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Home My WebLink About2021-03-25 ACHD TIS Jamie Koenig From: Mindy Wallace <Mwallace@achdidaho.org> Sent: Tuesday, February 16, 2021 3:03 PM To: Jamie Koenig Cc: Stacey Yarrington Subject: RE: Wells ST traffic study Jamie, ACHD requires a traffic impact study for development that generate 100 new trips in the PM peak hour. Bases on your proposed number of beds and single family homes your development would generate approximately 88.5 trips in the PM peak hour. You will need to decide what is the best way to work with the neighbors. You can choose to do a TIS even though it isn't required. Mindy Mindy Wallace,AICP Planning Review Supervisor Ada County Highway District 208-387-6178 ACHD Development Services is open for business at our new location at 1301 N. Orchard Street, Suite 200 in the CSC building. Parking and building entrance are located on west side of building. From:Jamie Koenig<jamie@babcockdesign.com> Sent:Tuesday, February 16, 2021 12:12 PM To: Mindy Wallace<Mwallace@achdidaho.org> Cc:Stacey Yarrington <SYarrington@achdidaho.org> Subject: RE: Wells ST traffic study CAUTION:This email originated from outside your organization. Exercise caution when opening attachments or clicking links, especially from unknown senders. Thanks Mindy. I figured that one would not, but wanted to check since we changed from 55+at the north lots. Traffic still remains the main concern of the neighbors. We had our neighborhood meeting last Thursday and many people are concerned. In situations like ours,what is the best plan of attack? In some ways, your clarification that the ADTs aren't high enough to warrant a traffic study should put the neighbors at ease, but I know that it won't. If we were to have a traffic study done, what good would it do in the eyes of the neighbors? Jamie From: Mindy Wallace<MwaIlace@achdidaho.org> Sent:Tuesday, February 16, 2021 11:35 AM To:Jamie Koenig<jamie@babcockdesign.com> Cc:Stacey Yarrington <SYarrington@achdidaho.or > Subject: RE: Wells ST traffic study Jamie, Thank you for clarifying the number of beds. A traffic impact study is not required for this application. Mindy From:Jamie Koenig<jamie@babcockdesign.com> Sent:Tuesday, February 16, 2021 11:29 AM To: Mindy Wallace<Mwallace@achdidaho.org> Subject: RE: Wells ST traffic study CAUTION:This email originated from outside your organization. Exercise caution when opening attachments or clicking links, especially from unknown senders. Mindy, The assisted living and memory care unit mix is as follows: Assisted Living (73) units (79) beds Memory Care (18) units (23) beds Total (91) units (102) beds Jamie From: Mindy Wallace<Mwallace@achdidaho.org> Sent:Tuesday, February 16, 2021 11:19 AM To:Jamie Koenig<jamie@babcockdesign.com> Subject: RE: Wells ST traffic study Jamie, How many beds will there be for assisted living/memory care units? Mindy Mindy Wallace,AICP Planning Review Supervisor Ada County Highway District 208-387-6178 ACHD Development Services is open for business at our new location at 1301 N. Orchard Street, Suite 200 in the CSC building. Parking and building entrance are located on west side of building. 2 From:Jamie Koenig<]amie@babcockdesign.com> Sent:Tuesday, February 16, 2021 11:04 AM To: Mindy Wallace<Mwallace@achdidaho.org> Cc:Stacey Yarrington <SYarrington@achdidaho.org> Subject:Wells ST traffic study CAUTION:This email originated from outside your organization. Exercise caution when opening attachments or clicking links, especially from unknown senders. Mindy, I've corresponded with Stacey Yarrington in the past about our project. I see that she is out for a week or so, so I'm hoping you could help me out. I've included one conversation below and have highlighted one response at the bottom regarding whether a traffic study would be required. Since that correspondence, some time ago, we've updated our project design per the highlighted section directly below. Given this change,would a traffic study be required? Thanks for your help. JAMIE KOENIG AIA/PROJECT MANAGER jamie6 babcockdesign.com/208.991.8171 BabcockDesi Babcock Design 208.424.7675 800 W Main Street Ste.940 Boise,ID 83702 www.babcockdesign.com From:Jamie Koenig Sent: Saturday, February 13, 2021 4:51 PM To: Stacey Yarrington <SYarrington@achdidaho.or > Cc:TJ Winger<ti@babcockdesign.com>; Brent Thompson <brent@reoxygen.com>; Wayne Ott <wayne@bdoaccounting.com> Subject: RE: Wells ST cul-de-sac question Stacey, I'm following up with an attached site plan modification. We have switched from 55+cottages as the City of Meridian defines that term,to single family homes that will be targeted toward 55+ but not exclusively. Please note the number of units has also dropped. The previous site plan showed (76) cottages+ (88) assisted living and memory care units for a total of 164. The new numbers are (62) single family homes+ (91) assisted living and memory care units for a total of 153. This is a drop of 11 units. Please see email below and yellow highlighted portion regarding whether a traffic study would be required. 3 My question is, with the changes noted above, will a traffic study be required? Thanks for your help. JAMIE KOENIG AIA/PROJECT MANAGER amie(c�babcockdesign.com/208.991.8171 BabCOCkDesign Babcock Design 208.424.7675 800 W Main Street Ste.940 Boise,ID 83702 www.babcockdesign.com From: Stacey Yarrington <SYarrington@achdidaho.org> Sent:Thursday, December 3, 2020 3:08 PM To:Jamie Koenig<iamie@babcockdesign.com> Cc:TJ Winger<ti@babcockdesign.com> Subject: RE: Wells ST cul-de-sac question Hi Jamie, My answers are in red below. Thanks, Stacey From:Jamie Koenig<jamie@babcockdesin.com> Sent: Wednesday, December 2, 2020 1:11 PM To: Stacey Yarrington <SYarrington@achdidaho.or > Cc:TJ Winger<ti@babcockdesign.com> Subject:Wells ST cul-de-sac question [THIS EMAIL ORIGINATED EXTERNALLY. PLEASE USE CAUTION WHEN OPENING ATTACHMENTS OR LINKS INSIDE THIS EMAIL.] CAUTION:This email originated from outside your organization. Exercise caution when opening attachments or clicking links, especially from unknown senders. Stacey, Please see attached. I think you are familiar with the old Andorra/Sawtooth project and at this location. As part of that project we were planning to vacate the length of street and cul-de-sac. A number of things have changed. The ownership of the property has changed. The "L" shaped building at the south lot will be assisted living and memory care and the north lot is still planned for 55+single family and townhomes. We've lost what we call the "west lot" but gained the lot on to the north and plan to continue the 55+ cottages. My first question is, was the cul-de-sac vacation completed? If not, I assume we will be required to improve this street either up to the corner of the south property or the entire street including the cul-de-sac. How much improvement would be required? I do not show that the cul-de-sac has been vacated. If the street/cul-de-sac are not vacated you will 4 be required to improve it as one-half of a 33-foot street section and cul-de-sac with curb, gutter, and 5-foot wide concrete sidewalk, plus 12-feet of additional pavement wideing and 3-foot wide gravel shoulder on the unimproved side. At the north edge of the property,we show a street. Our plan is that all of the streets in the cottage neighborhood will be private streets with gates. Magic View is the east/west street and there is another drive north of Magic View. I assume we are either required to align with that street or to offset a certain distance. What is the required offset distance in this case? Yes,you will either need to align with Fiddle Avenue or offset 75-feet (centerline to centerline)for the private road. If the private streets are gated,they require the gate or keypad (whichever is closer)to be located 50- feet into the site from the edge of the street and an on-site turnaround be provided. Along Wells Street at the "L" building, we currently show three curb cuts in a row. Would these curb cuts be allowed? If not,what is the distance that would be required? I would like to have the two narrower drives at the main entry roughly as shown. I'm thinking the north drive of the three could move north to the end of the parking lot to work better. Thoughts? As Wells Street is a local street, other than the 75-feet from an intersection,there is no offset requirements. You would be able to do as you describe. Any existing driveway not used would be required to be closed with curb, gutter, and sidewalk. Given the size of the project and the nature of 55+ and assisted living/memory care vehicular traffic,will there be enough average daily trips to trigger a traffic study? If not, would it be possible to get a letter stating that? Based on the concept plan for the number of units for Assisted Living (88) and Senior Adult Housing-Attached (76) a TIS would not be required as the estimated trip generation would only be 510 ADT with 43 in the PM peak hour. Do you have any other comments or advice? As stated above,you need to plan on the gate requirements with on-site turnarounds. Otherwise, I don't see any real issues at this time. Thanks. JAMIE KOENIG AIA/PROJECT MANAGER jamie(a)babcockdesign.com/208.991.8171 `7 BabcockDesiqn Babcock Design 208.424.7675 800 W Main Street Ste.940 Boise,ID 83702 www.ba bcockdes ig n.com 5