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HANSEN Alissa H <br />From:Gordon Anslow <gordon@adhomes.com> <br />Tuesday, April 24, 2012 11:37 AM <br />Sent: <br />To:HANSEN Alissa H <br />Subject:ICS record <br />Alissaʹ <br />Thanksformeetingwithusyesterday.RegardingthetwopagesIgaveyoulistingprojectswehavebuiltinthe <br />area,andlikelyimpactoftheICSproposednewregswillhaveonthem(whichIwroteinredpen),Iwouldliketorequest <br />thatyouaddthesetotherecordassubmittalsrelatedtotheICSproposalsnowunderconsideration.(Iunderstandthe <br />recordisstillopen.)IĚŝĚŶ͛ƚmakeacopyformyrecords;Iwouldalsoverymuchappreciateitifyoucouldmakeacopy <br />oremailapdftome,soIhavearecordofit. <br />Forwhateverreason,Iseemtobeoneofthepeopleintownmorefamiliarthanmostwithhowallthese <br />regulatorymeasuresinteractandaffectwhatyoucandowithagivenpieceofproperty.(Idothisinsteadofhavinga <br />life,ofcourse!)Itriedtoberealisticinthesecomments.Insomecases,Ihadliterallylookedduringdesignatwhatwas <br />possibleifthedensitythresholdǁĂƐŶ͛ƚmet,soitŝƐŶ͛ƚidlespeculation.Itisfairtosaythatasageneralrule,if20%of <br />thelandareaisgivenovertoopenspace(ie,nobuildingonoroverit),areductionof15%to20%ofcapacity <br />occurs.Thisvariesdependingonthingslikeshapeandproportionsofalot,howmuchfrontageonstreets, <br />encroachmentbynearbybuildings,andmanyothervariables,butthe15to20%rangeisʹifanything,onthe <br />conservativeside,astohowmuchimpactthiswillhaveonabilitytoachieveacertaindensity. <br />Naturally,onecouldsayʹ͞zŽƵcanachievethesamedensity,butwith1bedroomĂƉĂƌƚŵĞŶƚƐ͘͟Yes,youcould <br />meettheofficialdefinitionofdensity,butthetrueaffectofhowmanypeoplecanbeaccommodatedisperhapsthe <br />bettermeasureofwhattherealimpactis,whetherforbetterorworse.(Dependsonyourviewofwhetherhigher <br />densityisagoodthing,orabadthing.)Inatleastsomequarters,higherdensityisseenasreducingdemandfor <br />expansionoftheUGB,makingbetteruseoffiniteresources,andreducingdependencyontransportationtoconductthe <br />affairsofŽŶĞƐ͛life. <br />Thankyouforyourattentiontothis. <br />Regards, <br />Gordon <br />1 <br />