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HomeMy WebLinkAboutPublic Comments"t ��j PZ V4 -� Date: 03/20/2014 To: Meridian City Planning and Zoning From: Ron and Karen Hohnstein 1655 Waltman Street Meridian, ID 83642 After reviewing the comprehensive plan done in 2007, we have concerns about the request by a developer to re -zone the area immediately adjacent to Waltman and Lilac Streets in Primrose Subdivision. The 2007 plan shows that only medium density ,single family type homes be allowed. Three other subdivisions in the Waltman / Linder area -- Whitestone, Mallard Landing, and Blue Horizon, were developed as medium density areas. Planning and Zoning should follow the 2007 plan they established. Another concern is allowing traffic from this new development to access Waltman and Lilac Streets making Waltman a thuroughfare from Linder to Ten Mile. At the farthest, it would be 1/2 mile for traffic in the new development to to access Ten Mile and Franklin roads. This is not excessive at all; because presently, residents on east side of Mallard Landing and Blue Horizon travel 1/2 mile mile to Linder as well as those in our Primrose Subdivison at the west end. Now during the high traffic times at Peregrine Elementary, Waltman Street is a traffic jam, and we cannot get out of our driveway. Any increase in traffic would be unacceptable. Student safety, with increased traffic, would also be jeopardized. We feel a walking pathway with an emergency vehicle barrier structure could be an acceptable alternative. This was done where Waltman Street and the Mallard Landing subdivsion meet. March 20 2014 I am addressing the proposed Meridian city Redzone Treasure Valley Center 10 located in section 14 T.3n.,R.1W., B.M. Meridian, ADA County,. Idaho The residential proposed in RA is suitable for the acreage per house. The residential business proposed TN-C town houses and apartments are not suitable because they are not managed properly and will allow low income residents in which will raise the crime rate and vandalism in our neighborhood. Instead can we suggest a lower density housing development. With the proposed new roads which they are planning on tying into Ten Mile will raise the traffic flow on Waltman, Lilac and Verbena which will force ACHD to widen these roads from 24 feet to 36 feet to be able to accommodate the traffic flow. This will take away an estimated 6 ft from property owners as well as possibly forcing some property owners to move their wells back. They are supposed to be a minimum clearance from center line of roadway an estimated 20 feet. The roads in Primrose subdivision are all 25 feet except for the section from Linder to Larkspur on Waltman (already widened when the elementary school was built it is 30 feet) To justify my statement the elementary school on Waltman as well as the proposed houses in R8 and apartments in TN-C will raise the traffic flow by parents taking kids to school and picking them up on a weekly basis including bus traffic. As it stands now the traffic on Waltman just for the school AND optomist football AND soccer is currently tremendous for Waltman. Making Waltman and Lilac available for access to Ten Mile is just a matter of a child ( remember they are elementary age ) darting out in front a car and being hit. This will force Ada County to pipe canal on Lilac Street which is not managed by Meridian - Nampa irrigation. It is maintained by property owners which in essence Ada county will have to pay property owners to come in and tile the canal that runs behind the property owners to be able to widen the road due to the fact that the property lines meet in the middle of the canal. By opening thru roads to Ten Mile also will allow non resident traffic flow that normally would not occur. The amount of homes/ families that have a potential of using the Waltman /Verbena roads if the extension from Lilac to Ten mile will be apx. 450-500 in the subdivisions of Mallard Landing and Blue Horizon that is south of West Pintail in the Mallard Landing As for the break through road from Lilac and Waltman, may we suggest, a walking path or emergency vehicle only pass through not a fully flegged road. Please consider our valid points when making this decision. Thank you for your time and consideration . Sincerely, A Property Owner in Primrose Subdivision March 20, 2014 Planning & Zoning Commission City of Meridian Meridian, Idaho Re: AZ-14-001 - Ten Mile Center Commission Members: The following are our concerns regarding the rezoning for this project. 1) That an appropriate transition be maintained in connecting this new neighborhood to the existing neighborhood as in the plan from 2007. An R-4 zoning is more appropriate with connecting to an R-1 existing neighborhood. 2) That a fence or some type of separation be between the existing R-1 neighborhood and the planned new higher density neighborhood! 3) That the access from Waltman St./Lilac St. to this new neighborhood be limited to foot traffic and emergency vehicles only. The road is narrow and there are no sidewalks to accommodate the increased foot traffic going to & from the school. As it is now...... cars are parked on both sides of Waltman past the school and our home as people are dropping off and picking up children! As well as, during all after school activities. Thank you! aron C. Osburn e -.� Gary C. Osburn G� 2030 W. Waltman St. Meridian, Idaho 83642 March 20, 2014 Meridian City Planning & Zoning 33 E. Broadway Ave. Meridian, Idaho 83642 Dear Sir/Madam: My name is Dawn Downum. I live at 1715 Waltman Street in Meridian, ID. I am highly concerned that the newly proposed high density zoning for the Ten Mile/Franklin Rd. area will adversely affect my quality of life and our quite living conditions. I request that the original 2007 Zoning Plan remain in effect without change and that single family dwellings remain approved for that area. I feel that it will be unsafe for all of the children, my grandchildren included, who attend Peregrine Elementary School. The County residents on Waltman do not have sidewalks and children walking there will be in danger. The increased traffic will substantially disturb our ability to live in peaceful surroundings. Multiple family dwellings will also increase the chance of crime in our neighborhood. Please do not change the original approved zoning for this area. Sincerely, Dawn Downum 1715 Waltman St. Meridian, ID 83642 208-870-1342 I live at 1715 Waltman in Meridian. I am opposed to the proposed high density housing being considered in the annexation and rezoning of the 120 acres off Ten Mile road .Due to the location of the high density part of the 120 acres it is off Waltman more than off Ten Mile. The increase of traffic on Walttman would be enormous. Safety is a concern with that much traffic. I support the original city master plan of single family <' homes at the end of the property and the high density in the middle. I feel the original plan considered needs of the community more than the current proposal. thank -you Craig Downum 870-4336 i 416 Gentlemen: March 16, 2012 My name is Margaret Moser and I live at 875 Lilac Street in the Primrose Subdivision. I have lived here for 30+ years and enjoy the little subdivision and acre lot on which I live. I know there will always be growth around us here and that I can comfortably live with. However, there are a few thing that could happen that will make things change obit for the worst around here. These are the things I hope to address in my letter to you. Waltman is an almost one-half mile long road ( and I use "road" because if you have been on it you would call it that also) and Lilac is a short little road and these two roads are approximately 24 feet wide. Part of Waltman has a sidewalk on the north side of it but only up to the school. We all in this subdivision have comfortably lived with these roads since this subdivision was built in the early 70's. The addition of the grade school on Waltman has increased the vehicle traffic considerably to the point that in the mornings and afternoons when the children start and finish a school day the parents who come to pick up their children cause obit of traffic congestion but fortunately that only lasts about a half hour in the mornings and again in the afternoons on those days. We are also accustomed to that. What I am somewhat protesting is extending Lilac Street north into the new development. With the building of even more homes on the north side of Waltman, I am sure there will be even more increased vehicle traffic when the parents deliver and pickup their children. Traffic from that area would have no reason to enter our subdivision, but rather go down Linder Street and Waltman Road up to the school as they do now to pick up their children. If a pedestrian walk channel were to be built from the new residential area directly into the schoolyard on the west side of the school yard, the children in that new area would be safe going to and from school, and would not even have to walk on Waltman at all. Also in the east end of these new subdivision areas the traff is would not be compounded with more vehicular traffic from the subdivisions on the east side of Linder Road headed to Ten Mile Road or Franklin Road. If there is an already established number of homes for these new areas, perhaps you could place these residents to the north and east areas and allow businesses built along Waltman Road. Doing this you would not even have to improve Waltman Road at all. If you do consider my suggestions in this letter, perhaps a good solid privacy wall between the new construction and Waltman Road would be not only a good sound barrier but also allow those of us in the Primrose Sub- division to maintain some of our 40 + years of privacy. Thank you so much for listening and I do truly hope you will consider some of my suggestions. Thank you kindly, Margaret J. Moser March 20, 2014 Meridian Planning and Zoning Commission Regarding AZ14-001 Dear Commission Members: I am a homeowner in the Primrose Subdivision adjacent to the proposed re -zoning area. My wife and I recently moved into the area. Having come from a neighborhood that sits between two schools with multiple rental properties, we understand what effect the proposed zoning changes will have on this neighborhood. We were attracted to this area due to its quiet, peaceful atmosphere. Primrose Subdivision is an area where people can take a walk on the streets in the evening without having to compete with traffic. The people here are friendly and always offer a wave and a smile. The neighborhood consists of one acre lots with people having horses, cattle, pigs, turkeys, etc. It is a nice country setting where you can escape the busy world around us. The proposed zoning changes will harm that way of life. It will increase traffic flows and bring people into the area that do not like or want the country way of life. Conflicts between the current residents and the new residents are inevitable. Also, the potential for an increase in crime is a very real thing. I understand that change is unavoidable and that as Commissioners, you must consider what is best for the City. Part of your duties is to ensure the financial future of the City. I recognize that without an income, the City will fail. I simply ask this of you; please consider zoning the adjacent land so there is a transition from the one acre parcels in Primrose Subdivision to the more congested TN-C areas. On a 2007 Planning Map, it shows the adjacent property to be medium density zoning. I would ask that you consider making these areas an R4 zoning, and as you progress west and north, move to the TN-C and CG zoning. I have included a map with the areas I would like to see zoned as R4. Please consider the people that live in this area and how it will affect their lives. Please don't make a decision based solely on the financial gains of the City. Meridian is growing rapidly. This one small area should not make much difference to the financial stability of the City; however, high density housing will have a negative effect on the neighboring subdivisions. Respectfully submitted, David Dansereau 1095 Larkspur Ct. Meridian, Idaho 83642 208-884-0255 ZZ�. w