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Keeling, Adrienne M
From: brieq@earthlink.net
Sent: Tuesday, October 21, 2008 9:26 PM
To: Keeling, Adrienne M
Cc: JoeHile@SpecialtiesCompany.com; Houck_Ron_F@Lilly.com
Subject: Fw: Letter to Carmel Planning Commission
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From: Bill Williams
To: Brie Quinn Williams
Subject: Letter to Carmel Planning Commission
Sent: Oct 18, 2008 3:06 PM
Adrienne,
Please forward these comments to Leo Dierckman.
As a resident of the Spring Mill Place subdivision, I am opposed to the creation of a
special study area for the land on the east side of Spring Mill Road north of 111th
Street to the southern border of Spring Lakes Estates. We put our home up for sale last
summer and several prospective buyers asked specifically about the potential development
of the aforementioned land parcel. The uncertainty about the future development of that
property negatively impacted our ability to sell our home. Most buyers voiced the same
concerns that we ourselves have about the negative impact such development would have on
our property value in the future.
The meeting on September 23rd was solely devoted to discussing the Land Use map. The area
now being considered for special study was discussed at length and the decision was made
to leave it designated as residential. At the conclusion of that meeting the process was
to move on to subsequent sections. However, at the October 14th meeting this same ground
was plowed again by those wishing to take a second bite at the apple. This is a disservice
to your process and to those who attend and expect resolution at each meeting, rather than
revisiting issues when they are not on the agenda and all people are not in attendance.
This is certainly unfair to those people who did not attend thinking these issues were
finalized at the previous meeting.
The correct process is to leave the area designated as residential, as agreed to at the
September 23rd meeting. As some Plan Commission members indicated at the October 14th
meeting, a project for the land between 111th and 116th Streets should be presented to the
Plan Commission and it's merits considered at that time. Creating a special study area
merely prolongs the process and needlessly involves the residents in our subdivision in
yet more meetings, a strategy merely designed to wear down residents.
Bill and Brie Williams
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