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From:Chris Johnson
Sent:Wednesday, May 20, 2020 2:04 PM
To:Mike and Malissa Bernard; City Clerk
Cc:Caleb Hood; Bill Parsons; Sonya Allen; Frank Marcos; Paul Miller; Ken Clifford; Sandi
King; Sherry Garey; Carolyn Sauer; Bernhard Bahro; fritzleyca;
lauratrairatnobhas@hotmail.com; Maddyn Homes; Christy Little; Austin Miller;
Cameron Arial
Subject:RE: From Alpine Pointe re. DELANO Reconsideration Request -- Timeline for hearing,
and procedures, for Distribution to the Mayor, City Council, and City Planning Staff
Malissa,
Your email has been added to the record. I am able to address your initial questions.
Will this necessitate a public hearing? The reconsideration request is not a public hearing. If the request is granted, it
will then require a new public hearing.
What are the rules? For the reconsideration request, public are not participants. If a new Public Hearing is granted, the
normal rules will apply.
Everything below is answered based on the public hearing, if the reconsideration request is granted.
May we submit testimony? Yes, if a new public hearing is granted.
Are we allowed to speak collectively and individually? If a new public hearing is granted a representative of the HOA
may be allowed up to ten minutes if they are representing a group. Those in the group will yield their time. Individuals
may speak for up to three minutes. If two or more people want to speak together, they will have three minutes total.
Will our counsel be able to speak for the residents of Dashwood for an extended period of time? If a new public
hearing is granted this would typically follow the HOA rules. If you hire counsel, they may request ten minutes to
represent a group, if the group members yield their time.
Submission of exhibits? If a new public hearing is granted we can display a powerpoint if it is received in time and can
be presented in your allotted time.
HOA representation? If a new public hearing is granted a representative of the HOA may be allowed up to ten minutes if
they are representing a group. Those in the group will yield their time. Individuals may speak for up to three minutes. If
two or more people want to speak together, they will have three minutes total.
I hope this addresses your questions. If the request is granted, a public hearing will occur at a future date that will
require all proper noticing. The agenda for Tuesday will not be final until Friday afternoon, but the request for
reconsideration will likely be on one of the two meetings. A link to the meeting will be on the agenda when it is posted,
and you may also view it at meridiancity.org/live.
Have a great afternoon. Stay dry!
Chris
From: Mike and Malissa Bernard <MMBERNARD1@msn.com>
Sent: Wednesday, May 20, 2020 8:51 AM
To: City Clerk <CityClerk@meridiancity.org>
Cc: Caleb Hood <chood@meridiancity.org>; Bill Parsons <bparsons@meridiancity.org>; Sonya Allen
<sallen@meridiancity.org>; Frank Marcos <alpinepointenwp@gmail.com>; Paul Miller <pdmdiving@gmail.com>; Ken
Clifford <kenclifford@q.com>; Sandi King <ssking72@live.com>; Sherry Garey <sgarey@cableone.net>; Carolyn Sauer
<sauerc@prodigy.net>; Bernhard Bahro <berni.bahro@gmail.com>; fritzleyca <fritzleyca@msn.com>;
lauratrairatnobhas@hotmail.com; Maddyn Homes <homesbymaddyn@gmail.com>; Christy Little
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<Clittle@achdidaho.org>; Austin Miller <Amiller@achdidaho.org>; Cameron Arial <carial@meridiancity.org>
Subject: From Alpine Pointe re. DELANO Reconsideration Request -- Timeline for hearing, and procedures, for
Distribution to the Mayor, City Council, and City Planning Staff
Good morning!
I hope this finds you all very well and safe!
First of all, we are seeking guidance from the City on this Reconsideration Letter from the applicant from the
representative for Delano T. Hethe Clark Reconsideration letter
5/19/2020 https://weblink.meridiancity.org/WebLink/DocView.aspx?id=188592&dbid=0&repo=MeridianCity.
From the Reconsideration Letter, T. Hethe Clark, for Applicant Boll Cook LLC, Delano Subdivision
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Will this necessitate a public hearing? What are the rules? May we submit testimony? Are we allowed to speak
collectively and individually? Will our counsel be able to speak for the residents of Dashwood for an extended period
of time? Submission of exhibits? HOA representation?
While we expected some request for review, we are not sure of our rights as residents of Alpine Pointe to protest the
completion and full-vehicular connectivity of N Dashwood Pl, and to vehemently dispute the full dedication of N
Dashwood Ave at any phase of construction or completion. As a collectively supportive neighborhood for full-vehicular
closure of N Dashwood Pl we have publicly shown the error (however unintentional) of City Planning Staff to stub N
Dashwood Pl in 2005, due to a landlocked parcel that is not landlocked and a long block face that does not exist, and
ACHD’s and the City’s error of acceptance of an improper design element regarding the spacing of access on Collector
Streets in violation of the Technical Design Standards of 330’ for access on Collectors. (see items below).
From the ACHD Technical Manual, for Collector streets (Wainwright is a dual-Commercial and Residential Collector)
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From the City of Meridian City Council PowerPoint, Alpine Point residents against Delano/opening of N Dashwood Pl,
May 12, 2020
From the City of Meridian City Council PowerPoint, Alpine Point residents against Delano/opening of N Dashwood Pl,
May 12, 2020
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DASHWOOD’s distance to ROSEPOINT is UNSAFE if Dashwood is opened, though it is fine as a closed cul-de-sac
Furthermore, with more cut-through traffic and the rejigging of our Alpine Pointe 2005 platted neighborhood to 2006
ACHD Workshops/MSM design paradigm shift to bisecting city blocks with mid-mile collector elements, our
neighborhood has an unfair and unshared traffic burden that should have been addressed correctly in 2006 before
Zebulon Heights #2 construction was begun in 2007 and 2008, because there was plenty of time to rejig street elements
to avoid front-on housing on any of these collectors via Alpine Pointe.
Furthermore, the Champion Park (Parkstone) neighborhood should have had a collector element of their own East/West
to share in the traffic burdens that have been unfairly thrust upon our Alpine Pointe neighborhood merely because it
was the last large neighborhood of considerable acreage on the City square mile. In fact, in research of Parkstone
subdivision (Champion Park) the vehicular connection to the parcel to the East (now Centrepoint Marketplace) was
dismissed due to threat of cut-through traffic, yet Alpine Pointe does not get the same consideration? (see Nakano Dr,
or Leighfield/Garber Dr potentials that were missed)
Delano has everything it needs to the South and East for connectivity, and vehicular connection to Alpine Pointe will
come via the Centrepoint Way collector in due time when those infill parcels develop. Remember, Centrepoint Way is
approximately 540’ from N Dashwood Pl, which is very close…to open N Dashwood Pl will create a twin de facto
Collector element mirroring Centrepoint Way Commercial Collector that is unfair, unsafe, and unnecessary for vehicular
traffic flow. Furthermore, another ingress/egress point into Delano from the East via Centrepoint Way is possible,
dependent on the ultimate design of the future Commercial Collector. (See Austin Miller email traffic, P and Z
Commissioners, April 15)
From the City of Meridian City Council PowerPoint, Alpine Point residents against Delano/opening of N Dashwood Pl,
May 12, 2020
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TWIN COLLECTOR ILLUSTRATED/Cars will not go to intended Commercial Collector of Centrepoint Way if N Dashwood Pl
is connected.
Both Delano and Alpine Pointe will suffer adverse cut-through traffic burdens
FOR ACHD and City of Meridian Staff: Note the tangent curve and lines of visibility West of Dashwood. With a change
from cul-de-sac to heavily trafficked street this is an unsafe element that should support the full closure of N Dashwood
Pl in perpetuity to vehicular traffic.
From the City of Meridian City Council PowerPoint, Alpine Point residents against Delano/opening of N Dashwood Pl,
May 12, 2020
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Furthermore, N Dashwood Pl is named a PLACE and has been so for years, inferring it is a cul-de-sac and/or Dead-end via
the Codes for Street Naming Conventions that is law in Ada County and the City of Meridian (City of Meridian since 1974,
Ordinance No. 271 in 1974, updated since that time). Neighbors bought understanding that PLACE meant cul-de-sac or
dead end, due to the supportive code in Street Naming Conventions in Ada County and the City of Meridian. N
Dashwood Pl was never signed to be continued in the future, unlike every other stub in this subdivision; EVERY STUB in
Alpine Pointe was signed except for N Dashwood Pl. The sign did not fall off: there are original residents of 2009-2010
on this street that have never seen a sign posted at the end of our cul-de-sac.
From the City of Meridian City Council PowerPoint, Alpine Point residents against Delano/opening of N Dashwood Pl,
May 12, 2020
7
Thank you in advance.
My best to you.
Malissa Bernard
4025 N Dashwood Pl
Meridian ID 83646
mmbernard1@msn.com
Home Phone: 208.362.3295
Mobile Phone: 208.599.3058
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Charlene Way
From:Mike and Malissa Bernard <MMBERNARD1@msn.com>
Sent:Wednesday, May 20, 2020 8:51 AM
To:City Clerk
Cc:Caleb Hood; Bill Parsons; Sonya Allen; Frank Marcos; Paul Miller; Ken Clifford; Sandi
King; Sherry Garey; Carolyn Sauer; Bernhard Bahro; fritzleyca;
lauratrairatnobhas@hotmail.com; Maddyn Homes; Christy Little; Austin Miller;
Cameron Arial
Subject:From Alpine Pointe re. DELANO Reconsideration Request -- Timeline for hearing,
and procedures, for Distribution to the Mayor, City Council, and City Planning Staff
Good morning!
I hope this finds you all very well and safe!
First of all, we are seeking guidance from the City on this Reconsideration Letter from the applicant from the
representative for Delano T. Hethe Clark Reconsideration letter
5/19/2020 https://weblink.meridiancity.org/WebLink/DocView.aspx?id=188592&dbid=0&repo=MeridianCity.
From the Reconsideration Letter, T. Hethe Clark, for Applicant Boll Cook LLC, Delano Subdivision
1
Will this necessitate a public hearing? What are the rules? May we submit testimony? Are we allowed to speak
collectively and individually? Will our counsel be able to speak for the residents of Dashwood for an extended period
of time? Submission of exhibits? HOA representation?
While we expected some request for review, we are not sure of our rights as residents of Alpine Pointe to protest the
completion and full-vehicular connectivity of N Dashwood Pl, and to vehemently dispute the full dedication of N
Dashwood Ave at any phase of construction or completion. As a collectively supportive neighborhood for full-vehicular
closure of N Dashwood Pl we have publicly shown the error (however unintentional) of City Planning Staff to stub N
Dashwood Pl in 2005, due to a landlocked parcel that is not landlocked and a long block face that does not exist, and
ACHD’s and the City’s error of acceptance of an improper design element regarding the spacing of access on Collector
Streets in violation of the Technical Design Standards of 330’ for access on Collectors. (see items below).
2
From the ACHD Technical Manual, for Collector streets (Wainwright is a dual-Commercial and Residential Collector)
From the City of Meridian City Council PowerPoint, Alpine Point residents against Delano/opening of N Dashwood Pl,
May 12, 2020
3
From the City of Meridian City Council PowerPoint, Alpine Point residents against Delano/opening of N Dashwood Pl,
May 12, 2020
DASHWOOD’s distance to ROSEPOINT is UNSAFE if Dashwood is opened, though it is fine as a closed cul-de-sac
4
Furthermore, with more cut-through traffic and the rejigging of our Alpine Pointe 2005 platted neighborhood to 2006
ACHD Workshops/MSM design paradigm shift to bisecting city blocks with mid-mile collector elements, our
neighborhood has an unfair and unshared traffic burden that should have been addressed correctly in 2006 before
Zebulon Heights #2 construction was begun in 2007 and 2008, because there was plenty of time to rejig street elements
to avoid front-on housing on any of these collectors via Alpine Pointe.
Furthermore, the Champion Park (Parkstone) neighborhood should have had a collector element of their own East/West
to share in the traffic burdens that have been unfairly thrust upon our Alpine Pointe neighborhood merely because it
was the last large neighborhood of considerable acreage on the City square mile. In fact, in research of Parkstone
subdivision (Champion Park) the vehicular connection to the parcel to the East (now Centrepoint Marketplace) was
dismissed due to threat of cut-through traffic, yet Alpine Pointe does not get the same consideration? (see Nakano Dr,
or Leighfield/Garber Dr potentials that were missed)
Delano has everything it needs to the South and East for connectivity, and vehicular connection to Alpine Pointe will
come via the Centrepoint Way collector in due time when those infill parcels develop. Remember, Centrepoint Way is
approximately 540’ from N Dashwood Pl, which is very close…to open N Dashwood Pl will create a twin de facto
Collector element mirroring Centrepoint Way Commercial Collector that is unfair, unsafe, and unnecessary for vehicular
traffic flow. Furthermore, another ingress/egress point into Delano from the East via Centrepoint Way is possible,
dependent on the ultimate design of the future Commercial Collector. (See Austin Miller email traffic, P and Z
Commissioners, April 15)
From the City of Meridian City Council PowerPoint, Alpine Point residents against Delano/opening of N Dashwood Pl,
May 12, 2020
TWIN COLLECTOR ILLUSTRATED/Cars will not go to intended Commercial Collector of Centrepoint Way if N Dashwood Pl
is connected.
Both Delano and Alpine Pointe will suffer adverse cut-through traffic burdens
5
FOR ACHD and City of Meridian Staff: Note the tangent curve and lines of visibility West of Dashwood. With a change
from cul-de-sac to heavily trafficked street this is an unsafe element that should support the full closure of N Dashwood
Pl in perpetuity to vehicular traffic.
From the City of Meridian City Council PowerPoint, Alpine Point residents against Delano/opening of N Dashwood Pl,
May 12, 2020
6
Furthermore, N Dashwood Pl is named a PLACE and has been so for years, inferring it is a cul-de-sac and/or Dead-end via
the Codes for Street Naming Conventions that is law in Ada County and the City of Meridian (City of Meridian since 1974,
Ordinance No. 271 in 1974, updated since that time). Neighbors bought understanding that PLACE meant cul-de-sac or
dead end, due to the supportive code in Street Naming Conventions in Ada County and the City of Meridian. N
Dashwood Pl was never signed to be continued in the future, unlike every other stub in this subdivision; EVERY STUB in
Alpine Pointe was signed except for N Dashwood Pl. The sign did not fall off: there are original residents of 2009-2010
on this street that have never seen a sign posted at the end of our cul-de-sac.
From the City of Meridian City Council PowerPoint, Alpine Point residents against Delano/opening of N Dashwood Pl,
May 12, 2020
7
Thank you in advance.
My best to you.
Malissa Bernard
4025 N Dashwood Pl
Meridian ID 83646
mmbernard1@msn.com
Home Phone: 208.362.3295
Mobile Phone: 208.599.3058
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