From: 	  werne@cora.nwra.com
	Subject: 	walmart drainage way
	Date: 	June 30, 2006 12:07:09 AM MDT
	To: 	  montes@cityoflafayette.com
	Cc: 	  peterj@cityoflafayette.com

Greetings Monte Stevenson:

I got your name from Peter Johnson, who suggested I contact you.

I would like to know what is involved in developing and implementing a
"beautification plan" for a soon-to-be detention pond in Parcel #9 (of the
City's Comprehensive Plan) to the east of highway 287 and north of Baseline
Road.

The detention pond will handle runoff from the pending Walmart Superstore
pavement, and it will be right behind my back yard.  My neighbors and I are
concerned about all of a sudden finding ourselves living adjacent to an
industrial drainage ditch, and we'd like to minimize the impact of that
experience.  We anticipate that a few judiciously placed trees and other
landscaping could produce the very pleasant effect of living next to
park-like open space, rather than the very unpleasant effect of an
industrial looking Walmart drainage ditch.

Can you give us some idea how large a budget is required to plan for and
implement beautification of the detention pond and what we can do to help
identify resources or otherwise help the process along?  We understand that
Lafayette budgets are tight now, but the fact is that the rest of the
detention areas coming to the 80 acres about to be developed are being
planned by the developer to have interesting landscaping, and the
city-owned Walmart detention area will stand in stark contrast if it is not
similarly landscaped.

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