From: 	"Steve Bushey" <SBushey@DelucaHoffman.com>
To:	"Barbara Barhydt" <BAB@portlandmaine.gov>, "David Margolis-Pineo" <DMP@portlandmaine.gov>
CC:	"John Peverada" <JBP@portlandmaine.gov>, "Shukria Wiar" <SHUKRIAW@portlandmaine.gov>, "Tom Errico" <thomas.errico@tylin.com>, "Jim Brady" <jameshbrady@gmail.com>, "Kevin Bunker" <bunker.kevin@gmail.com>, <lloyd@archetypepa.com>, "Stu Dawson" <sdawson@sasaki.com>
Date: 	12/10/2012 2:03 PM
Subject: 	RE: Exchange Street sidewalk extension at the entrance to the proposed  Hotel
Attachments:	IMG_3109.JPG; HPSC0749.pdf; IMG_3103.JPG; IMG_3108.JPG; IMG_3092.JPG

Hi Barbara and Shukria,

I did not intend to leave you out of the loop.  Just thought I'd ask
Dave and Tom for some feedback.  Currently the area being considered for
the sidewalk extension at the entrance is unmetered parking.  Currently
the parking is unmetered from the Exchange Street entrance down to the
corner of Federal Street.  It remains unmetered along Federal and up
Market Street.  We've discussed the idea of a sidewalk extension on
Federal Street of 4' which might then allow three new metered spaces
while improving the sidewalk for the placement of multiple street trees
(we need the extension since basement space below the existing sidewalk
limits precludes the ability to install a tree well.  We've not
discussed the idea of any type of metered parking along Market Street.
We do plan to increase the parking capacity along Market Street since a
portion of Market Street currently is prohibited parking due to the old
Press Herald loading area restrictions that no longer will apply.
David Margolis Pineo commented earlier about some concern for the loss
of the parking space at the Exchange Street sidewalk extension, however
perhaps this is offset by the fact that it's unmetered parking anyway.
I've attached the schematic and some photos to help with your review.
Please let me know your thoughts on this.

Stephen Bushey, PE

Deluca‑Hoffman Associates, Inc

778 Main Street

South Portland, Maine 04106

Tel. 207‑775‑1121

Fax 207‑879‑0896

sbushey@delucahoffman.com <mailto:sbushey@delucahoffman.com>

________________________________

From: Barbara Barhydt [mailto:BAB@portlandmaine.gov]
Sent: Monday, December 10, 2012 1:30 PM
To: Steve Bushey; David Margolis‑Pineo
Cc: John Peverada; Shukria Wiar; Tom Errico
Subject: Re: Exchange Street sidewalk extension at the entrance to the
proposed Hotel

The attachment is not included with my e‑mail.  Could you forward this
to Shukria and to me?

Thank you.

Barbara

Barbara Barhydt
Acting Planning Division Director
Planning Division
389 Congress Street  4th Floor
Portland, ME 04101
(207) 874‑8699
Fax: (207) 756‑8256
bab@portlandmaine.gov>>> David Margolis‑Pineo Monday, December 10, 2012
12:10 PM >>>

Gees Steve.  I appreciate all the work you have done, but I'm not sure
taking those three parking spots is a done deal.  Is Council action
required?  I know Harding Smith doesn't like the idea.

I would like Barbara and John to weight in here.

>>> "Steve Bushey" <SBushey@DelucaHoffman.com> 12/10/2012 10:18 AM >>>

Dave and Tom,

I am interested in your view of the proposed sidewalk extension at the
proposed front entrance to the Hotel.  We would like to bump out the
curb line 8' as that works nicely with the grading necessary to raise
the sidewalk for ADA access onto the existing granite threshold.  We
need to reconstruct sidewalk anyway for waterproofing the concrete
basement roof that exists below the sidewalk.  The developer also is
contemplating a snowmelt system beneath the entrance area (I'm guessing
it will extend out beyond the canopy).  Can you review the attached and
let me know what you think before I start drafting of this?  The
existing Street width in Exchange is about 30'.  The 8' bumpout seems to
coincide reasonably with the parallel parking along the Street.  We
would like to make a roughly 8' x 12' area with a granite surface
treatment at the front threshold and then border it with City standard
brick paving.  The 8'x 14' area will be slope at 1.9% or less then
transitions to a 5% grade to allow the match into existing grade to the
south of the canopy/entrance area.

thanks

Stephen Bushey, PE

Deluca‑Hoffman Associates, Inc

778 Main Street

South Portland, Maine 04106

Tel. 207‑775‑1121

Fax 207‑879‑0896

sbushey@delucahoffman.com <mailto:sbushey@delucahoffman.com>

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