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Ms. Jeanne A. Mabusth April 16, 1990 Page 3 solution. Please recall that on this particular lot there are almost no trees within the 50-foot front setback area; and that the purpose of Paragrah F of Resolution 2652, as we understand it, was to protect trees 2" or more in diameter. Even if the City elects not to change Resolution 2652, it should permit a looped driveway on Lot 2, Block 2, Sugar Woods. There are many other lots in Sugar Woods where looped driveways would make more sense, even if more trees are taken than with straight driveways. There are four lots on the inside of curves of Sugar Woods Drive and six lots on the outside of curves of Sugar Woods Drive; and straight driveways would result in cars backing into Sugar Woods Drive where it curves. Most of the lots are heavily wooded and backing out of heavily wooded lots into Sugar Woods Drive would be dangerous. Looped driveways encourage off-street parking by guests and this is desirable. Sidney Rebers has demonstrated an extraordinary desire to preserve trees on this site. He personally planted many of the trees and he has relocated many trees during construction of Sugar Woods Drive, rather than cut them down. Through his control of the architectural control committee for Sugar Woods, Sidney Rebers will be able to continue his efforts to preserve trees in Sugar Woods. We respectfully request that looped driveways be allowed in Sugar Woods, subject to the site conditions, subject to the approval of the architectural control committee of the homeowners association (which is controlled by Sidney Rebers during the development period), and subject to the limitation that no driveway may be more than 20 feet wide as it passes through the front setback area. We do not think that every request for a looped driveway should need to be brought to the City Council or its staff. We request that this matter be heard and decided at the regular meeting of the City Council scheduled for Monday, April 23, 1990. Sidney Rebers and Rick Lang will attend the meeting and I hope to be there as well. However, I have another governmentaj. hearing scheduled for that afternoon and, if it does not finish on time, I will ask Hugh Maynard to attend in my place.