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Home My WebLink About2020-05-08 David and Susan BellamyTo the Honorable Robert Simison, Mayor, and to the City Council of Meridian: We, residents of Alpine Pointe, are writing this in reference to the Delano AZ, CPAM, PP H-2019-0027 filed in April of 2019. Residents of Alpine Pointe are seeking N Dashwood PI to be left as a cul-de-sac with no connection to vehicular through traffic. The emergency access/bike/pedestrian concept that we wanted to be permanent is submitted as a fully -designed functional 36 -foot wide road; this is not what was sought in our meetings with the applicant's representative ... this "temporary" and ambiguous status is unacceptable and a burden to our neighbors and neighborhood. The applicant has the option to create another ingress/egress north of the ingress/egress of Jasmine and Centrepoint Way. (See ACHD email for PZ -Commission Questions to Planning April 15, 2020) "...if City Council would like Centrepoint Way to begin its shift to the east with this development, it can be done to meet ACHD standard. Likely making the configuration of a Della/Centrepoint intersection feasible." Austin Miller, Planner II, ACRD. httpti //v:(ehlilIlkmet &I'lneil_r erg[We1�Linl;mor,Vu-�w_,��>id=7I`6 222. hl o OKt po-fele rldimnCily. There is no need to connect N Dashwood PI for another ingress/egress point for this development for vehicular traffic, for Centrepoint Way has to the potential to meet all of Delano's needs, conforming to the set minimum 330 feet required centerline -to -centerline for access at collectors. While there has been appreciable reduced density and increased usable green space in the revision of the plat that was remanded to Planning and Zoning in November 2019, the traffic burden will be an unfair one to both Alpine Pointe and Delano residences, particularly via N Centrepoint Way to N Chelmsford Ave to N Dashwood PI to Wainwright, and in reverse as well. This vehicular path will create a twin de facto commercial collector road situation for Alpine Pointe and Delano, for it is merely a quick jaunt to get to Wainwright via Delano, or via Dashwood/Delano/to Centrepoint Way. 'Optional Ingress/Egre linr�ss rlr.1-1 Ale - a i r�r 1 � � F• �� - Y -rte � r c LOSL DA ,111 !t x')D rV'JIiJ �ri `� (OILLCTOs ff lCL(fIREFUIi;I'1^/I\l AI PI N 11 r clIN-1 s Take into consideration the heavily -trafficked commercial projects of Ustick and Eagle NW corner and the high- density projects east of Champion Park and south of Alpine Pointe—existing, proposed, and possible projects. Consider the nature of those seeking to shave a few minutes off their drive by seeking to avoid Eagle Rd, Ustick, McMillan, and Locust Grove. If the N Dashwood PI connection is built to fully -functional street width standards, then it will become a commercial collector. The rendering below shows a closed N Dashwood PI, and traffic is routed via the intended collector of N Centrepoint Way. N Dashwood PI has never been signed to be a through street like all the other stubs in our subdivision; original residents of this street will sign an affidavit to that very fact. In fact, the very definition of "Place" as it applies to roadways is a "cul-de-sac, or dead end." If Dashwood were to be a through street it should have been named "Street,” "Way," or "Avenue." Many residents of Alpine Pointe purchased in good faith based on available signs and the naming of streets. Furthermore, Dashwood was created as a stub for a long block face and a "landlocked" Wagnild parcel (now Bollinger). With the extension of Centrepoint Way north a "landlocked" situation does not exist, and with the finishing of all phases and roads of Alpine Pointe (aka Zebulon Heights) there is no longer a long block face, thus the original decision to stub Dashwood is now a moot point. With the future N/S connections at nearby Rogue River/Conley via the Enzler parcel, and the future Collector of Centrepoint Way/Wainwright the addition of N Dashwood PI as a connected street adds to `i. ..� R r f3ollin er 6(i , �� Cook £3G pr no.od �� /l�� l (�i�-1N1ERC IAL Stellar 134 N -P— 0 J.,,, Traffic 4 -Flex IIo��„��"gyp Brickyard 270 .� r Enzler tbd 25-6o max Wong tbd ,' -2oo max C(JNiN1FRCIAf 661lo, , 896 So MFRTi"�f1 IC � � N Dashwood PI has never been signed to be a through street like all the other stubs in our subdivision; original residents of this street will sign an affidavit to that very fact. In fact, the very definition of "Place" as it applies to roadways is a "cul-de-sac, or dead end." If Dashwood were to be a through street it should have been named "Street,” "Way," or "Avenue." Many residents of Alpine Pointe purchased in good faith based on available signs and the naming of streets. Furthermore, Dashwood was created as a stub for a long block face and a "landlocked" Wagnild parcel (now Bollinger). With the extension of Centrepoint Way north a "landlocked" situation does not exist, and with the finishing of all phases and roads of Alpine Pointe (aka Zebulon Heights) there is no longer a long block face, thus the original decision to stub Dashwood is now a moot point. With the future N/S connections at nearby Rogue River/Conley via the Enzler parcel, and the future Collector of Centrepoint Way/Wainwright the addition of N Dashwood PI as a connected street adds to this neighborhood's state of over -connectivity. Centrepoint Way intended centerline is only 540 feet away from Dashwood's centerline, as measured via Ada County Assessor's measuring tool, available online. We are seeking the closure of N Dashwood PI to vehicles, in perpetuity. We are seeking the motion to make N Dashwood PI a cul-de-sac, in perpetuity, by the City via a motion made by the City Council. Sewer and Water mains with manhole covers are already located on the Bollinger Parcel, several feet from the fence line at N Dashwood PI. Any necessary utility easements or access is readily available from E Della St on the Bollinger parcel plan, and could be set forth in the Development Agreement without involving Alpine Pointe's N Dashwood Pl. In addition, neighbors adjacent to the Delano project are supportive of a further reduction of the density at the northern portion of the project. Mixes of density, such as the recent Lavender Heights and other plats have a mix of product to blend more harmoniously to adjacent product, Insist on transparency: a named builder, product type and nature of the product (for purchase or rental), price point, floor plans, true elevations, and parent company should be on the public record. It is quite unusual for a preliminary plat to be submitted under LLC name only, without the company named as well; there are far too many unknowns and secrets with this application. Lastly, please consider a lower density product to fit the MU -R designation on the Cook parcel. R-40 is not the only residential use, and R-15 product at two stories is a good transition from three story product proposed and existing three story product, yet both three and four story product are submitted in the renderings for the R-40 Delano plan ... please, there is enough high-density residential housing product on this square mile. Limit this parcel in your Development Agreement to two -stories or less. We are grossly over -connected to vehicular traffic and it seems other neighborhoods on our City square mile have been spared from sharing the heavy North-South, and East-West traffic burdens. By closing N Dashwood PI, this will forever remove the ambiguity and potential burden the N Dashwood PI connection will create for both Delano and Alpine Pointe, for to do anything less will create a twin de facto collector road element to mirror Centrepoint Way's function as a commercial collector. Thank you Sincerely, Alpine Pointe residents Signatures (electronic, or by hand) attached Dear City Clerk: 1 have read the letterfor Alpine Pointe residents re. Delano subdivision, and please add my name to the letter for submission to the Mayor and City Council. This letter will be submitted on Friday, May 8th to the City of Meridian, and final signatures will be submitted on Tuesday, May 12' in the morning. Thank you. Sincerely, E mail Via Phone Call: 208-888-4433 Via Fax: 208-888-4218, or City Clerk, for DELANO, 33 E Broadway Suite 104, Meridian ID 83642 Dear City Clerk: I have read the letterfor Alpine Pointe residents re. Delano subdivision, and please add my name to the letter for submission to the Mayor and City Council. This letter will be submitted on Friday, May 8th to the City of Meridian, and final signatures will be submitted on Tuesday, May 121h in the morning. Thank you. Sincerely, E mail Via Phone Call: 208-888-4433 Via Fax: 208-888-4218, or City Clerk, for DELANO, 33 E Broadway Suite 104, Meridian ID 83642