From: 	  werne@cora.nwra.com
	Subject: 	Cabrini Gardens
	Date: 	June 29, 2006 6:30:09 PM MDT
	To: 	  michael@markelhomes.com

Greetings Michael Markel:

Congratulations on the conditional approval of your sketch plan by the
Planning Commission.  Like I said at the meeting, it is clear you have been
responsive to concerns from the neighborhood, and though the Commission
still had some outstanding issues, it was obvious to me they wanted to
reward you for that.

As before, I still have concerns for views from the south.  These concerns
were largely dealt with in your revised plan, but now that the city has
requested that Street C go all the way through, uncertainty has reappeared,
and so again have my concerns.

As you can imagine, I was very happy to hear of your thoughts on a
potential green way added to the plan immediately to our north and am eager
to see what you come up with regarding views and lot placement once Street
C is re-instated back into your plan.

A problem for us with Street C is it will undoubtedly have cars parked on
it all the time (as parking seems in short supply there).  I hope planned
landscaping can help alleviate the sight of a row of cars.

As I know you are aware, the housing density immediately to our north
remains the most dense of all the planned development area you are
proposing.  I am happy to see that you are satisfying the Comp. Plan, but
this is still a significant increase above what our neighborhood here in
Baseline Crossing currently supports.  We are at about 4.5 units per acre.
On your 16 acres, this would only be 72 units, not 96 (or 24 units more!).
So, as you make room for Street C, I sincerely hope you will consider
allowing the three or so units you will lose to the road right-of-way to
simply disappear, rather than trying to fit them in elsewhere in the
immediate vicinity.  I think it will go a long way to helping Markel Homes
and the Baseline Crossing community ease into a happy relationship.

Just so you know, before you came on the scene, we at Baseline Crossing
received several mailings in 2005 from the city that indicated that the
development to our immediate north would be "single family homes."  So I
and all of my neighbors fully expected to never see townhomes behind us.
Some of us are reeling in a dull shock at the change, and most folks here
would much rather see single-family homes from their properties than
townhomes.  Certainly we never expected to see so many townhomes.  I hope
that you can consider this while preparing for the preliminary plan and
incorporating the city's requested mods to the approved sketch plan.

Best, -Joe Werne (518 Arbor Drive, 303-661-0891)