HomeMy WebLinkAbout2008-0909; Peter LangowskiKeeling, Adrienne M
From: mandplango@juno.com
Sent: Tuesday, September 09, 2008 10:02 PM
To: Keeling, Adrienne M
Subject: Re: Comprehensive Plan Comments
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Ms. Keeling,
Please distribute this rambling comment into the system:
Please review the Transportation Plan portion of the text. The Residential Parkway page shows a
picture of Hazel Dell, but then the map says that all of Hazel Dell is a Primary Parkway. Please
remember that when Hazel Dell funding was originally approved the stipulation that the section of Hazel
Dell north of 116th was to be a secondary parkway (the terminology at the time) and the uninhabited
portion south of 116th was to be the primary parkway (essentially a county highway) was an
important feature that residents like myself and others felt was a very important distinction to the orderly
growth of the east side of Carmel. The Hazel Dell area residents were few in number then and we
understood the reasons that our western neighbors near Gray Road had to rebuild Hazel Dell as a "four
lane highway" as Mr. Battreal and others stated at the time. But the folks near Hazel Dell are also east
side residential Carmel residents and are in much greater numbers now. I still feel that it is important
that the northern portion of Hazel Dell not become a speed-through corridor for our Westfield and
Noblesville neighbors to the north who have not adhered to their old comprehensive plans. With the
large increase in the City portion of my property tax bill this past year I have no interest in the plan to
build the two additional lanes on the north end of Hazel Dell, invite more traffic, and then pay to
maintain the wear and tear until I pass from this earth. Of course there will then be pressure to further
commercialize corners like 131st and Hazel Dell on the two southern corners. The empty lot on the
north side of 131st was zoned for business in 1995, thirteen years ago and other than over by River Road
and 146th we have been fully built out residential on the east side for several years now. There just is
not a demand to serve ourselves out in the neighborhoods with any more retail. A Primary Parkway
with some large retail areas on the south end in reclaimed mineral extraction areas with a County
highway running through the north end to bring Morse Lake shoppers down is the vision of the east side
we don't want to see. Hazel Dell should not be the conduit for a retail war, them trying to draw Carmel
shoppers north of 146th and "us" trying to draw them down at 96th.
Thanks for your time,
Peter Langowski
5322 Rippling Brook Way
Carmel, IN 46033
-- "Keeling, Adrienne M" <AKeeling@carmel.in.gov> wrote:
Good Afternoon:
This is a reminder that the Carmel Plan Commission Comprehensive Plan Review Committee is
scheduled to meet in the City Hall Caucus Rooms at 6pm on Tuesday, September 9. The
Committee will discuss Parts 1-3 as time allows.
Attached is a supplemental packet, containing two pages, which reflects a few suggestions from the
August 19 Public Hearing. Other suggestions not addressed in this supplement await discussion
and/or direction by the Committee. The revisions include:
1. Page 8: Mention existing Community Life and Learning Center in the North Central district.
2. Page 8: Recognition of 96th
Street as an east-west connector in the South Central district.
3. Land Classification Map: Addition of Greek Orthodox Church at 106th
& Shelborne as
Institutional Node.
4. Land Classification Map: Addition of Hebrew Congregation west of University High School as
Institutional Node.
5. Land Classification Map: Addition of 40-acre West Park expansion as Parks & Recreation.
6. Land Classification Map: Addition of Carey Grove and Prairie Meadow Parks as Parks &
Recreation.
The proposed draft is also available for review in the following locations:
z City’s Website: http://www.ci.carmel.in.us/services/DOCS/DOCScccpp08/DOCScccpp08.html
z Carmel Clay Public Library, 55 4th
Avenue SE (review only)
z John W. Hensel, Clay Township Government Center, 10701 N. College Avenue (review only)
z DOCS Office, Carmel City Hall, Third Floor
{ Black & White w/color maps may be purchased for $5.00
z Limehouse Public Engagement Website: http://carmel.in.limehouse.com/portal/cp/c3review
{ Review the proposed plan and submit comments online
{ You will be required to register and log-in to the software to submit comments
As requested by the Plan Commission, all comments should be submitted in writing to the Department
of Community Services. Comments may be submitted online via Limehouse public engagement
website, via email to akeeling@carmel.in.gov, or via hard copy. All written comments will be distributed
to the Comprehensive Plan Review Committee for review and consideration at the committee level.
Sincerely,
Adrienne Keeling
Planning Administrator
Carmel Department of Community Services
One Civic Square
Carmel, IN 46032
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