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I created the humorous illustration [at right] of the Great Lawn in front of St. Marks Church in 2009, 11 years ago.
At that time the drawing marked the 60th anniversary of May Fair. This year the Great Lawn at St. Mark’s will be home to May Fair for 71 years. May Fair is the celebration of the St.
I first saw the model of the proposed Oenoke facility on the New Canaanite’s website. I wrote a letter to the New Canaanite expressing relief that a model of the Oenoke Facilty had finally been provided at the December 17th P & Z meeting. I did not go to that meeting because I am a senior and was concerned about the ice. My letter said the model was much needed but it did not go far enough to illustrate the drainage problems and excessive height from the perspective of the 165 Oenoke condos that lie directly beneath it. I propose the newly created model should be expanded to extend down the slope through the condos to the drainage pond/marsh at its foot on Heritage Hill Road.
To the Editor,
The model of the proposed Oenoke facility exhibited at the December 17th P & Z meeting was much needed but it does not go far enough to illustrate the drainage problems and excessive height from the perspective of the 165 Oenoke condos that lie directly beneath it. (I have tried to roughly approximate a small segment of the condition in Photoshop).
The newly created model should be expanded to extend down the slope through the condos to the drainage pond/marsh at its foot on Heritage Hill Road. Engineers warn the Oenoke drainage system may experience backflow and the drainage pond/marsh may overflow. The proposed facility does not address climate change—perhaps because state and local statutes do not address climate change—yet climate change is very much with us today. Builders must equal present conditions but need not improve those conditions.