HomeMy WebLinkAbout2020-09-01 Ronda Unruh
Charlene Way
From:Ronda Unruh <runruh@maf.org>
Sent:Tuesday, September 01, 2020 10:48 PM
To:City Clerk
Subject:Compass Pointe H-2020-0062
Dear Sir/Madam,
I am writing to you in regards to the proposed rezoning plan for the SW corner of Locust Grove and Victory Road. This
plan will allow for the building of Compass Pointe H-2020-0062 on just a 7.6 acre plot, a very high-density residential
development. It has been proposed to build 50 housing units, each with a 2 car garage, with only one exit/entry for 100
vehicles. I strongly oppose this plan and the idea of changing the zoning from the current RUT zoning to R-15. Please see
my concerns below:
1. I understand that the city has already started planning to change the existing intersection at Locust Grove and
Victory Road to a circle intersection. This is an attempt to help alleviate the current, ever-increasing traffic back-
ups that occur at that intersection. In the mornings, and then again in the afternoons when the schools are let
out, that particular intersection backs up in all directions causing quite the frustration for the surrounding
subdivisions that are already in existence trying to enter or exit off of either of those roads. If the current traffic
situation is already at a tipping point, why would the city even think about adding 50 more housing units on that
SW corner? This isn’t even mentioning the additional, projected plan to add 40+ homes to the NW corner of this
same intersection.
2. The current plans show that this particular development only has one exit/entrance (onto Locust Grove
Rd). Currently, that road is backed up every morning and now we want to ask 100 vehicles (50 housing units
each with 2 car garages) to exit out one road only onto an already backed-up main thoroughfare? Even if this
were to change by adding a second exit/entry onto Victory, it would still add a possible 50 (plus the NW
proposed housing development) vehicles attempting to exit into another backed-up main thoroughfare.
3. How does this high-density residential zoning fit with the surrounding housing subdivisions?
4. There isn’t enough open space for this many residences on just a 7.6 acre plot.
5. I see that the city is trying to alleviate pedestrian issues as it is putting in a new crosswalk light between
Meridian Road and Locust Grove. Why then would you want to add more residents, just a ½ mile down the
road, in an area that will have a circle (how do you safely add crosswalks to a circle and keep traffic
continuously flowing)? I see this as a huge safety issue for pedestrians and school children at that
intersection. It is already such a high-density, traffic corner that this just multiplies the risk factor for anyone
trying to cross the street to catch school buses or walking on the greenbelt and wanting to cross over into one of
the Tuscanys to continue their exercise.
I ask that you do not approve this proposed rezoning plan for this particular plot of land. I see it compounding an
already existing problem situation.
Thank you for your consideration,
Ronda Unruh
Tuscany Village
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