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Home My WebLink AboutLetter from Blackstone t:, "u Blat~ BIac~ Coral Creek and Pintail SlIbdivisions BlaAPne Homeowners Association 443!IW Thorn Creek St Meridian, 1083642 February 23, 2006 City of Meridian Mr. Josh Wilson, City Planning Manager 660. E. Watertower Ste 202 Meridian, 10 83642 I~E C E~ ~rVE:',f~: FEB ? I 2006 Dear Sir: GjTY OF ì\/JEF\!OIÞJ' :=:: -¡-'y' C L E r:?;< r' ~ ~ ; ,'" ;:- , ,'- -- On February 16, the City Planning and Zoning held a public hearing to hear testiITI~ny- on, the pro~95eØ Buckeye Place Subdivision titled AZ 06-001 and PP 06- 001. Felix Diaz and f Were" present to speak Defore th~~-Planning and Zoning Commission on the matter but had to leave early do to the length of the nights' agenda. This letter is being presented in our absence on behalf of the Blackstone homeowners to express our concerns with the project as proposed by John Feckelman. The Blackstone Homeowners Association believes strongly in growth and new devel()Prn~n~~We, are not opposed to the project by Mr. Feckelman, but we h~veconœrns ov(:!r tf~ff!C anq t,h~ sa~ty of Quf childr~n~ VVew()lJldlikê thefPlanning and ZOOÎft9: Commission~ó_"h~r ,~ndaâdiês~, 04rCQn~tns,~eforègrantingthê proPOsed preliminary ptfl! ~ :I:":h~d~uÇkeý~elàÇè'$übdivi~ion'is beihg:prôþœed- in an area ,that is only- accesSible .through a"eqmef Of' the;Blackston~f and Pintail , ,.. -., , " -.., I,' , .. .. " , ,'" , Subdivision. -¡-he traffic dl,lringGOnstruction will greatly impacfour subdivision: There are over a dozen" children' that live near, thè direct route of trnvål foreonstruction vehicles and there are approximàtely 20 children in the area of North Golf View and W - Thorn Creek St. intersection ranging" from ages three to seventeen. The Blackstone HOA has had experiences in dealing with increased and speeding traffic during the building of Castlebrook #1 and #2. This project neCessitated traffic through or neighborhood when Black Cat was closed last year and greatly impacted homeowners in Blackstone, and Coral Çreek with speeding traffic at aU, hours, and at t~mesi"endar1tJÐring~property and- ,lives; ,Altbough,wewPrkecLwithJhe_builder- ,tq, try lQ~---,- ,--- -- remedy the problem, it still is a large problem. This apptoachto stop,speeders was haphazard at best and not the best solution for all involved, but wèdid what was needed to, prevent an accident as a community. We were fortunat~ll)ecause the homeowners took an active role to correct the speeding problem when possible. Luckily there, were no injuries but only a couple of near misses. , . , We feel that in order to avoid a similar situation"with th~ building project in Buckeye Place" _th~ builder should be .,' required to install speed' bumps. We recom~liIq tbr~ ~Q.four.()[~J~V ThcmiÇre~k.§tand two on NÒrtllGolfViewsee :attacbe.q draVl(ing~, These :~p~þu,~ps wò~ld' sf~- t~1fi,c" en()ughtdpr~~erít vehiCle Jrom ~cœleratilJg t(},anun~afe,~~ alJQprot~qyésanp ,pr()per1y. 'The' Blackstone ,HOA does. not pppose, the ,BuCkeye PI~cè'Prqject, but 'wc>LÎld H~e the Citylö consider our conCEtrns and mandate the builder and or ADCHO to Conduct åtffiffic impact study before granting the penn it. . " . " , ' "' . . .'- . Page 2 February 23, 2006 We ask the study to consider "the no outlet area", and the children that live in direct path of the proposed construction area, all the construction work trucks, all the heavy equipment, and all the new traffic that the 16 new houses will generate after they are built.... With only one way in and one way out. There is a bottleneck that 5 subdivisions use now.. W Thorn Creek St. and N Golf View. It is ridicules the way people go through this intersection... cutting corners and speeding. We feel a proactive solution to a potential speeding traffic problem is a better approach than the one we had with the Castlebrook situation. If left to the honor system of our building neighbor, there is no assurance his contractors; sub and sub~ sub contractors will understand the need to curb their speed in such a confined area of our neighborhood. They will not be familiar with neighborhood dynamics and most , -of all_the amount of children in that comer gf our neighborh~d. The speed bumps would help regulate speed during construction of Buckeye Pläce and- if appropriate after construction. Sincerely, Jim Bean and Felix Oiaz President and Vice President, Blackstone Home Owners' Association, 884-1950 .... ,k f/w{1.ess P1 f IC __LLLL1_) - :g CHERRY TI 0 ITIIIIIJ 0 ASPEN CREEK \\ ~~l 01 ~V~:r:¡]~~} CHERRY BLA 'KS1i W[ IV ~ ç:s -...J ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ Jl 1[' rn REVISION: BY: BUCKEYE PLACE SUBDIVISION BRIGGS ENGINEERING, INC. F4; ~þ SHEET : 1~f-'1 NGIN 'RIN l BRIGGS J VICINITY MAP ENGINEERS PLANNERS SURVEYORS 1 BOD W, OVERLAND ROAD' BOISE, IDAHO 8370S . (208)344-9700 V-MAP Dwe DATE: 11/30/05 KDH owe NO, 50912 SCALE: 1"= 300' These drawings, or ony portion thereof. sholl not be used on any Projoc\ or ",tensloCl' 01 this Projec\ except by written agreement from Briggs Engineering, Ine, \50912-V-MAP,dwg