Hoggard, Ron From: Sent: To: Cc: Subject:

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1 Hoggard, Ron From: Sent: To: Cc: Subject: Peggy Paterra Wednesday, September 12, :22 PM Breto, Estelio; Hoggard, Ron; Dorling, Paul; Alan Margolis Joe Carosella; Kelli Freeman Proposed shopping center - Delray Place I recently attended a presentation proposing the construction of Delray Place by Retail Property Group, Inc. As a 12-year resident of Tropic Isle, I personally welcome the proposed shopping center which will be an asset to the community in my opinion. After the meeting I spoke to both their lawyer and directly to Joe Carosella, the developer, regarding my concerns about traffic in the area. I made the suggestion that there should be an alternate entrance to the new shopping center that would accommodate both Tropic Isle and Tropic Bay communities (as well as the other residences in that neighborhood) by giving access to shopping without having to join the traffic on Federal Highway or Linton Blvd. This could be from either Tropic Blvd. or Spanish Trail and would accommodate 3 types of traffic - auto, bicycle and pedestrian - from this area. One excellent solution would be to utilize the existing entrance into Delray Square from Tropic Blvd. and create a pass-through road to Delray Place. I would think it would make access much more convenient and far safer for our residents, as well as alleviating the traffic load on the highways for others coming to the new area merchants, making those highways safer as well. At the same time, there would be no traffic increase to Tropic Isle streets since residents would have to go onto Tropic Blvd. anyway to get to Federal Highway. A Spanish Trail alternative would make for more congestion on that street - and I'm not sure of the status of the road with a gate that exists there now. I'm not sure of the numbers, but I believe there are 450 residences in Tropic Isle, and hundreds of condos in Tropic Bay and other communities in this section of town (East of Federal.) The proposed traffic pattern of having one entrance on Federal Hwy. and one exit on Linton Blvd. would be prone to excessive congestion at the peak times of day or season (think Christmas?) 1

2 The volume of traffic at that busy intersection (Federal and Linton) varies from season to season and from hour to hour, but with all the new development going on at that intersection - new stores coming in to all four corners, I've heard, it would seem to me that the traffic volume is going to increase substantially, including many tractor trailers which we rarely have now. The patterns of having traffic making u- turns on Federal Hwy. and / or Linton Blvd. are also a concern to me. We currently have some vehicles making u-turns at Tropic Blvd. and it becomes a problem when drivers don't always follow the rules of safety and courtesy (or the law!) So, please consider the above in planning for upgrading of this area. We have a lovely, quiet waterfront community in here and take great pride in our neighborhood. In order to make the proposed project a true enhancement to the community, I hope you will take a long hard look at what will make the project one which we can all be proud to support. Thank you for your consideration. Sincerely, Peggy Paterra 915 Dogwood Drive Delray Beach, FL Cell Phone:

3 Hoggard, Ron From: Sent: To: Subject: Truxell, Rebecca Thursday, October 11, :29 PM Hoggard, Ron FW: Delray Place Please see below sent to PZ Mail. Rebecca Truxell Administrative Assistant/Secretary to SPRAB Interim Secretary to the Planning & Zoning Board and Historic Preservation Board Planning & Zoning Department City of Delray Beach 100 NW 1st Avenue Delray Beach, FL Phone: Fax: From: csmith727 Sent: Thursday, October 11, :18 AM To: Subject: Delray Place I attended the meeting in Tropic Isles recently to learn about the proposal for a new development at the corner of Linton & Federal Hwy. I was extremely impressed by the presentation given by the architect and engineers involved! There has been a great deal of thought put in with regard to providing up-scale tenants for 'Delray Place' (an asset to our community), and details as to the limitation of noise/odors (which could potentially affect Tropic Isles). I am in favor of this development 100%. The rendering provided is not only cosmetically beautiful but it affords a retail outlet that has long been awaited. This will be a great asset to our community. I look forward to the building of Delray Place. Sincerely, Christine Smith Cypress Drive 1

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72 From: Jeffrey Lynne Sent: Wednesday, October 17, :30 AM To: Cc: Hoggard, Ron; Ashlee Coosaia; Joe Carosella; Louis Carosella; Subject: Delray Place - Tropic Isle Input Dear Board of the Tropic Isle Civic Association, Mr. Schnabel, and Mr. Van Gemert: Our clients continue to desire to find a solution that works for you. When we met with you last week, we listened to what you wanted and heard that you would be satisfied if our clients incorporated your desired redesign of the buildings along Linton Blvd. as requested, to eliminate the perpendicular pathways and move the potential outdoor dining closer to Linton. RPG then paid their architects to start drawing those redesigned buildings at their expense. But then, at the P&Z meeting, you all came out unequivocally opposed to the project. So now, we are confused. If you could provide some clear direction as to reasonable requests, we will be more than happy to consider them. Thanking you in advance for your time, Jeffrey Lynne JEFFREY C. LYNNE, ESQ., LEED AP WEINER, LYNNE & THOMPSON, P.A. 10 SE 1st Avenue, Suite C Delray Beach, Florida Direct (561) Cell (561) Main (561) Fax (561) National (877) REAL ESTATE ZONING GOVERNMENT AFFAIRS LITIGATION jlynne@zonelaw.com Please consider the environment before printing this . 2

73 Hoggard, Ron From: Sent: To: Cc: Subject: Attachments: Bill Schnabel Sunday, October 21, :03 PM 'Jeffrey Lynne'; Hoggard, Ron; 'Ashlee Coosaia'; 'Joe Carosella'; 'Louis Carosella'; RE: Delray Place - Tropic Isle Input Kohl's Sheridan St..jpg Yes, we have had several meetings but we don t see any evidence that you have taken our concerns seriously. Our discussions with Joe and Louis were met with can t be done, won t work and not economically feasible. We never agreed that eliminating the perpendicular pathways and moving the outside dining closer to Linton was our only concern. The 22 height of the buildings along Linton Blvd. that would create a concrete monolith just 15 feet from our property line is unacceptable. The height of these buildings is almost 4 times as high as the existing 6 wall and would tower over our property eliminating all view of the sky to the north for the eight homes on the north side of McCleary St. and it would be visible to the homes on the south side of McCleary St. over the tops of the north side homes. You listened to us but I don t think you heard us. At the P&Z meeting, staff enlightened the group that you would need at least seven variances to build this project according to the site plan submitted to P&Z. I don t think that the City of Delray Beach has any obligation to change zoning regulations and negatively impact existing residential properties just to make your project economically feasible. Here are some other concerns: Restaurants and a day care center should not be located behind the houses on the north side of McCleary St. These are not compatible with the surrounding residential property. Your suggested traffic pattern, which now includes a u turn on Federal Hwy instead of Linton Blvd, for trucks poses a danger for the 25,000 cars you claim go past your site each day. Southbound 18 wheelers making a U turn on Federal Highway at Tropic Blvd. will create a traffic hazard to all vehicles traveling north and south on Federal Hwy in that area and make it even more difficult to exit Tropic Isle at the traffic signal. Landscape buffers are not adequate on two sides of the project. How can you plant mature 25 canopy trees in a 10 wide planting area on the Linton Blvd. side of the project? I have personally visited the Kohl s store on Sheridan St. in Hollywood that you stated used the same sound muffling wall materials that you are proposing for the loading docks in Delray Place. I did not see that any extra sound proofing was installed in these walls and, as you can see in the attached photo, the trailers are higher than the existing wall. Is this what you are planning for Delray Place? The other project that you showed with a Michael s store should not be compared with Delray Place because that center is completely surrounded by streets with no part of the property directly abutting residential property. We are not against re developing this site but it needs to be done with less impact on the surrounding residential properties. Please show us how you have taken our concerns seriously and made changes that will minimize the impact on McCleary St., Eve St. and Tropic Blvd. The residents of McCleary St., Eve St. and Tropic Blvd. are always available to meet to discuss these issue again. Bill and Nancy Schnabel 1

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