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HomeMy WebLinkAboutCorrespondenceAlfred Capuano g €lve- 91012 From: Kathy Sax <klsax2 @hotmail.com> Sent: Sunday, April 29, 2012 10:11 PM To: Al Subject: Montessori School This letter is in regard to the addition that is being discussed for the Montessori School. I have been living in Bramblewood for about 15 years. This is a very comfortable neighborhood with families. Across the street is a condo area for families. To the east and west of our complex are all family dwellings, accept for the church, which does not add any disturbance to Homes. This is not a Business district and adding on to the School will increase traffic and noise that is not fair to the residents. Having more children at the school will increase responsibility and security of the Montessori School. THIS IS NOT A BUSINESS AREA and the families have a RIGHT to keep it that way. Thank you for NOT adding an addition to your school. That is safer for the children. Sincerely, Kathy Sax 1 Alfred Capuano From: Shellane Michael <shellanemichael @ yahoo.com> Sent: Sunday, April 29, 2012 8:28 PM To: Alfred Capuano Subject: Re: Montessori School Expansion and Garage Sale Al - Thanks for the update. I cannot make the meeting this week. However, please let this email serve as a strong notice against an expansion of the the Montesorri school. We reside 9620 Bramblewood and back right up to the school. We have fence for privacy. A second level would have the school overlooking the fence right into our backyard eliminating any privacy that we currently enjoy. When we purchased the house in 2010, we accepted the fact the school was there. However, having it expand was not something we were taking into consideration. In addition, during the day, the kids outside playing create considerable noise. An expansion would only create a higher decible level. Lastly, as has been stated, the traffic congestion would be much worse than what we currently experience. Please feel free to use this email at the meeting. Appreciate the notice on the possible expansion and the opportunity to weigh -in with comments. Let me know if you need anything more from us. Regards, Greg, Shelly amd Reese Weitekamp 9620 Bramblewood Way - -- On Sun, 4/29/12, Alfred Capuano <aac1(asbcglobal.net> wrote: From: Alfred Capuano <aacl @sbcglobal.net> Subject: Montessori School Expansion and Garage Sale To: moni46032 @yahoo.com Date: Sunday, April 29, 2012, 7:47 PM Hello everyone. I have only had a few comments regarding the expansion of the Montessori School. If any of you want to call the city about it, the number is 571 -2417, which is the Department of Community Services. If they put a second floor on their school, and expand enrollment, the traffic problem will be doubled. I am going to the meeting tomorrow night with a couple other residents. If anyone else is interested, let me know ASAP. On another note, our neighborhood garage sale is coming up on May 12th . Rain date is May 1 Alfred Capuano From: Donahue -Wold, Alexia K <awold @carmel.in.gov> Sent: Monday, April 30, 2012 3:38 PM To: 'Alfred Capuano' Subject: RE: Montessori School Attachments: Site Plan - Proposed.pdf Dear Mr. Capuano, In your email you said that you plan on going to the meeting on Monday, so I just want to confirm with you that the meeting is on Tuesday, May 15t at 5:30 pm. We will definitely take your comments into consideration, but I hope I might be able to alleviate a few of your concerns with this email. This second story addition will not increase the current enrollment. The school is only proposing to add a music room, special events room, and administrative space. As the current enrollment will not increase, we do not anticipate an increase in traffic or parking lot size. Also, the second story will not be added to the entire building. Please see the attached site plan which shows which part of the building they propose to add the second story to. It is our expectation that this addition will be in keeping with the residential character of the area and will continue to blend in to the surrounding environment. In regards to notice, the petitioner is responsible for sending notice to the adjoining property owners. The petitioner must obtain a list from Hamilton County that lists the adjoining property owners. The petitioner did this and submitted the list to us, which we have in the file. The petitioner is also responsible for publishing public notice in the Indianapolis Star and placing a sign on the property. I hope this answers your question. Thank you for your comments, and I look forward to meeting you tomorrow. Alexia From: Alfred Capuano f mailto:aacl ©sbcolobal.neti Sent: Sunday, April 29, 2012 10:24 PM To: Donahue -Wold, Alexia K Subject: RE: Montessori School Thank you Alexia, for sending me this email. I am the president of the Bramblewood Homeowners Association. As you may know, Bramblewood surrounds the Montessori School. We literally, have residents on three sides of the school. I am planning on going to the meeting on Monday evening and hopefully, we will have several other homeowners there. I have not heard one positive comment about the plan to put a second story on the school. One bothersome thing was the fact that only a few residents got notices, to date, I only know of one. The gentleman's home is right next to the school and he is dead set against the expansion. Another resident who backs up to the school has sent me a letter she wants me to read at the meeting. At present the school blends into the environment fairly well, but a second story will make it stand out more. Does the school plan to enroll more students? If so traffic, which is very dangerous now, will become worse. Will they increase parking lot size? More students will add more noise (the noise comment was from the lady who's home backs up to the school). We feel the addition will further detract from the residential atmosphere. I am just receiving more comments as we only received notice of this less than a week ago. How did you determine which residents got notices? Again, thanks for your willingness to listen. 1 hope to meet you at the meeting. Al Capuano 1 From: Donahue -Wold, Alexia K [mailto:awold @carmel.in.gov] Sent: Friday, April 27, 2012 2:36 PM To: 'aacl @sbcglobal.net Subject: Montessori School Dear Mr. Capuano, I understand you have been trying to get more information about the upcoming Board of Zoning Appeals (BZA) Hearing for the International Montessori School. My name is Alexia, and I am the Planner on staff in charge of taking this project through the BZA process. I would be happy to discuss the project with you and try to answer any questions you might have. If you have comments you would like the BZA Hearing officer to review, you can also email them to me and I can present them at the meeting. Please let me know if there is anything I can do. Sincerely, Alexia Donahue Wold Planning Administrator City of Carmel, DOCS One Civic Square Carmel, IN 46032 317.571.2417 awold@carmel.in.gov APlease consider the environment before printing this e-mail 2 Alfred Capuano From: Teresa Druschel <twdruschel @gmail.com> Sent: Monday, April 30, 2012 3:12 PM To: Alfred Capuano Subject: Fwd: International Montessori School on 96th St. Hi, Al! I think you might find this interesting... Thanks! Teresa Druschel Forwarded message From: Donahue -Wold, Alexia K <awold @carmel.in.gov> Date: Mon, Apr 30, 2012 at 2:52 PM Subject: RE: International Montessori School on 96th St. To: Teresa Druschel <twdruschel @gmail.com> Dear Mrs. Druschel, Thank you for your email. I will pass this along so that it can be reviewed at the Board of Zoning Appeals Hearing Officer meeting tomorrow. We will definitely take your comments into consideration, but I hope I might be able to alleviate one of your concerns with this email. This second story addition will not increase the current enrollment. The school is only proposing to add a music room, special events room, and administrative space. As the current enrollment will not increase, we do not anticipate an increase in traffic. Thank you again for sending your comments. I will be sure they are included as we consider this second story addition to the Montessori School. Sincerely, Alexia Donahue Wold Planning Administrator City of Carmel, DOCS 1 One Civic Square Carmel, IN 46032 317371.2417 awold @carmel.in.gov A, Please consider the environment before printing this e-mail From: Teresa Druschel [mailto :twdruschel@gmail.com] Sent: Sunday, April 29, 2012 8 :42 PM To: Donahue -Wold, Alexia K Subject: International Montessori School on 96th St. Dear Ms. Wold: My name is Teresa Druschel. My husband and I are residents of the Bramblewood neighborhood which is adjacent to the International Montessori school. It is our understanding there is a hearing within the next few days about the school's expansion; however, my husband and I are going to be out of town on business and unable to attend. We were given your email address to voice any concerns we might have with the potential expansion of the school. While we appreciate the school is successful and is trying expand their business, it is unfortunately placed on a very small lot and is surrounded by residential homes. Our property is not directly adjacent to this property; however, we do have significant concern for increased traffic volume as the student body increases. The area already sees increased traffic flow during pick -up /drop off times. There are people making left turns, trying to pass on the left, etc. This has the potential to become even more hazardous as the traffic volume would increase with an increase of student enrollment. We also believe this second story addition would greatly impact our neighbors directly adjacent to the school. It seems to reason the privacy and views of these homes would be compromised by a second story addition on the school. This could have a potential negative impact on their property values, with could also impact our property value as well. Based on this information, my husband and I are not in favor of the school expansion. Thank you for your time and consideration. We appreciate your assistance. Sincerely, Mrs. Teresa Watson Druschel Dr. Greg Druschel 2 Donahue -Wold, Alexia K From: Barnes, David R Sent: Tuesday, May 01, 2012 4 14 PM To: Donahue -Wold, Alexia K Subject: FW: Emailing. Dedication Procedure Attachments: Dedication Procedure pdf Original Message From: Barnes, David R Sent: Friday, April 27, 2012 8:49 AM To: 'joel @delta- construction.biz' Cc: Duncan, Gary R Subject: Emailing: Dedication Procedure Mr. Bowers: Attached is a dedication of right -of -way procedure packet for your information. Please contact me should you require additional information. 571 -2364 Dave Barnes dbarnesOOcarmel.in.gov Department of Engineering City of Carmel The message is ready to be sent with the following file or link attachments: Dedication Procedure Note: To protect against computer viruses, e -mail programs may prevent sending or receiving certain types of file attachments. Check your e-mail security settings to determine how attachments are handled. 1 BOARD OF PUBLIC WORKS & SAFETY SUBMITTAL PROCEDURE el o A LETTER OF REQUEST IS SUBMITTED TO THE DEPARTMENT OF ENGINEERING FOR DEDICATION' TO BE PLACED ON THE BOARD OF PUBLIC WORKS AGENDA, THIS LETTER INCLUDES COMPLETED DEDICATION R DEED' OF PUBLIC RIGHTS -OF -WAY DOCUMENT WITH REQUIRED EXHIBITS (LEGAL DESCRIPTION AND .DRAWING(S): DOCUMENTS SHALL NOT BE SIGNED BY OWNER /GRANTOR. AFTER.ENGINEERING. :REVIEW. DOCUMENTS ARE SENT TO THE CITY OF CARMEL LAW DEPARTMENT FOR REVIEW AND STAMPED "APPROVED- AS'TO.FORM BY (blank)" o DOCUMENTS ARE THEN RETURNED TO OWNER /GRANTOR FOR-SIGNATURE AND NOTARY SEAL. o DOCUMENTS ARE RETURNED TO DEPARTMENT OF 'ENGINEERING. INITIALED BY CITY ATTORNEY.,AND PLACED ON THE NEXT AVAILABLE:BOARD OF PUBLIC WORKS AGENDA. o APPROVED DOCUMENTS. BY THE BOARD ARE RECORDED WITH THE HAMILTON COUNTY RECORDERS OFFICE. ONE CIVIC SQUARE C.R. \IEL, INDIANA 46032 317/571.2400 DEDICATION & DEED OF PUBLIC RIGHTS -OF -WAY THIS INDENTURE WITNESSETH: That (Jointly and individually the "Grantor "), the fee simple owner(s) of the following described real property ( "Property") described in attached Exhibit A, incorporated herein by this reference, which Property is located in the City of Carmel, Hamilton County, State of Indiana, hereby grants, conveys and warrants in fee simple and with no reversionary rights whatsoever retained, all of Grantor's rights, title, and interest in the Property, to the City of Cannel, Indiana ("Grantee"), subject to all existing easements and rights -of -way of record, for the sum of One Dollar ($1.00) and other good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged. This conveyance of real estate is not subject to Indiana gross income tax. IN WITNESS WHEREOF, Grantor has executed this Instrument on the day of , 2011. "GRANTOR" By (Authorized. Signature) (Printed Name and Title) STATE OF INDIANA COUNTY OF Before me, the undersigned NOTARY PUBLIC in and for said County and State, personally appeared the above and acknowledged executing the foregoing Dedication and Deed of Public Right -of -Way. Witness my hand and Notarial Seal this day of , 2011. Notary Public Notary Public (printed) MY COMMISSION EXPIRES: COUNTY OF RESIDENCE: 1 affirm. under the penalties for perjury. that I have taken reasonable care to redact each and every Social Security number from this,document_ unless it is required by law Douglas C. Haney Instrument prepared.hy: Douglas C. Haney. Cannel City Attorney. One CivicrSquare. Carmel. Indiana 46032. Donahue -Wold, Alexia K From: dleaton7 @comcast.net Sent: Monday, April 30, 2012 11.34 AM To: Donahue -Wold, Alexia K Subject: Montessori school hearing - May 1 This is in reference to the hearing May 1 on the addition to the school which backs up to the Bramblewood Subdivision on 96th Street. I live in the Bramblewood Subdivision. Although this school does most things right with regard to traffic flow and maintenance on the grounds, an additional story adjacent to several houses in this subdivision along with much added traffic in and out of the school is just not practicable or wise. Carmel is in the process of beginning to put in a round- about at 96th and Township Line Road. This will be very near the entrance to the school and traffic is often very heavy near the school entrance location on 96th. In addition, if there is an accident on 465, many, many drivers exit the interstate and use 96th Street. The traffic then backs up well beyond the school entrance and in fact, makes entering and leaving the Bramblewood Subdivision very interesting. I believe the school as set up presently with the current number of students could be managed but adding more students, cars, etc. is just not what this stretch of road needs. I believe much further thought needs to be made on this project and honestly do not believe additional traffic should ever be allowed here. Housing south of the school (townhomes and other homes) have difficulty in safely turning /exiting onto 96th already. Thank you for the opportunity to express my feelings on this matter. Donna Eaton 9671 Prairiewood Way Carmel, IN 46032 317- 818 -9916 1 Donahue -Wold, Alexia K From: Alfred Capuano [aacl @sbcglobal.net] Sent: Sunday, April 29, 2012 1024 PM To: Donahue -Wold, Alexia K Subject: RE Montessori School Thank you Alexia, for sending me this email. I am the president of the Bramblewood Homeowners Association. As you may know, Bramblewood surrounds the Montessori School. We literally, have residents on three sides of the school. I am planning on going to the meeting on Monday evening and hopefully, we will have several other homeowners there. have not heard one positive comment about the plan to put a second story on the school One bothersome thing was the fact that only a few residents got notices, to date, I only know of one. The gentleman's home is right next to the school and he is dead set against the expansion. Another resident who backs up to the school has sent me a letter she wants me to read at the meeting. At present the school blends into the environment fairly well, but a second story will make it stand out more. Does the school plan to enroll more students? If so traffic, which is very dangerous now, will become worse. Will they increase parking lot size? More students will add more noise (the noise comment was from the lady who's home backs up to the school). We feel the addition will further detract from the residential atmosphere. I am just receiving more comments as we only received notice of this less than a week ago How did you determine which residents got notices? Again, thanks for your willingness to listen. I hope to meet you at the meeting. Al Capuano From: Donahue -Wold, Alexia K [mailto:awold @carmel.in.gov] Sent: Friday, April 27, 2012 2:36 PM To: 'aacl @sbcglobal.net' Subject: Montessori School Dear Mr. Capuano, I understand you have been trying to get more information about the upcoming Board of Zoning Appeals (BZA) Hearing for the International Montessori School. My name is Alexia, and I am the Planner on staff in charge of taking this project through the BZA process. I would be happy to discuss the project with you and try to answer any questions you might have. If you have comments you would like the BZA Hearing officer to review, you can also email them to me and I can present them at the meeting. Please let me know if there is anything I can do. Sincerely, Alexia Donahue Wold Planning Administrator City of Carmel, DOCS One Civic Square Carmel, IN 46032 317.571.2417 awold@carmel.in.gov Please consider the environment before printing this e-mail 1 Donahue -Wold, Alexia K From: Teresa Druschel [twdruschel @gmail com] Sent: Sunday, April 29, 2012 8:42 PM To: Donahue -Wold, Alexia K Subject: International Montessori School on 96th St. Dear Ms. Wold: My name is Teresa Druschel. My husband and I are residents of the Bramblewood neighborhood which is adjacent to the International Montessori school. It is our understanding there is a hearing within the next few days about the school's expansion; however, my husband and I are going to be out of town on business and unable to attend. We were given your email address to voice any concerns we might have with the potential expansion of the school. While we appreciate the school is successful and is trying expand their business, it is unfortunately placed on a very small lot and is surrounded by residential homes. Our property is not directly adjacent to this property; however, we do have significant concern for increased traffic volume as the student body increases. The area already sees increased traffic flow during pick -up /drop off times. There are people making left turns, trying to pass on the left, etc. This has the potential to become even more hazardous as the traffic volume would increase with an increase of student enrollment. We also believe this second story addition would greatly impact our neighbors directly adjacent to the school. It seems to reason the privacy and views of these homes would be compromised by a second story addition on the school. This could have a potential negative impact on their property values, with could also impact our property value as well. Based on this information, my husband and I are not in favor of the school expansion. Thank you for your time and consideration We appreciate your assistance. Sincerely, Mrs. Teresa Watson Druschel Dr. Greg Druschel 2238 Fallwood Way Carmel IN 46032 i Donahue -Wold, Alexia K From: SheIlene Michael [shellanemichael @yahoo corn] Sent: Sunday, April 29, 2012 8 34 PM To: Donahue -Wold, Alexia K Subject: Montessorri School Expansion Alexia - Good evening. This email is in regards to the zoning meeting that will take place on May 1st on the potential expansion of the Montessori School on 96th Street. We are against any expansion of the school. We reside 9620 Bramblewood Way in the Bramblewood neighborhood. Our house backs right up to the school. We have fence for privacy. A second level would have the school overlooking the fence right into our backyard eliminating any privacy that we currently enjoy. When we purchased the house in 2010, we accepted the fact the school was there. However, having it expand upward was not something we were taking into consideration. In addition, during the day, the kids outside playing create considerable noise. An expansion would only create a higher decible level. Lastly, the traffic congestion would be much worse than what we currently experience. We cannot make the meeting this week, but wanted to express our concern related to the possible expansion of the school. We appreciate you taking our thoughts and concerns into consideration. Regards, Greg, Shelly amd Reese Weitekamp 9620 Bramblewood Way 1 Donahue -Wold, Alexia K From: Foley, Amanda J Sent: Friday, April 27, 2012 11 50 AM To: 'Joel Bowers'; Donahue -Wold, Alexia K Cc: Thomas, John G, Barnes, David R, Duncan, Gary R, Redden, Nick, Glaser, Fred J Subject: RE: Proposed Second Story Addition @ International Montessori School - 2150 W. 96th St., Indianapolis Joel, Following are requirements from the Engineering Department: O It appears that no land disturbance or horizontal additions to the structure will occur in association with this addition Please confirm. O Please contact John Thomas, 571 -2314, regarding any erosion and sediment control measures that MAY be needed for this project. O If the construction entrance will be different from the existing entrance to this property, Board of Public Works approval will be required. O A right -of -way permit is required. Please contact Fred Glaser, 571 -2677, regarding the right -of -way permit. O Projects in for BZA approval are required to dedicate right -of -way and construct path per the City's Thoroughfare Plan. You can contact Dave Barnes with any questions regarding the dedication process. Please feel free to contact me if you have any questions Amanda Foley Staff Engineer City of Carmel Department of Engineering One Civic Square Carmel, IN 46032 (317) 571 -2441 (317) 571 -2439 (fax) afoley@carmel.in.gov From: Joel Bowers [mailto:joel @delta - construction.biz] Sent: Tuesday, April 24, 2012 10:45 AM To: Duncan, Gary R Cc: Donahue -Wold, Alexia K Subject: RE: Proposed Second Story Addition @ International Montessori School - 2150 W. 96th St., Indianapolis Hi Gary, I am writing to inquire what we will need to do to get the road right of way (required) for this project. Not sure what the next step is. Our BZA meeting is May 1st. Thank You, Joel Bowers Delta Construction Co., Inc. 317-602-2588 (0) 317 - 752 -6289 (M) Delta- Construction. 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