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ARMENIAN CHURCH PROJECT ON EL CAMINO REAL TO BE REVIEWED
Del Mar Times
Nov 1 2012
St. John Garabed Church, an Armenian church planned for El Camino Real,
will be reviewed by the Carmel Valley Community Planning Board~Rs
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 ~Svillage-like~T cluster of buildings. At its highest
the church will be 93 feet tall, the other two buildings will be 30
and 40 feet tall.
~SWe weren~Rt able to achieve the sacred proportions of Armenian
church architecture, where the height is greater than the width,
because of the setting,~T said Dennis Hyndman, the architect for
the project. ~SWe feel we~Rve done a good job changing the project
but maintaining the traditional architecture that is important to
Armenian people~EHopefully this project will enhance the community
of Carmel Valley.~T
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~Rs 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.delmartimes.net/2012/11/01/armenian-church-project-on-el-camino-real-to-be-reviewed/
From: Baghdasarian
Del Mar Times
Nov 1 2012
St. John Garabed Church, an Armenian church planned for El Camino Real,
will be reviewed by the Carmel Valley Community Planning Board~Rs
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 ~Svillage-like~T cluster of buildings. At its highest
the church will be 93 feet tall, the other two buildings will be 30
and 40 feet tall.
~SWe weren~Rt able to achieve the sacred proportions of Armenian
church architecture, where the height is greater than the width,
because of the setting,~T said Dennis Hyndman, the architect for
the project. ~SWe feel we~Rve done a good job changing the project
but maintaining the traditional architecture that is important to
Armenian people~EHopefully this project will enhance the community
of Carmel Valley.~T
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~Rs 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.delmartimes.net/2012/11/01/armenian-church-project-on-el-camino-real-to-be-reviewed/
From: Baghdasarian