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ATTACHMENT 3 <br /> HoffmannDesign P.O.Box 17234 <br /> Rosemary Hoffmann Chapel Hill,NG 27516 <br /> Mr.Roger Waldon <br /> Head, Chapel Hill Planning Department <br /> Chapel Hill Town Hall <br /> 306 N. Columbia St. <br /> Chapel Hill, NC 27516 <br /> 30 July, 1995 <br /> Dear Roger, <br /> On behalf of the Homestead Group, LLC, I would like to ask further <br /> procedural questions concerning the disposition of Road D as it joins <br /> Homestead Road on the Northwest area plan. <br /> We greatly appreciated the time that both you and Chris took to speak <br /> with us (Werner Hausler,Lyn McClay, Georgia Bizios and myself) before the <br /> Council meeting in May. We hope the engineering report that we presented to <br /> you as well as to the Council was sufficiently compelling to warrant some sort <br /> of staff action on the matter. <br /> As we mentioned in our meeting with you and as we have pointed out in <br /> our letters to the Council members, our reasons for opposing the portion of the <br /> road that runs across our property stem not only from our perspective as <br /> property owners but also from our professional concerns as designers and <br /> architects and from the personal concerns of those who presently live in the <br /> neighborhood. <br /> From an engineering standpoint, it would not be possible to build the <br /> necessary curves for 35-MPH speeds. Building curves that would only be safe <br /> at speeds less than 35-MPH would be creating a dangerous situation -- <br /> especially in such proximity to the High School. <br /> Given the combined weight of the issue of roadway safety and the <br /> planning issues we have discussed -- and which are in keeping with the <br /> development philosophy the Chapel Hill Planning Department has been so <br /> active in promoting -- we hope that the staff can see fit to make a <br /> recommendation that the direct connection from Road D to Seawell School Road <br /> be eliminated from the planning discussion. <br /> We look forward to participating in the process of the Northwest Area <br /> Plan. However, we would like to use our expertise and energy on broader and <br /> more fruitful subjects than on the elimination of a ill-advised intersection. <br /> Thank you again for your time and attention to this matter. I will check <br /> with you soon concerning the council workshop. <br /> Sincerely yours, <br /> Rosemary Hoffmann <br /> for the Homestead Gro p <br /> CC: Chris Berndt <br />