From: 	William Savage <wsavage@acorn-engineering.com>
To:	Jean Fraser <JF@portlandmaine.gov>
Date: 	2/2/2016 8:23 PM
Subject: 	RE: 31 Fore St-  Tech Std waiver
Attachments:	31 FORE ST - RESIDENTIAL MULTI-UNIT PREAPP.PDF

Jean,
I did speak with Port City and they were very adamant that to meet the 35 ft setback in entirety would require a significant redesign of the building. We may be able to shift the driveway 6” up against the building and reduce the driveway width to 10 ft but in total this would only gain us 1’-6”. We would be closer to 33 ft with these changes. Any plan changes would occur with our final submission and in either case we would still request a waiver although we believe we are meeting the intent of the technical standard. I will send along a separate email with our proposed waiver request. The request will not reflect the discussion noted above for our preliminary submission as this conversation is ongoing.

Please note that Port City has already shifted the driveway location once following input from staff on the pre-app meeting (I was not on the design team yet). They believe the present location reflects those discussions. Please refer to the attached plan that was submitted by Port City at the pre-app meeting for reference. Please note pg. 9 and 13.
Will Savage, PE
Principal

Licensed in Maine

Acorn Engineering, Inc
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(page 9 and 13 attached)