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On behalf of ourselves and our neighbors on Kensington
Avenue, we would like
to thank the City of Northampton and Smith College for working together
with
us to implement a very successful program to regulate parking on our
street.
The program limits overnight parking to residents and their guests.
Because
our street has stopped functioning as an overnight parking lot for
Smith
dorms, it is no longer noisy, clogged with traffic, and dangerous to us
and
our children. We can also now find parking spaces for ourselves and
our
guests. Since the City's experiment in alternate side parking failed
to
control the problem, we appealed to our elected officials to find a
better
solution. With the active support of Smith, which tied this proposal
to the
College's parking master plan, the City Council established the first
resident parking district in Northampton, and it has been an
unqualified
success. We are confident that this program has resulted in
significantly
less student driving and therefore contributes to the fulfillment of
Northampton's sustainability goals.
Special thanks go to Smith College for supporting
this program, especially
Bill Brandt and Paul Ominsky, and to City Councilors David Narkewicz,
Michael Bardsley and Paul Spector, who shepherded this program through
the
City Council. Thanks also to former Councilor Fran Volkmann, who
created
the ordinance that made this parking district possible. And it was
Bill
Letendre, the City's parking maestro, who implemented the program
superbly
with the cooperation of the Parking Clerk's office. When public
officials
perform so well, it is important that we thank them for their service.
Sincerely,
Residents of Kensington Avenue:
Joel Russell and Mari Gottdiener
Mary Bowne Brandt and E. Michael Brandt
David McGrath
Lynn and Richard Rice
Margaret Sarkissian and Jerry Dennerline
Peter Titelman and Katherine Baker
Diana Larkin
Christine Davis
Janice Irvine
Don and Honey Gillman
Helen and Robert Haddad
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