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September 29, 2003
George Andrikidis, PE, Director of Public Works
125 Locust Street '
Northampton, MA 01060 ,
Angela Dion, Clerk of the Council E
210 Main Street, City Hallii' ft
Northampton, MA 01060 , _ •• '
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RE: Petition for Pole and Wire Location—Ox Bow Road I '`�
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Dear George and Angela: UERT BUILDING 100NO INSPECTIONS'
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Massachusetts Electric Company's request for permission to locate poles and wires along
Ox Bow Road appears to be outside of any public right-of-way. Their request appears to
be on land owned by the City's Conservation Commission,with a Restriction held by the
Massachusetts Audubon Society. If this is correct, this installation s not permitted.
According to DPW records, Ox Bow Road is a farm rod, not a public road or public'right-of-
way. Abutters to the road may or may not have some rights to pass on the road, but I am not
aware of any record that there is a right-of-way or utility easement.
As with any other privately or publicly-held land outside of a street right-of-way, a third-party
private party cannot string power lines on someone elsel's property. The City and Massachusetts .
Audubon Society jointly purchased the City's property along the Connecticut River Oxbow to
keep the area pristine, allow public access to the water, Viand preserve the buffer of the:Oxbow.
Power lines crossing a conservation area are inconsistent with these purposes.
The property owner may well have other options to bring in power to tlieir property by running a
power line to their frontage on Old Springfield Road. If bringing in power is part of any
development or renovations, the property owner will clearly need to obtain any additional
required permits from the Building Commissioner, the harming Board or Zoning Board, and the
Conservation Commission.
Thank you for your consideration.
Sincerely,
erreely
Wayne Feiden, AICP
Director of Planning and Development
planning board•conservation commission•zoning board of appeals •housing partnership•redevelopment authority •northampton GIS
economic development•comm unit�,development•historic district commission •historical comm ssion•central business architecture
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CC: Tom Smith, DPW
Mary Shanley-Koeber, Executive Director, Arcadia Wildlife Sanctuary, MAS
Tony Patillo, Building Commissioner a/
Carolyn Misch, Senior Land Use Planner
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OX BOW ROAD (Man: an Meadows) WARD FOUR
-Tom-Road _.Narth.. vf 1 _.Bow__.or _Old wed __..._: _ _
Westerly along the shore of the Old Bed
To 0ld Springfield Road _..... - - -;
_ _Length_4,40_0_ feet _ ._. nidth } nkno�
(claim2 rodsPR_ _26_68._',)
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No r_ecord_ af_^Aaoeptance.
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Probably a portion of an old road to Springfield,
- Used- as--Farm-Road .._.__..
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PETITION FOR POLE AND WIRE LOCATIONS
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September 15,2i003
Northampton,Massachusetts.
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To the City Council I 1
of the City of Northampton,Massachusetts.
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MASSACHUSETTS ELECTRIC COMPANY
requests permission to locate poles, wires and fixtures, including the necessary sustaining and
protecting fixtures, along and across the following public way:- 1
Oxbow Road:
Starting at a point approximately 100 feet south of Old Springfield Road and the National Grid High
line crossing at existing pole number E/27,proceed northeast on Oxbow Road approximately 150
feet and continuing in a easterly direction approximately 150 feet install 2 new S.O. poles to be
numbered E/27-01 &E27-02.
Wherefore it asks that after due notice and hearing as provided by law, it be granted a location for
and permission to erect and maintain poles and wires,together with such sustaining and protecting
fixtures as it may find necessary, said poles to be erected substantially in accordance with the plan •
filed herewith marked-MASSACHUSETTS ELECTRIC COMPANY No.7877 Dated 09/15/03.
Your petitioner agrees to reserve space for one cross-arm at a suitable poi 1nt on each of said poles for
the fire, police, telephone and telegraph signal wires belonging to the Municipality and used by it
exclusively for municipal purposes.
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SUP R SO' OF DISTRIBUTION DESIGN
i.c_,ation Approved
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DATE:September 15, 2003
PLAN IO: 7877
•"'DISTANCES ARE APPROXIMATE"•'
TO ACCOMPANY PETITION DATED:September 15, 2003
KEY TO SYMBOLS
TO THE CITY OF NORTHAMPTON I
• PROPOSED POLE LOCATION
FOR:INSTALL TWO(2)egg POLES
® PRESENT POLE LOCATION
DATE OF ORIGINAL GRANT:
0 POLE LOCATION TO BE REMOVED I
BY ENGINEER:ROGER LONGCHAMPS1