From:	Michael Behrendt
Sent:	Monday, November 27, 2017 1:49 PM
Subject:	Mill Plaza - email from John Hart

To the Planning Board,
For your interest.

Michael Behrendt
Durham Town Planner
Town of Durham
8 Newmarket Road
Durham, NH  03824
(603) 868-8064
www.ci.durham.nh.us


From: John Hart []  
Sent: Monday, November 27, 2017 11:54 AM 
To: Michael Behrendt 
Subject: Mill Plaza Nov 2017

TO:         Planning Board, Durham NH
FROM:  John Hart, 13 Mill Road, Durham
DATE:    27 November 2017
RE:          Latest Mill Plaza redevelopment concept
The November 2017 version of redevelopment of the Mill Plaza takes quite a few 
steps backward from the plans submitted during design review (which were poorly 
conceived themselves):  Two large blocks of buildings in an ocean of asphalt; no 
amenities; no buffering of neighborhood or College Brook; etc. It brings housing in 
closer proximity to the surrounding neighborhood, which would seem to violate 
the settlement agreement between the town and the developer. It would seem to 
violate most of the criteria for conditional use permitting. 
I have difficulty divining what the developers were thinking with this latest 
conceptual disaster. I’m baffled and appalled, in roughly equal measure. 
Finally, this very preliminary conceptual plan would seem to be a return to the 
design review phase, which was closed months ago.
I continue to hope for a resolution to redevelopment that will be acceptable to the 
developers, to the town and its citizens, and to the environment. Continuing thanks 
to the members of the Planning Board for working toward a fifty-year plan that 
will benefit all.