[Durham INC] SWCD should be at the table wrt Trinity Park Fitness Center site plan(s)

[John Martin]

Dick,
With all due respect, you are assuming what has yet to be demonstrated:  that tearing down the old Diet and Fitness Center and using the land for storm water management is the best use of the site.  It may be the cheapest way for the City and County to solve our storm water problems, but if the non-dollar costs are disproportionately paid by the surrounding neighborhoods, how are they going to be compensated?  
This site is in a curious place.  It's a bit outside of Trinity Park as well as Duke Park and Old North Durham.  It's a kind of no-mans-land, and consequently the neighborhood has struggled.  Recently there have been signs of improvement:  houses in the Pearl Mill village are being renovated; the old Cal-Tone Paint store was turned into Trinity Lofts, and of course, not far off are King's, Geer St. Garden, Motorco, etc.  I think everyone would like to see this dynamic continue.  To that end, whatever is done with the old Diet and Fitness Center has to be an asset for the neighborhood, not just the cheapest option for managing storm water. 
John 

--- On Thu, 5/17/12, Richard Ford <rbford at aim.com> wrote:

From: Richard Ford <rbford at aim.com>
Subject: Re: [Durham INC] SWCD should be at the table wrt Trinity Park Fitness Center site plan(s)
To: "INC" <inc-list at rtpnet.org>
Date: Thursday, May 17, 2012, 5:06 PM

Suggest we keep our eyes on the prize: getting and executing a great plan for using TPFC site to improve stormwater management.   

There are likely going to be much bigger issues on this project, than an inartful phrase in a post. 
On May 17, 2012, at 4:48 PM, Patrick wrote:

> Yeah... What he said!!!!
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> Sent from my iPhone
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> On May 17, 2012, at 12:56, "Mike Woodard" <mike at mikewoodard.com> wrote:
> 
>> Melissa:
>> 
>> I will check on this request, but I have to be honest: your comment about the City staff ("...to likely do a second-rate job as a result.") was unfair. Our city is served by talented, hard-working, and dedicated professionals, including our Public Works staff.
>> 
>> Mike Woodard
>> 
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>> Subject: [Durham INC] SWCD should be at the table wrt Trinity Park Fitness
>>   Center site plan(s)
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