From: 	Jean Fraser
To:	Peter Biegel
CC:	'Tim O'Donovan';  Ethan Croce
Date: 	10/4/2012 3:40 PM
Subject: 	Ledgewood Drive Subdivision , 1062 Ocean 

Peter
 
Further to the e-mail of 9.28.2012 I am writing to clarify the City of Portland Staff thinking on several of the issues that have been raised and are fundamental to the design/layout of the final plans.  I am copying this e-mail to Ethan Croce at Falmouth and will be following up with a conversation with him to see whether any of the comments below raise concerns from the Falmouth staff viewpoint.
 
1.  I confirm that the Planning Board will be voting on the joint meeting waiver on Tuesday Oct 9th and a short report on this will be on the City's website tomorrow afternoon.
 
2.  Lot #13 :  We understand this lot already has a Falmouth address on Ledgewood Drive and is located within the Town of Falmouth.  Therefore the emergency response for this lot should remain with Falmouth with no change to the address.  However, the drive does not need to be on the same street as the address and we support the proposal you already indicated to the Falmouth and Portland Planning Boards ie that the drive be relocated to connect into the proposed new subdivision street (with the drive on Ledgewood closed).  This means there will be no increase to the number of access points along this section of Ledgewood and is safer in view of the minimal distance between the existing drive and proposed new street. 
 
3.  Lot #13:  Trash and plowing:   The occupier of Lot #13 will have a choice re trash-  they can put a Falmouth bag on Ledgewood or a Portland bag on the new street.  Plowing of Ledgewood is Falmouth and plowing of the new street will be Portland.
 
4.  Other 12 lots on new street:  I confirm that the City of Portland would expect to accept the street as a Portland public street once built to City standards and accepted by the City Council;  so plowing and trash collection and emergency response would be by Portland.
 
5.  Addressing:  Please propose a name for the new street that is not similar to any other street in either of the municipalities.
 
6.  Lot #14:   
There is no legal reason why a site plan for a new structure on this lot can not be submitted now.  However, it is likely that the City of Portland would want the drive for that structure to be relocated onto Ledgewood Drive (as Ocean Ave is a more heavily trafficked road so it would be safer assuming distance of the drive from the corner is OK).  This raises more strategic issues (including whether a sidewalk is required) which might best be resolved within the subdivision review process so that liaison with Falmouth is facilitated;
 I suggest you show the proposed house footprint and proposed drive location for Lot #14 on the final subdivision plans and if (early in the review of those) it appears there are no major issues then it may be possible for you to start the site plan review process and technically a site plan approval could be issued subject to conditions that tie it into the Subdivision requirements;
Please note that any additional impervious area over existing needs to be treated, but you could take a '"credit" from another part of the subdivision site;
Please also note that we would need an HHE200 to show that any septic system on this small site is acceptable.
7.  Links to trails in Falmouth:  I think the Portland Planning Board will want to know how these will be secured as they are off site - and what the fall back proposal would be if they are not able to be secured-  ie a link into the Portland open space directly on the south boundary, maybe from the open space areas proposed within the Subdivision.
 
8.  Fencing:  Just to highlight the City Arborist comments in the PB Memo (Att 2) re fencing;  I understand that there may be a local issue re ATV "trespass" in this area and I suggest you talk to Jeff Tarling (874 8820) about the options for ensuring this is addressed by the design of this subdivision and fencing within or around parts of this subdivision.
 
I think this (taken together with the 9.28.2012 e-mail)  covers the key issues so far identified.  
 
Please do no hesitate to call me if there is anything else that needs to be clarified at this point in order for you to finalize the subdivision details.
 
Jean
 
Jean Fraser, Planner
City of Portland
874 8728