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Ted, I will be out of town through Wednesday of next week (my daughter's, Ann, college
visitation trip). Perhaps we can get together the week following. Please let me know
what times work best for you.
Thank you.
Best regards.
Sincerely, 4
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Jon Prouty
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-Apr 23 01 11:03a
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To: Ted Shepard
From: Jon Prouty
Date: April 20, 2001
Re: Swallow Office Building
In response to your comment letter, Ted:
1. The drainage report did not elaborate or explain fully enough our approach to
water quality, which is to radically reduce the amount of uncontrolled pollutants
flowing off of the site in the form of soapy carwash soap and wax -polluted
carwash water, not to mention oil -based contaminants which previously were
running off of the site both in the course of normal carwash operation and in
storm runoff conditions.
We, of course, are accomplishing this by a) change of use to office / retail which
introduces virtually no pollutants into storm water, and b) using Best
Management Practices reasoning, the runoff water will be cleaned and water
quality achieved by having most of it flow through grassy swales prior to leaving
the site at the southwest comer.
2. After reviewing the matter carefully with my attorney, Dave Williams, we feel that
the City has all of the power and control it needs to grant a public easement for
the future extension both of the parking lot and the sidewalk to the west, and to
achieve connectivity to the property to the west at such time as it may be
redeveloped. Until that time, we are adamantly opposed from an aesthetic,
planning, and landscaping standpoint to run our sidewalk so it dead -ends at the
property line into an unattractive and ugly mud and oil patch. As you enter the
parking lot, it is highly preferable that you see the finished look of a nicely
landscaped site and site perimeter, not an uninviting walkway dead -ending in this
mud and oil patch.
The front of the building is on Swallow, which has sidewalk access for
pedestrians to go both east as well as west. Pedestrians could chose to walk to
a College Avenue bus stop or cross the street to go north to the Everitt Building
and other uses to the north, and / or go to the gas station or south to other
College Avenue destinations.
3. Everything else looks okay.