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HomeMy WebLinkAboutLetter from Wes Bucher to Plan Commission Member 4/3/91 0 City of C Wesley G. Bucher DIRECTOR-DEPT.OF COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT Dorothy J.Hancock MAYOR April 3, 1991 Dear Plan Commission members, The following are the items I outlined at the last Plan Commission meeting involving what, hopefully, will be the last of the sessions and discussion on the Comprehensive Plan Update: 1) Future roads: The enclosed map shows several roads, in yellow highlight, that were designated as future roads on the 1985 plan. These were not included by the consultants on the 1991 Update. There was, as far as minutes and the memory serves,never a discussion by the Comp Plan Committee to either keep them or delete them from the map. If the Commission believes they should be maintained, the Commission should move tonight to add them to the 1991 Update map for presentation to the Council and before final printing. If you would please draw your attention to the intersection of Guilford and 116th Street, you will notice there is a proposed extension of Guilford south to 111th Street. Staff has been working with the County Commissioners and Developers of Woodpark Subdivision to extend this street southward in a more direct manner. Due to that fact, and also to the relative uncertainty of the Monon Corridor, Staff would recommend the red dotted alignment. 2) Compliance with the county Comprehensive Plan: The 116th Street Task Force recommended that the County Comp Plan designation for River Road south of 116th Street be a Primary Arterial rather than a Secondary Arterial as shown on the proposed Carmel/Clay '91 Comp Plan Update. This would mean that the designated right-of-way for this road would increase from 90' to 100'. In addition, HazelDell Road should be designated in the text to extend as a Primary Arterial north from 116th to 146th Street (currently the text says 136th Street). If the Commission agrees with these two changes, a motion to correct the document and map should be made. 1 CIVIC SQUARE CARMEL,INDIANA 46032 317/571-2400 FAX 317/844-3498 Page 2 4/3/91 3) The"Blackwell Letter,Part II": ber included as will art of thee his recommendation Comprehensive Plan and propose that the followingP Update: "This traffic/thoroughfare plan was based on 1989 studies. The Plan Commission will request that an updated traffic data be provided when traffic analysis plans are submitted with Development proposals." In addition, Mr. Blackwell is proposing that the attached resolution be sent to the Carmel City Council. 4) 116th Street recommendation. Alan Potasnik has requested that Mr.John Myers of HNTB work out wording to accommodate the recommendations of the 116th Street Task Force in the proposed Thoroughfare Plan. Mr. Myers is meeting with Staff on Thursday, April 4th, and if his recommendations are forthcoming prior to the Tuesday, April 9th meeting, we will forward them to you. Hopefully, the above will give a clearer picture of the several issues that remain outstanding. Staff believes that the Commission can vote to make or deny these changes on Tuesday night, April 9th, and then vote at your regular Commission meeting on April 16th to recommend the document to the City Council. Sinc-rely, 72 Wes Bucher enc. RESOLUTION TO ACCOMPANY THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN UPDATE TO THE CARMEL CITY COUNCIL WHEREAS, the Carmel/Clay Plan Commission authorized an update of the Comoprehensive Plan Update Adopted in 1985, and WHEREAS, the "Amendment to Comprehensive Plan Update, City of Carmel/Clay Township, 1990" has been considered by the Plan Commission, and, WHEREAS,the update has been limited in scope to include study and revision of only the areas of the Comprehensive Plan pertaining to land use and transportation, and WHEREAS,a number of meetings and public hearings have occurred during Steering Committee and Plan Commission deliberations of proposed amendments to the 1985 Comprehensive Plan Update, and WHEREAS, large numbers of the public have attended meetings, answered surveys, and spoken out giving their opinions and recommendations regarding land use and transportation issues, NOW THEREFORE, the Plan Commission acknowledges the majority of the public who spoke to the Commission at public meetings, recommended that no change be made to present zoning laws where such change would result in greater density in housing units per acre in township areas not serviced by sewers and water.