From:	Michael Behrendt
Sent:	Tuesday, November 28, 2017 2:33 PM
Subject:	Riverwoods - email from Carol Tuveson

To the Planning Board (and LUC),
Please see the email from Carol Tuveson below.

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


From: Carol Tuveson []  
Sent: Tuesday, November 28, 2017 1:13 PM 
To: Michael Behrendt 
Subject: Riverwoods

Dear Mr. Behrendt and the Planning Board,

Reading the draft of the Future Land Use Chapter (11/3/2017) p. 17, I was 
intrigued with the idea of urban transects.  It emphasized looking at "how areas in 
a community look and feel based on context."  This is a powerful concept and it 
would behoove the town to incorporate this thinking now, even thought the chapter 
hasn't been approved.   We have two buildings in town that underscore the value of 
this approach.  Look at how intrusive the 9-11 Madbury Road building is, and how it 
opened the door for more buildings to dwarf their neighbors creating visual 
discord.  On the other hand, the Harmony Homes assisted living complex on Route 
4 snuggled itself into its space and is very unobtrusive, although it took some 
changes to meet this goal.

I am in opposition of the four and five storied buildings presently in the current Riverwoods 
development plan on 108.  I feel that no building that abuts farm land should be allowed to be 
that much higher than the highest buildings around it; a reference to the context it is sited in.  

Development in Durham creeps further and further into the agricultural areas of 
the town. This slow creep is very destructive in so many ways: the sense of place 
and visual soul of the town, loss of farm land, and precedent setting to name a few.

I am hopeful that we can get this latest development right.

Sincerely,
Carol Tuveson
11 Watson Road