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Requested Waivers:
1_ 5.03 Contents-DPW recommends approval.
2. 7.01.4.b Streets&Ways Intersections-DPW recommends denial until further evaluation.
3. 7.01.5.a Streets&Ways-Cul-de-sac-DPW recommends approval
4. 7.01.6.a Streets&Nays-Cross Sections-DPW recommends approval.
5. 7.01.7 Might-of-way width-DPW recommends approval.
b. 7.01.8b Paved width-DPW recommends approval.
7. 7.01.8d Paved centerline coinciding with centerline of row-DPW recommends approval.
8. 7.01.9 90-degree intersection angles-DPW needs to evaluate further.
9. 8.06.1 Curbs -DPW cape cod berm not acceptable.
10. 3.08.2 sidewalks DPW recommends denial.
11. 8.09.3 grass Strips-DPW recommends approval.
12. 8.10.1 side slopes-DPW recommends approval if slope stabilization information is submitted and
approved.
13. 8.17-4 Underground utilities-DPW recommends denial of this request.
14. 8.18.4 Utility installation-DPW recommends approval.
15. 8.19.17 Drainage-DPW recommends denial of this request.
16. 8.20.1 Sanitary-DPW recommends approval if developer maintains the pumps.
17. 8.20.11.g Sanitary-DPW recommends denial unless a force main is installed with pump to be owned
and maintained by developer.
18. 8.21.2 Water-DPW recommends approval if developer submits information where this is specifically
required.
19. 8.21.6 Water main molts-DPW recommends approval.
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Stormwater Management Issues(continued):
• All catchbasins should be located at the radii of curbs where two roads intersect,not further in to
prevent runoff from entering an existing city street.
• A detailed erosion and sedimentation control plan should be submitted to the DPW.This plan should
demonstrate how the requirements of the NPDES Phase 11 regulations will be met for disturbance of
land over 1 acre.This should be submitted to the DPW in anticipation of having to conduct inspections.
• Any and/or all dewatering and spill prevention plans should be submitted to the DPW,identifying
any/all potential catchbasins that may receive stormwater and/or contamination.
• A detailed maintenance/management plan must be submitted to the DPW for review and comment to
determine whether or not the DPW has the capability to maintain such structures and adhere to the plan
if the roads should become city streets.
Roadway Issues:
If the City assume ownership of the roadways,then the DPW has a number of maintenance issues that
need to be addressed.
• Any signalization adjustments must be coordinated with the DPW.
c An implementation schedule should be submitted to and approved by the DPW.
• What type of lighting is proposed and will it interfere with travel on existing city streets?
• Any annual reports/findings regarding traffic impacts should be forwarded to the DPW for review and
comment.
Other issues:
• It is our understanding that there are a number of tunnels that run throughout the site.
o What will be the fate of the tunnels?
o Where are they currently located?
o Will they interfere with utility construction?
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Where will snow be disposed of/stored on site?
Will there be any area maintained/retained for DPW snow storage removal from the Central
usiness District?
Until the site is fully developed all aspects of maintenance should be retained by the developer.An
owners association should be formed for the express purpose of maintenance of all stormwater facilities
and common space/landscaped areas,and roadways(if roads are to remain private).
• All existing and potential cross connection locations must be surveyed and/or identified prior to the
submittal for water entrance permit from the DPW.
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Water Issues:
• Information regarding location of existing and proposed waterline on submitted plan cannot read and/or
commented on properly.A larger scale plan must be submitted for review.This information needs to be
clarified in order for the DPW to conduct a detailed review of the project's potential impacts.
• Any waterline that is not looped within the system will need to be capped in accordance with DPW
requirements.Information regarding existing waterlines and those proposed to be abandoned must be
submitted for review and approval prior to implementation.
An actual fire-flow test(s)will need to be conducted,verses a computer simulation.
• A detailed Water Conservation Program for the reuse of wastewater and stormwater must be submitted
to and reviewed by the.DPW.irrigation/sprinkler systems should not be allowed to be installed in the
development if they will be using potable water supplied by the City.
® All proposed structures will be required to have plumbing plans reviewed.-,by the Water Division for
potential cross-connections.
Sewer Issues:
All sewer lines proposed to be capped,will need to be capped in accordance with DPW requirements.
Details must be submitted to the DPW by the developer and receive approval prior to implementation,
Stormwater Management Issues:
® Plans and information are too vague.Areas to receive discharge needs could not be located on the pians
submitted. Additional information must include the following information.
o Where is it located?
o What is the condition of it'?
o Where does it discharge?
o If any upgrades are done to existing stonnwater system then those must be reviewed and will be
required to meet the 80%TSS removal requirement.
Some of the drainage from Phase 11 is slated to discharge into the Route 66 drainage system.This must
be specified in the Definitive plan.
• All structural BMPs must be specified and located on definitive plans.This includes:water quality
inlets, infiltration chambers,dryweils,and water quality swales.
• if existing catchbasins are to be used and are not upgraded/reconstructed,then stormwater from these
basins should discharge into a stormwater treatment chamber(i.e.vortex unit or stormceptor),prior to
entering the city's stormwater system.This unit must be owned and maintained by an owners
association.Location of this unit must be outside of the road right-of-way.
• No details for construction of stormwater detention basins were submitted,just general information.
DPW will need to review design and construction information,where outlet structures will be located
and/or discharge to,prior to the permit being granted approval.
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TO: lien Jodrie,Chair,Planning Board
FR: Med Huntley, Assistant City Engineer Department of Public Works00)
DA: August 28,2003
RE: File: Village at Hospital mill(Please 11 Development)
CC: file
The Department of Public Works has reviewed the above referenced application for the following items:
Trak: Utilities:
x Volume&Impact on City Street x Drainage Into City Stormwater System
x Roadway Capacity x Capacity of Stormwater Line
x Adequacy of City Road Construction x Sanitary Sewer
X Site Distances x Water
x Parking x Other: Lighting&
x Driveway Openings
The Department of Public Works has the following comments.
No Concerns,project will not have an impact on any items reviewed
Traffic Study is required
Roadway does not have adequate capacity to.handle the additional traffic
Roadway is not adequately constructed to handle proposed increase in traffic
Site Distances are not adequate for proposed project
Parking spaces do not meet minimum requirements
Parking spaces are too close to driveway opening
Driveway openings are not adequate for proposed use
x City stormwater system is not adequate to handle increase in drainage Information
submitted is too general,for detailed el�aluadon.More specific dans must be given to DPTFJor
review.See additional comments below.
X Stormwater system does not meet minimum requirements for reduction of Total
Suspended Solids(TSS)Information submitted is too general for detailed evaluation.More
specific plaits must be given to DPW for review.See additional comments below.
Sanitary Sewer litre is not adequately sized for proposed use
x Sewer line connection is not properly shown
x eater line is not adequately sized for proposed use
x Water line connection is not properly shown
Other Comments: See next page for additional comments
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30. The applicant must show on the definitive plans that the affordable housing units are
dispersed throughout this project.
31. All other requirements within the Subdivision Rules and Regulations must be met,
including street light placement
32. Final lot layout should be shown on the definitive subdivision filing.
33. The fee for filing the definitive plans may be reduced by to 25% of the usual fee if the
applicant provides information/agreement to dedicate 25% of the residential units for
affordable housing for 99 years. The fee may be reduced to 75% of the usual fee if
the applicant provides information/agreement to dedicate 25% of the residential units
for affordable housing for 40 years.
34. The DPW cominents (attached) should be reviewed and addressed prior to the
submission of the definitive plans, except for the snow storage comment.
35. A proposal for street names shall be included in the definitive subdivision plan.
Street names should not be similar to other streets with Northampton.
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15. A pedestrian activated signal shall be located at the intersection of Prince Street and
Road A/E.
16. A four-way hatched crosswalk should be located at the intersection of Prince Street
and Road A/E. The applicant shall consider options for making these pavement
marking semi-permanent, e.g. stamped asphalt.
17. A school bus waiting area shall be planned at the intersection of Prince Street and
Road A. The original bus stop and shelter may be used to serve this function so long
as it is refurbished to adequately accommodate students.
18. Bike path shown as "conceptual bike path" shall be shown in full construction detail
on definitive plans and shall be part of the definitive plan required infrastructure. In
the alternative to a portion of this bike path on the north easterly side of the project,
the applicant could consider keeping that bike path as an easement to the public, and
focusing on creating comiections from the project to the north, east, south and west
and through the middle of the project.
19. When the sidewalk ends on the easterly section of Road A, there shall be a linkage to
the bike path and a crosswalk to the sidewalk on the opposite'side of the road.
Streets:
20. All roadway sections should accurately show the point at which road widths are being
widened and where and what type of on-street parking is accommodated.
21. Roadway sections shall also accurately indicate where one-way portions of the road
network are planned.
22. All intersecting streets shall have crosswalks for all crossing points.
23. As originally presented, a round-about should be included at Road A and D, unless
alternative design is presented that accomplishes the same traffic calming results.
24. Applicant should consider the hammerhead shown at the end of Road A as a private
road. Alternatively this could be a private driveway, if there will be no more than 3
lots served by this access.
25. Signalization must be shown as part of the definitive plan for the intersection of
Prince Street and Road A.
26. Off-site mitigation (as required from the special permit) should be shown at the
conceptual level on the definitive plans. This includes the sidewalks on Earle, Grove,
Laurel, Grove/Laurel crosswalk, Earle Rt. 66 signal.
Specimen and Other significant trees
27. Trees of 15" caliper and greater should be preserved to the extent practicable. Trees
of smaller caliper should be considered for transplanting to other portions of the site
to meet tree planting requirements.
Other:
28. All maintenance and ownership responsibilities for infrastructure and other open land
identified in the subdivision must be clearly documented in a covenant to be approved
by the City.
29. Full water pressure and fire flow analysis must be performed prior to submittal of
definitive plans.
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Deny the followine waiver requests:
7:07.2 Bituminous concrete sidewalks consistent with Type I subdivisions. Concrete
sidewalks along Road A up to Road D (from Route 66) are required.
7:06.2 Bituminous concrete curbing (cape cod berm) on all types of roadways, 6"berm
is acceptable, if Granite Curbing through the commercial areas
Wetlands:
1. Prior to the submittal of a definitive plan, a Request for Determination of
Applicability or Notice of Intent shall be filed with the Conservation Commission for
any detention ponds planned within the 100' buffer zones.
2. Grading and filling for the ponds that are located in the buffer zones should be
minimized to the extent feasible.
3. The applicant should address the Conservation Commission concerns to the extent
feasible.
Stormwater:
4. Alternative design/layouts should be considered for Basins C and F that could
potentially minimize the size, layout and location of these ponds.
5. Basin F should be designed with water features and landscaping that provides an
attractive year-round entry/focal point for this important gateway to the Village at
Hospital Hill. As an alternative, the applicant should consider placing all or a portion
of this basin on the triangular city-owned parcel on Earle Street.
6. Basin C should be designed such that the vegetation on the side slopes masks the
function of the pond from users of the bike/ped path.
7. Pond G should be as small as possible to minimize impact to wetland buffer. Non-
invasive, wetland plantings should be considered for the side slopes of this basin.
8. The detention ponds shall be designed for easy monitoring of maintenance and the
covenants.
9. The stormwater management must achieve 80% total suspended solids removal.
10. The stonnwater structures outside the road right of way shall be owned and
Maintained by the homeowners association.
Water/Sewer:
11. All options for looping water lines shall be explored.
12. Sewer line capacity analysis shall be submitted with definitive plans.
13. Water demand analysis, including use or planned use of sprinkler systems, shall be
submitted with the definitive plans.
Bicycle/Pedestrian
14. In order to make a contiguous network of bicycle paths throughout the Village that
connects to the Northampton/Easthampton bike path, the sidewalk from the
intersection of Road B and A south to the point on Road E where the bike path
branches off-road shall either be 10' wide or a designated bike lane shall be created
along this connecting corridor.
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ATTACHMENT A
The Village @ Hospital Hill, Preliminary Subdivision, Northampton
As Approved by the Northampton Planning Board
August 28, 2003
Approved waivers:
5:03 Provide only one design layout
7:01.5.a Temporary cul-de-sac for Type II Subdivision (Phase One), applicant must
construct temporary hammerhead turnaround
7:01.6.a Less than required roadway width and including on-street parking lanes along the
Type II roadways
7:01.7 Type I Subdivisions - 50 ft.
Type II Subdivisions - 66 ft.
7:01.8.b Type II roadways - 22'-30' (plus on-street parking)
7:01.8.d Offset required along "Road A"
7:10 Provide no grass strip adjacent to on-street parking lanes
7:18(1) Two horizontal to One vertical in some areas, but applicant must provide
stabilization information.
7:23(4) Underground utilities located under the sidewalk-where no grass strip is provided
7:25(3).1 Pump system may be required iri some areas, if developer maintains pumps.
7:25 More than 10 ft. may be required in some areas, if pump is owned and
maintained by developer.
7:26 (3) More than 5.5 ft. cover may be required at some locations, if information is
provided regarding the specific situation where needed.
7:07 (2) Allow bituminous sidewalks in all of the residential areas because applicant is
providing sidewalks on both sides of the street that are 5' wide.
The following waiver requests will be reviewed after further detail and information
isprovided:
7:01.4.b Less than 100 ft. straight centerline at intersecting streets in some cases, zero ft.
in others.
7:01.9 Intersection Angle—less than 90 degrees
7:25 More than 10 ft. may be required in some areas.
(12G)
7:23(4) Overhead utility wires, present data on costs, cost-sharing with the utility,
alternatives for placement (hybrid system may be appropriate with underground
utilities on major roads and adjacent to specimen trees and overhead on alleys
and possibly some minor streets). The Planning Board's preference is for
underground utilities and makes no commitment that it will approve overhead
wires.
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FORM F ► ,
SEP -� 4 2003
August 29, 2003
Date Elect r O
NOTICE OF PRELIMINARY SUBDIVISION APPROVAL
To: City Clerk
The Planning Board on August 28, 2003 by unanimous vote
APPROVED with Conditions {see attachment 1} the following subdivision plan:
Name or description: Village at Hospital Hill
New street names: Roads A, B, C, D, E
Submitted by: Hospital Hill Development, LLC
Address: 1441 Main Street, Springfield, MA 01103
On pending termination of the statutory twenty day appeal period.
Signed (Ai—CA"
Chair, ortbampton annin Board
This vote f the Planning Board is ecorded in the minutes of their meeting.
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