From: 	  werne@cora.nwra.com
	Subject: 	neighborhood meeting, 10 may 2006
	Date: 	May 4, 2006 10:43:03 PM MDT
	To: 	  michael@markelhomes.com

Hi Michael:

I will not be able to attend the 10 May 2006 neighborhood meeting because I
will be out of town, so I'd like to offer you my feedback beforehand.

My biggest concern with your sketch plan is that your townhome project
density is much higher than what we have immediately to the south, and
everywhere else for that matter.  Looking at your "Interconnectivity" map,
you can see just how out of place your 170 townhome project seems with the
neighboring communities.  To the north, south, and east, all of the
neighborhoods are either all or nearly all single-family homes.  For
example, to the north, the ratio of townhomes to single-family homes is 0.
Similarly, to the east, the ratio of townhomes to single-family homes is 0.
To the south we have 43 single-family homes and 27 townhomes, so the ratio
of townhomes to single-family homes is 27/43=0.63.  But your project shows
170 townhomes and 122 single-family homes, so your overall ratio is
170/122=1.4.  In other words, your project would be the only community out
here with more townhomes than homes!  40% more!  Also, immediately north of
Baseline Crossing where I live, you have 112 townhomes and 0 single-family
homes, so the ratio of townhomes to single-family homes in this area would
be 112/0=infinite!  This seems to be designed to pack in townhomes like
sardines on a regular grid into every available space so that the area is
profoundly overcrowded.  As a result, I think this fundamentally changes
the character of all of the neighborhoods out here.

I am working from the sketch plan I have of yours as of last Tuesday's
Planning Commission meeting.  If you have updated it so that the townhome
density is reduced immediately to the north of Baseline Crossing, that
would be encouraging to me.  If that is the case, please let me know or
send a scanned version of your updated plan so I can see it even though I
can't come to the May 10 meeting.

I hope this is useful input for you.  Sorry I won't be able to attend the
meeting.

Best, -Joe Werne