HomeMy WebLinkAboutNorthview Revised Landscape Plan 4-28-08
Scott Brewer, Urban Forester
City of Carmel
Date April 10,2008
Via hand delivery
RE: Northview Cluistian Life Church
Docket Nos. 08020021 DP/ADLS Amend, 08020022 CA and 08020023 ZW
Revised Landscape Plans
BZA Hearing April 28, 2008
SCOTT,
HAVING JUST RETURNED FROM MORE TRAVEL, I JUST FINISHED
REVIEWING THE TAC COMMITTEE'S RECOMMENDATIONS FOR THE
NORTHVIEW CHRISTIAN LIFE CHURCH PROJECT AND I AM RATHER
PERPLEXED BY YOUR COMMENTS. IT WAS MY UNDERSTANDING FROM
OUR MEETING THAT YOU UNDERSTOOD THAT WE WERE PLANTING MORE
TREES THAN REQUIRED TO OFFSET THE REMOVAL OF THE LARGER OAKS
WHICH WAS V ALIDA TED BY OUR REVIEW OF THE REQUIRED TREE
ORDINANCE THAT YOU PROVIDED. THE IDEA OF MOVING THE BUILDING
TO MISS THE TREES WOULD CREATE A NONFUNTIONING F ACILlTY. WE
HAVE BEEN ABLE TO SHIFT TI-IE PERIMETER DRIVE TO MISS THE ONE
LARGER OAK AND HAVE ADDED A TOTAL OF NEW WHITE OAKS TO TOTAL
FROM 8 TO 10, THEREBY CREATING A REPLACEMENT RATIO OF 2.5 TO
EACH OAK REMOVED. PLEASE NOTE THAT EVEN IF THE PROJECT
WEREN'T REQUIRING THEIR REMOVAL, WE WOULD NEED TO REMOVE
THEM DUE TO THE MOISTURE AND MOSS PROBLEMS THEY ARE CREATING
WITI-I THE EXISTING BUILDING. IF THERE IS A PRECEDENT FOR A
REPLACEMENT FORMULA THAT HAS BEEN PUT IN PLACE IN THE PAST FOR
OTHER PROJECTS, PLEASE ADVISE ME TO THE SPECIFIC CASES AND ITS
TIME OF ADOPTION BY THE CITY COUNCIL. I WILL BE OUT OF TOWN AND
UNACCESSIBLE TO EMAIL FOR THE BALANCE OF THE WEEK AND THEN
AGAIN FROM MONDAY TO THURSDA Y NEXT WEEK. I BELIEVE TRA T WE
HA VE SHOWN A RESPONSIBLE APPROACH TO OUR USE AND DESIGN OF
THE PROPERTY WITH HAVING PLANTED OVER 580 NEW TREES AND 530
NEW SHRUBS OVER THE PAST 13 YEARS.
LENZY HENDRIX
Lenzy
lhendrix@indy.rr.com
Cc: Christine Barton-Holmes