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PLANNERS TO REVIEW CHURCH PROJECT
Rancho Santa Fe Review
Oct 31 2012
CA
By Karen Billing
St. John Garabed Church, an Armenian church planned for El Camino
Real, located on the edge of Rancho Santa Fe/Fairbanks Ranch, will
be reviewed by the Carmel Valley Community Planning Board's regional
issues subcommmitee meeting on Nov. 7 at 4:30 p.m. at the Carmel
Valley Library.
The project came before the planning board for an update at its
Oct. 25 meeting.
The multi-phase project includes a 350-seat church, a 500-seat
multi-purpose hall, a cultural and education center and a youth
center in a "village-like" cluster of buildings. At its highest the
church will be 93 feet tall, the other two buildings will be 30 and
40 feet tall.
"We weren't able to achieve the sacred proportions of Armenian
church architecture, where the height is greater than the width,
because of the setting," said Dennis Hyndman, the architect for
the project. "We feel we've done a good job changing the project
but maintaining the traditional architecture that is important to
Armenian people...Hopefully this project will enhance the community
of Carmel Valley."
According to Marcela Escobar-Eck, the land use planner for the site,
the church has focused its development to a mesa top on the land to
minimize the impact on natural resources on the site. The hope is to
restore the surrounding open space area, benefit the wildlife corridor
and enlarge the wetlands area.
The access drive has proven to be the biggest challenges for the
site, Escobar-Eck said. They tried to negotiate an easement using
the neighboring Evangelican Formosan Church's property but the
church was unwilling to grant the easement. The access point will
now be a driveway near the toe of the slope of the property. A short
deceleration lane will be added for the entrance to the church and
a short acceleration lane will be added for the right-only exit.
http://www.ranchosantafereview.com/2012/10/31/planners-to-review-church-project/
Rancho Santa Fe Review
Oct 31 2012
CA
By Karen Billing
St. John Garabed Church, an Armenian church planned for El Camino
Real, located on the edge of Rancho Santa Fe/Fairbanks Ranch, will
be reviewed by the Carmel Valley Community Planning Board's regional
issues subcommmitee meeting on Nov. 7 at 4:30 p.m. at the Carmel
Valley Library.
The project came before the planning board for an update at its
Oct. 25 meeting.
The multi-phase project includes a 350-seat church, a 500-seat
multi-purpose hall, a cultural and education center and a youth
center in a "village-like" cluster of buildings. At its highest the
church will be 93 feet tall, the other two buildings will be 30 and
40 feet tall.
"We weren't able to achieve the sacred proportions of Armenian
church architecture, where the height is greater than the width,
because of the setting," said Dennis Hyndman, the architect for
the project. "We feel we've done a good job changing the project
but maintaining the traditional architecture that is important to
Armenian people...Hopefully this project will enhance the community
of Carmel Valley."
According to Marcela Escobar-Eck, the land use planner for the site,
the church has focused its development to a mesa top on the land to
minimize the impact on natural resources on the site. The hope is to
restore the surrounding open space area, benefit the wildlife corridor
and enlarge the wetlands area.
The access drive has proven to be the biggest challenges for the
site, Escobar-Eck said. They tried to negotiate an easement using
the neighboring Evangelican Formosan Church's property but the
church was unwilling to grant the easement. The access point will
now be a driveway near the toe of the slope of the property. A short
deceleration lane will be added for the entrance to the church and
a short acceleration lane will be added for the right-only exit.
http://www.ranchosantafereview.com/2012/10/31/planners-to-review-church-project/