HomeMy WebLinkAboutG-513 DiLoreto 08-01-2023 From: DiLoreto,Natalie
To: Davis.Ellen
Subject: File No.: LU 23-0002
Date: Tuesday,August 1,2023 3:58:45 PM
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Ellen,
I wanted to share my comments for the record on Proposed File No. LU 23-0002.
Comments on Proposed File No. LU 23-0002
My husband and I are the owners of the property located at 5622 Carman Drive. Our property backs
up to SW Baliene, an unimproved right of way, which abuts to the subject property. We have three
concerns with respect to this application:
1. When the properties along Tera Place were developed, storm drainage from those lots
was allowed to run into our backyard. While there is a portion of our yard that is a natural
resource area, we do not want any additional runoff to run into our yard. A conversation
with the lead planner on this project, Ellen Davis, states that all storm water runoff from
development of this property, under current Lake Oswego code, would be required to be
retained on site. With that statement we would be satisfied with this concern.
2. Access to the 5 lots of the development. Again,the lead planner in the same
conversation, stated that access to these lots will come off Kimball Street. With that
condition that concern would be satisfied.
3. The removal of 43 trees. No access will be provided to the subject property off SW
Baliene, and the only improvement I can see occurring in that right of way appears to be a
sanitary sewer. From the map attached with the application it looks like 5 trees have a
direct conflict with the sewer line in the location shown. We question the need for
removing all the trees shown located within this right of way. It seems that a better
alignment would work for the sewer and the protection of the trees. Many of these trees
are Oaks, and Oaks provide a special environment benefit. Knowing that Oregon white
Oka Trees are very slow to grow and often not picked by landscapers for this reason losing
these trees is a shame. Oregon white oaks provide favorable habitat to a number of
important wildlife types, including the western gray squirrel, which is listed as threatened
in Washington and sensitive in Oregon -and to many birds, including dark-eyed juncos,
goldfinches, nuthatches, wild turkeys, and acorn and pileated woodpeckers. These trees
are also special for the fact they can withstand both lengthy flooding and drought which is
the condition of the purposed land.
Thank you for your consideration in this manner.
Natalie DiLoreto