Roundhouse_Pavement-to-Parks-License-12-1-2017LICENSE AGREEMENT
THIS AGREEMENT entered into this 7th day of December, 2017, by and between THE
CITY OF NORTHAMPTON, a municipal corporation organized under the laws of the
Commonwealth of Massachusetts with a principal place of business at 210 Main Street,
Northampton, Massachusetts (“City”) and ROBERT G. CURRAN, JR. (“Curran”) of 248
Washington Ave 4, Miami Beach, Florida and ROUNDHOUSE DEVELOPMENT, LLC
(“RD”), of 244 Main Street, Northampton, Massachusetts.
WHEREAS, the City is the owner of an unimproved parcel of land off Main Street and
the former Water Street by deeds recorded in the Hampshire Registry of Deeds in Book 1851,
Page 257; Book 2291, Page 317; Book 2317, Page 339; Book 2317, Page 341; Book 2708, Page
28; Plan Book 236, Page 88 (“the City Parcel”); and
WHEREAS, RD is the owner of the property at 244 Main Street, Northampton,
Massachusetts, by deed dated February 15, 2011 and recorded in the Hampshire Registry of
Deeds in Book 10482, Page 55, which is known as the Roundhouse Building (“the
Roundhouse”); and
WHEREAS, the City Parcel and the Roundhouse are contiguous to each other; and
WHEREAS, the Roundhouse is leased to and occupied by one or more business entities
whose employees would benefit from a nearby parklet; and
WHEREAS, the City of Northampton Open Space, Recreation & Multi-Use Trail Plan
(2011-2018) recommends a Pavement-to-Parks program, preserving small previously urbanized
or paved areas as tiny parks or parklets; and
WHEREAS, Curran has offered to develop a new parklet to the rear of the Roundhouse
on the City Parcel; and
WHEREAS, the City is willing to allow Curran to develop a parklet on the City Parcel
pursuant to the terms and conditions set forth herein.
NOW, THEREFORE, Curran and the City agree as follows:
1.The City grants this License to Curran and RD to develop a parklet on the City
Parcel as more particularly shown on Exhibit A, attached hereto.
2.Prior to the commencement of any work to develop the parklet, Curran shall
present to the City the plans for development of the parklet. The City shall, within
60 days thereafter, approve the plans or inform Curran, in writing, the reasons that
the plans cannot be approved in their then current form. Nothing herein shall bind
or obligate Curran and/or RD to develop the parklet in the event the City proposes
modifications or changes to the plans that are not acceptable to Currand and/or
RD.
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3. Upon completion, the parklet shall be open to the public without condition or
restriction.
4. Upon completion, all parties hereto shall have the right, but not the responsibility,
to maintain, repair, and replace the improvements made by Curran and RD to the
City Parcel.
5. Upon completion, the improvements to the City Parcel shall immediately become
the property of the City without encumbrance and free from any or all claims (but
subject to the existing Easement for footbridge and deck as set forth in the
instrument recorded in the Hampshire Registry in Book 10043, Page 138 (the
“Easement”)) or right to payment or setoff by Curran or any third party.
6. This License may be terminated by the City in its sole and absolute discretion,
which discretion shall be exercised reasonably.
7. The parties acknowledge that this is an agreement for a license to develop the City
Parcel into a parklet as set forth herein, and no interest in the real estate has been
conveyed hereby. Nothing herein shall be deemed to derogate from the primacy
of the rights of the City in and to the City Parcel, or to detract from or interfere
with any existing rights and responsibilities of the City, Curran, and PD under the
Easement or the 2007 Settlement agreement dated December 7, 2007 between the
City and Curran.
8. This Agreement shall be binding on the parties, their heirs, successors or assigns.
9. This Agreement shall be governed by the laws of the Commonwealth of
Massachusetts.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties have executed this License Agreement under seal in
duplicate originals as of the day and year first written above.
CITY OF NORTHAPTON
_______________________ By: __________________________________
Witness David J. Narkewicz, Mayor
City of Northampton
_______________________________ ________________________________
Witness ROBERT G. CURRAN, JR.
ROUND HOUSE DEVELOPMENT, LLC.
_______________________________ By: ________________________________
Witness Robert G. Curran, Jr.
Duly Authorized