HomeMy WebLinkAboutResponse to Carmel Engineering 01-27-2014 LetterFebruary 3, 2014
Mr. Gary R. Duncan, Jr., P.E.
Assistant City Engineer
Department of Engineering
One Civic Square
Carmel, Indiana 46032
Re: Health and Wellness Suites of Carmel – Project Review #2
Project No. 2013.00569
Dear Mr. Ducan:
This is a response to the January 27, 2014 letter regarding the review of the construction
plans. Below are the original comments from the letter and the responses for each
comment.
1) Previous comment 1 of a letter dated June 4, 2013. Per your April 25, 2013
email to Amanda Foley, the construction of a 10-foot path across this
property’s frontage on Pennsylvania Street and dedication of right-of-way for
a total of a 65-foot ½ right-of-way will satisfy all requirements of the City of
Carmel Thoroughfare Plan as it relates to the Engineering Department.
Please contact the Planning Department regarding street trees and buffer
plantings required by the Thoroughfare Plan. Please submit a cost estimate
for the commitment to the thoroughfare fund.
A cost estimate for the 6’ bike lane was submitted to Amanda Foley on
January 6, 2014. This estimate was subsequently approved by Ms. Foley on
January 7th
. We will contract the Planning Department regarding street tree
and buffer requirements. The landscape plan was previously reviewed and
approved under the old ordinance.
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Mr. Gary Duncan, Jr., P.E.
February 3, 2014
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2) Previous comment 2 of a letter dated June 4, 2013. Please omit the following from the plan
set and the Title Sheet: Sheet L100, Overall Planting Plan; Sheet L103, Planting Details;
Sheet E102, Site Lighting Plan; Sheet A100a, Overall First Floor Plan; and Sheet A100b,
Overall Second Floor Plan, Perspective Views 1, Perspective Views 2, Overall Elevations –
Monument Sign and Enclosures. The Department of Engineering does not have approval
authority over landscape plans, site light plans, or architectural plans. Please remove the
titles for these sheets from the index.
Listed sheets have been omitted from the plan set for the Engineering
Department.
3) Previous comment 5 of a letter dated June 4, 2013. Are any offsite easements proposed?
Please provide a copy of the easement agreement for the pipe and discharge.
No new offsite easements are proposed. The pond outlet pipe will discharge to the existing
pond to the south. The existing stormwater drainage easement for the pond was provided to
Amanda Foley on January 22, 2014.
4) Previous comment 5 of letter dated June 4, 2013. Will the existing 10-foot landscape
easement along Pennsylvania be vacated with this project? Is the owner vacating this
easement?
After reviewing the current easement agreement, the owner of the easement is the City of
Carmel. Amanda Foley has confirmed that the easement should be vacated with this
project. We are currently working with Mainstreet to prepare the vacation documents and
will be provided to the City shortly.
5) Previous comment 11 of a letter dated June 4, 2013. Please ensure the outlet to the receiving
stream is properly stabilized. The Storm Water Technical Standards Manual 302.12.5 states
“Outlets shall not directly discharge onto the ground surface as surface flow.”
Outlet is no longer needed. The proposed pond will outlet into the existing pond to the
south. See revised Grading Plan, sheet C400. Proper rip rap stabilization is shown at the
outlet to the existing pond and is shown on the Erosion Control Plan.
6) On Sheet C401, please label the 100-year elevation on the pond cross-section.
100-year elevation has been labeled on the pond cross-section. Refer to revised Grading
Plan, Sheet C400.
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Mr. Gary Duncan, Jr., P.E.
February 3, 2014
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If you have any questions or need clarification on any of these comments, please feel free to contact me
at our office (317) 547-5580.
Very truly yours,
American Structurepoint, Inc.
Ross L. Nixon, PE, LEED AP
Project Manager
RLN:
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