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2019-04-30 Alan JurgensChris Johnson From: Bill Parsons Sent: Tuesday, April 30, 2019 12:49 PM To: Alan Jurgens Cc: Chris Johnson; Stephanie Leonard Subject: RE: 3 Corners Ranch subdivision Alan, Thank you providing comments on the Three Corners application. I have included the City Clerk's office on this email so your written testimony is part of the public record. Sincerely, Bill Parsons, AICP I Planning Supervisor City of Meridian I Community Development Dept. 33 E. Broadway Ave., Ste. 102, Meridian, Idaho 83642 Phone: 208-884-5533 1 Fax: 208-489-0571 a(fi Ia� Built for Business, Designed for Living ©0000 All e-mail messages sent to or received by City of Meridian e-mail accounts are subject to the Idaho law, in regards to both release and retention, and may be released upon request, unless exempt from disclosure by law. From: Alan Jurgens <alan.jurgens@gmail.com> Sent: Monday, April 29, 2019 3:11 PM To: Bill Parsons <bparsons@meridiancity.org> Subject: 3 Corners Ranch subdivision 4/29/19 City of Meridian bparsons @ meridiancity. org attention Mr. Bill Parsons Re.: 3 Comers Ranch Subdivision Dear Mr. Parsons, I currently reside on Dunwoody Court in Meridian and received notification that the 3 Corners Ranch subdivision meeting has been postponed until May. There has been much speculation and rumor as to how connectivity will be achieved for this subdivision and after doing my own research I felt compelled to express my opinions regarding this issue. I read the current proposal and concerns on your Meridian city website, which contained comments the residents of 3 Corners subdivision made regarding Ambrose school traffic, cars being parked on the street next to the school and students passing to and from school. 3 Corners subdivision has their only entrance and exit adjacent to Ambrose School and understandably this creates a legitimate concern about the safety of these students. I drove into 3 Comers on a school day around 1:00 pm and noticed only 1 car parked on the curbside of the 3 Corners entrance. Included is a photo of what I saw. The entrance itself was very quiet and there were no noticeable problems. I also phoned Ambrose School and spoke with Kelly in the Operations department of the school. He indicated they are nearly finished with adding 64 parking spaces at the end of the new school addition, which should alleviate any of the 3 Corners concerns. The 33 acre field where 3 Corners Ranch will be developed is surrounded by several neighborhoods and each neighborhood has a road which has been stubbed or could be, in anticipation of access to this development. Understandably, none of the residents in these neighborhoods wish to see their roads connected because of the increase in traffic that will result. I won't pretend to have the answer to this dilemma, but I would like to offer my opinion that one obvious area of connectivity should be from the 3 Corners subdivision, which is the sister subdivision to 3 Corners Ranch. These two subdivisions are contiguous. Connectivity has been a term frequently mentioned in these discussions and 3 Comers subdivision has only one road in and out, as I previously mentioned. Because they area sister subdivision to 3 Corners Ranch I believe there should be a road connecting the two subdivisions and Dunwoody Court could be used as the baluster. 3 Corners subdivision had a road stubbed at the end of the subdivision with a sign that reads "this street to be connected in the future" (photo included) which I am sure the homeowner's of Three comers are expecting. The developer of the subdivision has a home adjacent to this stubbed street and there is a small gravel path between the developers home and 3 Corners where a road could be built to connect the two subdivisions. There is also a grassed lot adjacent to this gravel road, immediately north. There should be ample space for a road. Thank you for the consideration of my opinion in this matter Sincerely, Alan Jurgens 1746 E. Dunwoody Ct. Meridian, ID 83646