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HomeMy WebLinkAboutPublic Comment - Tree Farm 2.201 Machelle Hill From:Joshua Beach Sent:Tuesday, February 21, 2017 8:15 AM To:Barbara Shiffer; C.Jay Coles; Charlene Way; Machelle Hill Subject:FW: M3 Housing This is additional public comment for the Tree Farm Subdivision. Josh Beach | Associate City Planner City of Meridian | Community Development Department 33 E. Broadway Ave., Meridian, Idaho 83642 Phone: 208-489-0576 Built for Business, Designed for Living www.opportunitymeridian.org 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: Susan Fillman [mailto:SueFillman@live.com] Sent: Monday, February 20, 2017 1:15 PM To: Joshua Beach Cc: Mayor and City Council Subject: Fw: M3 Housing Mr. Beach: I am also a resident of SpurWing Greens. I would be interested to know about your meetings with my neighbors (who they were, when and where these discussions occurred). To a person, no one in here that I am acquainted with was aware that this project was moving forward. The developer held a community meeting some months back (October 30). A traffic count had been done and I specifically asked what the results were and was not provided with a number. Now I feel like he deliberately withheld that information from the discussion. I suspect that they knew then that Tree Farm Way had reached that 3000 trip per day threshhold that should have triggered the extension of Black Cat before any more development occurs and they already planned to ask for an exception. Since the threshold has always been communicated to the residents in here by ACHD, we took it as a measure of protection that our single entry would not be overwhelmed with further development. To learn that the extension of Black Cat was indeed ACHD's recommendation and that it was ignored is simply stunning. The developer was clear that they did not want the expense of the extension. To appease some of the attendees, the representative agreed to at a minimum having construction vehicles enter that property on the existing Black Cat and offered to set up concrete barriers to keep those 2 vehicles from exiting Tree Farm Way. You can see why we feel ignored, betrayed, and maybe duped by the decisions made. Was the additional traffic to be generated by a large and growing new church within our community even considered? I adamantly oppose the approval as it stands. We know homes will eventually be built in that location and that's great. For the City of Meridian to be so inconsiderate of the hundreds of residents in here who have been paying taxes and supporting the community for several years is quite appalling. Black Cat needs to be extended now. The recommendations of the ACHD should be applied. Sue Fillman 6550 N. Lonicera Way Meridian, ID From: Morgan Andrus < mandrus@meridiancity.org > Date: February 16, 2017 at 4:38:17 PM MST To: "gbcoug@msn.com " < gbcoug@msn.com > Cc: mayortammy < mayortammy@meridiancity.org >, Mayor and City Council <MayorandCityCouncil@meridiancity.org >, Joshua Beach < jbeach@meridiancity.org > Subject: RE: M3 Housing Dear Robert & Gail, Thank you for submitting your concerns and sharing them with the City Council and the Mayor. The application you have referenced was heard and approved by the city council last Tuesday, February 7th. There was a great deal of discussion regarding Black Cat. You can get more specifics from our Community Development Office on the findings for this application. I’m copying Joshua Beach on this email so he is aware of your concerns and that you have his contact information. Josh is the planner working on the project. He has talked to the neighbors, worked with the developer and been the contact with the commenting agencies, like Ada County Highway District. Josh would be a great person to talk with regarding any questions you might have pertaining to the project as they move forward and any future concerns that might arise. We appreciate that you reached out to us. 3 Morgan Andrus | Administrative Assistant City of Meridian | Mayor’s Office 33 E. Broadway Ave., Meridian, Idaho 83642 Phone: (208) 489-0529 |Fax: (208) 884-8119 Built for Business, Designed for Living 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: meridian_apps@meridiancity.org [mailto:meridian_apps@meridiancity.org ] Sent: Thursday, February 16, 2017 3:55 PM To: CityCouncilContactForm Subject: M3 Housing Request for Mayor and Council Name Robert and Gail Bacon Last Name Bacon Email Address gbcoug@msn.com 4 Street Address 6695 N Moon Drummer Way City Meridian State Idaho Zip Code 83646 Subject M3 Housing Message My husband and I are residents of the SpurWing Greens community. We have learned that the M3 housing project is moving forward to the west of us with no consideration of opening up Black Cat for construction vehicles and future increased resident traffic. It is beyond our comprehension how this can be approved by our mayor and city council. How many times do we need to bring this to your attention? One exit/ entrance for our large community and now 90 plus more homes is unsafe and unthinkable. ACHD has established that we have already exceeded our maximum traffic count directive and yet more and more homes are being planned which will use this exit/ entrance. The line of cars trying to get out on Chinden can be over 9 cars long. What happens in an emergency? Why do all the other subdivisions have multiple entrances, but SpurWing Greens continues to have to plea for Black Cat to open up?