| Newton MA News and Politics BlogAt at tonight’s (Wednesday) Land Use Committee meeting Northland will present an offer to contribute $1.5 million towards to renovation or reconstruction of Countryside Elementary School as part of an extensive community giveback effort under the special permit process for its project at Needham Street.

The offer also includes an increase in traffic mitigation funds, including $5 million for off site mitigation under the city’s discretion, as well as a further reduction of 50 parking spaces, an issue that has been of particular concern to City Councilors Auchincloss, Downs and Noel to 1,600.

The full outline of Northland’s latest proposal and other supporting documents can be found here.  Northland’s memo begins on page 7.