HomeMy WebLinkAbout2020-05-08 Mac and Janice HartleyMay 8, 2020
To the Honorable Robert Simison, Mayor, and
To the Members of the Meridian City Council:
This is in reference to the Delano Subdivision Application H-2019-0027 and the
updated plat submitted recently by Boll Cook LLC which will be addressed at the
City of Meridian Public Hearing on May 12, 2020. As neighbors of this proposed
development, we are supportive of the reduction in overall density in the new plat
plan, emergency access only at N Dashwood PI, and single stories adjacent to
Alpine Pointe's R-4 zoning.
Alpine Pointe subdivision, directly north of this application, is completely built out
with 211 homes and the area is zoned R-4. The attached map shows the current and
potential future points of connectivity numbered 1 through 8. As it currently stands
the current and proposed future points of connectivity are as follows:
• Two points of connectivity with major highways and streets — Number 1
where E Wainwright Dr. connects to Eagle Road and Number 2 where N
Camas Creek Way connects to E McMillian Road.
• There are two current points of connectivity with adjacent subdivisions —
Number 3 where E Wagon Street connects to Settler's Bridge
Subdivision and Number 4 where W Milford Drive connects to Madison
Park Subdivision.
• There is a second point of connectivity with Madison Park with a non-
contiguous part of Alpine Pointe Subdivision at Number 5. This portion
of Alpine Pointe only connects to the rest of the subdivision by a foot
bridge over the North Slough Canal.
• Once the parcels to the south of Alpine Pointe are fully developed there
will be a major point of connectivity — Number 6 where the future
extension of Centrepoint Way will connect to E Wainwright Dr. and an
additional point of connectivity -- Number 7 at N Rogue River Way.
A possible connection to the developments south of Alpine Pointe at N Dashwood
Place, Number S, either immediately or in the future, is illogical. All of the
aforementioned points of connectivity consist of stubs with no homes facing the
connecting street. Centrepoint Way will have four homes on N Brooksburg Place
that will back up to it with, it is hoped, a buffer of sidewalk, vegetation and
concrete block wall. The only proposed connection where homes face the stub is
on N Dashwood Place where eight homes currently face this street. The
establishment of a permanent emergency vehicle access at this point would be the
most logical solution to provide for emergency access as the new subdivisions are
being developed and for long term access for pedestrian and bicycle traffic.
I apologize for the crude nature of the attached map but I do believe that it
adequately describes the point that we are attempting to make. A fully designed
street for full access at N Dashwood Place is not warranted, necessary or logical,
either initially or in the future.
During the Meridian Planning and Zoning Commission Public Hearing held on
April 16, 2020 the connection at N Dashwood Place was discussed at length. The
staff reported that the City Code requires that a stub street be connected when the
adjacent property is developed but the City Council can waive this requirement.
The Planning and Zoning Commission agreed that this waiver should be granted
by the council. Even if the waiver must be done on a temporary basis, once the
other two connections are established at Centerpoint Way and N Rogue River Way
it will become apparent that the connection at N Dashwood Place is not necessary
and, hopefully, it can remain as an emergency access only. We hope that the City
Council will grant this waiver at the Public Hearing on May 12, 2020.
Thank you for considering our concerns,
Robert M. and Janice M. Hartley
4084 N Brooksburg Place
Meridian ID, 83646
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