2020-05-07 Planner Reply to Testimony
Charlene Way
From:Sonya Allen
Sent:Thursday, May 07, 2020 2:12 PM
To:Paula Connelly; chood@meidiancity.org; Brian McClure; Robert Simison; Liz Strader;
Joe Borton; Brad Hoaglun; Treg Bernt; Jessica Perreault; Luke Cavener
Cc:julie@rustler.farm; susankarnes@gmail.com; kenzie.m.ward@gmail.com;
annettejalonso@gmail.com; Bill Parsons; Adrienne Weatherly; Charlene Way; Chris
Johnson
Subject:Cedarbrook - Staff Response to Ms. Connelly's Comments
Ms. Connelly,
As Planning Staff, it is our goal to have staff reports out the Friday before the hearing in order to provide adequate time
for review by all parties involved. Due to a very heavy workload at this time and the size of this project, unfortunately
the report took longer than anticipated. Your frustration is noted and understood. Staff’s recommendation to the
Planning & Zoning Commission is based on analysis of the project’s consistency with the standards in the Unified
Development Code and the policies in the Comprehensive Plan, it is not a decision only a recommendation. The
Commission will take into consideration Staff’s recommendation and public testimony and in turn make a
recommendation to the City Council who is the decision-making body on the matter. The Council will take into
consideration the Commission’s recommendation and public testimony in their decision. During this process, the
Commission and/or Council may choose to remove or place new conditions on the project or deny the application.
Public testimony from interested parties and neighbors plays a huge part in this process and is very much valued and
considered.
It’s typical for Applicants to submit revised or updated plans addressing comments or conditions in the staff report up
until the hearing that they will be addressing in their presentation at the hearing. As a courtesy, I forwarded the
information I received from the Applicant this morning to Ms. Langlois. If the Commission feels there has not been
adequate time for review or if they want the Applicant to provide additional information, they may choose to continue
the project to a later hearing date.
Because several letters of testimony pertaining to this application have been submitted today and in the last couple of
days, I will be highlighting the concerns noted in the letters in my presentation (as a supplement to the full letters) to
ensure the Commission is aware of the issues presented by neighbors.
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Thank you for your comments. Please let me know if I can answer any questions or if you’d like to discuss further.
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Sincerely,
Sonya Allen
208-489-0578
From: Paula Connelly <bpcsconnelly@aol.com>
Sent: Thursday, May 7, 2020 1:20 PM
To: Sonya Allen <sallen@meridiancity.org>; chood@meidiancity.org; Brian McClure <bmcclure@meridiancity.org>;
Robert Simison <rsimison@meridiancity.org>; Liz Strader <lstrader@meridiancity.org>; Joe Borton
<jborton@meridiancity.org>; Brad Hoaglun <bhoaglun@meridiancity.org>; Treg Bernt <tbernt@meridiancity.org>;
Jessica Perreault <jperreault@meridiancity.org>; Luke Cavener <lcavener@meridiancity.org>
Cc: julie@rustler.farm; susankarnes@gmail.com; kenzie.m.ward@gmail.com; annettejalonso@gmail.com
Subject: Fwd: They’re still making changes.
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Planning Staff, Mayor & City Council Members,
I cannot begin to tell you how frustrating this is to have site plans changed by Toll Brother's for Cedarbrook
Subdivision PP H-2020-0012 on the day of the hearing. It is hard enough for people who are working full-time (to read
applications that are 150+ pages long, a staff report that comes out on the day before the hearing and now this. It is
absolutely disrespectful to all who are involved. The city, and planning and zoning staff, should have a deadline in which
everything is put together and nothing is to be changed with a reasonable amount of time for everyone to view it.
I might as well make it known right now that I think the staff report that was put out sounds like you have already decided
as a staff to approve this (as long as Toll Brother's increases their density) without any verbal testimony from the public at
the hearing. This is why the public in general has a healthy dose of skepticism when it comes to the government. It makes
us feel as if you go through the process just to appease us, but then will do what you want anyway. I hope this is not the
case and you will truly listen to the residents of Meridian in your hearings.
Respectfully,
Paula Connelly
-----Original Message-----
From: Julie Langlois <julie@langloisdds.com>
To: Paula Connelly <bpcsconnelly@aol.com>; Kenzie Ward <kenzie.m.ward@gmail.com>
Sent: Thu, May 7, 2020 12:29 pm
Subject: They’re still making changes.
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Begin forwarded message:
From: Sonya Allen <sallen@meridiancity.org>
Date: May 7, 2020 at 12:27:39 PM MDT
To: Julie Langlois <julie@langloisdds.com>
Subject: FW: Updated Site Plan with Attached Product
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From: Sabrina Durtschi <sdurtschi@tollbrothers.com>
Sent: Thursday, May 7, 2020 10:54 AM
To: Sonya Allen <sallen@meridiancity.org>
Cc: Adam Capell <acapell@tollbrothers.com>
Subject: Updated Site Plan with Attached Product
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Hello Sonya,
Attached is our updated site plan in the NE corner. This shows the attached product and changes our lot
county to 334 with an increased density of:
Original Gross Density: 2.78 units/acre
Increased Gross Density: 2.82
Original Net Density: 4.42 units/acre
Increased Net Density: 4.48
Sabrina
Sabrina Durtschi
Land Development Entitlement Manager
Toll Brothers
3103 W Sheryl Drive, Suite 100
Office: (208) 780-6723 | Cell: (208) 250-6161
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