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September 16, 2016
Ms. Margaret Maliszewski
County of Albemarle
Department of Community Development
401 McIntire Road
Charlottesville, VA 22902
RE: ARB-201600082 Region 10 Women's Treatment Center
Dear Margaret,
This letter is to accompany the revised ARB package and serve as response to your August 19, 2016
review letter
ofie The following note should be added to the site plan. "Visibility of all mechanical equipment from
the Entrance Corridor shall be eliminated."
/Response: Note added to sheet L1.05 -Landscape Plan.
%.2' The following note should be included on the lighting plan. "Each outdoor luminaire equipped with
a lamp that emits 3,000 or more initial lumens shall be full cutoff luminaire and shall be arranged
or shielded to reflect light away from adjoining residential districts and away from adjacent roads."
/Response: Note added to sheet L1.08—Photometric Plan
Ii The following note should be added to the landscape plan. "All site plantings of trees and shrubs
shall be allowed to reach, and be maintained at, mature height; the topping of trees is prohibited.
Shrubs and trees shall be pruned minimally and only to support the overall health of the plant."
R sponse: Note added to sheet L1.05-Landscape Plan.
Assurances will need to be provided that trees along Old Lynchburg Road will not conflict with
utility lines or easements or trees will be relocated and/or alternate species selected, as
appropriate
Response: We have not found record of an easement and we have just begun coordinating
with the utility company to verify utilities. In addition,we have explored two options for
addressing the street trees along Old Lynchburg Road—1. adjust the tree locations slightly
so they are not in conflict with utility poles and select a smaller tree that will not interfere with
utility lines (Carpinus caroliniana or Cladastris Kentuckea)or 2. keep the Ginkgo trees but
increase tree spacing to 39' on center to avoid conflicts with the easternmost utility pole
while moving the three westernmost trees away from the road to avoid powerlines and other
utiliti s. The Ginkgo cultivar selected (Princeton Sentry) is a fastigiate variety and will not
ty ' ally grow more than 20'wide. In this scenario the trees are located roughly 18' away
f m the overhead utility lines(with the exception of one tree located 9.5'from overhead
tility lines and one tree located 12' away from the easternmos tility pole). We prefer option
2 and this is what is reflected in the revised plan. One stree ree has been removed in order
to accommodate the new spacing—6 street trees instead 7. Six trees meet the street tree
requirement(See Landscape Calculations on L1.05 -Landscape Plan).
5. If changes other than those requested have been made, identify those changes in the memo
Respo e: Rachel Falkenstein with the county asked that we provide additional screening between
Old nchburg Place and the proposed biofilter in the form of shrubs or a planting strip as space
mits. In response,37 Myrica cerifera'Don's Dwarf'(Dwarf Wax Myrtle)shrubs have been added
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along the edge of Old Lynchburg Place between the parking lot and biofilter. Rachel also commented
t t the "County's landscaping and screening requirements do not require perimeter parking trees"
but "an area of at least 5%of the paved parking and vehicular circulation must be landscaped. Please
provide calculations to show this requirement is met."In response,we did not remove the perimeter
parking trees from the plan but we did remove the perimeter parking tree calculations from the
Landscape Calculations Schedule and replaced it with the 5%of paved parking and vehicular
circulation calculation (Sheet L1.05).
Please find the attached 2 copies of the revised site plans and architectural drawings. Please do not
hesitate to call if you have any questions or need anything additional
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Franklin, PE
Waterstreet Studio, LLC
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