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HomeMy WebLinkAboutCorrespondenceTingley, Connie S From: David Leazenby <davidleazenby @gmail.com> Sent: Sunday, July 27, 2014 5:27 PM To: Lopez, Alexia K Cc: Hollibaugh, Mike P; Justin Moffett Subject: Blackwell Park Phase Two Follow Up Flag: Follow up Flag Status: Flagged Alexia - I have a couple of suggestions regarding the design of the plat for Blackwell Park Phase Two that I am hoping you can pass along to the Engineering Department or Plan Commission, whichever is appropriate at this point in the process. I am in support of more single - family homes in the neighborhood and appreciate the inclusion of a park space, which will be very popular with children. Both of these will continue making our neighborhood a wonderful example of how Carmel is leading the design of great places in the Midwest. While homes and park spaces are good, we also live on our streets and sidewalks. For the most part, cars move pretty slow in the neighborhood, which is a testament to good street design a generation ago. Blackwell Park Phase Two seems to deviate from the established street design at the intersection of 7th Street NE and the new 3rd Ave NE. The included curve will only allow cars to move faster and put pedestrians at risk. For the level of cars here, I believe a more appropriate design would allow 3rd Ave NE to meet 7th Street NE at "90 degrees" in the same manner as 2nd Ave NE today. Buses, firetrucks, and other heavy vehicles have all traversed this corner on a regular basis without issue. Second, I would request that a stop sign be present at all approaches at each intersection on this plat. Together, I believe this development and these two design elements would allow pedestrians to continue to have superiority over cars in our neighborhood and keep it one of the most desirable housing markets in the Indianapolis area. Thank you for your consideration. David E. Leazenby 664 2nd Ave NE Carmel, IN 46032 sent via iPad mob: 317 - 294 -5125 1 ea miianuauumi Carmel Board of Zoning Appeals Attn: BZA Secretary, Connie Tingley One Civic Square Carmel, IN 46032 July 18th 2014 RE: Blackwell Park Phase II Variance - Docket No. 14040017-21 V Dear Connie: Please find along with our filing payment the following documents for the Blackwell Park Phase II development standards variances (Docket No. 14040018-21 V): 1. Cover Letter for BZA 2. Nine (9) information packets including exhibits, elevations, etc. 3. Proof of notice from the Noblesville Times. 4. Petitioners Affidavit of Notice of Public Hearing Form. 5. Site plan with location map, zoning and existing land uses. 6. Sample Lot exhibits with setbacks and lot coverage calculations. 7. Ballot Sheets, and 8. Completed Findings of Fact- Development Standards Variance Thank you for your time and consideration of our request, if you have any questions please feel free to email me at andrew @oldtowndesigngroup.comand /or call me at 317- 341 -5909. Sincerely, Andrew Greenwood ; t Old Town Development L.L.C. ( Conn, An From: Sent: To: Subject: Angie: elina V andrewsgreenwood @gmail.com on behalf of Andrew Greenwood < Andrew @oldtowndesigngroup.com> Tuesday, June 03, 2014.4:22 PM Conn, Angelina V Re: Blackwell park II variances, BZ] We are going to delay the BZA meeting until July. By doing that we should have plenty of time to prepare the packets for the July meeting which I believe is July 28th? Andrew Andrew Greenwood. Old Town Development L.L.C. 1132 S. Rangeline Road Cannel, IN 46032 (317) 341 -5909 Email: andrew@oldtowndesigngroup.com On Tue, Jun 3, 2014 at 4:19 PM, Conn, Angelina V <Aconn@carmel.in.gov> wrote: Hi, Andrew — You mentioned today that you would not have a revised site plan ready for us to review until June 23 or so. However, this conflicts with the June 23 BZA meeting and with the BZA info packets being due on June 13. Is there any way you can incorporate the revised site plan into the BZA info packets? If it helps, we might be able to accept the BZA info packets as late as June 17 (so that we can mail them out to the BZA members). Please let me know your 'game plan'. (Since Alexia will be out of the office for a few weeks, please just coordinate with me. ) Thanks! Angie Conn, Planning Administrator City of Carmel Planning & Zoning Division Dept. of Community Services 1 Donahue -Wold, Alexia K From: andrewsgreenwood @gmail.com on behalf of Andrew Greenwood < Andrew @oldtowndesigngroup.com> Sent: Friday, May 23, 2014 4:37 PM Cc: Donahue -Wold, Alexia K Subject: Re: BZA Follow Up Flag: Follow up Flag Status: Completed Alexia: I apologize for the late notice but we would like to continue our hearing for the BZA as we continue to communicate with the neighbors and work on the adjacent property, etc. I will call Tuesday with more information.. Have a great weekend. Thanks Andrew Andrew Greenwood Old Town Development L.L.C. 1132 S. Rangeline Road Carmel, IN 46032 (317) 341 -5909 Email: andrew@u,oldtowndesigngroup.com On Fri, May 23, 2014 at 9:22 AM, Tingley, Connie S <CTingley@a,carmel.in.gov> wrote: Andrew, Attached are the Agenda and Dept. Report for the TUESDAY, May 27, 2014, 6:00 pm BZA Hearing. Please bring 7 completed Findings of Fact sheets and 7 Ballot sheets for the Board's use. Please let us know if you have any questions. Connie Tingley BZA Secretary 571 -2417 i Donahue -Wold, Alexia K From: Donahue -Wold, Alexia K Sent: Monday, May 19, 2014 12:28 PM To: andrew @oldtowndesigngroup.com Subject: Blackwell Park Phase II Variances Hi Andrew, We received your packets on Friday and as I was reading the cover letter for the packet, it mentioned a "variance exhibit." I did not find such an exhibit included in the packet, unless it was titled something differently. Which document is the "variance exhibit" or perhaps it was not included? Also, after further review of the petition I have some additional comments. - The Department would like you to consider detached garages that are set to the rear of the lot, instead of having all front loading garages on those parcels without alley access. - Is the plan to eventually connect 3rd Avenue NE north to 7th Street NE? If so, what is the progress on this? This connection would be preferable to allow for two points of access to the subdivision. It would also help support the proposed variances, since these lots will be similar to lots in Old Town however currently they are not on a connected street as are most lots in Old Town. - In the packet cover letter that you submitted, you mentioned that this subdivision is a continuation of the original Blackwell Park development. Seeing as phase II is in such close proximity to the original Blackwell Park and that the streets appear to line up, is the plan to connect these streets in the future by continuing 3rd Ave NE and connecting to 5th Street NE? Will you have any covenants and restrictions or architectural guidelines as.a part of this subdivision? If so, could you please provide a draft copy? Thanks, Alexia Donahue -Wold Planning Administrator City of Carmel, DOCS One Civic Square Carmel, IN 46032 317.571.2417 awold@carmel.in.gov Al Please consider the environment before printing this e-mail 1