In regards to the Daily Item (April 23) article, “Attorney general rejects Nahant zoning amendment changes,” the decision by the Attorney General represents the third time that the state has rejected legal challenges to Northeastern’s right to build, within the limits of state and federal environmental laws, on its property at East Point.
These efforts have incurred both legal fees and the cost of two Special Town Meetings.
At this time of health and financial crisis, the town and its citizens can ill afford any additional financial burden. Whether one supports or objects to the building, it is time to acknowledge that the legal rights of the property owner have been repeatedly upheld by the state. The town should now negotiate with Northeastern to ensure that open space will be maintained, natural resources preserved, and any costs to the town resulting from the project mitigated.
Such negotiations were being pursued under the previous Board of Selectmen with terms favorable to the town and to the preservation of East Point. It is time to re-open discussions and end these costly legal challenges.
Signed,
Nahant residents Beatrice Rogers, Nancy Carey, Joann Dunn, Marcia Divoll, Nancy Nicosia, DeWItt Brown, Deborah Barnes, Esther Johnson, Kathryn Carey, and several additional concerned citizens.
