From:	Michael Behrendt
Sent:	Monday, June 06, 2016 6:30 PM
Subject:	Mill Plaza - email from Peter Wolfe

To the Planning Board (and applicant),
Please see the email from Peter Wolfe, below.

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


From: Peter Wolfe []  
Sent: Monday, June 06, 2016 4:39 PM 
To: Michael Behrendt 
Subject: Mill Plaza

Michael,

I am out of state and cannot make the meeting this Wednesday but would offer 
these thought about the design presented by Mill Plaza.

The front of the project toward Mill Road reminds me of the first plan presented 
to the planning board when I was chair almost 2 years ago. If you remember there 
was unamous dislike for the "L" shaped design for the following reasons:
            1. It has no conductivity with Main Street and the rest of Durham.
            2. It looks like a typical Route 1 Shopping center with no integration into a 
more community style design. (some of the developers earlier designs did better 
in this area)
            3. It does not incorporate any of the design concepts from the Mill Plaza 
study committee.
            4. If there is going to be commercial space in the rear, this type of design 
discourages customers from traveling to the back.
Later I will raise different concerns with the rear portion of the project. You have 
identified many but I see other ones.

Best
Peter Wolfe