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From: Ed Skarbeck [ed@aldebarancapital.com]
Sent: Tuesday, September 09, 2008 6:16 PM
To: Keeling, Adrienne M
Subject: Resident Comments to the Carmel Plan Commisssion
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9/17/2008
Email to:
Adrienne Keeling
Planning Administrator
Carmel Department of Community Services
One Civic Square
Carmel, IN 46032
September 9, 2008
Dear Adrienne:
Your name and email was provided for comments to the Plan Commission in regards to the City of Carmel’s
Comprehensive Plan. Please accept the following as comments from a concerned resident.
I live in Spring Mill Place Subdivision (western boundary Spring Mill Road, southern boundary 107th
St., northern
boundary 111th
St., and eastern boundary – the proposed Illinois St.).
In review of the draft, Section Critical Corridors and Subareas, Part 5, Section 2, the U.S. 31 Corridor, is the
discussion of the extensions/additions to Illinois Street from 106th
northbound. This stretch of Illinois (from 106th
to 111th
) will most certainly have an effect on property values in our neighborhood. While we all have several
concerns and are not overly thrilled to have a four-lane parkway, we realize the inevitable.
Please allow this letter as a show of support for the detailed letter and concerns raised by Spring Mill Place
Subdivision resident Ron Houck.
Of significant concern is the “requirement for 6-10 story buildings” within that corridor. Having visions of a
parkway (that is necessary for tolerable north to south travel) as our eastern boundary - nicely concealed by
dense, mature trees, bushes and built up hills - is one thing, but the thought of towering commercial buildings is a
whole other issue. Please consider the lack of need for cramming more offices in this area…We’ve got a
wonderful and very desirable neighborhood for western Carmel residents. I hope that the Plan Commission takes
very seriously, the impact that development in this area will have on the desirability and values of our property.
Providing necessary travel to the existing office parks/buildings along this corridor is understandable. Cramming
office space into small windows of land up against established residential areas does not seem so necessary.
Sincerely,
Ed Skarbeck
Edward Skarbeck
364 Spring Mill Ct.
Carmel, IN 46032
317-844-8485