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Machelle Hill
From: Joe Silva
Sent:
To:
Cc:
Thursday, March 06, 2008 1:43 PM
Joe Silva; 'Lars Anderson,
Q-FY OF MERIDIAN
CITY CLERK OFFICF
I sstanfield@mseng.us'; C. Caleb Hood; Machelle Hill; Nancy Radford; Sheree Finch; Tara Green;
Jennifer Veatch; bairdt@ci. meridian. id. us
Subject: RE: Regency at River Valley- Revised
From: Joe Silva
Sent: Thursday, March 06, 2008 1:28 PM
To: Lars Anderson
Cc: sstanfield@mseng.us; Caleb Hood (hoodc@ meridian city.org); Machelle Hill; Nancy Radford; Sheree Finch;
Tara Green; Jenny Veatch (veatchj@meridiancity.org); bairdt@ci.meridian.id.us
Subject: RE: Regency at River Valley
Lars Anderson
Subject: Regency at River Valley- Revised
I have reviewed the proposed project for site access with Caleb Hood of the Planning Department. In
order to provide site access to meet the requirements of the International Fire Code three modifications
will have to be done to the proposed plan.
1. A 26' wide emergency access road will have to be provided on the Southeast comer of the
project leading out onto Alleys Way. The primary access and the recommended secondary access point
must be separated by a minimum of 600' on your project. Note: The two access points must be
separated by a minimum distance of V2 the diagonal measurement. In the case of Regency at River
Valley that measurement is approximately 1200'.
2. For the same reasons as stated above, the project will have to be connected at two points to
public roads to serve the project. One connection point will have to be to Eagle Rd. via River Valley
Street on the West end of the project. A second connection point to the project will have to be from the
intersection of Alleys Way and River Valley, with Alleys Way/Records Drive extending either to the
North to Ustick or to the South to Fairview.
3. Because of concerns associated with congestion on Eagle Rd. the second point of access
mentioned above will have to be provided before the 204 units can be built. The project could be
conditioned to limit construction to 100 units until a second point of access can be placed in service
meeting the requirements as outlined in comment one.
Joe Silva
Fire Marshal
Meridian Fire
From: Lars Anderson [mailto:lars.anderson@bachhomes.net]
Sent: Wednesday, March 05, 2008 3:00 PM
To: Joe Silva
CC: sstanfield@mseng.us
Subject: Regency at River Valley
3/6/2008
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Mr. Silva -
I am checking in with you to see if you have had the opportunity to review our site plan again and reconsider the
fire access issues. We have reviewed the ACHD standards for intersections and I have attached a table
(AASHTO) that shows we would need 250 feet from the proposed intersection to the access point on Alley's
Way. We only have 134 feet of property that fronts Alley's Way. Therefore we cannot comply with the request for
an additional access without violating the standards.
If you have an opinion on this subject, we would greatly appreciate a reply in that we are in town tomorrow
(Thursday). We are trying to meet with staff on Thursday afternoon and your comments would help us in
discussing this matter.
Thank you,
Lars
Lars Anderson
Bach Homes, L.L.C.
Project Manager
(801) 567-3029 (Direct Line)
(801) 566-2224 (W)
(801) 566-2203 (F)
lars.anderson(2abachhomes.ne
3/6/2008