Amherst Council voted to eliminate North Common parking lot but didn't convene compulsory public hearing beforehand
Amherst Council voted to eliminate North Common parking lot but didn’t convene compulsory public hearing beforehand Updated 3:22 PM; AMHERST – When Town Council last month, by 8-5 margin, voted to spend $1.4 million to renovate North Common – that included elimination of 16 parking spaces – it appeared all systems were go to begin the work. But in a letter to her colleagues, dated April 2, that has since been posted on municipal website, Amherst Town Council President Lynn Griesemer said current policy indicates a public hearing is supposed to convene -- prior to when a decision migh...
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