Mason Winfield
From the City Council agenda for next Tuesday:
A public hearing was held on Thursday August 17, 2006, to review the proposed Environmental Remediation Plans as a precondition for the developers to receive the $170,000 grant from the EPA through the City of Worcester. The City Law Department forwarded draft agreement documents on October 4, 2006, to the developer's counsel in preparation for the disbursement of the funds. A site plan for a portion of the 21 units planned on the large parcel was submitted to the Planning Board and approved on 9/6/6 and 10/4/6. Site plan approval has already been by the Planning Board for two units on the smaller parcel.
Developers continue to seek construction financing and a $500,000 MassDevelopments Brownfield Loan. The application packages are currently under review by Webster Five Cent Savings Bank. Additionally environmental assessment is currently under contract for $170,000 of EPA funds administered to the City, to be executed the week of December 11, 2006. The Quality Assurance Project Plan has been approved by the EPA and the cooperation agreement is being prepared between the City and the Worcester Common Ground.
posted by Bill Randell at 7:14 AM
3 Comments:
Couple of additions. DOes it make sense to give someone a $170,00 grant, when they do not have financing for the underlying project one year after they took title?
Why is the cooperation agreement for the Quality Assurance Plan between the City of Worcester and Common Ground and not the City of Worcester and Mason Winfield LLC?
Bill
Maybe Mason Winfield cannot qualify for it? These guys are doing some fancy foot work here behind the scenes. This project was supposed to be started over a year ago.
It was very positive to hear the backhoes..now hearing the backhoes continually 1 year later is quite the nusisance..it is safe to say that this project is allowed to linger cause of it's location
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