.com SMTP Normal Normal Re: Hilton Hotel site "these trees are not subject to the public shade tree hearing(s), however they are City trees and a more formal discussion should take place for mitigation Bridget Mitchell wrote: > > Thanks Wayne. Do you have a map depicting the utility easements within > Pulaski Park? > > Bridget Mitchell > > *The Berkshire Design Group* > > Phone: 413-582-7000 > > Email: bridget@berkshiredesign.com > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > *From:* Wayne Feiden [mailto:wfeiden@northamptonma.gov] > *Sent:* Wednesday, February 07, 2007 2:36 PM > *To:* Bridget Mitchell; Carolyn Misch; Ned Huntley; James R. Laurila > *Cc:* sparmar@pvhg.com > *Subject:* Hilton Hotel site > > To the best of my knowledge, Pulaski Park never utilized federal funds > nor are federal funds being utilized now, so 4(f) does not apply. > > It is subject to Article 97 (state equivalent of 4(f)), but utilities > have predate the establishment of the park and have a prescriptive > easement to run under the park. As such minor relocations of > utilities, especially when those relocations reduce the amount of > sanitary sewage that is currently entering the storm system withIN the > park and when no easements are required, should not kick in Article 97. > > That said, I am forwarding this email to our DPW to ask them what the > formal process is for getting permission to remove trees. Can you send > us detail on how many and what kind of trees are being disturbed? > > Wayne Feiden, AICP > > Director of Planning and Development > > City of Northampton > > 210 Main Street, Room 11 > > Northampton, MA 01060 > > Direct: 413-587-1265 > > Office: 413-587-1266 > > Fax: 413-587-1264 > > Web: www.NorthamptonMA.gov <http://www.northamptonma.gov/> > > WFeiden@NorthamptonMA.gov > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > *From:* Bridget Mitchell [mailto:bridget@berkshiredesign.com] > *Sent:* Wednesday, February 07, 2007 2:29 PM > *To:* Wayne Feiden; Carolyn Misch > *Cc:* sparmar@pvhg.com > *Subject:* Hilton Hotel site > > Wayne/Carolyn, > > I’m in the process of preparing the utility re-route design for the > proposed Hilton Hotel site adjacent to the Roundhouse building. It > appears that we will need to remove a number of trees along the fence > line of Pulaski Park due to the sewer re-location. What is the process > for getting approval to remove these trees? Was Pulaski Park a 4f > project? Feel free to call to discuss. > > Thanks > > Bridget Mitchell > > *The Berkshire Design Group* > > Phone: 413-582-7000 > > Email: bridget@berkshiredesign.com > " Ned Huntley /O=MAIN/OU=FIRST ADMINISTRATIVE GROUP/CN=RECIPIENTS/CN=NEDHUNTLEY EX Bridget Mitchell bridget@berkshiredesign.com SMTP Wayne Feiden;'James R. Laurila';Carolyn Misch;sparmar@pvhg.com /O= MAIN/OU=FIRST ADMINISTRATIVE GROUP/CN=RECIPIENTS/CN=WFEIDEN;jlaurila@nohodpw.org;/O=MAIN/OU=FIRST ADMINISTRATIVE GROUP/CN=RECIPIENTS/CN=CMISCH;sparmar@pvhg.com EX;SMTP;EX;SMTP Normal Normal Hotel and Bay State Gas "I just got off the phone with Bay State Gas (Bob Cleary). It sounds like we agree on the big picture and disagree significantly on the details. In concept, they agree that they have to pay for all the costs required under MCP, as well as whatever costs not required under MCP that they agree to as part of settlement (the $250,000 that they proposed with the RFP). In practice, they saying that some of the costs, even in their Phase IV, are not required under the MCP. Shardool-- Can you authorize Kevin on your behalf to talk to Duff and see if they agree or disagree on what costs are required. Bob Cleary's position is that Duff is their LSP and only Duff can convince him that costs are required under the MCP, at least when they are part of their Phase IV. IF Kevin can convince Duff, life is much easier. Bob was going to call Duff, so he is expecting Kevin's call. Time is of the essence, as you so well know, so I hope this conversation can happen soon. Wayne Feiden, AICP Director of Planning and Development City of Northampton 210 Main Street, Room 11 Northampton, MA 01060 Direct: 413-587-1265 Office: 413-587-1266 Fax: 413-587-1264 Web: www.NorthamptonMA.gov <http://www.northamptonma.gov/> WFeiden@NorthamptonMA.gov " Wayne Feiden 'Shardool Parmar';Kevin O'Reilly shardool_parmar@hotmail.com;oreilly@oto-env.com SMTP;SMTP Normal Normal RE: Hilton Hotel site "I don't have a map and haven't seen one. Maybe DPW knows something, but if I am right that this is simply a prescriptive easement- I don't think a map ever was created. Frankly, if a map of easements existed, I think you couldn't move an utility line outside of the easement area (because that would be an interest in park land). It is the fact that the park has always had un-easemented underground utilities that makes me think there is the legal ability to relocate those utilities without giving away any interest in the park. Wayne Feiden, AICP Director of Planning and Development City of Northampton 210 Main Street, Room 11 Northampton, MA 01060 Direct: 413-587-1265 Office: 413-587-1266 Fax: 413-587-1264 Web: www.NorthamptonMA.gov <http://www.northamptonma.gov/> WFeiden@NorthamptonMA.gov ________________________________ From: Bridget Mitchell [mailto:bridget@berkshiredesign.com] Sent: Wednesday, February 07, 2007 2:49 PM To: Wayne Feiden; Ned Huntley; 'James R. Laurila'; Carolyn Misch Cc: sparmar@pvhg.com Subject: RE: Hilton Hotel site Thanks Wayne. Do you have a map depicting the utility easements within Pulaski Park? Bridget Mitchell The Berkshire Design Group Phone: 413-582-7000 Email: bridget@berkshiredesign.com ________________________________ From: Wayne Feiden [mailto:wfeiden@northamptonma.gov] Sent: Wednesday, February 07, 2007 2:36 PM To: Bridget Mitchell; Carolyn Misch; Ned Huntley; James R. Laurila Cc: sparmar@pvhg.com Subject: Hilton Hotel site To the best of my knowledge, Pulaski Park never utilized federal funds nor are federal funds being utilized now, so 4(f) does not apply. It is subject to Article 97 (state equivalent of 4(f)), but utilities have predate the establishment of the park and have a prescriptive easement to run under the park. As such minor relocations of utilities, especially when those relocations reduce the amount of sanitary sewage that is currently entering the storm system withIN the park and when no easements are required, should not kick in Article 97. That said, I am forwarding this email to our DPW to ask them what the formal process is for getting permission to remove trees. Can you send us detail on how many and what kind of trees are being disturbed? Wayne Feiden, AICP Director of Planning and Development City of Northampton 210 Main Street, Room 11 Northampton, MA 01060 Direct: 413-587-1265 Office: 413-587-1266 Fax: 413-587-1264 Web: www.NorthamptonMA.gov <http://www.northamptonma.gov/> WFeiden@NorthamptonMA.gov ________________________________ From: Bridget Mitchell [mailto:bridget@berkshiredesign.com] Sent: Wednesday, February 07, 2007 2:29 PM To: Wayne Feiden; Carolyn Misch Cc: sparmar@pvhg.com Subject: Hilton Hotel site Wayne/Carolyn, I'm in the process of preparing the utility re-route design for the proposed Hilton Hotel site adjacent to the Roundhouse building. It appears that we will need to remove a number of trees along the fence line of Pulaski Park due to the sewer re-location. What is the process for getting approval to remove these trees? Was Pulaski Park a 4f project? Feel free to call to discuss. Thanks Bridget Mitchell The Berkshire Design Group Phone: 413-582-7000 Email: bridget@berkshiredesign.com " Wayne Feiden 'Bridget Mitchell';Ned Huntley;'James R. Laurila';Carolyn Misch bridget@berkshiredesign.com;/o=main/ou=First Administrative Group/cn=Recipients/cn=NedHuntley;jlaurila@nohodpw.org;/o= MAIN/ou=FIRST ADMINISTRATIVE GROUP/cn=RECIPIENTS/cn=CMISCH SMTP;EX;SMTP;EX sparmar@pvhg.com sparmar@pvhg.com SMTP Normal Normal FW: Environmental Insurance Workshop " Hi all- MassDEP and MassBusiness have been working with NEWMOA set up two workshops on environmental insurance scheduled for March. These forums will provide a great opportunity for those less familiar with environmental insurance to hear from insurance brokers, insurance carriers, and Tom Barry, administrator of our state subsidized environmental insurance program. These workshops are open to all interested parties, both public and private sector. Please forward this email to anyone you think might be interested. There is a $40 fee for attending. Have a nice weekend! Catherine ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Environmental Insurance and Brownfields (information and register at: www.newmoa.org/cleanup/cwm/insurance) March 21st in Sturbridge, MA and March 22nd in Chelmsford, MA Sponsored by NEWMOA and the Brownfields programs in its member states (Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, Rhode Island, and Vermont); and made possible through funding from the US EPA Brownfields Program. This workshop will provide a foundation in the topic of environmental insurance: * What are the types of environmental insurance available, and the pros and cons of each? * Why would you want to purchase environmental insurance, and how do you get it? * How does the Massachusetts state-subsidized environmental insurance program offered through the Brownfields Redevelopment Access to Capital (BRAC) Program work? * Numerous case studies will be presented where environmental insurance really made the difference between project success and failure * U.S. EPA will outline the parameters for using EPA brownfields funding to purchase environmental insurance * Insurance carriers will also attend to answer your questions The workshop is being offered twice: * Wednesday March 21st at the Publick House in Sturbridge, MA * Thursday March 22nd at the EPA Laboratory in Chelmsford, MA Please visit the workshop website at www.newmoa.org/cleanup/cwm/insurance to view the meeting agenda, find directions to the workshop locations, and to register to attend a workshop. The deadline for registration is Wednesday March 14, 2007 - although space is limited, so register as early as possible. The fee for the workshop is $40 per person and includes continental breakfast and lunch. Please contact Jennifer Griffith at NEWMOA for more information about these workshops: (617) 367-8558, ext. 303 or jgriffith@newmoa.org. " Wayne Feiden 'Shardool Parmar' shardool_parmar@hotmail.com SMTP High Normal "Fwd: Round House Parking Easement Relocation--CONFIDENTIAL LEGAL ADVICE " "March 5 Wayne In cleaning my email, I found this...did Elaine give you an answer. Let me know if I need to respond Janet M. Sheppard Attorney at Law 67 Woodlawn Ave. Northampton, Ma 01060 413-585-5889 ________________________________ AOL now offers free email to everyone. Find out more about what's free from AOL at AOL.com <http://pr.atwola.com/promoclk/1615326657x4311227241x4298082137/aol?redir=http%3A%2F%2Fwww%2Eaol%2Ecom> . " Janet Sheppard /O=MAIN/OU=FIRST ADMINISTRATIVE GROUP/CN=RECIPIENTS/CN=JANETSHEPPARD EX Wayne Feiden /O=MAIN/OU=FIRST ADMINISTRATIVE GROUP/CN=RECIPIENTS/CN=WFEIDEN EX Normal Normal Proposed Settlement Roundhouse "Robert: Thanks for talking to me on the phone this afternoon. As I indicated, we would like to propose the following as a comprehensive settlement for all issues directly or indirectly relating to the redevelopment of the Roundhouse Parking Lot: 1. CONSTRUCTION PARKING: We would give you a license giving your the right to park 22 cars for the period from when your parking spaces in the gravel parking lot next to the Roundhouse are no longer available until the parking garage is available. The license would allow you to park 22 cars in the Roundhouse parking lot in the nearest spaces available to the Roundhouse building. We will strive to give you spaces in front of the Roundhouse, but the exact location may move within the Roundhouse parking lot depending on the construction needs. During periods of construction when no space is available for parking, estimated a total of three not necessarily contiguous months during the combined Bay State Gas cleanup and the construction of the new hotel, these rights for parking would be available in the New South Street parking lot across the road. 2. PERMANENT PARKING: We would give you a permanent easement for 22 dedicated parking spaces within the parking garage in the subgrade level as a permanent replacement for your current gravel lot. You will be going from an irregularly shaped gravel parking lot where you can park 22 cars, but many of which are too crowded for public spaces, to 22 dedicated spaces to be used for employees or customers. As I said on the phone, we would like this agreement to be a comprehensive agreement, as part of which you would dismiss your lawsuit. Wayne Feiden, AICP Director of Planning and Development City of Northampton 210 Main Street, Room 11 Northampton, MA 01060 Direct: 413-587-1265 Office: 413-587-1266 Fax: 413-587-1264 Web: www.NorthamptonMA.gov <http://www.northamptonma.gov/> WFeiden@NorthamptonMA.gov " Wayne Feiden 'robert curran' curran248@hotmail.com SMTP Janet Sheppard /o=main/ou=First Administrative Group/cn=Recipients/cn=JanetSheppard EX Normal Normal Remediation Work - Phase 1 "Check out the email message from Bay State Gas. They are going ahead with the cleanup, but still want to meet to hammer out a settlement agreement. Check out the need to give them detailed plans so that they can pre-excavate your utility corridors, pile caps, and the garage. Can you do this so that the project doesn't sit empty? Wayne Feiden, AICP Director of Planning and Development City of Northampton 210 Main Street, Room 11 Northampton, MA 01060 Direct: 413-587-1265 Office: 413-587-1266 Fax: 413-587-1264 Web: www.NorthamptonMA.gov WFeiden@NorthamptonMA.gov -----Original Message----- From: PLaGoy@NiSource.com [mailto:PLaGoy@NiSource.com] Sent: Monday, March 12, 2007 11:24 AM To: Wayne Feiden Cc: RCleary@NiSource.com; dcollins@woodardcurran.com; mikevito2002@yahoo.com Subject: Remediation Work - Phase 1 Dear Wayne: We intend to start remediation work in the Roundhouse Parking Lot within the next week and a half under our existing access agreement (Fourth Access Agreement). Under the terms of our access agreement, I am providing some additional information. For purposes of clarification, the ""work plan"" referenced in the agreement is the Phase IV report, which provides a complete description of the work to be performed. Information not contained in that work plan (section 2(a) of the agreement), is the identity of the contractor and LSP who will be performing the work, the proposed commencement date, the length of time to perform the work, how the work will affect the parking lot use, site security, restoration of the site, and waste disposal practices. This information was addressed by proposals received from companies that bid on this work and was not available until a contractor was selected to perform the work. Remediation Contractor True Blue Environmental Services 5 Northfield Road Wallingford, CT Remediation Oversight Contractor Haley & Aldrich 340 Granite Street Manchester, NH Licensed Site Professional (LSP) Duff Collins Woodard & Curran 980 Washington Street Dedham, MA Community Relations Michael Vito 28 Beattie Drive Florence, MA 413/587-2675 Proposed Commencement Date We plan to start work during the week of March 19. Project Duration The first phase of the remediation will involve removal of three source areas. This portion of the project is anticipated to last 2 months, through the end of April, with actual digging to be a shorter period of time. The next phase of the work, removal of 3 feet of soil over the footprint of the former gas works, is anticipated to directly follow this work, and to last an additional month. We have agreed in principle to conduct excavation work for installation of utilities, for pile caps, and for the garage for the hotel but our schedule for this work is contingent on receiving approved plans from the developer. Ideally, we could complete this work immediately following the previous phases of work but our efforts will be dependent on the developer's schedule. Effect on Parking The remediation project, by necessity, will have a substantial effect on parking in the immediate vicinity of the work. However, based on discussions with the Parking Director, we will work to minimize impacts to the extent possible. We met with the Parking Director last week and based on that meeting, we agreed to provide notice one week prior to starting remediation, in order to provide sufficient time to block off spots. Some spaces will be left in place for residents of the apartment building on the west side of the lot and for short-term drop-off parking for the bus terminal. City employees will be allowed to park in other spots throughout the city. Site Security Site security will involve fencing the site to limit access. Warning signs will also be posted. We are also meeting with the Fire and Police Departments to discuss site safety issues and site security on Tuesday of this week. Site Restoration Site restoration will occur following remediation. Plans for the parking lot call for repaving the lot. We will coordinate our efforts with the hotel development and with the Parking Director. Waste Material Handling Initial efforts at the site will involve sampling of the excavation areas to pre-characterize waste from these areas for off-site disposal. Waste material generated from the excavations at the site will be ""live loaded"" for disposal at an approved off-site facility. If you have any further questions regarding the remediation project, please feel free to contact me at 508/836-7263 or by cell phone at 508/208-9299 Peter _____________________________________________________________________________ Scanned by IBM Email Security Management Services powered by MessageLabs. For more information please visit http://www.ers.ibm.com ____________________________________________________________________ _________ " Wayne Feiden 'Shardool Parmar' shardool_parmar@hotmail.com SMTP Normal Normal RE: Remediation Work - Phase 1 "Of course. I am free until 10:30 and from 11:45 to 2:30. Just let me know what works for you. Wayne Feiden, AICP Director of Planning and Development City of Northampton 210 Main Street, Room 11 Northampton, MA 01060 Direct: 413-587-1265 Office: 413-587-1266 Fax: 413-587-1264 Web: www.NorthamptonMA.gov WFeiden@NorthamptonMA.gov -----Original Message----- From: Shardool Parmar [mailto:shardool_parmar@hotmail.com] Sent: Tuesday, March 13, 2007 8:45 AM To: Wayne Feiden Subject: RE: Remediation Work - Phase 1 Could I meet with you today? >From: ""Wayne Feiden"" <wfeiden@northamptonma.gov> >To: ""Shardool Parmar"" <shardool_parmar@hotmail.com> >Subject: Remediation Work - Phase 1 >Date: Mon, 12 Mar 2007 18:47:56 -0400 > >Check out the email message from Bay State Gas. They are going ahead >with the cleanup, but still want to meet to hammer out a settlement >agreement. > >Check out the need to give them detailed plans so that they can >pre-excavate your utility corridors, pile caps, and the garage. Can >you do this so that the project doesn't sit empty? > > >Wayne Feiden, AICP >Director of Planning and Development >City of Northampton >210 Main Street, Room 11 >Northampton, MA 01060 > >Direct: 413-587-1265 >Office: 413-587-1266 >Fax: 413-587-1264 >Web: www.NorthamptonMA.gov >WFeiden@NorthamptonMA.gov > > >-----Original Message----- >From: PLaGoy@NiSource.com [mailto:PLaGoy@NiSource.com] >Sent: Monday, March 12, 2007 11:24 AM >To: Wayne Feiden >Cc: RCleary@NiSource.com; dcollins@woodardcurran.com; >mikevito2002@yahoo.com >Subject: Remediation Work - Phase 1 > >Dear Wayne: > >We intend to start remediation work in the Roundhouse Parking Lot >within the next week and a half under our existing access agreement >(Fourth Access Agreement). Under the terms of our access agreement, I >am providing some additional information. > >For purposes of clarification, the ""work plan"" referenced in the >agreement is the Phase IV report, which provides a complete description >of the work to be performed. Information not contained in that work >plan (section 2(a) of the agreement), is the identity of the contractor >and LSP who will be performing the work, the proposed commencement >date, the length of time to perform the work, how the work will affect >the parking lot use, site security, restoration of the site, and waste >disposal practices. This information was addressed by proposals >received from companies that bid on this work and was not available >until a contractor was selected to perform the work. > >Remediation Contractor > >True Blue Environmental Services >5 Northfield Road >Wallingford, CT > >Remediation Oversight Contractor > >Haley & Aldrich >340 Granite Street >Manchester, NH > >Licensed Site Professional (LSP) > >Duff Collins >Woodard & Curran >980 Washington Street >Dedham, MA > >Community Relations > >Michael Vito >28 Beattie Drive >Florence, MA >413/587-2675 > > >Proposed Commencement Date > >We plan to start work during the week of March 19. > >Project Duration > >The first phase of the remediation will involve removal of three source >areas. This portion of the project is anticipated to last 2 months, >through the end of April, with actual digging to be a shorter period of >time. The next phase of the work, removal of 3 feet of soil over the >footprint of the former gas works, is anticipated to directly follow >this work, and to last an additional month. We have agreed in >principle to conduct excavation work for installation of utilities, for >pile caps, and for the garage for the hotel but our schedule for this >work is contingent on receiving approved plans from the developer. >Ideally, we could complete this work immediately following the previous >phases of work but our efforts will be dependent on the developer's schedule. > >Effect on Parking > >The remediation project, by necessity, will have a substantial effect >on parking in the immediate vicinity of the work. However, based on >discussions with the Parking Director, we will work to minimize impacts >to the extent possible. We met with the Parking Director last week and >based on that meeting, we agreed to provide notice one week prior to >starting remediation, in order to provide sufficient time to block off >spots. Some spaces will be left in place for residents of the >apartment building on the west side of the lot and for short-term >drop-off parking for the bus terminal. City employees will be allowed >to park in other spots throughout the city. > >Site Security > >Site security will involve fencing the site to limit access. Warning >signs will also be posted. We are also meeting with the Fire and >Police Departments to discuss site safety issues and site security on >Tuesday of this week. > >Site Restoration > >Site restoration will occur following remediation. Plans for the >parking lot call for repaving the lot. We will coordinate our efforts >with the hotel development and with the Parking Director. > >Waste Material Handling > >Initial efforts at the site will involve sampling of the excavation >areas to pre-characterize waste from these areas for off-site disposal. >Waste material generated from the excavations at the site will be ""live >loaded"" >for disposal at an approved off-site facility. > > >If you have any further questions regarding the remediation project, >please feel free to contact me at 508/836-7263 or by cell phone at >508/208-9299 > >Peter > > > > >_______________________________________________________________________ >_ >_____ >Scanned by IBM Email Security Management Services powered by >MessageLabs. For more information please visit http://www.ers.ibm.com >_______________________________________________________________________ >_ >_____ > > _________________________________________________________________ Find what you need at prices you'll love. Compare products and save at MSN(r) Shopping. http://shopping.msn.com/default/shp/?ptnrid=37,ptnrdata=24102&tcode=T001MSN20A0701 " Wayne Feiden 'Shardool Parmar' shardool_parmar@hotmail.com SMTP Normal Normal RE: Coordination Bay State Gas and Pioneer Valley Hotel Group "Nothing yet. I can't say they usually respond so quickly, at least not that I have noticed. Wayne Feiden, AICP Director of Planning and Development City of Northampton 210 Main Street, Room 11 Northampton, MA 01060 Direct: 413-587-1265 Office: 413-587-1266 Fax: 413-587-1264 Web: www.NorthamptonMA.gov WFeiden@NorthamptonMA.gov -----Original Message----- From: Shardool Parmar [mailto:shardool_parmar@hotmail.com] Sent: Monday, March 19, 2007 3:36 PM To: Wayne Feiden Subject: RE: Coordination Bay State Gas and Pioneer Valley Hotel Group Any reply from Baystate on the questions you raised? >From: ""Wayne Feiden"" <wfeiden@northamptonma.gov> >To: <rcleary@nisource.com>,<PLaGoy@nisource.com>,""Shardool Parmar"" ><shardool_parmar@hotmail.com> >Subject: Coordination Bay State Gas and Pioneer Valley Hotel Group Date: >Thu, 15 Mar 2007 14:33:49 -0400 > >I want to follow up on a conversation I had yesterday with Peter. We >discussed the points where it is critical to coordinate the timing of >Bay State Gas's work with that of the hotel construction work. Is it >possible to get a detailed schedule of when you anticipate doing each >step of the project. > >1. Clean utility corridors-- Peter suggested that life might be much >easier (and less expensive for Shardool) if rather than Bay State >creating and then backfilling the utility corridors if Shardool could >be ready to lay pipe as soon as they are excavated. > Bob and Peter-- can you give an estimate of when this would be? > Shardool-- Can you be ready in time with all materials on-site and >your contractor set to go? >2. Pile Cap excavations-- Shardool said that now that the final >building footprint is not changing, his engineers have begun work on >the foundation plan. > Bob and Peter-- can you give an estimate of when you will be ready >to excavate the pile caps and need the foundation plan? > Shardool-- Can you be ready in time with the foundation plan? >3. Parking Garage excavation-- Bay State is going to remove all the >potentially contaminated soil. It is my understanding that Bay State >will need to backfill the area with clean soil because the garage area >is going to be used as a staging area for the hotel and, given that the >hotel will take close to a year longer to build than the garage, will >not be excavated until the hotel is at least framed. > Bob and Peter-- do you need more detailed elevations for the final >excavation for the garage? > Shardool-- can you give them whatever they need? >4. Hotel groundbreaking--We have always hoped that the hotel would >break ground the day Bay State Gas is finished but the project slowed >down when our negotiations slowed down in December and need a firm >calendar. > Bob and Peter-- can you give both an estimate (best and worse >case) for when Bay State will be done on the site in the area where the >hotel is located so that Shardool can start work? > Shardool-- Can you make this start date. >5. Parking lot repaving-- When the parking lot south of the Roundhouse >is backfilled, Bay State Gas will be paving the final parking lot and >replanting the landscape islands. The landscape islands are going to >shift their location so that we can reconfigure this area. > Bob and Peter-- Can you give me an estimate of when this will occur? > Shardool-- You are going to be redesigning the parking lot >configuration. How soon can you get final plans to us for review and >then to Bay State. >6. Settlement agreement-- Bob, when we last talked you were going to >give me some possible dates for our settlement conference. I haven't >heard anything from you about this since then. I would love to get >going so that we can all invest in the final closeout. > >Thanks all. I am so pleased that the cleanup is finally going to >happen, only 2 1/2 to 3 months after it was scheduled. >Wayne Feiden, AICP >Director of Planning and Development >City of Northampton >210 Main Street, Room 11 >Northampton, MA 01060 > >Direct: 413-587-1265 >Office: 413-587-1266 >Fax: 413-587-1264 >Web: www.NorthamptonMA.gov <http://www.northamptonma.gov/> >WFeiden@NorthamptonMA.gov > > _________________________________________________________________ Get a FREE Web site, company branded e-mail and more from Microsoft Office Live! http://clk.atdmt.com/MRT/go/mcrssaub0050001411mrt/direct/01/ " Wayne Feiden 'Shardool Parmar' shardool_parmar@hotmail.com SMTP Normal Normal Proposed Settlement Roundhouse "Bob: I want to follow up on our March 6, 2007 conversation and my follow-up email to you (below). I just got off the phone with Shardool Parmar, the hotel developer, and I gather you had a discussion with him as well. I never heard back from you after my March 6th email, so I don't know what your thinking is on these issues. As I see it, there are three phases to this construction process. I want to see if we can address each of these stages. 1. Bay State Gas cleanup--- It is my understanding that Bay State Gas has agreed to rent your entire property, including your parking spaces, during their cleanup. As such, you obviously don't need replacement parking during this period and no additional agreement between us is necessary. 2. Hotel construction-- We don't yet have a construction schedule in sufficient detail to figure out what parking spaces will be available to you during the construction. I have suggested that we settle this as part of a comprehensive settlement plan to address all open issues including your law suit, in which case we will figure out a way to do this immediately. If you are unwilling to do that, we will address the temporary parking by the time the hotel construction takes away your current parking, but not until we understand their construction schedule and phasing plan. 3. Permanent parking replacement-- It is my understanding that Shardool Parmar has offered to provide 22 dedicated spaces in the sub-grade level of their garage closest to your building. On the phone I think I understood you to indicate that this meets your needs. Shardool has indicated that he is willing to sign this agreement immediately. Please respond and let me know if you are ready to sign an agreement on the permanent parking solution, so that we don't need to address that, or if you want to work with us on finding a comprehensive solution to everything. Wayne Feiden, AICP Director of Planning and Development City of Northampton 210 Main Street, Room 11 Northampton, MA 01060 Direct: 413-587-1265 Office: 413-587-1266 Fax: 413-587-1264 Web: www.NorthamptonMA.gov <http://www.northamptonma.gov/> WFeiden@NorthamptonMA.gov ________________________________ From: Wayne Feiden Sent: Tuesday, March 06, 2007 1:20 PM To: 'robert curran' Subject: Proposed Settlement Roundhouse Robert: Thanks for talking to me on the phone this afternoon. As I indicated, we would like to propose the following as a comprehensive settlement for all issues directly or indirectly relating to the redevelopment of the Roundhouse Parking Lot: 1. CONSTRUCTION PARKING: We would give you a license giving your the right to park 22 cars for the period from when your parking spaces in the gravel parking lot next to the Roundhouse are no longer available until the parking garage is available. The license would allow you to park 22 cars in the Roundhouse parking lot in the nearest spaces available to the Roundhouse building. We will strive to give you spaces in front of the Roundhouse, but the exact location may move within the Roundhouse parking lot depending on the construction needs. During periods of construction when no space is available for parking, estimated a total of three not necessarily contiguous months during the combined Bay State Gas cleanup and the construction of the new hotel, these rights for parking would be available in the New South Street parking lot across the road. 2. PERMANENT PARKING: We would give you a permanent easement for 22 dedicated parking spaces within the parking garage in the subgrade level as a permanent replacement for your current gravel lot. You will be going from an irregularly shaped gravel parking lot where you can park 22 cars, but many of which are too crowded for public spaces, to 22 dedicated spaces to be used for employees or customers. As I said on the phone, we would like this agreement to be a comprehensive agreement, as part of which you would dismiss your lawsuit. Wayne Feiden, AICP Director of Planning and Development City of Northampton 210 Main Street, Room 11 Northampton, MA 01060 Direct: 413-587-1265 Office: 413-587-1266 Fax: 413-587-1264 Web: www.NorthamptonMA.gov <http://www.northamptonma.gov/> WFeiden@NorthamptonMA.gov " Wayne Feiden 'robert curran' curran248@hotmail.com SMTP Normal Normal RE: Proposed Settlement Roundhouse "Wayne As I stressed to you previously the parking issue and the lawsuit are separate issues. The reverse is true in terms of the parking. Both the permanent and temporary parking during and after hotel construction must be resolved simultaneously. I am obliged to tell potential tenants where they are going to park. It is specially important in liue of the two years its going to take to build the hotel as the quiet enjoyment of the premises wil be compromised from the getgo. When you have a clear idea of your schedule and specific alternatives contact me. In the meantime I have requested notes from the architectural comittee meeting concerning the hotel development which were promised by Miss keller but have not received them I believe I am within my rights as an abutter and taxpayer to receive these. Please advise if the case is otherwise. Best Regards Robert Curran 248 Washington Suite A Miami Beach Fl. 33139 office: 305.532.9296 efax : 305.675.8365 >From: ""Wayne Feiden"" <wfeiden@northamptonma.gov> >To: ""robert curran"" <curran248@hotmail.com> >Subject: Proposed Settlement Roundhouse >Date: Mon, 19 Mar 2007 17:13:20 -0400 > >Bob: > >I want to follow up on our March 6, 2007 conversation and my follow-up >email to you (below). I just got off the phone with Shardool Parmar, >the hotel developer, and I gather you had a discussion with him as well. > > >I never heard back from you after my March 6th email, so I don't know >what your thinking is on these issues. > >As I see it, there are three phases to this construction process. I >want to see if we can address each of these stages. > >1. Bay State Gas cleanup--- It is my understanding that Bay State Gas >has agreed to rent your entire property, including your parking spaces, >during their cleanup. As such, you obviously don't need replacement >parking during this period and no additional agreement between us is >necessary. > >2. Hotel construction-- We don't yet have a construction schedule in >sufficient detail to figure out what parking spaces will be available to >you during the construction. I have suggested that we settle this as >part of a comprehensive settlement plan to address all open issues >including your law suit, in which case we will figure out a way to do >this immediately. If you are unwilling to do that, we will address the >temporary parking by the time the hotel construction takes away your >current parking, but not until we understand their construction schedule >and phasing plan. > >3. Permanent parking replacement-- It is my understanding that >Shardool Parmar has offered to provide 22 dedicated spaces in the >sub-grade level of their garage closest to your building. On the phone >I think I understood you to indicate that this meets your needs. >Shardool has indicated that he is willing to sign this agreement >immediately. > >Please respond and let me know if you are ready to sign an agreement on >the permanent parking solution, so that we don't need to address that, >or if you want to work with us on finding a comprehensive solution to >everything. > >Wayne Feiden, AICP >Director of Planning and Development >City of Northampton >210 Main Street, Room 11 >Northampton, MA 01060 > >Direct: 413-587-1265 >Office: 413-587-1266 >Fax: 413-587-1264 >Web: www.NorthamptonMA.gov <http://www.northamptonma.gov/> >WFeiden@NorthamptonMA.gov > > > > _____ > >From: Wayne Feiden >Sent: Tuesday, March 06, 2007 1:20 PM >To: 'robert curran' >Subject: Proposed Settlement Roundhouse > > >Robert: > >Thanks for talking to me on the phone this afternoon. As I indicated, >we would like to propose the following as a comprehensive settlement for >all issues directly or indirectly relating to the redevelopment of the >Roundhouse Parking Lot: >1. CONSTRUCTION PARKING: > We would give you a license giving your the right to park 22 cars >for the period from when your parking spaces in the gravel parking lot >next to the Roundhouse are no longer available until the parking garage >is available. > The license would allow you to park 22 cars in the Roundhouse >parking lot in the nearest spaces available to the Roundhouse building. >We will strive to give you spaces in front of the Roundhouse, but the >exact location may move within the Roundhouse parking lot depending on >the construction needs. During periods of construction when no space is >available for parking, estimated a total of three not necessarily >contiguous months during the combined Bay State Gas cleanup and the >construction of the new hotel, these rights for parking would be >available in the New South Street parking lot across the road. >2. PERMANENT PARKING: > We would give you a permanent easement for 22 dedicated parking >spaces within the parking garage in the subgrade level as a permanent >replacement for your current gravel lot. You will be going from an >irregularly shaped gravel parking lot where you can park 22 cars, but >many of which are too crowded for public spaces, to 22 dedicated spaces >to be used for employees or customers. > >As I said on the phone, we would like this agreement to be a >comprehensive agreement, as part of which you would dismiss your >lawsuit. > > >Wayne Feiden, AICP >Director of Planning and Development >City of Northampton >210 Main Street, Room 11 >Northampton, MA 01060 > >Direct: 413-587-1265 >Office: 413-587-1266 >Fax: 413-587-1264 >Web: www.NorthamptonMA.gov <http://www.northamptonma.gov/> >WFeiden@NorthamptonMA.gov > > " robert curran curran248@hotmail.com SMTP Wayne Feiden /O=MAIN/OU=FIRST ADMINISTRATIVE GROUP/CN=RECIPIENTS/CN=WFEIDEN EX kane@fierstpucci.com;fred@ent-atty.com;pberry@buckley.com kane@fierstpucci.co m;fred@ent-atty.com;pberry@buckley.com SMTP;SMTP;SMTP Normal Normal RE: Relocated trees from Round House lot "To All, We’ve discussed at Tree Committee Meetings possible locations for these trees. I’m in favor of some infill along the King Street tree belt. The double row of trees along the sidewalk in front of the Fire Station is a concept that everyone seems to like and we could continue that layout toward Stop and Shop (Lia will be planting their side of the sidewalk). The Tree Committee has done a survey of the existing trees along King Street and I could do a layout of some proposed locations if everybody is O.K. with the idea. Ken -----Original Message----- From: Wayne Feiden [mailto:wfeiden@northamptonma.gov] Sent: Monday, March 19, 2007 7:58 PM To: Mike Owens Cc: William A. Letendre; PLaGoy@nisource.com; Ken Jodrie; debj44@hotmail.com Subject: Relocated trees from Round House lot Mike: Can you work with Bill Letendre, Peter LaGoy, who is overseeing the Bay State Gas cleanup, and Ken Jodrie or Deb Jacobs, City Tree Committee, to make sure the trees go to needy spots? I don't care where on public property these trees go, but they are too good to go to waste. Wayne Feiden, AICP Director of Planning and Development City of Northampton 210 Main Street, Room 11 Northampton, MA 01060 Direct: 413-587-1265 Office: 413-587-1266 Fax: 413-587-1264 Web: www.NorthamptonMA.gov <http://www.northamptonma.gov/> WFeiden@NorthamptonMA.gov ________________________________ From: Mike Owens Sent: Wednesday, March 14, 2007 1:44 PM To: Wayne Feiden Subject: RE: trees in round house lot We have 26 trees going in at the senior center and at least one more to be donated. There are places on main street that need trees; planting mature trees would be nice. Mto -----Original Message----- From: Wayne Feiden Sent: Wednesday, March 14, 2007 1:25 PM To: Carolyn Misch Cc: Michael Owens (mowens@northamptonma.gov) Subject: RE: trees in round house lot They are available for any city use. That is fine with me. Michael-- will you work with Bill to coordinate this (see Carolyn's email below). Wayne Feiden, AICP Director of Planning and Development City of Northampton 210 Main Street, Room 11 Northampton, MA 01060 Direct: 413-587-1265 Office: 413-587-1266 Fax: 413-587-1264 Web: www.NorthamptonMA.gov <http://www.northamptonma.gov/> WFeiden@NorthamptonMA.gov ________________________________ From: Carolyn Misch Sent: Wednesday, March 14, 2007 11:25 AM To: Wayne Feiden Subject: trees in round house lot Bill Letendre came by asking if the trees that will be removed for the clean up could be relocated to the Senior Center or other location around the city. Has this been decided? Carolyn Misch, AICP Senior Land Use Planner/Permits Manager City of Northampton 210 Main Street, Rm. 11 Northampton, MA 01060 413-587-1287 413-587-1264 (fax) cmisch@NorthamptonMa.gov www.NorthamptonMa.gov/opd " Ken Jodrie KJodrie@CBAarchitects.net SMTP Wayne Feiden;Mike Owens /O=MAIN/OU=FIRST ADMINISTRATIVE GROUP/CN=RECIPIENTS/CN=WFEIDEN;/O=MAIN/OU=FIRST ADMINISTRATIVE GROUP/CN=RECIPIENTS/CN=MOWENS EX;EX William A. Letendre;PLaGoy@nisource.com;debj44@hotmail.com /O=MAIN/OU=FIRST ADMINISTRATIVE GROUP/CN=RECIPIENTS/CN=WLETENDRE;PLaGoy@nisource.com;debj44@hotmail.com EX;SMTP;SMTP Normal Normal RE: Relocated trees from Round House lot "Wayne, I’m going to ask Deb Jacobs to put this on the Agenda for the next meeting of the Tree Committee – Tuesday the 27th 6:30 p.m. at the DPW. Has that already been posted? Ken -----Original Message----- From: Wayne Feiden [mailto:wfeiden@northamptonma.gov] Sent: Tuesday, March 20, 2007 9:33 AM To: Ken Jodrie; Mike Owens; jlaurila@nohodpw.org Cc: William A. Letendre; PLaGoy@nisource.com; debj44@hotmail.com Subject: RE: Relocated trees from Round House lot I just had a discussion about this with Jim Laurila at DPW. He is happy for DPW (I don't know if it will be Jim or Rich) to be the single point of contact for the reuse of these trees. Thanks for taking that off our plate Jim. Wayne Feiden, AICP Director of Planning and Development City of Northampton 210 Main Street, Room 11 Northampton, MA 01060 Direct: 413-587-1265 Office: 413-587-1266 Fax: 413-587-1264 Web: www.NorthamptonMA.gov <http://www.northamptonma.gov/> WFeiden@NorthamptonMA.gov ________________________________ From: Ken Jodrie [mailto:KJodrie@CBAarchitects.net] Sent: Tuesday, March 20, 2007 9:19 AM To: Wayne Feiden; Mike Owens Cc: William A. Letendre; PLaGoy@nisource.com; debj44@hotmail.com Subject: RE: Relocated trees from Round House lot To All, We’ve discussed at Tree Committee Meetings possible locations for these trees. I’m in favor of some infill along the King Street tree belt. The double row of trees along the sidewalk in front of the Fire Station is a concept that everyone seems to like and we could continue that layout toward Stop and Shop (Lia will be planting their side of the sidewalk). The Tree Committee has done a survey of the existing trees along King Street and I could do a layout of some proposed locations if everybody is O.K. with the idea. Ken -----Original Message----- From: Wayne Feiden [mailto:wfeiden@northamptonma.gov] Sent: Monday, March 19, 2007 7:58 PM To: Mike Owens Cc: William A. Letendre; PLaGoy@nisource.com; Ken Jodrie; debj44@hotmail.com Subject: Relocated trees from Round House lot Mike: Can you work with Bill Letendre, Peter LaGoy, who is overseeing the Bay State Gas cleanup, and Ken Jodrie or Deb Jacobs, City Tree Committee, to make sure the trees go to needy spots? I don't care where on public property these trees go, but they are too good to go to waste. Wayne Feiden, AICP Director of Planning and Development City of Northampton 210 Main Street, Room 11 Northampton, MA 01060 Direct: 413-587-1265 Office: 413-587-1266 Fax: 413-587-1264 Web: www.NorthamptonMA.gov <http://www.northamptonma.gov/> WFeiden@NorthamptonMA.gov ________________________________ From: Mike Owens Sent: Wednesday, March 14, 2007 1:44 PM To: Wayne Feiden Subject: RE: trees in round house lot We have 26 trees going in at the senior center and at least one more to be donated. There are places on main street that need trees; planting mature trees would be nice. Mto -----Original Message----- From: Wayne Feiden Sent: Wednesday, March 14, 2007 1:25 PM To: Carolyn Misch Cc: Michael Owens (mowens@northamptonma.gov) Subject: RE: trees in round house lot They are available for any city use. That is fine with me. Michael-- will you work with Bill to coordinate this (see Carolyn's email below). Wayne Feiden, AICP Director of Planning and Development City of Northampton 210 Main Street, Room 11 Northampton, MA 01060 Direct: 413-587-1265 Office: 413-587-1266 Fax: 413-587-1264 Web: www.NorthamptonMA.gov <http://www.northamptonma.gov/> WFeiden@NorthamptonMA.gov ________________________________ From: Carolyn Misch Sent: Wednesday, March 14, 2007 11:25 AM To: Wayne Feiden Subject: trees in round house lot Bill Letendre came by asking if the trees that will be removed for the clean up could be relocated to the Senior Center or other location around the city. Has this been decided? Carolyn Misch, AICP Senior Land Use Planner/Permits Manager City of Northampton 210 Main Street, Rm. 11 Northampton, MA 01060 413-587-1287 413-587-1264 (fax) cmisch@NorthamptonMa.gov www.NorthamptonMa.gov/opd " Ken Jodrie KJodrie@CBAarchitects.net SMTP Wayne Feiden;Mike Owens;jlaurila@nohodpw.org /O=MAIN/OU=FIRST ADMINISTRATIVE GROUP/CN=RECIPIENTS/CN=WFEIDEN;/O=MAIN/OU=FIRST ADMINISTRATIVE GROUP/CN=RECIPIENTS/CN=MOWENS;jlaurila@nohodpw.org EX;EX;SMTP William A. Letendre;PLaGoy@nisource.com;debj44@hotmail.com /O=MAIN/OU=FIRST ADMINISTRATIVE GROUP/CN=RECIPIENTS/CN=WLETENDRE;PLaGoy@nisou rce.com;debj44@hotmail.com EX;SMTP;SMTP Normal Normal EDHLUC Roundhouse minutes "Earlier dates just reference brownfields cleanup. 11/14/05 you discuss surplusing it, allowing for development 2/13/06 you refer to ""one potential buyer"" I love giving my ODC free rein (and royal reign, too)! " Corinne Philippides /O=MAIN/OU=FIRST ADMINISTRATIVE GROUP/CN=RECIPIENTS/CN=CPHILIPPEDES EX Wayne Feiden wfeiden@northamptonma.gov SMTP Normal Normal Fwd: Roundhouse Law Suit "April 13 Re: Tryumph vs City Dear Karen and Elaine, I am forwarding to you the questions from the Roundhouse Lawsuit. I would like you to put these into a request for Production of Documents and a first set of interrogatories. We have copies of the same from the attys for Tryumph. YOu can use these as guides and draft for my review. I will look at these the week of April 23 with the hope of finalizing and sending these out on or about the 30th. When you send drafts, send to me, to Elaine and to Wayne Feiden. If you have questions, let me know. I will be checking email next week until Elaine is back and then from the 19th to the 23rd not working. In Boston with my mom on April 24 and back in town the 25th Janet Janet M. Sheppard Attorney at Law 67 Woodlawn Ave. Northampton, Ma 01060 413-585-5889 ________________________________ See what's free at AOL.com <http://www.aol.com?ncid=AOLAOF00020000000503> . " Janet Sheppard /O=MAIN/OU=FIRST ADMINISTRATIVE GROUP/CN=RECIPIENTS/CN=JANETSHEPPARD EX attyreall@comcast.net;Marino287@comcast.net attyreall@comcast.net;Marino287@comcast.net SMTP;SMTP Wayne Feiden /O=MAIN/OU=FIRST ADMINISTRATIVE GROUP/CN=RECIPIENTS/CN=WFEIDEN EX Normal Normal Tryumph " dEAr Karen yOU receivedMYemail. . First, do you want just the 4 questions put into discovery form (request for production and interrogatories) and only those questions? Answer from JMS yes Next, I do not have a pleading with ""Roundhouse"" Answer: (this is tryumph, Wayne refers to it as the Roundhouse case.) so I need you to send me something to let me know the case heading. IAnswer, I will send you the interrogatories and Request for production of documents from this case. The discovery must be answered by April 30,2007. I would like you to coordinate the answers with Wayne. He is having all the documents copied at City hall Next, there is no discovery on my computer (Tryumph case). I have the complaint and answer in the file, nothing further to go by. I thought that Elaine had an appearance in this case, which means she would have received the interrogs and request. In any event, I will send by snail mail. Please make a copy so Elaine has this, in the event there is a question while I am away (I will be away next week, first week in May and July 5 thru the 28th. so, there will be many times when you may need this file). I know that you don't have this on the computer since it came from the other atty. I am sorry, I thought Elaine had these in paper form. When you receive the package..sent today or tomorrow, you should copy for me, return to me in the enclosed self addressed envelope and then use it as a guide. If you have other questions, let me know. Thanks for your help. Hope this will be enough information to draft from.thanks Janet -- Sincerely, Janet M. Sheppard Attorney at Law 67 Woodlawn Ave. Northampton, Ma 01060 413-585-5889 ________________________________ See what's free at AOL.com <http://www.aol.com?ncid=AOLAOF00020000000503> . " Janet Sheppard /O=MAIN/OU=FIRST ADMINISTRATIVE GROUP/CN=RECIPIENTS/CN=JANETSHEPPARD EX Marino287@comcast.net Marino287@comcast.net SMTP attyreall@comcast.net;Wayne Feiden attyreall@comcast.net;/O=M AIN/OU=FIRST ADMINISTRATIVE GROUP/CN=RECIPIENTS/CN=WFEIDEN SMTP;EX Normal Normal Publish Date Assigned for Real Property "A publish date of 11/29/06 has been assigned to your Real Property submission with description of: Disposed: 47,690 square feet of land for sale, with related easements and property rights, for the redevelopment of a prime parcel of land at 260 Main Street, Northampton, MA Original bids were due 7/12/06. This posting reports on the outcome of that bid process. 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Please ensure that adequate virus protection is in place before opening any attachments. ********************************************************************************************** " REGS@sec.state.ma.us REGS@sec.state.ma.us SMTP Wayne Feiden /O=MAIN/OU=FIRST ADMINISTRATIVE GROUP/CN=RECIPIENTS/CN=WFEIDEN EX Normal Normal draft purchase and sale "I am also faxing a copy of this to your attorney. Wayne Feiden, AICP Director of Planning and Development City of Northampton 210 Main Street, Room 11 Northampton, MA 01060 Direct: 413-587-1265 Office: 413-587-1266 Fax: 413-587-1264 Web: www.NorthamptonMA.gov <http://www.northamptonma.gov/> WFeiden@NorthamptonMA.gov " Wayne Feiden 'Shardool Parmar' shardool_parmar@hotmail.com SMTP Normal Normal RE: New South Street Development "Hi Faith! Nice to hear from you. Yes, the City put a portion of the parking lot out to bid for development. The project was awarded to a hotel development and parking garage. The Planning Board approved the special permit a week or so ago. The applicant is working on preparing their site plans for submittal to the planning board for approval soon. Wayne Feiden in the Planning Department has been managing this project. You can get more details from him and view the plans in the planning department. His contact information is: wfeiden@northamptonma.gov 587-1265 Hope all is well. Stop by if you are in Northampton. Teri -----Original Message----- From: Faith Williams [mailto:fwilliams@haphousing.org] Sent: Wed 11/8/2006 5:11 PM To: Teri Anderson Cc: Subject: New South Street Development Hi Terry! I have not seen you in a while, I am back working at HAP, Inc in Springfield. Our department manages the New South Street Apartment Building that is in the rear of the New South Street parking lot. I am hearing rumors about a new development there - I believe it is a motel or hotel and parking garage. Is this true and where are we in the process. I assume that no hearings have taken place as yet. Are there plans I can look at someplace? I am not certain if you are the right person to ask, but since I know you I am going to start with you. Faith Williams Director Of Property Management HAP, INC 322 Main Street Springfield, MA 01105 Office: 413.233.1706 _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ This e-mail and any files transmitted with this email are privileged, confidential and intended solely for the use of the individual or entity named above. If you are not the intended recipient, you are hereby notified that any disclosure, copying, distribution or the taking of any action in reliance on the contents of this email transmission is strictly prohibited. If you have received this e-mail in error please notify the originator of the message. Any views expressed in this message are those of the individual sender, except where the sender specifies and with authority,states them to be the views of HAP, Inc. This footer also confirms that this email message has been scanned for the presence of computer viruses. " Teri Anderson /O=MAIN/OU=FIRST ADMINISTRATIVE GROUP/CN=RECIPIENTS/CN=TANDERSON EX Faith Williams fwilliams@haphousing.org SMTP Wayne Feiden /O=MAIN/OU=FIRST ADMINISTRATIVE GROUP/CN=RECIPIENTS/CN=Wf eiden EX Normal Normal RE: Property Manager for New South Street Apartments (Heafy Block) "we have already given Mike Vito this info.... it is Faith Williams at HAP...manager.. owned by MHIC/ 233-1706 -----Original Message----- From: Wayne Feiden Sent: Wednesday, November 08, 2006 12:28 PM To: Joanne Campbell (JC@valleycdc.com); Peg Keller Subject: Property Manager for New South Street Apartments (Heafy Block) Do either of you have a contact for the manager of the New South Street Apartments? As part of the Round House brownfields redevelopment project we are going to have to relocate some of the utilities in the parking lot and we need to coordinate with the property manager/owner. Thanks. Wayne Feiden, AICP Director of Planning and Development City of Northampton 210 Main Street, Room 11 Northampton, MA 01060 Direct: 413-587-1265 Office: 413-587-1266 Fax: 413-587-1264 Web: www.NorthamptonMA.gov <http://www.northamptonma.gov/> WFeiden@NorthamptonMA.gov " Peg Keller /O=MAIN/OU=FIRST ADMINISTRATIVE GROUP/CN=RECIPIENTS/CN=PKELLER EX Wayne Feiden /O=MAIN/OU=FIRST ADMINISTRATIVE GROUP/CN=RECIPIENTS/CN=Wfeiden EX Normal Normal Re: Property Manager for New South Street Apartments (Heafy Block) "contact Faith Williams at HAP; she's director of property management. I don't have her direct # but I believe this is the rental property management general #: 233-1700. joanne Joanne Campbell Executive Director Valley Community Development Corporation 30 Market Street Northampton, MA 01060 413-586-5855 Ext. 19 413-586-7521 Fax Wayne Feiden wrote: > Do either of you have a contact for the manager of the New South > Street Apartments? As part of the Round House brownfields > redevelopment project we are going to have to relocate some of the > utilities in the parking lot and we need to coordinate with the > property manager/owner. > > Thanks. > > Wayne Feiden, AICP > Director of Planning and Development > City of Northampton > 210 Main Street, Room 11 > Northampton, MA 01060 > > Direct: 413-587-1265 > Office: 413-587-1266 > Fax: 413-587-1264 > Web: www.NorthamptonMA.gov <http://www.northamptonma.gov/> > WFeiden@NorthamptonMA.gov > > " Joanne Campbell jc@valleycdc.com SMTP Wayne Feiden /O=MAIN/OU=FIRST ADMINISTRATIVE GROUP/CN=RECIPIENTS/CN=WFEIDEN EX Peg Keller /O=MAIN/OU=FIRST ADMINISTRATIVE GROUP/CN=RECIPIENTS/CN=PKELLER EX Normal Normal RE: Joint meeting "I just heard from Michael Vito. It sounds like the final time is 10:00 AM next Thursday, November 2 in my office. I would love it if DPW can make it, but I understand given the short notice if you can't. I have another meeting tight after this meeting, so I would like us to have a tight agenda for this meeting. Can anyone who has an item that we need to discuss send it to me so I can put together a proposed agenda? Wayne Feiden, AICP Director of Planning and Development City of Northampton 210 Main Street, Room 11 Northampton, MA 01060 Direct: 413-587-1265 Office: 413-587-1266 Fax: 413-587-1264 Web: www.NorthamptonMA.gov WFeiden@NorthamptonMA.gov -----Original Message----- From: Wayne Feiden Sent: Wednesday, October 25, 2006 4:53 PM To: 'RCleary@NiSource.com'; 'sparmar@pvhg.com' Cc: 'dcollins@woodardcurran.com'; 'rmcgrath@woodardcurran.com'; 'PLaGoy@NiSource.com'; Ned Huntley; jlaurila@nohodpw.org; WHaswell@haleyaldrich.com Subject: Joint meeting Does 10:00 AM next Friday October 27th in my office work for at least one representative of each organization for this meeting? Wayne Feiden, AICP Director of Planning and Development City of Northampton 210 Main Street, Room 11 Northampton, MA 01060 Direct: 413-587-1265 Office: 413-587-1266 Fax: 413-587-1264 Web: www.NorthamptonMA.gov WFeiden@NorthamptonMA.gov -----Original Message----- From: Wayne Feiden Sent: Wednesday, October 25, 2006 9:38 AM To: 'RCleary@NiSource.com'; sparmar@pvhg.com Cc: dcollins@woodardcurran.com; rmcgrath@woodardcurran.com; PLaGoy@NiSource.com; Ned Huntley; jlaurila@nohodpw.org Subject: Joint meeting I am pleased that the project is moving forward. We will review the draft Phase IV addendum within the next couple of days and get back to you. In the meantime, can we schedule a meeting, hopefully for next week, between all of the parties (my office, our DPW, our Parking Manager, Bay State Gas, and the Pioneer Valley Hotel Group. We need to make sure that we are on all the same page on the cleanup, utility relocation, and timing. I would also like to begin discussions on site access agreement terms and ultimate AUL for the January cleanup at that meeting. I assume that we don't need attorneys for this meeting because we will only begin discussion of the cleanup site access terms. Once we start actually drafting the site access terms and AUL, we obviously have our attorneys involved. Please let me know if this works for you. Time is clearly of the essence, what with January right around the corner. Wayne Feiden, AICP Director of Planning and Development City of Northampton 210 Main Street, Room 11 Northampton, MA 01060 Direct: 413-587-1265 Office: 413-587-1266 Fax: 413-587-1264 Web: www.NorthamptonMA.gov WFeiden@NorthamptonMA.gov -----Original Message----- From: RCleary@NiSource.com [mailto:RCleary@NiSource.com] Sent: Tuesday, October 24, 2006 4:36 PM To: sparmar@pvhg.com; Wayne Feiden Cc: dcollins@woodardcurran.com; rmcgrath@woodardcurran.com; PLaGoy@NiSource.com Subject: final draft Ph. IV Addendum Shardool and Wayne, Here is the final draft of the addendum. Please send your questions, comments and suggestions to Peter and cc me. We will get them to the correct members of our team. (See attached file: draft final Phase IV RIP Addendum, Former Northampton Gas Works.pdf) I understand from my design engineers at Haley and Aldrich that the utility line locations are still being developed. I have instructed H&A to keep working with Berkshire to provide what you need from us. Have a good day, Bob Cleary Principal, EH&S - Remediation 300 Friberg Parkway Westborough, MA 01581 508/836-7275 - office 508/836-7073 - fax 508/868-2272 - cell This e-mail communication and any attachments are confidential and intended only for the use of the designated recipients named above. This communication may be an attorney-client communication, and as such it is privileged and confidential. If you are not the intended recipient, you are hereby notified that you have received this communication in error and that any review, disclosure, dissemination, distribution or copying of it or its contents is prohibited. (See attached file: draft final Phase IV RIP Addendum, Former Northampton Gas Works.pdf) (See attached file: draft final Phase IV RIP Addendum, Former Northampton Gas Works.pdf) _____________________________________________________________________________ Scanned by IBM Email Security Management Services powered by MessageLabs. For more information please visit http://www.ers.ibm.com ____________________________________________________________________ _________ " Wayne Feiden 'RCleary@NiSource.com';'sparmar@pvhg.com' RCleary@NiSource.com;sparmar@pvhg.com SMTP;SMTP 'dcollins@woodardcurran.com';'rmcgrath@woodardcurran.com';'PLaGoy@NiSource.com';Ned Huntley;jlaurila@nohodpw.org;'WHaswell@haleyaldrich.com' dcollins@woodardcurran.com;rmcgrath@woodardcurran.com;PLaGoy@NiSource.com;/o=main/ou=First Administrative Group/cn=Recipients/cn=NedHuntley;j laurila@nohodpw.org;WHaswell@haleyaldrich.com SMTP;SMTP;SMTP;EX;SMTP;SMTP Normal Normal Next Thursday at 10:00 AM "If you can make it, the final time of the meeting with Bay State Gas will be 10:00 next Thursday. You should be there along with a consultant from Berkshire Design. Bay State's position is that they can't respond to anything about the utilities until Berkshire has a complete proposal. Can you ask them to come with a proposal to move any utility you want moved and show where you want them. We should at least start with you dream project and then negotiate from there. Wayne Feiden, AICP Director of Planning and Development City of Northampton 210 Main Street, Room 11 Northampton, MA 01060 Direct: 413-587-1265 Office: 413-587-1266 Fax: 413-587-1264 Web: www.NorthamptonMA.gov <http://www.northamptonma.gov/> WFeiden@NorthamptonMA.gov " Wayne Feiden 'Shardool Parmar' shardool_parmar@hotmail.com SMTP Normal Normal " Joint meeting" "Does 10:00 AM next Friday October 27th in my office work for at least one representative of each organization for this meeting? Wayne Feiden, AICP Director of Planning and Development City of Northampton 210 Main Street, Room 11 Northampton, MA 01060 Direct: 413-587-1265 Office: 413-587-1266 Fax: 413-587-1264 Web: www.NorthamptonMA.gov WFeiden@NorthamptonMA.gov -----Original Message----- From: Wayne Feiden Sent: Wednesday, October 25, 2006 9:38 AM To: 'RCleary@NiSource.com'; sparmar@pvhg.com Cc: dcollins@woodardcurran.com; rmcgrath@woodardcurran.com; PLaGoy@NiSource.com; Ned Huntley; jlaurila@nohodpw.org Subject: Joint meeting I am pleased that the project is moving forward. We will review the draft Phase IV addendum within the next couple of days and get back to you. In the meantime, can we schedule a meeting, hopefully for next week, between all of the parties (my office, our DPW, our Parking Manager, Bay State Gas, and the Pioneer Valley Hotel Group. We need to make sure that we are on all the same page on the cleanup, utility relocation, and timing. I would also like to begin discussions on site access agreement terms and ultimate AUL for the January cleanup at that meeting. I assume that we don't need attorneys for this meeting because we will only begin discussion of the cleanup site access terms. Once we start actually drafting the site access terms and AUL, we obviously have our attorneys involved. Please let me know if this works for you. Time is clearly of the essence, what with January right around the corner. Wayne Feiden, AICP Director of Planning and Development City of Northampton 210 Main Street, Room 11 Northampton, MA 01060 Direct: 413-587-1265 Office: 413-587-1266 Fax: 413-587-1264 Web: www.NorthamptonMA.gov WFeiden@NorthamptonMA.gov -----Original Message----- From: RCleary@NiSource.com [mailto:RCleary@NiSource.com] Sent: Tuesday, October 24, 2006 4:36 PM To: sparmar@pvhg.com; Wayne Feiden Cc: dcollins@woodardcurran.com; rmcgrath@woodardcurran.com; PLaGoy@NiSource.com Subject: final draft Ph. IV Addendum Shardool and Wayne, Here is the final draft of the addendum. Please send your questions, comments and suggestions to Peter and cc me. We will get them to the correct members of our team. (See attached file: draft final Phase IV RIP Addendum, Former Northampton Gas Works.pdf) I understand from my design engineers at Haley and Aldrich that the utility line locations are still being developed. I have instructed H&A to keep working with Berkshire to provide what you need from us. Have a good day, Bob Cleary Principal, EH&S - Remediation 300 Friberg Parkway Westborough, MA 01581 508/836-7275 - office 508/836-7073 - fax 508/868-2272 - cell This e-mail communication and any attachments are confidential and intended only for the use of the designated recipients named above. This communication may be an attorney-client communication, and as such it is privileged and confidential. 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For more information please visit http://www.ers.ibm.com ____________________________________________________________________ _________ " Wayne Feiden 'RCleary@NiSource.com';'sparmar@pvhg.com' RCleary@NiSource.com;sparmar@pvhg.com SMTP;SMTP 'dcollins@woodardcurran.com';'rmcgrath@woodardcurran.com';'PLaGoy@NiSource.com';Ned Huntley;jlaurila@nohodpw.org;WHaswell@haleyaldrich.com dcollins@woodardcurran.com;rmcgrath@woodardcurran.com;PLaGoy@NiSource.com;/o=main/ou=First Administrative Group/cn=Recipients/cn=NedHuntley;jla urila@nohodpw.org;WHaswell@haleyaldrich.com SMTP;SMTP;SMTP;EX;SMTP;SMTP Normal Normal Re: Joint meeting "Peter, I would send the Mayor the same as you sent Wayne. I understand where Wayne is coming from as this will also be an opportunity for the various city departments to talk to each other, too. For example, the DPW and Planning Departments were once notorious for not talking to each other. We are getting close to January and Wayne might be a little anxious. We have been talking to various city departments, and working well with them, but without his input. I have no idea if they have even been even talking to Wayne about their meetings with us, namely the DPW. And, come to think of it, some of Wayne's earlier suggestions -- patching the test pits, and removing the gravel pile last summer -- were not done because Bill Letendre, who has the real authority over the parking lot, told us to do otherwise. While I don't think that the meeting is absolutely necessary it can't hurt either. Things seem to be on schedule without any real glitches staring us in the face, yet. Let me talk to the Mayor and if she wants this meeting, we should do it. I'll be in touch soon. -- Michael Michael Vito Michael Vito & Associates, Inc. 28 Beattie Drive Florence, MA 01062 413-587-2675 413-320-1521 (cell) " Michael Vito mikevito2002@yahoo.com SMTP PLaGoy@nisource.com PLaGoy@nisource.com SMTP Wayne Feiden /O=MAIN/OU=FIRST ADMINISTRATIVE GROUP/CN=RECIPIENTS/CN=WFEIDEN EX Normal Normal FWD: Northampton Hearing 10/26 "FYI Shardool Parmar President Pioneer Valley Hotel Group 321 Center St. Ludlow, MA 01035 (413) 231-7540 ---------- Original Message ---------------------------------- From: ""Bridget Mitchell"" <bridget@berkshiredesign.com> Date: Wed, 25 Oct 2006 09:48:37 -0400 Shardool, The hearing for the special permit is at 7:55 at Northampton City Hall. Here's a brief summary of my conversation with Bay State's environmental remediation consultant, Bill Haswell of Haley an Aldrich. We spoke Friday, 10/20. He indicated that Bay State's proposed remediation work consisted of the following: Phase I 1. Clean up source area (circular structure w/coal tar) 2. Clean up 'hot spots' Phase II 1. Remove 3' of topsoil in vicinity of gas works bldg 2. Clean utility corridors The clean-up of utility corridors was NOT all inclusive. Bill indicated that Bay State intended on doing ""selected"" utility re-location work. This did not include deep utilities. However, he stated that Bay State will handle removal of contaminated soil if it is encountered during site work for the hotel project. Bridget Mitchell The Berkshire Design Group Phone: 413-582-7000 Email: bridget@berkshiredesign.com ________________________________________________________________ Sent via the WebMail system at pvhg.com " Shardool Parmar sparmar@pvhg.com SMTP Wayne Feiden /O=MAIN/OU=FIRST ADMINISTRATIVE GROUP/CN=RECIPIENTS/CN=WFEIDEN EX Normal Normal Joint meeting "I am pleased that the project is moving forward. We will review the draft Phase IV addendum within the next couple of days and get back to you. In the meantime, can we schedule a meeting, hopefully for next week, between all of the parties (my office, our DPW, our Parking Manager, Bay State Gas, and the Pioneer Valley Hotel Group. We need to make sure that we are on all the same page on the cleanup, utility relocation, and timing. I would also like to begin discussions on site access agreement terms and ultimate AUL for the January cleanup at that meeting. I assume that we don't need attorneys for this meeting because we will only begin discussion of the cleanup site access terms. Once we start actually drafting the site access terms and AUL, we obviously have our attorneys involved. Please let me know if this works for you. Time is clearly of the essence, what with January right around the corner. Wayne Feiden, AICP Director of Planning and Development City of Northampton 210 Main Street, Room 11 Northampton, MA 01060 Direct: 413-587-1265 Office: 413-587-1266 Fax: 413-587-1264 Web: www.NorthamptonMA.gov WFeiden@NorthamptonMA.gov -----Original Message----- From: RCleary@NiSource.com [mailto:RCleary@NiSource.com] Sent: Tuesday, October 24, 2006 4:36 PM To: sparmar@pvhg.com; Wayne Feiden Cc: dcollins@woodardcurran.com; rmcgrath@woodardcurran.com; PLaGoy@NiSource.com Subject: final draft Ph. IV Addendum Shardool and Wayne, Here is the final draft of the addendum. Please send your questions, comments and suggestions to Peter and cc me. We will get them to the correct members of our team. (See attached file: draft final Phase IV RIP Addendum, Former Northampton Gas Works.pdf) I understand from my design engineers at Haley and Aldrich that the utility line locations are still being developed. I have instructed H&A to keep working with Berkshire to provide what you need from us. Have a good day, Bob Cleary Principal, EH&S - Remediation 300 Friberg Parkway Westborough, MA 01581 508/836-7275 - office 508/836-7073 - fax 508/868-2272 - cell This e-mail communication and any attachments are confidential and intended only for the use of the designated recipients named above. This communication may be an attorney-client communication, and as such it is privileged and confidential. If you are not the intended recipient, you are hereby notified that you have received this communication in error and that any review, disclosure, dissemination, distribution or copying of it or its contents is prohibited. (See attached file: draft final Phase IV RIP Addendum, Former Northampton Gas Works.pdf) (See attached file: draft final Phase IV RIP Addendum, Former Northampton Gas Works.pdf) _____________________________________________________________________________ Scanned by IBM Email Security Management Services powered by MessageLabs. For more information please visit http://www.ers.ibm.com ____________________________________________________________________ _________ " Wayne Feiden 'RCleary@NiSource.com';sparmar@pvhg.com RCleary@NiSource.com;sparmar@pvhg.com SMTP;SMTP dcollins@woodardcurran.com;rmcgrath@woodardcurran.com;PLaGoy@NiSource.com;Ned Huntley;jlaurila@nohodpw.org dcollins@woodardcurran.com;rmcgrath@woodardcurran.com;PLaGoy@NiSource.com;/o=main/ou=First Administrative Group/cn=Recipients/cn=NedHuntley;jlaurila@nohodpw.org SMTP;SMT P;SMTP;EX;SMTP Normal Normal RE: Status of cleanup "Yes, but DPW has agreed that they will require that as part of the permit that they give. I don't think that they have any option but to relocate the lines. Wayne Feiden, AICP Director of Planning and Development City of Northampton 210 Main Street, Room 11 Northampton, MA 01060 Direct: 413-587-1265 Office: 413-587-1266 Fax: 413-587-1264 Web: www.NorthamptonMA.gov WFeiden@NorthamptonMA.gov -----Original Message----- From: Shardool Parmar [mailto:shardool_parmar@hotmail.com] Sent: Friday, October 20, 2006 9:07 PM To: Wayne Feiden Subject: Re: Status of cleanup Hi Wayne, You see that he does not talk about moving the utilities but just providing clean corridors. Shardool >From: RCleary@nisource.com >To: wfeiden@northamptonma.gov >CC: shardool_parmar@hotmail.com, PLaGoy@nisource.com, >CMoran@nisource.com >Subject: Re: Status of cleanup >Date: Fri, 20 Oct 2006 15:05:18 -0400 > > >Wayne > >Thank you for inquiring about Bay State's progress on the Ph. IV >Addendum addressing the part of the site to be redeveloped. We are >nearing completion of the Addendum. Unfortunately, preparing the >document to reflect the unfolding redevelopment plans has proved more >challenging than I originally envisioned. It has proved costlier, as >well. Over the past weeks, in addition to making the necessary >changes, Bay State's engineers have been communicating with the City >Engineer, Pioneer Valley Hotel Group's engineers, the City Parking >Department, and the owner of the Roundhouse to develop the information needed to finalize the Addendum. >Just this week we obtained access to and completed test pits on the >Roundhouse property to evaluate its foundations so that our remediation >plans take the structural integrity of this important building into >account. We plan to send Shardool the draft Addendum early next week >[Monday, hopefully] for his review and comment. > >We will continue to work with the City Engineer, the DPW, the DEP and >Shardool to provide clean utility corridor[s] across the former MGP >property in locations acceptable to the City and the developer. We will >of course adhere to the terms of the required DPW trench opening >permit[s] when issued. Similarly we will work with Shardool to address >the MGP residues in the footprint of the hotel and parking garage. > >We are pleased, though not entirely surprised, that the extensive due >diligence investigation of the Mass Electric parcel detected evidence >suggesting the presence of MGP residues in only one of the fifteen borings. >This finding is consistent with the results of Bay State's and the >City's earlier, extensive assessments of that parcel. If after >reviewing all the OTO due diligence data and observations, we conclude >that the naphthalene found in B-1 is MGP related, as seems probable, >Bay State will take responsibility for that soil as it has for MGP >impacted soils elsewhere in the area. I'm are sure that you are >similarly pleased that the PCBs were detected in only one sample, and >then only barely above the Reportable Concentration. > >Be assured that Bay State remains committed to working with the City, >the DEP and Shardool to successfully redevelop this brownfield. > >Sincerely, > > >Bob Cleary >Principal, EH&S - Remediation >300 Friberg Parkway >Westborough, MA 01581 >508/836-7275 - office >508/836-7073 - fax >508/868-2272 - cell > >This e-mail communication and any attachments are confidential and >intended only for the use of the designated recipients named above. >This communication may be an attorney-client communication, and as such >it is privileged and confidential. If you are not the intended >recipient, you are hereby notified that you have received this >communication in error and that any review, disclosure, dissemination, >distribution or copying of it or its contents is prohibited. > > > > > > > ""Wayne Feiden"" > <wfeiden@northampt To: Robert >Cleary/BSG/Enterprise@NiSource > onma.gov> cc: ""Shardool Parmar"" ><shardool_parmar@hotmail.com> > Subject: Status of cleanup > 10/19/2006 02:43 > PM > > > > > > >Can you give me an update on what Bay state Gas is doing at the Round >House? > >1. We expected to get a revised Phase IV supplemental by now so that we >could work together to get DEP's signoff. What is the status of this? > >2. I met with our DPW, and we are all clear that A) all of the utilities >that get dug up for the cleanup need to be relocated in clean corridors >in their final location consistent with the hotel location and B) we >will not give trench permits on any other terms. I thought that is >what you had agreed previously, but Shardool was concerned that Bay >State was not firm on this commitment. Please confirm that my understanding is correct. > >3. As you know, the city and our consultants have been concerned since >day one that many of Bay State Gas's borings did not include analytical >work. More recently, we have been concerned by Bay State's reluctance >to look at or clean up the Mass Electric property, even though at least >a portion of this area is clearly within the ""disposal site boundary"" >mapped out by Woodward and Curran. As a result of this, our hotel >developer hired OTO to do their own due diligence in this area. Sure >enough, they found evidence of coal tar residual on this property. >Please confirm that Bay State Gas A) accepts responsibility for what >they OTO found, B) that you will reimburse them for their cost of >hiring OTO, and C) that you will perform additional tests as necessary >in this area so that we are not back to having to do a test, turn the >site over to you, and then do a new test further out. > >I am extremely concerned about the ability of our developer to be ready >to take over the site from you after you have excavated the site. It >will be far more costly for you and for Shardool if you clean up the >site, bring in clean fill, and then Shardool has to remove all of that >clean fill. The delays are making that scenario more and more likely. > >I look to hearing from you as soon as possible. > > > > >Wayne Feiden, AICP >Director of Planning and Development >City of Northampton >210 Main Street, Room 11 >Northampton, MA 01060 > >Direct: 413-587-1265 >Office: 413-587-1266 >Fax: 413-587-1264 >Web: www.NorthamptonMA.gov >WFeiden@NorthamptonMA.gov > > > >_______________________________________________________________________ >______ > >Scanned by IBM Email Security Management Services powered by MessageLabs. >For more information please visit http://www.ers.ibm.com >_______________________________________________________________________ >______ > > > > > >_______________________________________________________________________ >______ Scanned by IBM Email Security Management Services powered by >MessageLabs. >For more information please visit http://www.ers.ibm.com >_______________________________________________________________________ >______ _________________________________________________________________ Stay in touch with old friends and meet new ones with Windows Live Spaces http://clk.atdmt.com/MSN/go/msnnkwsp0070000001msn/direct/01/?href=http://spaces.live.com/spacesapi.aspx?wx_action=create&wx_u rl=/friends.aspx&mkt=en-us " Wayne Feiden 'Shardool Parmar' shardool_parmar@hotmail.com SMTP Normal Normal Re: Status of cleanup "Hi Wayne, You see that he does not talk about moving the utilities but just providing clean corridors. Shardool >From: RCleary@nisource.com >To: wfeiden@northamptonma.gov >CC: shardool_parmar@hotmail.com, PLaGoy@nisource.com, CMoran@nisource.com >Subject: Re: Status of cleanup >Date: Fri, 20 Oct 2006 15:05:18 -0400 > > >Wayne > >Thank you for inquiring about Bay State's progress on the Ph. IV Addendum >addressing the part of the site to be redeveloped. We are nearing >completion of the Addendum. Unfortunately, preparing the document to >reflect the unfolding redevelopment plans has proved more challenging than >I originally envisioned. It has proved costlier, as well. Over the past >weeks, in addition to making the necessary changes, Bay State's engineers >have been communicating with the City Engineer, Pioneer Valley Hotel >Group's engineers, the City Parking Department, and the owner of the >Roundhouse to develop the information needed to finalize the Addendum. >Just this week we obtained access to and completed test pits on the >Roundhouse property to evaluate its foundations so that our remediation >plans take the structural integrity of this important building into >account. We plan to send Shardool the draft Addendum early next week >[Monday, hopefully] for his review and comment. > >We will continue to work with the City Engineer, the DPW, the DEP and >Shardool to provide clean utility corridor[s] across the former MGP >property in locations acceptable to the City and the developer. We will >of course adhere to the terms of the required DPW trench opening permit[s] >when issued. Similarly we will work with Shardool to address the MGP >residues in the footprint of the hotel and parking garage. > >We are pleased, though not entirely surprised, that the extensive due >diligence investigation of the Mass Electric parcel detected evidence >suggesting the presence of MGP residues in only one of the fifteen borings. >This finding is consistent with the results of Bay State's and the City's >earlier, extensive assessments of that parcel. If after reviewing all the >OTO due diligence data and observations, we conclude that the naphthalene >found in B-1 is MGP related, as seems probable, Bay State will take >responsibility for that soil as it has for MGP impacted soils elsewhere in >the area. I'm are sure that you are similarly pleased that the PCBs were >detected in only one sample, and then only barely above the Reportable >Concentration. > >Be assured that Bay State remains committed to working with the City, the >DEP and Shardool to successfully redevelop this brownfield. > >Sincerely, > > >Bob Cleary >Principal, EH&S - Remediation >300 Friberg Parkway >Westborough, MA 01581 >508/836-7275 - office >508/836-7073 - fax >508/868-2272 - cell > >This e-mail communication and any attachments are confidential and intended >only for the use of the designated recipients named above. This >communication may be an attorney-client communication, and as such it is >privileged and confidential. If you are not the intended recipient, you >are hereby notified that you have received this communication in error and >that any review, disclosure, dissemination, distribution or copying of it >or its contents is prohibited. > > > > > > > ""Wayne Feiden"" > <wfeiden@northampt To: Robert >Cleary/BSG/Enterprise@NiSource > onma.gov> cc: ""Shardool Parmar"" ><shardool_parmar@hotmail.com> > Subject: Status of cleanup > 10/19/2006 02:43 > PM > > > > > > >Can you give me an update on what Bay state Gas is doing at the Round >House? > >1. We expected to get a revised Phase IV supplemental by now so that we >could work together to get DEP's signoff. What is the status of this? > >2. I met with our DPW, and we are all clear that A) all of the utilities >that get dug up for the cleanup need to be relocated in clean corridors in >their final location consistent with the hotel location and B) we will not >give trench permits on any other terms. I thought that is what you had >agreed previously, but Shardool was concerned that Bay State was not firm >on this commitment. Please confirm that my understanding is correct. > >3. As you know, the city and our consultants have been concerned since >day one that many of Bay State Gas's borings did not include analytical >work. More recently, we have been concerned by Bay State's reluctance to >look at or clean up the Mass Electric property, even though at least a >portion of this area is clearly within the ""disposal site boundary"" mapped >out by Woodward and Curran. As a result of this, our hotel developer hired >OTO to do their own due diligence in this area. Sure enough, they found >evidence of coal tar residual on this property. Please confirm that Bay >State Gas A) accepts responsibility for what they OTO found, B) that you >will reimburse them for their cost of hiring OTO, and C) that you will >perform additional tests as necessary in this area so that we are not back >to having to do a test, turn the site over to you, and then do a new test >further out. > >I am extremely concerned about the ability of our developer to be ready to >take over the site from you after you have excavated the site. It will be >far more costly for you and for Shardool if you clean up the site, bring in >clean fill, and then Shardool has to remove all of that clean fill. The >delays are making that scenario more and more likely. > >I look to hearing from you as soon as possible. > > > > >Wayne Feiden, AICP >Director of Planning and Development >City of Northampton >210 Main Street, Room 11 >Northampton, MA 01060 > >Direct: 413-587-1265 >Office: 413-587-1266 >Fax: 413-587-1264 >Web: www.NorthamptonMA.gov >WFeiden@NorthamptonMA.gov > > > >_____________________________________________________________________________ > >Scanned by IBM Email Security Management Services powered by MessageLabs. >For more information please visit http://www.ers.ibm.com >_____________________________________________________________________________ > > > > > >_____________________________________________________________________________ >Scanned by IBM Email Security Management Services powered by MessageLabs. >For more information please visit http://www.ers.ibm.com >_____________________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________ Stay in touch with old friends and meet new ones with Windows Live Spaces http://clk.atdmt.com/MSN/go/msnnkwsp0070000001msn/direct/01/?href=http://spaces.live.com/spacesapi.aspx?wx_action=create&wx_url=/friends.aspx&mkt=en-us " Shardool Parmar shardool_parmar@hotmail.com SMTP Wayne Feiden /O=MAIN/OU=FIRST ADMINISTRATIVE GROUP/CN=RECIPIENTS/CN=WFEIDEN EX Normal Normal RE: Roundhouse lot "Our count is that any project which used the entire listed in the RFP needs to provide 87 spaces to replace public spaces lost, 22 spaces to replace round house spaces lost, and provide for their own use (in your case one space per 500 square feet of office) before being able to count any parking spaces as extra. Obviously, the spaces need to work, with sufficient back up space and a sufficient number of handicap space. In addition, if the configuration of the building would prevent parking spaces from being accessed on the surrounding lot (33 spaces on the south and 12 spaces on the east), we would count those spaces as needing to be replaced as well. We believe that careful deck configuration for either use can avoid this impact and mitigation requirement. Wayne Feiden, AICP Director of Planning and Development City of Northampton 210 Main Street, Room 11 Northampton, MA 01060 Direct: 413-587-1265 Office: 413-587-1266 Fax: 413-587-1264 Web: www.NorthamptonMA.gov WFeiden@NorthamptonMA.gov -----Original Message----- From: Jonathan Kane [mailto:kane@fierstpucci.com] Sent: Wednesday, July 26, 2006 10:45 AM To: Wayne Feiden Cc: robert curran Subject: Roundhouse lot Wayne, I talked with Robert after our conference call and he is prepared to undertake the building and parking as one project, not in phases. This would require satisfaction of the utility easements with the City, but we do not think this will be a major impediment. Once you have the parking count, please let us know. Thanks, Jonathan Jonathan J. Kane Fierst, Pucci & Kinder LLP 64 Gothic Street Northampton, MA 01060-3042 Tel.: 413-584-8067 Fax.: 413-585-0787 kane@fierstpucci.com ****************************************************************** This e-mail and any files attached to it are privileged and confidential under applicable law and intended only for the use of the person(s) named above. If you have received this message in error, please notify the sender and purge the communication immediately without making any copy or distribution. You are hereby notified that any dissemination, copy or disclosure of this communication is strictly prohibited. ******************************************************************* " Wayne Feiden 'Jonathan Kane' kane@fierstpucci.com SMTP robert curran curran248@hotmail.com SMTP Normal Normal Northampton - Yesterday's meeting "Wayne and Shardool, Following yesterday's meeting we realized that we'd neglected to asked about the status of your reviews of the Phase IV Addendum Bay State prepared and sent to you for your comments last week. We would like to submit this document to the MassDEP shortly. Kevin O'Rielly called me, and we discussed his three comments, which were constructive. Are we to assume these are all the comments, or do you have others to pass along? If you can provide us with the status of your review, we would appreciate it. Thanks Bob Cleary Principal, EH&S - Remediation 300 Friberg Parkway Westborough, MA 01581 508/836-7275 - office 508/836-7073 - fax 508/868-2272 - cell This e-mail communication and any attachments are confidential and intended only for the use of the designated recipients named above. This communication may be an attorney-client communication, and as such it is privileged and confidential. If you are not the intended recipient, you are hereby notified that you have received this communication in error and that any review, disclosure, dissemination, distribution or copying of it or its contents is prohibited. _____________________________________________________________________________ Scanned by IBM Email Security Management Services powered by MessageLabs. For more information please visit http://www.ers.ibm.com _____________________________________________________________________________ " RCleary@NiSource.com RCleary@NiSource.com SMTP Wayne Feiden;sparmar@pvhg.com /O=MAIN/OU=FIRST ADMINISTRATIVE GROUP/CN=RECIPIENTS/CN=WFEIDEN;sparmar@pvhg.com EX;SMTP PLaGoy@NiSource.com PLaGoy@NiSou rce.com SMTP Normal Normal final draft Ph. IV Addendum "Shardool and Wayne, Here is the final draft of the addendum. Please send your questions, comments and suggestions to Peter and cc me. We will get them to the correct members of our team. (See attached file: draft final Phase IV RIP Addendum, Former Northampton Gas Works.pdf) I understand from my design engineers at Haley and Aldrich that the utility line locations are still being developed. I have instructed H&A to keep working with Berkshire to provide what you need from us. Have a good day, Bob Cleary Principal, EH&S - Remediation 300 Friberg Parkway Westborough, MA 01581 508/836-7275 - office 508/836-7073 - fax 508/868-2272 - cell This e-mail communication and any attachments are confidential and intended only for the use of the designated recipients named above. This communication may be an attorney-client communication, and as such it is privileged and confidential. If you are not the intended recipient, you are hereby notified that you have received this communication in error and that any review, disclosure, dissemination, distribution or copying of it or its contents is prohibited. (See attached file: draft final Phase IV RIP Addendum, Former Northampton Gas Works.pdf) (See attached file: draft final Phase IV RIP Addendum, Former Northampton Gas Works.pdf) _____________________________________________________________________________ Scanned by IBM Email Security Management Services powered by MessageLabs. 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