HomeMy WebLinkAbout04-04-2017 Item 16, Schmidt (3)R CEIVED
COUNCIL MEETING: 4J -I-1-13 _
ITEM NO.: APR 0 3 2017
From: Richard Schmidt <
Sent: Saturday, April 1, 2017 4:19:45 PM
To: E-mail Council Website
Subject: 71 Palomar photo 2 file
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(Caption: Looking from house towards street end of axial pathway one has this "Florentine" view of the
city below and hills beyond. Thus the components that define the axis together with the two ends of the
axis all have great design meaning, all of which the proposed project would destroy. Note: Some project
apologists claim this dense project would be no different from its surroundings in its density. That is false.
You are looking down at the adjacent R-4 density of the Village complex, and can see mainly rooftops.
The adjacent high density is nothing like the big city density proposed on Palomar. Developers of the
Village also accommodated pre-existing site features — notably the ribbon of riparian forest along Old
Garden Creek — rather than obliterate them as the site -insensitive Palomar design seeks to do. The
Village developer cared about the site's qualities; this developer does not care.)