From:	Michael Behrendt
Sent:	Monday, February 06, 2017 12:51 PM
Subject:	Young Drive - email from Barbara Flynn about buffer

To the Planning Board,
Please see the email below from Barbara Flynn, a neighbor on Beard’s Landing 
Road.

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


From: b flynn & c starr []  
Sent: Monday, February 06, 2017 9:55 AM 
To: Michael Behrendt 
Subject: Young Drive

Dear Planning Board —

As you know, the residents of Beards Landing are concerned about the aesthetic 
impact of the proposed Young Drive development. However, it may not have 
occurred to you that this is but a second assault on our neighborhood: the first was 
the sports complex on Coe Drive. This meant that instead of a grassy field and 
small grove of mature trees, we are now met every day by the view of several 
fences, the unsightly back-side of a huge scoreboard, artificial turf, and lights that 
would not be out of place in a prison yard.

We are particularly concerned about the loss of the trees. Despite their appearance 
on the plans, and assurances during the construction that they would be retained, 
we were appalled to find one day that they were gone, every single one.  The 
school district is “sympathetic,” and has offered to plant a few shrubs along the 
fence at some unknown future date, if the budget allows.

You can imagine that we might be skeptical about similar promises for Young 
Drive. I would like to encourage you to put in place some mechanism that would 
provide a strong incentive for the developers to take whatever measures were 
necessary to retain the trees that shield their proposed development from our view. 

Thank you for your consideration.

Barbara Flynn
4 Beards Landing

 
 
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