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HomeMy WebLinkAbout081622-11.01 DANVILLE PATIO APARTMENTSDavid H. Malcolm, Inc., Realtor° Investments & Counseling 1756 Lacassie Avenue, Suite 101 • Walnut Creek, CA 94596 (925) 295-1833 • FAX (925) 295-1223 August 16, 2022 Delivered Via E-mail dcrompton@danville.ca.gov and jbergman@danville.ca.gov David Crompton, Chief Planner Jill Bergman, Director Danville Planning Division Business and Economic Development Town of Danville 510 La Gonda Way Danville, CA 94526 Re: Downtown Master Plan Update Dear David: Unfortunately, not able to make it to the Danville Town Council Meeting today, Tuesday, August 16, 2022, at 5:00 p.m. but want to make sure that the Danville Patio Apartments is on record that parking and drainage on Laurel Drive needs to be reviewed and resolved. Storm Drain — Intersection of Hartz Way & Front Street The nearest storm drain is in the intersection of Hartz Way & Front Street which is inadequate for the area already and as more properties are redeveloped to add units the more water runoff that will overwhelm this storm drain even faster. This storm drain can handle the smaller storms if the leaf debris is cleared daily and multiple times during the rain event but as soon as the rain becomes a moderate rainstorm Laurel Drive (mostly west side of the street) floods. This past fall 2021 / winter 2022 there were multiple times that the water was over the sidewalk due to the storm drain could not handle the amount of water flowing into it. The storm drain was not blocked by debris as our maintenance person cleared it regularly to keep our complex from flooding. Laurel Drive Parking Employee Permit Parking on Hartz Way is full intermittently and area beneath freeway on Laurel Drive is rarely used by downtown employees. However, street parking in front of 40 Laurel Drive is rarely available to our tenants and over the years it has been a challenge but for the past year parking has been much tougher to find street parking and this has caused us to lose tenants due to lack of parking for their family & guests. Sycamore Place, 35 Laurel Drive — although there is parking located in the rear of their building there are several residents and guests that do not use their parking spaces located in their parking lot as they prefer to park closer to their units on the Laurel Drive side of the complex. We were assured that Sycamore Place Tenants and their guests would not be allowed to park on Laurel Drive during the Public Hearings for this project. David — you know we have been complaining about this issue for years and to our knowledge this has not been addressed. IC REALTOR August 16, 2022 Town of Danville Page 2 If there is anything the Town of Danville can do to resolve the above drainage issues it would be greatly appreciated. We understand that leaf debris from the trees located directly in front of our complex is our responsibility, but we are clearing all the way into the intersection which is not our responsibility. We are willing to meet whoever can help resolve these problems so that they can hear firsthand reports. Yes, we have sent reports through your website, but the response was simply not the Town's problem which obviously there is a lack of understanding as to where this problem started and how is has progressed to a much bigger problem related to multiple single family home parcels on Laurel Drive have been turned into multi -unit parcels. Should you have any questions, please do not hesitate to contact our office. Thank you. Sincerely, DANVILLE PATIO APARTMENTS t/ -(C z<<. rel Colleen Brooks (-Th