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HomeMy WebLinkAbout2021-05-19 Cody Black 1 - AnieriTel Inns, Inc. 16155 N High Desert St. + Nampa,ID 83687 Phone;208;375-2323 + Fax,208;375-3434 May 19, 2021 Via email (salleiz@)iieridialicihf.or ) Sonya Allen,Associate City Planner 33 E.Broadway Meridian, ID 83642 Re: The 10 at Meridian/ Meridian City File No.H-2021-0025 Dear Ms. Allen: We are the owner of the property immediately south of the proposed project known as"The 10 at Meridian." We did not receive notice of the neighborhood meeting for this project. However,when we learned of the project,we contacted the developer to discuss our main concern. Our main concern is that the project has been designed with Cobalt Drive located almost entirely on our property leaving it to us solely to construct this road. Not only would it be unfair to put the burden of constructing this public road on us (especially when we would have access to only one side of the road), this location is contrary to the guidance of the Meridian Ten Mile Specific Area Plan',Meridian and Ada County Highway District's policy that developers design and construct project roads to and through their projects. The location of Cobalt Drive is also contrary to the Development Agreement that encumbers our property and which was adopted by the City of Meridian.2 We are very much aware that the Development Agreement entered into by our predecessor in interest conceptually depicts Cobalt Drive located on our property.3 However, the text of the Development Agreement is absolutely clear that this location is conceptual only, and that neither Meridian nor ACHD are t See,Transportation System Map,p.3-18,and the Transportation Element discussion,pp.3-17-3-30, in the Ten Mile Specific Area Plan. 2 Development Agreement, dated July 24,201Z by and between Janicek Properties,LLC and the City of Meridian,recorded July 25,2012 as instrument no. 112073616(the"Development Agreement"). 3 See,March 14,2011 letter from Pete Friedman,Meridian Deputy Planning Director,attached to the Development Agreement. Amen 1 el Inns, Inc. 16155 N High Desert St. + Nampa,ID 83687 Mone 1208;375-2323 ♦ Fax f208'.375-3,134 approving roads and accesses until specific development plans are brought forward 4 Further, when those specific development plans are brought forward-such as The Ten at Meridian- the Development Agreement states that they are to comply with the guidance of the Ten Mile Specific Area Plan, traffic conditions at the time of application,and the Meridian regulations and ACHD policy in effect at the time of application. The Ten at Meridian,at least in so far as the Iocation of Cobalt Drive is shown, does not comply with the applicable plans,regulations or policies. There are a number of public roads that will traverse our property, which we will have to construct. These roads place a great burden on our property. We should not have to also construct on our property the road associated with our neighbor's project to the north. In compliance with the Ten Mile Specific Area Plan,Cobalt Drive should be located entirely north of our property. We ask the Planning&Zoning Commission to reject the design of The Ten at Meridian at least as concerns the location of Cobalt Drive. Sincerely, Hotel SLC, LLC, an Idaho limited liability company By: Brian G. Black, Manager k Note that it appears ACHD has not reviewed the development plans for The Ten at Meridian. ACHD's staff report in Meridians file for application H-2021-0025 is only in connection with the annexation and rezone requests. As noted in ACHD's report,site specific conditions will not be established until ACHD has reviewed the specific development application. This begs the question whether the hearing before the Planning&Zoning Commission is premature. Note also that The Ten at Meridian project plan presented to ACHD for its review depicts Cobalt Drive as straddling the property boundary versus loading all of Cobalt Drive on our property. We find this curious and wonder how it came to pass that,following ACHD's review of the annexation and rezone for The Ten at Meridian, the location of Cobalt Drive was shifted entirely to our property.