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November 19, 2019
Honorable Mayor Tammy de Weerd and
Meridian City Council
33 East Broadway Avenue
Meridian, ID 83642
RE: Meridian Comprehensive Plan Draft
Dear Mayor and City Council:
1029 N. Rosario Street, Suite 100
Meridian, ID 83642
Phone: (208) 938-0980
Fax: (208) 938-0941
E-mail: beckyrTi@etigsol.org
I write today as a consultant to the Ada County Highway District (ACRD) and as a property and
business owner in Meridian, Idaho. We have reviewed the Draft Meridian Comprehensive Plan
and request the following modifications.
Our client, ACRD, currently owns and operates drainage facilities at the easterly edge of the
Meridian Area of Impact on E. Franklin Road. The District plans to acquire an additional 3.879
acres within Meridian's Area of City Impact and the adjoining 3.34 -acre parcel, which is
currently within the Boise City limits and zoned M-1 for a future traffic operations facility. The
City's current designation for this parcel is Mixed -Use Regional. It is ACHD's desire, based on
the availability of services, to remove the property from Meridian's Area of Impact and be
included in Boise's Area of Impact. Boise City sewer is adjacent to the 3.34 -acre parcel, and
Suez Water is in Franklin Road. It is our understanding the City of Meridian will be connecting a
12 -inch water line to the Suez facilities in the near future. We respectfully request that Parcels
Nos. S1109438931 and S1109438940 be removed from the City of Meridian's Area of Impact
and relinquished to Boise. The two parcels are depicted on the attached map.
The second area of concern is the proposed change in designation of the Engineering Solutions
property and the surrounding area from industrial/commercial to mixed-use community. The
area surrounding the Eagle/Pine Road intersection is inundated with traffic at certain times that
leads to a virtual standstill at this intersection. My business partner and I purchased this lot
specifically because of the complementary land uses that were managed by an Architectural
Control Committee. We respectfully request that the designation be changed to Mixed Use —
Non -Residential to meet the purpose of the PUD in place for this property.
Our property, located at 1029 N. Rosario Street in Meridian, was included in a planned
development for industrial and commercial uses on 320 acres in Meridian located south of
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Fairview and east and west of Eagle Road. This PUD initially did not propose any residential.
The Crossroads Subdivision was proposed for approximately 100 acres of the PUD, far more
than the 20% typically allowed in a PUD for residential uses in an I -L zone.
History of Gemtone Center
When the original PUD for this area was approved, it was approved with a 20% allowance for
residential use. A significantly higher percentage of the area was taken up by Crossroads
Subdivision alone, a poor use of highly valuable commercial property.
Covenants for the Gemtone Center Subdivision specifically prohibit residential use, and all uses
and designs are subject to review by the Gemtone Center Owners Association.
Please consider the needs and desires of the surrounding existing businesses and either leave
the property as it presently is, zoned I -L (Light Industrial) and developed with compatible uses,
and modify the change to the Meridian Future Land Use Map from Mixed Use Community to
Mixed Use Non -Residential. Thank you.
Sincerely,
EN ]VEERING SOLUTION LLP
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Becky McKay
Chief Planner/Partner
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