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Events with Food
ACRL's College Library Section Friday Night Feast – Mr. Stox Restaurant
Friday, June 27, 7:00 p.m.
Pre-registration is required. Contact Susan Barnes Whyte at firstname.lastname@example.com for additional information.
ACRL's Community and Junior College Libraries Section Dinner – Naples Ristorante
Friday, June 27, 7:30 p.m.
Pre-registration is required; Deadline is June 2 - $35. Contact Kenley Neufeld at email@example.com for additional information.
ACRL's Science and Technology Section Dinner – Anabella Hotel, Tangerine Grill & Patio
Sunday, June 29, 6:30 p.m.
Pre-registration is required. Contact Julia Gelfand at firstname.lastname@example.com for additional information.
ACRL's Western European Studies Section Reception – Disneyland Hotel
Sunday, June 29, 7:00 p.m.
Pre-registration is required. Contact Rowena Griem at firstname.lastname@example.com for additional information.
Leaders Wanted: Is an LIS Doctoral Program Right for You?
Saturday, June 28, 2008
Hyatt Regency Orange County--Panel will be in Grand B, Lunch & Fair in Grand E/F
Panel Discussion: 10:30am - Noon
Followed by Lunch
Options Fair: 1:00pm - 5:00pm
Cultivating a diverse workforce is of great importance, but representation of librarians of color in LIS education, research, and executive level administration is paramount. Proven and emerging leaders in LIS education and practice will discuss the need for more doctoral students, the PhD process and its benefits.A panel discussion is followed by an options fair where attendees can discuss opportunities with students and faculty from LIS PhD programs across the country.
Tickets: Lunch is Free, but registration is recommended.
ASCLA's LSSPS Annual Dinner
LSSPS is hosting its Annual Dinner in Anaheim. It is an opportunity to spend an evening visiting with colleagues and meet new people, over an enjoyable dinner. We will honor the ASCLA/KLAS/NOD Award recipient, with sponsorship being provided by KLAS. The ticket price is $35.
Campaign for America's Libraries
PR Forum - Diversity @ your library: Broadening Your Audience and Engaging Communities
Sunday, June 29, 8:00 a.m.
Join us for coffee and pastries to learn about reaching out to and engaging diverse audiences. The program also will include an update on The Campaign for America's Libraries and recognition of the winner of the 2008 Scholastic Library Publishing National Library Week Grant. Sponsored by the PR Assembly, a subcommittee of the ALA Public Awareness Committee.
Speaker: Eric Friedenwald-Fishman, Creative Director/President, Metropolitan Group
Esotouric presents Raymond Chandler's Los Angeles bus tour
Tuesday, July 1 noon-7pm. Tour picks up in Anaheim and includes a fixed price luncheon at Musso & Frank Grill, Hollywood's oldest and most literary restaurant. http://www.esotouric.com/librarians-7-1-08
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GLBTRT Social
GLBTRT Social
Sunday, 6/29/08, 6:00pm - 8:00pm
Tortilla Jo's, 1510 Disneyland Drive.
The Social will be in the Mambo Terrace and Ortega Room.
A taco bar and drinks will be provided. While we'll ask for donations at the door, there is no charge to attend the social. All members and friends of GLBTRT are welcome to attend. Join us to network with friends and co-workers at our annual social, held offsite. Food and drinks, and great conversation.
To celebrate the California Supreme Court striking down the ban on same-sex marriage, we're working on a wedding cake, too!
GLBTRT's Stonewall Book Awards Brunch
37th Annual GLBTRT Stonewall Book Awards Brunch
Monday, 6/30, 10:30 a.m. - 1:00 p.m.
Embassy Suites South, Landmark Ballroom.
Join the GLBTRT for its annual event celebrating outstanding GLBTQ writing. The 2008 winners, Ellis Avery, author of The Tea House Fire, and Mark Doty, author of Dog Years: A Memoir, will speak. Advance ticket purchase is required.
WebJunction Member Reception
Friday, June 27, 2008 5:00 – 8:00 pm.
Marriott Anaheim, Grand Ballroom Salon A-D
WebJunction brings its popular Member Reception—a must-attend event—to ALA Annual.
Pre-registration is requested
Dewey Update Breakfast
Saturday, June 28, 2008, 7:00 – 8:30 am
Anaheim Convention Center, Room 201C
Dewey for All: Do you just think of a number on a spine label when you hear "Dewey?" Come hear how the language-independent representation of the DDC can be put to work in a variety of ways in your library. Also hear news about the new Web-based Dewey training program (free!)
Pre-registration is requested
JOINT SESSION: WebJunction Spanish Language Outreach Program Celebration Reception
AND WebJunction and The Association for Rural and Small Libraries: Success Stories and Connection
Saturday, June 28, 2008, 4:00 – 5:30 pm
Hilton Anaheim, Manhattan Room
A gathering of friends and alumni from the Spanish Language Outreach Program and the Rural Library Sustainability Project, along with members of the Association for Rural and Small Libraries. We will celebrate the impact of these programs, share successes and brainstorm future directions for these communities of practice.
Pre-registration is requested
OCLC Update Breakfast
Sunday, June 29, 2008, 7:00 – 9:00 am
Hyatt Regency Orange County, Grand Ballroom
Be OCLC's guest for a continental breakfast, receive a free gift and hear an update on the OCLC cooperative. Learn about new OCLC initiatives and join in our popular roundtable discussions, where you can share experiences with your colleagues and OCLC staff.
Pre-registration is requested
OCLC's EZproxy Meet and Greet
Sunday, June 29, 2008, 4:00 – 5:30 pm
Hilton Anaheim, Avila Room
Join OCLC for an informal get-together to learn more about OCLC EZproxy. Meet your colleagues, learn about future plans and share your ideas about EZproxy.
Pre-registration is requested
OCLC Developer's Network Meet and Greet
Sunday, June 29, 2008, 6:00 – 8:00 pm
Hilton Anaheim, Avila Room
Join OCLC for an informal get-together to meet and learn about the OCLC Developer's Network, WorldCat API and Registries. Meet your colleagues and learn about what's new for OCLC Grid Services in our collaborative environment.
Pre-registration is requested
RUSA's Literary Tastes Breakfast
This year at the Literary Tastes Breakfast we begin a new celebration for our readers/attendees by having authors from Notable Books Council, new The Reading List, and possibly other RUSA book lists.
Currently scheduled to appear are from the Notable Books Council list is Jon Clinch, author of Finn: A Novel, and from The Reading List is Susan Elizabeth Phillips, author of Natural Born Charmer.
The writers will read from their work or talk about an aspect of the writing process while attendees enjoy breakfast. They will be available to sign books and for further discussion after the breakfast. Tickets are $36 and are available on the Conference Registration form.


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Three separate cases mind you, all courtesy of the invaluable Refugee Resettlement Watch website.
First up Utah, 12 food stamp fraud arrests linked to 2 Ogden stores or here Federal warrants served on Ogden stores
OGDEN — A pair of federal indictments unsealed Tuesday allege a dozen people linked to two Ogden convenience stores participated in an elaborate food stamp scam that netted about $8.6 million in USDA benefits.
The stores named in the indictment handed down by a grand jury in U.S. District Court in Salt Lake City are Westside Valley Market, 873 W. 24th St., and 9th Street Corner Market, 1390 9th St.
Individuals arrested in connection with Westside Valley Market include:
• Zia Atta, 38, of Ogden.
• Aweas Akbar Al-Quadri, 21, of Ogden.
• Naseer Hamad Durani, 39, of Rocklin, Calif.
• Farad Said Farani, 36, of Ogden.
• Mariana Navarro Farani, 29, of Ogden.
• Seraj Ghasem Pour Babakandi, 23, of West Haven.
• Shershah Lodin, 39, of Pittsburg, Calif.
Those arrested in connection with 9th Street Corner Market include Atta and:
• Masood Aziz, 36, of Elk Grove, Calif.
• Diana Funez, 19, of Ogden.
• Fidel Funez-Limon, 18, of Ogden.
• Sharara Haidari, 30, of Elk Grove, Calif.
• Siavosh Sabri, 41, of Salt Lake City.
The stores are also named as defendants in the indictment.
The defendants face multiple counts of conspiracy to commit wire fraud; wire fraud; Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Benefits Program fraud; access device fraud; conspiracy to commit money laundering; and money laundering.
The defendants from Utah will make their first appearance in federal court today. If convicted, they face prison sentences ranging from five to 20 years on most of the charges and fines of $250,000.
Federal prosecutors are seeking the seizure of homes in Elk Grove, Thornton and Marysville, Calif.; a home and commercial property in Ogden; several bank accounts; and judgments totaling $7.7 million.
Next up Nevada, Bath salts sales and food stamp fraud earn Reno business owner a trip to prison
A local college student has surrendered to federal authorities to begin serving a six-month prison term related to selling illegal bath salts out of his family's Reno liquor store and engaging in food stamp fraud at the business.
Nevada U.S. Chief District Court Judge Robert C. Jones sentenced Asowadur Khan, 30, in October. Jones ordered Khan to pay $120,000 in restitution for the money he scammed from the government in the food stamp fraud between 2009 and 2011.
Khan was arrested in February during an undercover investigation by Drug Enforcement Administration investigators at Nahar Food and Discount Liquor, 600 South Virginia St. Khan owned the store with family members.
Khan was booked into the Washoe County jail on Friday and is awaiting transport to federal prison.
Third, in Illinois, Waukegan Grocery Owners Admit Food Stamp Fraud
CHICAGO (CBS) – The owners of a Waukegan grocery store have admitted to stealing nearly $850,000 from the federal food stamp program.
Next up, sentencing for Khaled Saleh and his wife, Fatima, who ran the Sunset Food Market, 1501 Sunset Ave.
On thousands of occasions, the couple illegally provided cash to customers who made fake purchases on their LINK food stamp cards.
The store owners typically split every dollar 50-50 with the customers — and kept the rest as profit, prosecutors said.
The pair ran the scheme between August 2009 and April 2011, prosecutors said.
More details on all these arrests and many more at RRW.

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The deadly Castor Bean. Photo by Martha Benedict
Along with the Tree of Heaven, one of the invasive plants to thrive in the empty lots and hillsides of the Eastide is the Castor Bean plant. The tree-like shrub with reddish-green leaves can quickly crowd out native plants and its seeds are toxic to human as well as many animals. On Saturday, a group of volunteers with the Montecito Heights Improvement Assn. spent several hours carefully digging up some of the plants from Flattop hill, according to Martha Benedict, who took photos. The Castor Bean have to be removed carefully because the seeds can spread easily, which is the case when they are whacked to pieces during brush clearance.
"We should do some more of this while it is still the rainy season," said Benedict. " The ground stays soft enough to pull out the plants to their roots."
The plants were disposed of in black trash bins to ensure they would be hauled away to a landfill.
Ingesting only two castor beans, which contain Ricin, a toxic protein, can prove deadly, according to California Invasive Plant Council.
Carl Haney shows off his Castor Bean haul. Photo by Martha Benedict


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A recent report by Baird Equity Research is getting some pick up today on the interwebs. The report shows that developer intent for BlackBerry 10 is on the decline. Needless to say, I was pretty shocked by the findings. I was shocked because the numbers in the report do not gel with what we're seeing in the real world. The report contradicts much of what we are seeing and hearing in our developer community.
In the past year our BlackBerry App World ™ vendor base has grown 157 percent. We have developers submitting amazing apps for BlackBerry® PlayBook™ users. In fact, the BlackBerry PlayBook app catalog has grown by more than 15,000 apps since January 1 of this year. We just announced that more than three billion applications have been downloaded from BlackBerry App World since launch.
But much more importantly, the BlackBerry 10 Jam World Tour we are currently hosting in 23 cities across the globe has seen over capacity registration in almost every city, including New York, Santa Clara, Toronto, Jakarta, Singapore, Delhi, and Montreal. We have already spoken to almost 5,000 developers and the feedback has been phenomenal (don't take my word for it, search Twitter for the hashtag #bb10jam).
I have been receiving a lot of feedback from developers personally and I can tell you that I am hearing again and again that developers are amazed by how easy it is to work with the BlackBerry 10 tools. They appreciate the open nature of our platform, which allows developers to bring their work and their skills and find a toolset that will work for them. The other thing I hear consistently is that RIM simply treats developers better than anyone else in the mobile industry. That is music to my ears! I want to once again thank our developer community. You see what we are doing to increase our support for you. You see what RIM is building with BlackBerry 10 and the amazing opportunity to be part of our new platform and you have shared your enthusiasm and excitement with us.
To all new developers coming on board, we are building something amazing and we know you will be impressed by the open nature of our platform and our commitment to you. Welcome!
The numbers we have provided speak for themselves. Developers around the world are seeing that BlackBerry is here to help them build a successful business.


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Snow won't stop Ash Wednesday services
Despite the weekend blizzard, many area churches still plan to hold Ash Wednesday services, including St. Augustine Cathedral in Bridgeport.
Brian Wallace, a spokesman for the Diocese of Bridgeport, said the cathedral at 63 Pequonnock St. is removing copious amounts of snow in preparation for Wednesday's services.
As of Tuesday afternoon, the cathedral planned to offer Ash Wednesday Mass at 7 a.m., 9 a.m. and noon. The church also plans to give ashes, without Mass, at 8 a.m., 10 a.m., 2 p.m., 4 p.m. and 6 p.m.
For those who attend other local churches, Wallace suggested contacting the churches directly to make sure services are still planned.
Meanwhile, at least one unconventional ash distribution service will take place in the area, despite less than ideal circumstances.
Grace Episcopal Church on Main Street in Trumbull and Christ Church in Tashua plan to sponsor an "Ashes to Go" event Wednesday from 2:30 to 4 p.m. at the bus stop in front of Starbucks at Trumbull Center.
The Rev. Elsa H. Worth, rector of Grace Episcopal, said she scoped out that spot, but it has been buried in snow. However, she was reluctant to cancel the event in case local members of the flock planned to attend.
"We thought what we'd do is show up and try to find a clear spot," Worth said. "So, we'll be somewhere in the vicinity."
For more details on "Ashes to Go," visit Grace Episcopal's website, www.gracetrumbull.org.


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By Shawn Langlois
The details didn't matter, really. It was all about the big-font words "Putin" and "pulling troops back". Those were more than enough to ignite a nice rebound in futures following Monday's Ukraine-induced downturn, even if the truth of the matter didn't live up to the reaction. The buying has intensified after a presser with Putin, who says Ukraine's government isn't legit, but Russia won't use force unless necessary. A colorful interview to be sure, complete with glaring and a "rat" comment. Check out some of these headlines.
Anyway, this is just the kind of market we're in right now, and it probably won't be changing anytime soon. We're at the whim of Putin, and that's not a particularly great place to be. Just ask any of the sharks he's ridden or bears he's wrestled.
On a positive note, an S&P Capital IQ study from last year that just resurfaced shows how stocks have reacted to geopolitical jitters in the past. In three words, not too badly. A big drop followed by a surprisingly fast recovery is the norm. And we could be seeing a mini version of that, if today's bounce holds.
The swing we may be in store for this week is a nothing compared with what Harry Dent Jr. sees coming, though. His crystal ball is calling for a pop to 17,000 on the Dow in the next few weeks, before a meltdown takes it to 6,000 by 2016.
"I think this will be the most dangerous period in people's lives in investing," he told CNBC in an interview strategically coinciding with yesterday's retreat.
Maybe they'll bring back his Dow 40,000 call from 2004 for today's rally.
Key market gauges: After stocks endured their worst day in a month, they seem to be getting back on track this morning with futures on the Dow /quotes/zigman/14515889/realtime YMH4 and the S&P /quotes/zigman/20258903/realtime ESH4 up 1% each. Asia /quotes/zigman/6959860/realtime XX:ADOW managed to log some gains, as well, while Europe /quotes/zigman/2380150/realtime XX:SXXP is up more than 1%. Gold /quotes/zigman/10060693/realtime GCJ4 and oil prices /quotes/zigman/2196842/realtime CLJ4 are heading in the other direction.
The economy: Richmond Fed President Jeffrey Lacker will speak in a one-on-one interview in New York at 4:15 p.m. Eastern, but that's about it.
The buzz: The downside of a killer rally in the stock market is having to read all about how much these guys got paid. Leon Black of Apollo Global Management, for instance, "earned" $546.3 million in 2013. His salary was $100,000.
Tesla /quotes/zigman/118681/delayed /quotes/nls/tsla TSLA shares are up in premarket after the electric-car maker says it will expand in Europe.
AutoZone /quotes/zigman/134653/delayed /quotes/nls/azn AZN is up in premarket after second-quarter earnings beat expectations.
RadioShack /quotes/zigman/260227/delayed /quotes/nls/rsh RSH is tanking 23% in premarket after the company said it'll close up to 1,100 U.S. stores as fourth-quarter losses widened significantly.
Meanwhile, won't someone please think of the Russian oligarchs? Roman Abramovich, the $14 billion owner of first-place Chelsea FC, lost more than $160 million dollars yesterday alone, according to Bloomberg. Speaking of billionaires, guess what? They're all richer.
The chart of the day: Remember way back, when the implosion of Mt. Gox meant the end of bitcoin? Well, look at what it's doing now. The crapstorm in Ukraine and the potential for global calamity couldn't have come at a better time for the virtual currency. Not even a diss from Warren Buffett could keep it down. But there's been another bitcoin disaster. Flexcoin told customers this morning that it's shutting down after every bitcoin it had was stolen.
The call of the day: "The Greek bailout has so far been $368 billion. In all likelihood, Ukraine will need more," says Elliott Morss of the Morss Global Finance blog. He went on to layout several reasons why Ukraine ultimately poses a bigger economic problem than Greece. Along with the hefty costs involved, Morss says issues like the higher degree of corruption, how the country reacts to reforms and the reluctance of the IMF staff to work with the Ukrainians will all present serious obstacles.
Parting tidbit of advice from Morss: Avoid investing in ETFs with any exposure to the region, such as Junior Miners /quotes/zigman/16859196/delayed /quotes/nls/junr JUNR , iShares MSCI Poland Capped /quotes/zigman/1545987/delayed /quotes/nls/epol EPOL and Frontier Markets /quotes/zigman/515417/delayed /quotes/nls/frn FRN , to name a few.
Random reads: "The Godfather" filming locations, then and now.
Jimmy Kimmel doesn't exactly play nice with Rob Ford.
John McCain is suffering from an intense case of Putin-envy.
The NFL may tweak the most useless play in pro sports.
Speaking of Putin, Sarah Palin says yeah, he's a real man, not like that 'mom-jean' wearing Obama. 'Nuf said.
From McConaughey's self-hero worship to the selfie that crashed Twitter, there's no shortage of Oscar moments to lampoon. The one with the most staying power seems to be Travolta's debacle. Apparently, he'd call me Shaun Lezwis.
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"We are moving along pretty well," said Freeport's Mayor Robert Kennedy referring to the business of being mayor of the second largest village in New York state. When Mayor Kennedy was elected six months ago, he promised to be "more efficient in taking the burden of rising costs off of Freeport's taxpayers and create more revenue."
How is he doing so far?
Freeport's preliminary 2014 budget indicates that the village tax rate will decrease, even with mandated increases of $1.8 million. The tax rate, now at $61.29, will go down to $61.89 (this was the tentative figure as of Friday, Dec. 13).
"We were able to do this because we increased the assessed valuation of the village by almost $1 million," said Mayor Kennedy, "including addressing [assessment] grievances." The assessed valuation of the Village of Freeport went from $68,239,520 to $69,653,075.
"We went through the tedious process of re-certifying all tax exempt properties and some of those properties were placed back on the tax roll," explained Mayor Kennedy.
Revenue also increased at the Freeport Recreation Center by $500,000 with a decrease of $400,000 in expenses. "And we have a brand new gym," said Mayor Kennedy.
The recently ratified CSEA contract with village employees has also helped keep the tax levy increase below the 2% cap. "They made many concessions and worked with the village," said Mayor Kennedy.
Development on the Sunrise Highway corridor
The sale and development of village-owned property along the Sunrise corridor is important for the economic development of the village, as well as providing opportunities for recurring revenue by increasing the number of properties on the tax roll, said Mayor Kennedy.
These properties include Plaza West, Plaza East, a second parcel on Sunrise Highway by Goodyear and the Sunrise Meadowbrook parcel
The Plaza West parcel was put up for sale by the village earlier this year. Although the original RFP provided the village with a $5.5 million offer, the Mayor and village board decided to reissue an RFP amd increase the offering's footprint. "We want to see a hotel there and want a mixed use for that property. We added the Plaza West Road behind the property on Sunrise Highway [as well as the Church Street triangle] to the RFP," explained Mayor Kennedy. "There have been somewhere between 25 to 30 requests for the RFP and 23 walk-throughs. The RFP is due in mid-January so we'll see what happens," he said.
Mayor Kennedy is also looking to "annex a piece of property next to Goodyear on Sunrise Highway and put that up for sale for somewhere between $650,000-$700,000," he said.
There is also the possibility of looking to sell some of Freeport's Plaza East by the Long Island Railroad but the village is "working on the original agreement with the MTA to determine the number of parking spaces that must be provided."
The Sunrise Meadowbrook property is still in development. This project, worth about $40 to $50 million to the village, has some preliminary agreements in place with the developer but "we have to get New York state to remove its storage facilities there," said Mayor Kennedy.
"I believe that all this development will spill to the south along the Merrick Road corridor and to the north along the North Main Street corridor," he said.
The Industrial Park
The Industrial Park is another potential economic engine for Freeport. Although "there is a 40% vacancy rate, it does not hurt taxes. The problem is with water and electric consumption due to poor occupancy," explained Mayor Kennedy. "We are working with a marketing firm to bring in more tenants. We hope that a study will prove to businesses that our water and electric rates are good for business."
Additionally, the village's Albany Avenue property is also for sale.
The Industrial Park is also home to the village's Department of Public Works. Mayor Kennedy is still hopeful that it will be possible to move that facility up to the Freeport Armory on Babylon Turnpike in order to save $4 million, including the cost of replacing oil tanks damaged in Sandy and the government's cost for compliance to elevate its facilities.
But legislation was passed in the state Assembly and Senate that could transfer the Freeport Armory and the surrounding land to the Cedarmore Community Development Corporation, housed in Zion Cathedral Church of God in Christ, to provide services for at-risk youth.
"The bill is still sitting on the Governor's desk," said Mayor Kennedy. "We are urging him not to sign it..." At press time, Wednesday, December 18, no decision had been made on the bill.
Development along the Nautical Mile
The Hunter Marine building on the Nautical Mile is slated for development as a catering hall operated by MINT Restaurants, said Mayor Kennedy. Additionally, the property to the south, the former Schooner Restaurant, may be developed as a conference center and hotel.
Furthermore, Mayor Kennedy said he wants "to put a family amusement park like [the former] Nunley's in Seabreeze Park. It would be open in the summer and would have rides for those up to 13 years of age. It would close at sunset."
Parking and other quality of life issues
With all the potential development along the Nautical Mile, parking could be a problem. However, the village has hired a parking consultant to address it. "We could create a parking district for those who live on the streets near the Nautical Mile to keep people from parking on residential streets," he said. Mayor Kennedy wants to "build a multi-level parking lot [in the municipal lot on the Nautical Mile] that would be aesthetically pleasing."
Additionally, there could be a trolley service taking patrons from the Freeport Recreation Center to the Nautical Mile in an effort to manage the parking issues.
By late Spring of 2014, residents along Guy Lombardo and Hudson Avenue will see a decrease in nuisance flooding thanks to five new pumping stations at a cost of $125,000 per station.
The village has razed its electrical substations in the flood zone and installed new transformers so that voltage now "runs overhead," said Mayor Kennedy.
Ten village roads were repaved this year and another five streets will be repaved in 2014.
The village has also increased its police force to 96 officers.
Finally, Mayor Kennedy said that "300 visitors have come to village hall over the last six months to address quality of life issues. It has been a pleasure to speak with people."


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It is the purpose of this article to establish a Downtown Smart Growth Overlay District and to encourage smart growth in accordance with the purposes of MGL Chapter 40R, and to foster a range of housing opportunities along with a mixed use development component, to be proposed in a distinctive and attractive site development program that promotes compact design, preservation of open space, and a variety of transportation options, including enhanced pedestrian access to employment and nearby rail access. Other objectives of this article are to:
Promote the public health, safety, and welfare by encouraging diversity of housing opportunities;
Provide for a full range of housing choices for households of all incomes, ages, and sizes in order to meet the goal of preserving municipal character and diversity;
Increase the production of a range of housing units to meet existing and anticipated housing needs;
Provide a mechanism by which residential development can contribute directly to increasing the supply and diversity of housing;
Establish requirements, standards, and guidelines, and ensure predictable, fair and cost-effective development review and permitting;
Establish development standards to allow context-sensitive design and creative site planning; and
Enable the City to receive zoning incentive payments and/or density bonus payments in accordance with MGL Chapter 40R, 760 CMR 59.06, and MGL Chapter 40S, arising from the development of housing in the DSGOD.
For purposes of this Article XIV, the following definitions shall apply. All capitalized terms shall be defined in accordance with the definitions established under the Enabling Laws or this Article XIV, or as set forth in the rules and regulations of the Permit Approval Authority ("Regulations"). To the extent that there is any conflict between the definitions set forth in this Article XIV and the Enabling Laws, the terms of the Enabling Laws shall govern.
- An Affordable Housing unit required to be sold to an Eligible Household.
- Housing that is affordable to and occupied by Eligible Households.
- A deed restriction of Affordable Housing meeting statutory requirements in MGL c. 184, § 31, and the requirements of § 255-126 of this article.
- An Affordable Housing unit required to be rented to an Eligible Household.
- A residential use that permits up to 50% of the gross floor area of a residential dwelling unit to be used for the production of, showing, and sale of arts and crafts made on the premises by the occupant of said unit. Additionally, for the purposes of this DSGOD, this term shall also mean a building or buildings where a portion of the total space is used for residential purposes and other portions, not to exceed 50% of the gross floor area of a building or buildings, for the production, showing, and sale of arts and crafts produced by the residents thereof.
- AS-OF-RIGHT PROJECT or PROJECT
- A multifamily development, mixed use development, or townhouse development allowed under § 255-124 as of right without recourse to a special permit, variance, zoning amendment, or other form of zoning relief.
- An individual or household whose annual income is less than 80% of the area-wide median income as determined by the United States Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD), adjusted for household size, with income computed using HUDs rules for attribution of income to assets.
- MGL Chapter 40R and 760 CMR 59.00.
- A residential structure containing four or more dwelling units.
- Standards and criteria which a Project in the DSGOD must meet under the procedures established herein and in the Enabling Laws.
- For purposes of reviewing Project applications and issuing decisions on development Projects within the DSGOD, the City Council, consistent with MGL Chapter 40R and 760 CMR 59.00, shall be the Plan Approval Authority (the "PAA"), and is authorized to approve a site plan to implement a Project.
- Active recreational uses, including but not limited to ball fields; and passive recreational uses, including but not limited to walking and bicycle paths. Amusements or motorized uses shall not be considered eligible recreational uses.
- A residential structure containing two or three dwelling units.
- The Zoning Ordinance of the City of Haverhill.
Establishment. The Downtown Smart Growth Overlay District, hereinafter referred to as the DSGOD, is an overlay district having a land area of approximately 58 gross acres in size that is superimposed over the underlying zoning district applicable to a portion of the property shown on the map entitled "Downtown Smart Growth Overlay District," dated November 23, 2015 (the "DSGOD Map"). This map is hereby made a part of the Zoning Ordinance and is on file in the office of the City Clerk.
[Amended 4-5-2016 by Doc. 39-B]
Underlying zoning. The DSGOD is an overlay district superimposed on all underlying zoning districts. When a building permit is issued for any Project approved in accordance with this Article XIV, the provisions of the underlying district(s) shall no longer be applicable to the land shown on the site plan which was submitted pursuant to § 255-130 for such Project.
In accordance with the provisions of MGL Chapter 40R and 760 CMR 59.00, an Applicant for a Project located within the DSGOD may seek Plan Approval in accordance with the requirements of this Article XIV. In such case, then notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Zoning Ordinance, such application shall not be subject to any other provisions of this Zoning Ordinance, including limitations upon the issuance of building permits for residential uses related to a rate of development or phased growth limitation or to a local moratorium on the issuance of such permits, or to building permit or dwelling unit limitations.
The following uses are permitted as of right in the DSGOD Subzones, except as specified below:
Multifamily development in Subzones A, B, C, and D only.
Mixed Use Development in all subzones; provided, however, that in Subzones A, B and C, the proportion of residential to nonresidential uses within a Mixed Use Development shall be as follows:
Artist live/work in Subzone D and E.
Townhouse development, in Subzone E only.
Parking, including surface, garage-under, and structured parking (e.g., parking garages).
Open Space and Recreational Uses.
Accessory uses customarily incidental to any of the above permitted uses shall be permitted.
The PAA, as a condition of any Plan Approval, may require a Project to be phased to mitigate any extraordinary adverse Project impacts on nearby properties. For Projects that are approved and developed in phases, the proportion of Affordable units and the proportion of market rate units shall be consistent across all phases.
Marketing plan. Prior to granting Plan Approval for housing within the DSGOD, an Applicant for such approval must submit a narrative document and marketing plan that establishes that the proposed development of housing is appropriate for diverse populations, including individuals, households with children, households including individuals with disabilities, and the elderly. These documents in combination, to be submitted with an application for Plan Approval pursuant to § 255-130 below, shall include details about construction related to the provision, within the development, of units that are accessible to the disabled.
Number of Affordable Housing units. For all Projects, not less than 20% of housing units constructed shall be Affordable Housing. For purposes of calculating the number of units of Affordable Housing required, any fractional unit of 0.5 or greater shall be deemed to constitute a whole unit.
Requirements. Affordable Housing shall comply with the following requirements:
For an Affordable Rental Unit, the monthly rent payment, including utilities and parking, shall not exceed 30% of the maximum monthly income permissible for an Eligible Household, assuming a family size equal to the number of bedrooms in the unit plus one, unless other affordable program rent limits approved by the DHCD shall apply.
For an Affordable Homeownership Unit the monthly housing payment, including mortgage principal and interest, private mortgage insurance, property taxes, condominium and/or homeowner's association fees, insurance, and parking, shall not exceed 30% of the maximum monthly income permissible for an Eligible Household, assuming a family size equal to the number of bedrooms in the unit plus one.
Affordable Housing required to be offered for rent or sale shall be rented or sold to and occupied only by Eligible Households.
The DSGOD shall not include the imposition of restrictions on age upon the entire district, but the development of specific Projects within the district may be exclusively for the elderly, persons with disabilities, or for assisted living, provided that any such Project shall be in compliance with all applicable fair housing laws and not less than 25% of the housing units in such a restricted Project shall be restricted as Affordable Housing. Any Project which includes age-restricted residential units shall comply with applicable federal, state and local fair housing laws and regulations.
Design and construction. Units of Affordable Housing shall be finished housing units. Units of Affordable Housing shall be dispersed throughout the development of which they are part and have exteriors that are equivalent in design and materials to the exteriors of other housing units in the development. The total number of bedrooms in the Affordable Housing shall, insofar as practicable, be proportionate to the number of bedrooms in all units in the Project of which Affordable Housing is part.
Affordable Housing Restriction. Each unit of Affordable Housing shall be subject to an Affordable Housing Restriction which is recorded with the appropriate registry of deeds or district registry of the Land Court and which contains the following:
Specification of the term of the affordable housing restriction which shall be no less than 30 years, but which may, as a requirement of Plan Approval, be for a longer period of time;
The name and address of an administering agency with a designation of its power to monitor and enforce the affordable housing restriction;
A description of the Affordable Homeownership Unit, if any, by address and number of bedrooms; and a description of the overall quantity and number of bedrooms and number of bedroom types of Affordable Rental Units in a Project or portion of a Project which are rental. Such restriction shall apply individually to the specifically identified Affordable Homeownership Unit and shall apply to a percentage of rental units of a rental Project without specific unit identification.
Reference to a housing marketing and resident selection plan, to which the Affordable Housing is subject, and which includes an affirmative fair housing marketing program, including public notice and a fair resident selection process. The housing marketing and selection plan may provide for preferences in resident selection to the extent consistent with applicable law for the Affordable Housing Units; the plan shall designate the household size appropriate for a unit with respect to bedroom size and provide that the preference for such Unit shall be given to a household of the appropriate size;
A requirement that buyers or tenants will be selected at the initial sale or initial rental and upon all subsequent sales and rentals from a list of Eligible Households compiled in accordance with the housing marketing and selection plan;
Reference to the formula pursuant to which rent of a rental unit or the maximum resale price of a homeownership will be set;
Designation of the priority of the Affordable Housing Restriction over other mortgages and restrictions, provided that a first mortgage of a Homeownership Housing Unit to a commercial lender in an amount less than maximum resale price may have priority over the Affordable Housing Restriction if required by then current practice of commercial mortgage lenders;
A requirement that only an Eligible Household may reside in Affordable Housing and that notice of any lease or sublease of any unit of Affordable Housing shall be given to the administering agency;
Provision for effective monitoring and enforcement of the terms and provisions of the affordable housing restriction by the administering agency;
Provision that the restriction on an Affordable Homeownership Unit shall run in favor of the administering agency and the City, in a form approved by municipal counsel, and shall limit initial sale and re-sale to and occupancy by an Eligible Household;
Provision that the restriction on Affordable Rental Units in a rental Project or rental portion of a Project shall run with the rental Project or rental portion of a Project and shall run in favor of the Administering Agency and the City, in a form approved by municipal counsel, and shall limit rental and occupancy to an Eligible Household;
Provision that the owner[s] or manager[s] of Affordable Rental Unit[s] shall file an annual report to the administering agency, in a form specified by that agency certifying compliance with the Affordability provisions of this article and containing such other information as may be reasonably requested in order to ensure affordability;
A requirement that residents in Affordable Housing provide such information as the administering agency may reasonably request in order to ensure affordability.
Administering agency. An administering agency which may be the Local Housing Authority, or other qualified housing entity (the "Administering Agency") shall be designated by the PAA as the Administering Agency for all Projects in the DSGOD. In a case where the Administering Agency cannot adequately carry out its administrative duties, upon certification of this fact by the PAA or by DHCD, such duties shall devolve to and thereafter be administered by a qualified housing entity designated by the PAA or, in the absence of such timely designation, by an entity designated by the DHCD. In any event, such Administering Agency shall ensure the following both prior to issuance of a building permit for a Project within the DSGOD and on a continuing basis thereafter, as the case may be:
Prices of Affordable Homeownership Units are properly computed; rental amounts of Affordable Rental Units are properly computed;
Income eligibility of households applying for Affordable Housing is properly and reliably determined;
The housing marketing and resident selection plan conforms to all requirements and is properly administered;
Sales and rentals are made to Eligible Households chosen in accordance with the housing marketing and resident selection plan with appropriate unit size for each household being properly determined and proper preference being given;
Affordable Housing Restrictions meeting the requirements of this article are recorded with the proper registry of deeds;
Housing marketing and selection plan. The housing marketing and selection plan may make provision for payment by the Project applicant of reasonable costs to the administering agency to develop, advertise, and maintain the list of Eligible Households and to monitor and enforce compliance with affordability requirements. Such payment shall not exceed 1/2% of the amount of rents of Affordable Rental Units (payable annually) or 1% of the sale or resale prices of Affordable Homeownership Units (payable upon each such sale or resale), as applicable.
Computation. Prior to the granting of any Plan Approval of a Project, the applicant for such building permit must demonstrate, to the satisfaction of the Administering Agency, that the method by which such affordable rents or affordable purchase prices are computed shall be consistent with state or federal guidelines for affordability applicable to Haverhill;
High Density 220 — Subzone A. The density in Subzone A shall be 220 dwellings as of right per acre. In the alternative, where an existing building is rehabilitated, the density (number of dwelling units) shall be the gross square feet contained in the existing building, minus 25%, divided by 1,200 square feet.
High Density 120 — Subzone B. The density in Subzone B shall be 120 dwellings as of right per acre. In the alternative, where an existing building is rehabilitated, the density (number of dwelling units) shall be the gross square feet contained in the existing building, minus 25%, divided by 1,200 square feet.
High Density 65 — Subzone C. The density in Subzone C shall be 65 dwellings as of right per acre. In the alternative, where an existing building is rehabilitated, the density (number of dwelling units) shall be the gross square feet contained in the existing building, minus 25%, divided by 1,200 square feet.
Multifamily 20 — Subzone D. The density in Subzone D shall be 20 dwellings as of right per acre.
Townhouse 12 — Subzone E. The density in Subzone E shall be 12 dwellings as of right per acre.
General. The purpose of these parking requirements is to encourage the use of public transportation and to make the downtown more pedestrian friendly. Parking requirements within the DSGOD are as follows.
Shared parking. The use of shared parking to fulfill parking demands noted above that occur at different times of day may be considered by the PAA. Minimum parking requirements above may be reduced at the discretion of the PAA if the applicant can demonstrate that shared spaces will meet parking demands by using accepted methodologies (e.g., the Urban Land Institute Shared Parking Report, ITE Shared Parking Guidelines, or other approved studies). The applicant is encouraged to use the public parking facilities available in the downtown area and to lease those facilities in non-peak hours.
Reduction of parking requirement. The required amount of parking may be reduced at the discretion of the PAA upon a showing that the lesser amount of parking will not cause excessive congestion, endanger public safety, or that lesser amount of parking will provide positive environmental or other benefits. The PAA may consider:
The availability of surplus off-street parking in the vicinity of the use being served and/or the proximity of a bus or an MBTA transit station;
The availability of public or commercial parking facilities in the vicinity of the use being served;
Shared use of off-street parking spaces serving other uses having peak user demands at different times;
Age, income or other characteristics of the likely applicants which are likely to result in a lower level of auto usage;
Such other factors as may be considered by the PAA, including whether the reduction of the parking requirement is likely to encourage the use of public transportation or encourage a proposed development to be more pedestrian friendly.
General Design Standards. The following Design Standards shall apply in all subzones.
The design of new buildings shall preserve existing views to the Merrimack River, and incorporate site and building design features that may help to preserve those views from public rights-of-way.
New buildings shall be sited to preserve view corridors, particularly to the Merrimack River.
Drive-in facilities shall not have driveways entering or exiting over the main frontage sidewalk.
When dumpsters, utility meters, mechanical units and service areas cannot be located away from the street front, they shall be screened from view and shall not be located in the pedestrian right-of-way.
Lighting shall not create overspill onto adjacent properties or into the night sky.
Subzone Design Standards. The following Design Standards shall apply in the various subzones, as set forth below:
High Density 220 — Subzone A: Existing structures within the High Density 220 — Subzone A are eight-plus story mill structures. It is anticipated that housing production within Subzone A will take place entirely as redevelopment of existing buildings.
Some mixed use is required on the first floor, restricted to allowed nonresidential uses, where oriented towards the street. No mixed use shall take place other than on the first floor. Not more than 5% of the gross floor area of the structure shall be devoted to such mixed use.
Maximum height of the building shall be no greater than the height of the existing structure in the subzone.
High Density 120 — Subzone B: Existing structures within the High Density 120 — Subzone B are seven-plus story mill structures. It is anticipated that housing production within Subzone B will take place entirely as redevelopment of existing buildings.
Some mixed use is required on the first floor, restricted to allowed nonresidential uses, where oriented towards the street. No mixed use shall take place other than on the first floor. Not more than 5% of the gross floor area of the structure shall be devoted to such mixed use.
Maximum height of the building shall be no greater than the height of the existing structure in the subzone.
High Density 65 — Subzone C: Existing structures within the High Density 65 — Subzone C are eight-plus story mill structures. It is anticipated that housing production within Subzone C will take place entirely as redevelopment of existing buildings.
Some mixed use is required on the first floor, restricted to allowed nonresidential uses, where oriented towards the street. No mixed use shall take place other than on the first floor. Not more than 5% of the gross floor area of the structure shall be devoted to such mixed use.
Maximum height of the building shall be no greater than the height of the existing structure in the subzone.
Multifamily 20 — Subzone D:
Washington Street design standards.
New construction in this subzone shall provide public access and view corridors to the Merrimack River from Washington Street.
Mixed use is required, with first floor restricted to allowed nonresidential uses on street frontage.
Buildings shall be oriented perpendicular to the riverfront, or in such fashion as to maximize view corridors to the river.
Buildings shall be designed in a manner so as to present a "front" facade to both the Washington Street streetscape as well as to the riverfront. Dual entries from Washington Street and from the riverfront facade are required to promote the City's vision for an active, public downtown waterfront.
First floor use along Washington Street and along the riverfront shall be of a public and/or commercial nature.
Maximum height shall not exceed six stories overall, with a four-story maximum at Washington Street. If higher than four stories, building shall step from Washington Street frontage from the front cornice line along a 45° bulk control plane which begins at the cornice height at the front lot line.
In exchange for an easement for the public's right to pass from Washington Street to the City's planned Riverwalk, a proposed project may request an increase in height and density from standard dimensional regulations contained herein. No building shall exceed a maximum height of eight stories under any circumstances. The PAA will weigh the value of the proposed public benefit against any potential impacts when deciding whether to grant such a request.
Historic District; Design Standards.
Required submittals. The application for Plan Approval shall be accompanied by 20 copies of the following plans and documents, which shall demonstrate consistency with the standards set forth in this DSGOD. All site plans shall be prepared by a certified architect, landscape architect, and/or a civil engineer registered in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. All landscape plans shall be prepared by a certified landscape architect registered in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. All building elevations shall be prepared by a certified architect registered in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. All plans shall be signed and stamped, and drawings prepared at a scale of one inch equals 40 feet or larger, or at a scale as approved in advance by the PAA, and shall show the following:
The perimeter dimensions of the lot; Assessor's Map, lot and block numbers.
All existing and proposed buildings, structures, building setbacks, parking spaces, driveway openings, distance between buildings, plan view exterior measurements of individual buildings, driveways, service areas and open areas.
Internal roads, sidewalks and parking areas (width dimensions of paving and indication of number of parking spaces).
All facilities for sewage, refuse and other waste disposal and for surface water drainage.
All proposed landscaping features, such as fences, walls, planting areas and walks on the lot and tract.
Existing major natural features, including streams, wetlands and all trees six inches or larger in caliper (caliper is girth of the tree at approximately waist height).
Scale and North arrow (minimum scale of one inch equals 40 feet).
Total site area in square footage and acres and area to be set aside as public open space, if appropriate.
Percentage of lot coverage (including the percentage of the lot covered by buildings) and percentage of open space, if appropriate.
The proposed residential density in terms of dwelling units per acre and types of proposed commercial uses in terms of the respective floor area, and recreation areas, and number of units proposed by type: number of one-bedroom units, two-bedroom units, etc., if appropriate.
Location sketch map (indicate surrounding streets and properties and any additional abutting lands owned by the applicant).
Representative elevation sketches of buildings (indicate height of building and construction material of the exterior facade).
Typical unit floor plan for residential uses. (Floor plan should be indicated for each type of unit proposed: either one bedroom, two bedrooms or more.) The area in square feet of each typical unit should be indicated.
Developer's (or his representative's) name, address and phone number.
Any other information which may include required traffic, school, and/or utilities impact study and in order to adequately evaluate the scope and potential impacts of the proposed project.
Rehabilitation plan. If living quarters are to be rehabilitated, or areas to be converted into living quarters, in addition to the required site plan, nine copies of the following described plan shall be furnished:
A floor plan of each floor on which remodeling is to be done or areas converted into living quarters;
A floor plan showing the stairways, halls, door openings into the halls and exit doors of each floor or floors where remodeling or converting is to be done; and
An elevation of the parts of the building where outside stairways or fire escapes are to be located. The plans and elevations shall be clearly illustrated. The size of each plan shall be 11 inches by 17 inches or 22 inches; it shall be drawn to scale 1/4 inch equals one foot.
Records. All plans and elevations presented with the application shall remain a part of the records of the PAA. The provision of the plan and the application shall be the sole responsibility of the applicant.
Filing. An applicant for Plan Approval shall file the application and all required submittals with the City Clerk and shall also file forthwith the required number of copies of the application form and the other required submittals as set forth above with the PAA including notice of the date of filing with the City Clerk.
Circulation to other boards. Upon receipt of the Application, the PAA shall immediately provide a copy of the application materials to the Planning Board, Board of Appeals, Board of Health, Conservation Commission, Fire Department, Police Department, Building Commissioner, Department of Public Works, Community Development, and other municipal officers, agencies or boards designated by the PAA for comment, and any such board, agency or officer shall provide any written comments within 60 days of its receipt of a copy of the plan and application for approval.
Hearing. The PAA shall hold a public hearing for which notice has been given as provided in MGL c. 40A, § 11. The decision of the PAA shall be made, and a written notice of the decision filed with the City Clerk, within 120 days of the receipt of the application by the City Clerk. The required time limits for such action may be extended by written agreement between the applicant and the PAA, with a copy of such agreement being filed in the office of the City Clerk. Failure of the PAA to take action within said 120 days or extended time, if applicable, shall be deemed to be an approval of the application and site plan.
Peer review. The applicant shall be required to pay for reasonable consulting fees to provide peer review of the Plan Approval application, pursuant to MGL c. 40R, § 11. Such fees shall be held by the City in a separate account and used only for expenses associated with the review of the application by outside consultants, including, but not limited to, attorneys, engineers, urban designers, architects, housing consultants, planners, and others. Any surplus remaining after the completion of such review, including any interest accrued, shall be returned to the applicant.
Waivers. Except where expressly prohibited herein, upon the request of the Applicant, the Plan Approval Authority may waive dimensional and other requirements of this Article XIV in the interests of design flexibility and overall project quality, and upon a finding of consistency of such variation with the overall purpose and objectives of the DSGOD, or if it finds that such waiver will allow the Project to achieve the density, affordability, mix of uses, and/or physical character allowable under this Article XIV.
Plan review. An Application for Plan Approval shall be reviewed for consistency with the purpose and intent of this article, and such Plan Review shall be construed as an as-of-right review and approval process as required by and in accordance with the Enabling Laws.
Plan Approval. Plan Approval shall be granted where the PAA finds by majority vote of the members present that:
The applicant has submitted the required fees and information as set forth in this Article XIV; and
The project and site plan meet the requirements and standards set forth in this Article XIV, or a waiver has been granted therefrom; and
Extraordinary adverse potential impacts of the Project on nearby properties have been adequately mitigated.
Plan disapproval. A site plan may be disapproved only where the PAA finds that:
The applicant has not submitted the required fees and information as set forth in this Article XIV; or
The project and site plan do not meet the requirements and standards set forth in this Article XIV, or a waiver has not been granted therefrom; or
It is not possible to adequately mitigate significant adverse Project impacts on nearby properties by means of suitable conditions.
Form of decision. The PAA shall issue to the applicant a copy of its decision containing the name and address of the owner, identifying the land affected, and the plans that were the subject of the decision, and certifying that a copy of the decision has been filed with the City Clerk and that all plans referred to in the decision are on file with the PAA. If 20 days have elapsed after the decision has been filed in the office of the City Clerk without an appeal having been filed or if such appeal, having been filed, is dismissed or denied, the City Clerk shall so certify on a copy of the decision. If a plan is approved by reason of the failure of the PAA to timely act, the City Clerk shall make such certification on a copy of the application. A copy of the decision or application bearing such certification shall be recorded in the registry of deeds for the county and district in which the land is located and indexed in the grantor index under the name of the owner of record or recorded and noted on the owner's certificate of title. The fee for recording or registering shall be paid by the applicant.
Minor change. After Plan Approval, an applicant may apply to make minor changes involving minor utility or building orientation adjustments, or minor adjustments to parking or other site details that do not affect the overall buildout or building envelope of the site, or provision of open space, number of housing units, or housing need or affordability features. Such minor changes must be submitted to the PAA on redlined prints of the approved plan, reflecting the proposed change, and on application forms provided by the PAA. The PAA may authorize such changes at any regularly scheduled meeting, without the need to hold a public hearing. The PAA shall set forth any decision to approve or deny such minor change by motion and written decision, and provide a copy to the applicant for filing with the City Clerk.
Major change. Those changes deemed by the PAA to constitute a major change because of the nature of the change in relation to the prior approved plan, or because such change cannot be appropriately characterized as a minor change as described above, shall be processed by the PAA as a new application for Plan Approval pursuant to this Article XIV.
The provisions of the DSGOD shall be administered by the Building Inspector, except as otherwise provided herein. Any appeal arising out of action by the PAA regarding application for Plan Approval shall be governed by the applicable provisions of MGL c. 40R. Any other request for enforcement or appeal arising under this Article XIV shall be governed by the applicable provisions of MGL c. 40A.


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1. Re: Canon S100 RAW color issuesdhphoto2012 May 2, 2012 12:30 AM (in response to pmartin89)
But presumably you can just simply alter the white balance on the RAW file and then remove some red right? LR's controls are so advanced this could be done in two seconds. I assume DPP is adjusting for the foibles of the sensor and LR isn't but the end result would be the same.
So what's the problem or am I missing something?
2. Re: Canon S100 RAW color issuespmartin89 May 2, 2012 12:42 AM (in response to dhphoto2012)
I think you're missing the point entirely. The problem is that Lightroom is modifying the image from its original form.
If I have a set of 400 photos that all have perfect as-shot white balances, I don't want to have to go through and correct every single one of the photos in post-production simply because Lightroom somehow imports or misreads the color profile of the RAW file.
And sure some of the images (like 4/5 of the ones above) are pretty easily fixed, but some of them (like the first one) are impossible to fix without making the image look horrific.
Correcting the image is cleaning up the spilled water, not opening up the cabinet and fixing the leaking pipe.
3. Re: Canon S100 RAW color issuesdhphoto2012 May 2, 2012 1:01 AM (in response to pmartin89)
Looks like you're screwed then
4. Re: Canon S100 RAW color issuesssprengel May 2, 2012 6:20 AM (in response to dhphoto2012)
The WB is significantly off toward the red in the first theatre photo, perhaps the camera is picking up on the blue safety lighting so Adobe's S100 profile being slightly more overly red isn't anything they need to fix, I don't think.
The WB seems to be daylight in the second mixed-lighting photo, keying off of the window-light from the purse instead of the bulb near her face. Again, the wrong WB is not something Adobe needs to fix.
The skin-tones are a little more red in all the photos, but the others look ok because the WB is ok and there's no mixed lighting is picking up on. You can't blame Adobe for the camera choosing the wrong WB, only yourself for not fixing it.
Are these with the Camera Standard camera profile in the Camera Calibration section or Adobe Standard?
Do you know how to synchronize the WB across multiple photos using the Sync button in Develop?
5. Re: Canon S100 RAW color issuespmartin89 May 2, 2012 8:59 PM (in response to ssprengel)
Hey ssprengel, I think you were the one that helped me out last time.
I wouldn't really say "It's my fault for not fixing the WB". These photos look completely normal/fine in-camera, in Canon's software and when converted to JPEG.... it's something to do with how Lightroom is handling the photos.
I'm not sure how you can say "the camera is picking the wrong WB" when the photos obviously look fine when they're not in Lightroom.
I believe they're all set to Adobe Standard. I've tried setting it to "Camera Standard" before but that completely sucked all the life out of the photos.
I do not know how to sync WB across multiple photos in Develop.
6. Re: Canon S100 RAW color issuesSusan S. May 2, 2012 9:32 PM (in response to pmartin89)
With the Canon point and shoots (I've used the G3 and G11), I've found that if the available light is rather red eg the tungsten lighting that many of these images are shot under, then Adobe RAW rendering is definitely a bit redder.
But they are going to be different from the jpegs - that is the point really. Lightroom is there to allow you to get different results from the jpeg using the RAW images. You use the lightroom controls to get the results you want, without being tied to the exact rendering that Canon thinks you should have. If you want the same as the jpeg then use Canon's software.
Having said that, there isn't a huge amount of difference between the Canon jpegs and the Lightroom ones that I can see. The first two have shocking white balance in both, and would be much better if corrected so the skin colour was less tangerine. To sync WB across multiple images with the same lighting, get the first one right, then select all the ones you want to change, with the correct one active on the screen, hit the sync button and on the pop up menu just tick off the white balance option and then the synchronize button.
7. Re: Canon S100 RAW color issuespmartin89 May 2, 2012 9:46 PM (in response to Susan S.)
Oh ok, yeah I've done the Synchronizing thing before. Problem is, none of the shots really have the same issues. I've tried syncing white balance before and what works for one photo (even under the same lighting) often doesn't work for the others with this.
But even then, correcting the white balance is treating the symptoms instead of the root problem.
When I import RAWs from my Canon XSi, the photos look spectacular and they look the same across mediums (in-camera, Canon's software, Lightroom, Photoshop, Aperture, etc.). The RAWs from my S100 just appear as seen above.
I understand that the point of RAWs is to allow more modifications to photos... but I hate having to spend all this extra time just having to correct issues that Lightroom creates.
I've never experienced a camera or software that imports RAWs looking differently than they do in-camera or in other software.
There has to be a way of making Lightroom recognize the more accurate color of the photos.
8. Re: Canon S100 RAW color issuesJeff Schewe May 2, 2012 10:09 PM (in response to pmartin89)
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I think you're missing the point entirely. The problem is that Lightroom is modifying the image from its original form.
I think YOU are missing the point, there is no such thing as an "original form"...all raw images are monochromatic sensor dumps of the electrons captured by the sensor. You really don't want to look at a real raw file, it really sucks…so, any raw converter must do a "default" raw to rendered processing. Canon has their black box SDK which they try to make "look" good. Camera Raw and Lightroom do a more "normalized" rendering of the raw file. It's probably much more "accurate" (if there is such a thing for raw files) but there's no way it's gonna match the Canon SDK because, well, Canon's raw processing is proprietary and not used by ACR/LR.
You think the Canon "look" is more accurate? That's only because it matches the look on the camera LCD. If you fall in love with that look, the only option for retaining that look is use Canon software…
Otherwise, I suggest you learn how to use the ACR/LR controls to get what you want out of a raw file and change your "defaults" to match what you think you want. But just understand, the camera LCD is the raw file processed by Canon to look like THEY want it to look and then converting it to sRGB for the LCD display. There's a lot of processing going on to get it to look like that. If you want to match that, you can but you'll have to learn how to use the ACR/LR controls to get your image they way you want. Look, it's not rocket science…you just need to know how to use the controls in ACR/LR and understand that Canon's "look" and ACR/LR's "look" will NEVER match unless you do the work to make it match.
9. Re: Canon S100 RAW color issuespmartin89 May 2, 2012 11:06 PM (in response to Jeff Schewe)
Geeze. I shouldn't have used the wording "original form". I just meant what looked more natural. If you think Adobe's RAW photo renderings look more natural than the first image then we're obviously at a huge disagreement about what natural is.
I mean... I was there... and my face isn't that orange.
You say there's no way it's going to match Canon's SDK... but every other Canon camera I've used has matched Lightroom perfectly.
Canon XSi, XTi, T1i, T2i. Granted, I don't have a very large range of cameras to test from... I've never had to fix every photo coming into Lightroom.
They look natural. They look like they looked when I took the photo in-camera.
You say they're NEVER match, but I have no experience with them doing anything else but matching.
I apologize for not having your thorough knowledge of Lightroom's camera profiles... but telling me I "need" to know how to fix the problem isn't going to help me fix the problem.
I've said before and I'll say it again, editing the WB photo by photo to make them look more natural isn't fixing the problem. It's *dealing* with it.
10. Re: Canon S100 RAW color issuesdhphoto2012 May 2, 2012 11:44 PM (in response to pmartin89)
pmartin089 wrote:
but telling me I "need" to know how to fix the problem isn't going to help me fix the problem.
But that's the point, there isn't a problem. You just aren't using the software the way it was intended and are blaming it.
11. Re: Canon S100 RAW color issuesssprengel May 4, 2012 6:38 AM (in response to pmartin89)
In the first photo, the stage lighting is very red. The S100's AutoWB is guessing the wrong WB. The S100 apparently has some sort of fix-people's-skin processing that mitigates the overly-red WB-detection problem.
LR has a way for the photographer to correct the WB down to about 2000K, but no lower, but LR does not have a "fix-the skintones" processing, so the photos taken in overly-red lighting and using the incorrect camera-determined As-Shot WB look very red until you correct the WB, and since LR's WB only goes down to 2000K, things are still a little too red, because the illumination coming from the left in the photo is very, very red, perhaps from red curtains.
In the second photo, there is bluish daylight from the left, and reddish tungsten light from the right. This is mixed lighting and while not red to the extreme, you're still going to have to decide what area of the photo is more important, things illuminated from the left, or things illuminated from the right. The camera decided the WB was closer to the bluish daylight so made everything else more reddish which makes the back of her head look right, but not her face as far as the WB is concerned, but the camera fixed the skintones and things look better despite the more daylight WB. In LR there is no "fix-the-skintones" so you'll have to adjust the WB for her skin to look right and let her hair on the left be a little blue instead of having her hair the right color and he skin be too red as it is when using the As Shot WB.
12. Re: Canon S100 RAW color issuesssprengel May 4, 2012 9:02 AM (in response to ssprengel)
Here are Before/After views of the first two, too-red photos, where the only change is to modify the WB. You had posted links to the RAW files in the discussion from a few months ago.
Using LR to adjust the WB is not the same as the S100's apparent ability to fix skintones despite the camera guessing the wrong WB, but it makes the photos look acceptable.
In the first photo, the camera detected 2900K / +6 for the temp and tint, and this would be reasonable for incandescent lighting, but there is something much more red illuminating the faces from the front, so even setting the WB down to 2000K leaves things a little too red, but that is as low as LR will go. Further tweaks with the red or orange or yellow ranges in the HSL Color Adjustments might fix things a little more, but WB is all I've changed, here.
In the second photo, with mixed lighting, I shifted the WB from the camera-detected 4050K / -8, which is slightly closer to daylight than incandescent, to exactly what LR calls Tungsten: 2850K / +0. The hair in the back that is illuminated by daylight is now more blue, but not unreasonably so, and since this is mixed lighting, I would probably move the WB up a little more, just not as much as the camera detected.
13. Re: Canon S100 RAW color issuesareohbee May 5, 2012 3:15 AM (in response to pmartin89)
Some of these photos look familiar to me, deja vu...
Seems to me there are 2 issues:
1. Lightroom (allegedly) handling white balance less consistently than camera/mfr software (or something like that affecting skin tones...).
2. Default settings are reddish...
(3. How to fixup...)
I don't have a clue about #1, but if you solve #2 you may find you have less problems with #1:
(ssprengel has already given good advice regarding #3)
Download DNG Profile Editor and make yourself some profiles that look better to you.
My experience with G12:
* Camera matching profiles are not so good (unlike the D300 where the camera profiles are quite good).
* Adobe Standard is better, but runs bright and reddish, with warm greens and cyany blues.
You can use a 24-color chart to normalize profile for your camera and/or tweak color manually (via color tables and/or color matrix hue and/or white balance calib.) Also consider a tone curve which drops the mids/highlights a smidge (for at least one variation anyway).
Patrick - I know you want Adobe to acknowlege S100 is being slighted and bring it up to what you would consider more of a par. But it may take a while (maybe forever). You may find it very empowering to take control of this problem yourself (DNG Profile Editor) in the mean time...
Here's a recipe to start with, but you may not like it:
http://www.robcole.com/LrForumSupport/Adobe Standard (RC Debright +CC).zip
(I recommend deleting the color table or replacing it with one created from a shot using your S100)
Please let us know how it goes if you do decide to take this bull by the horns...
14. Re: Canon S100 RAW color issuesfwampler Oct 8, 2012 5:41 AM (in response to pmartin89)
I had a similar situation on my S100 with red and blue of the sky. In camera calibration drop the red saturation and adjust the blue tone and save it to a preset. Works for me.
15. Re: Canon S100 RAW color issuesBruceMcL Dec 16, 2012 8:39 AM (in response to pmartin89)
I recently bought an S100 and encountered the same problem. With Camera Standard in Lightroom, Reds are too bright, greens are shifted towards yellow, and some yellows are shifted towards orange.
I have been using Lightroom since the beta, with different cameras from different manufacturers. The camera profiles for the S100 are the worst I have experienced by far. The profiles, particularly all of the profiles that start with "Camera," do not fit this camera. I believe somebody made a mistake. It could have been someone at Canon, it could have been someone at Adobe. I don't expect this mistake to be fixed, or even acknowledged.
Moving on, here is my workaround:
Start with the Powershot S110 Camera Standard profile.
Use dcpTool to decompile the profile.
Open the decompiled profile in a text editor.
At the top, change the name to S110 Standard.
At the bottom, set the baseline exposure offset to zero.
At the bottom, change the model restriction from S110 to S100
Use dcpTool to compile the modified profile. Give the resulting .dcp file a different name than the original.
Put the new .dcp file in the appropriate directory, open Lightroom and apply the S110 Standard profile to your S100 images.
dcpTool is here:
This hacked S110 profile gets rid of the blazing reds. It does have some problems with yellows and greens. I solve this in Lightroom by using +20 in Camera Calibration: Green Primary: Hue. I haven't had my camera very long, and I may end up making other adjustments in Lightroom. But using the Powershot S110 Camera Standard profile seems like the best place to start.
I tried using Adobe's DNG Profile Editor app on the S110 "Camera" profiles, but did not get good results. From what others have posted on Adobe's forums, this is to be expected. A lot of the "Camera" profiles are too complicated for DNG Profile Editor to work well on. Both the S100 and S110 Camera Standard profiles have over 23,000 lines of code when decompiled!
I also tried dcpTool (and DNG Profile Editor) with some of the other S series and G series profiles, without finding anything that works better than the S110 Camera Standard profile.
16. Re: Canon S100 RAW color issuesBruceMcL Jul 14, 2013 3:03 PM (in response to pmartin89)
Recently I bought a Passport Colorchecker. I made some color profiles for the S100, and they work well for me. Here is a link to a google drive folder containing the profiles:
The color is the same in three profiles: Passport Standard, Passport Neutral, and Passport Adobe. Only the tone curve changes. Colorchecker Passport software does a good job on color, but not on tonality. I used dcpTool to decompile the Passport profiles and discovered that they do not include a tone curve at all. I believe the default raw curve is used, which does not work well with the Canon S100. I decompiled the stock S100 profiles with dcpTool and added the Camera Standard, Camera Neutral, and Adobe Standard tone curves to the Passport profile.
The Passport Night profile is made from a different raw file, exposed under artificial outdoor lighting at night, and the color is different. I used the stock S100 Camera Neutral tone curve on this profile. The Passport Night profile is a work in progress. It is a starting point for artificially lit outdoor night photos.


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Commodities as gauged by the S&P GSCI Index of 24 commodity futures is heading for the first annual loss since 2008 this year, as corn retreated almost 39 percent, gold futures slump 26 percent and Brent crude fell 1 percent. The index has fallen 3.8 percent this year through yesterday. Energy, metals and grains dropped on signs of ample supplies and amid speculation that the U.S. Federal Reserve will scale back stimulus.
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