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2019-04-17 Anthony A. Adinolfi - Letter with Photos1 Charlene Way From:Anthony Adinolfi <aaadinolfi@live.com> Sent:Wednesday, April 17, 2019 1:44 PM To:Caleb Hood; Bill Parsons Cc:Stephanie Leonard; Meridian City Clerk; Stacy Arnold; Richard Everett Subject:RE: Three Corners and Three Corners Ranch Thanks Caleb, I appreciate it! One additional item that I did not add in my previous e-mail is that we’ve seen several neighborhood entrances with white squares painted on the road, to prevent neighborhoods from being blocked off and allow folks to enter and exit even during peak traffic times. Is there any way that can be added at our entrance as well? Several times in the last few weeks we’ve been prevented from entering the neighborhood in the early evening because traffic from Chinden backed up along the Ambrose school on Locust Grove, and folks just aren’t leaving any way for people to enter or exit from our neighborhood, which then backs up traffic in the opposite direction and has an effect on Chinden. Thanks again for taking the time to listen and pass along our e-mail. All the best, Anthony A. Adinolfi WEBSITE | LINKEDIN This message and any files or text attached to it are intended only for the recipients named above and contain information that may be confidential or privileged. If you are not an intended recipient, you must not read, copy, use or disclose this communication. Additionally, please notify the sender by replying to this message, and then delete all copies of it from your system. From: Caleb Hood <chood@meridiancity.org> Sent: Wednesday, April 17, 2019 13:35 To: Anthony Adinolfi <aaadinolfi@live.com>; Bill Parsons <bparsons@meridiancity.org> Cc: Stephanie Leonard <sleonard@meridiancity.org>; Meridian City Clerk <MeridianCityClerk@meridiancity.org>; Stacy Arnold <sarnold@meridiancity.org>; Richard Everett <reverett@meridiancity.org> Subject: RE: Three Corners and Three Corners Ranch Mr. Adinolfi, Thank you for writing and sending in pictures. I’m sharing your email with the City Clerk as well as the Planner working on the Three Corners Ranch project, Stephanie Leonard. I’m also sending to our Police and Code Enforcement Officers so they are aware of the parking issues in your neighborhood. Caleb 2 Get Involved in the New Comprehensive Plan www.meridiancity.org/compplan From: Anthony Adinolfi < aaadinolfi@live.com > Sent: Wednesday, April 17, 2019 11:32 AM To: Caleb Hood < chood@meridiancity.org >; Bill Parsons < bparsons@meridiancity.org > Cc: Anthony Adinolfi < aaadinolfi@live.com > Subject: RE: Three Corners and Three Corners Ranch TO: Caleb Hood, Planning Division Manager, City of Meridian Bill Parsons, Planning Supervisor, City of Meridian CC: Anthony Adinolfi, Three Corners Home Owner BCC: Katie Adinolfi, Three Corners Home Owner Three Corners Home Owners Association ATTACHMENTS: Photos of the Three Corners neighborhood at the intersection of E. Three Corners Dr. and Locust Grove, detailing how narrow our choke points are as well as Ambrose school traffic. Mr. Hood, Mr. Parsons, et al., We are writing to share concerns that we have related to creating a full access road between 3 Corners and several other subdivisions, and also voice our support of the plan that ACHD has already approved. Please consider the attached photos and the below our written testimony. We believe that increasing traffic through our neighborhood would be especially hazardous, given the congestion/traffic challenges already present at the intersection of E. Three Corners Dr. and Locust Grove. Currently, the 3 Corners neighborhood exits at Locust Grove. The exit is shared with The Ambrose School, a K- 12 school with a student population of 500+ , staff and faculty that come and go throughout the day – with increased traffic during the start and end of the school day, sporting events and religious activities held by the church. A large number of these students drive themselves. The school does not currently have adequate parking or an adequate pick up/drop off route, which causes vehicle traffic (in the form of idling and parked cars, moving vehicles and student and parent pedestrian traffic) to dramatically increase at several points throughout the day during the week, during special events at the school on weeknights, and on Sundays 3 during church services. This traffic overflows onto E. Three Corners Dr, and traffic cones have to be placed for safety. The Ambrose School is also building a second facility on E. Three Corners Dr., across from its primary facility, and it will be supporting an additional adult student population, further increasing vehicle and pedestrian traffic out of our exit point onto Locust Grove. Further, traffic attempting to reach Chinden already backs up passed our exit point during peak traffic times, making it difficult to enter or exit our neighborhood given our proximity to the Chinden and Locust Grove intersection. Widening Chinden simply moves the boundaries of that intersection closer to us, and additional through traffic via Three Corners would exacerbate this significantly. Despite numerous reminders from school leadership and multiple requests from the 3 Corners Home Owners Association - parents and students from the school continue to park along E. Three Corners Dr., making exiting the school’s parking lot on the northern side (to E. Three Corners Dr.) dangerous to nearly impossible, thanks to the low visibility caused by cars parked improperly and overall volume of traffic during peak hours mentioned above. While we know that our HOA has a strong partnership with the school and is actively working to resolve some of these issues, there ultimately is nowhere for the overflow traffic to go until the school invests in a solution, which may take years to implement, as the school gathers funds to construct additional parking and designs a crossing guard program to ensure students crossing E. Three Corners Dr. do so safely. As there are no marked crosswalks or crossing signals at the intersection of Locust Grove and E. Three Corners Dr. or at any point on E. Three Corners Dr., students often cross E. Three Corners Dr. at random poin ts to get to their parents parked on the north side of E. Three Corners Dr. This only compounds the chaotic traffic situation at peak times, as students often begin crossing or cross without checking for traffic coming in or exiting the area. We’ve already seen several narrow misses where a vehicle driver clearly did not see or understand that a student intended to cross – as I mentioned above, adding more cars to the mix certainly will only exacerbate an already challenging situation. During the school/work day, students from The Ambrose School also often cross Locust Grove to complete activities at the church building across the street, typically not using the crosswalk at the Locust Grove and Chinden intersection. While the children generally cross in groups and under the supervision of an instructor, it still creates a situation that could become markedly more dangerous should additional cars exit or enter the 3 Corners neighborhood at Locust Grove. There is currently no sidewalk from The Ambrose School to the intersection at Locust Grove and Chinden, so it is unlikely that students will use the marked crosswalk at the intersection until there is. Adding additional exiting or entering traffic would only make their crossing more dangerous, not to mention cause additional backups into the neighborhood and in the turn lane (which is shared with the school, the church, and our neighborhood, and is often used as a traffic lane by those intending to turn left at Chinden during peak traffic hours when vehicles stack up at the intersection of Locust Grove and Chinden). Additionally, there are two public school busses who’s routes require them to pick up or drop off children on the west side of Locust Grove at the intersection of E. Three Corners Dr. Children getting on and off the bus wishing to access the 3 Corners neighborhood (or any of the other neighborhoods that can currently be accessed on foot from the 3 Corners neighborhood) are required to cross Locust Grove, adding even more child foot traffic to the already congested intersection at E. Three Corner’s Dr.. While we understand the desire of our neighboring communities to be able to use our neighborhood as an access point to Locust Grove, adding more traffic to the intersection at Locust Grove and E. Three Corners Dr. would most definitely create an even more dangerous situation for the students and parents of The Ambrose 4 School, in addition to creating delays and congestion that the area was simply not designed to accommodate. The entry point to our neighborhood was created to serve our small neighborhood population only, and we are already struggling to manage the growth (and therefore traffic) created by the K-12 school we share the entrance with, as well as general traffic congestion related to the Locust Grove and Chinden intersection. Therefore, we respectfully and strongly request that additional drivers not be permitted to use our neighborhood as a “pass through” to Locust Grove, and that you approve the plan that ACHD has already approved – doing otherwise simply doesn’t make sense. Thank you in advance for your time, I appreciate it and welcome any discussion on the matter. Sincerely, Anthony and Katie Adinolfi 1805 E. Golden Oak Ct. Meridian, ID 83646 All the best, Anthony A. Adinolfi WEBSITE | LINKEDIN This message and any files or text attached to it are intended only for the recipients named above and contain information that may be confidential or privileged. 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