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Mary May, President
Alexis Pickering,Vice-President
Jim D. Hansen, 2nd Vice President
Kent Goldthorpe,Commissioner
Dave McKinney,Commissioner
April 21, 2022
To: Sonya Allen
City of Meridian
33 E. Broadway Avenue, Suite 102
Meridian, ID 83642
Subject: MPP21-0014/ H-2021-0099 1-84 and Meridian Road AZ CPAM
NWC of Meridian Road/1-84
Annexation and Rezone application to annex 18.30 acres with C-G zoning and
an Amendment to the Comprehensive Plan Future Land Use Map to change the
future lane use designation on 33.13 acres from Mixed Use- Community to Mixed
Use— Regional.
Sonya,
Thank you for transmitting the annexation and rezone application and the amendment to the
Comprehensive Plan Future Lane Use Map application of this property to ACHD for review
and comment. The initial traffic impact study for this project was submitted to ACHD for
review on June 16th, 2021 and is currently in the review process. The following are the
review timelines:
• First review comments sent July 29th, 2021
• Revised study submitted on September 27th, 2021
• Second review comments sent on November 11th, 2021
• Revised study submitted on March 22, 2022
The revised traffic impact study is currently in the review queue with an review response
anticipated the week of May 27th, 2022. Without an accepted traffic impact study, ACHD is
unable to provide a staff report discussing the findings and recommendations from the traffic
impact study prior to your scheduled April 21 st, 2022, public hearing. ACHD recognizes that
this an annexation and rezoning application and does not have concerns with the city
proceeding with their public hearing process, as ACHD will determine the final site specific
conditions of approval with the future development application for this site. However, please
note that this letter does not constitute full entitlement of this project by ACHD. Because of
this, staff requests that any approval or requirements of this project be conditioned to
include that the applicant is required to comply with all ACHD conditions of approval in the
future staff report for the development application.
Based on a preliminary review of the traffic impact study, the following improvements may
be considered with the future development application:
• Widen Waltman Lane abutting the site to a 46-foot wide 3-lane collector street
section,
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• Restrict the eastern driveway to right-in/right-out only due to the proximity to the
Meidian Road/Waltman Lane intersection,
• Stripe the northbound approach at 5t1 Avenue/Franklin Road intersection with a left
and right turn lane,
• Construct a second northbound left-turn lane at the intersection of Waltman
Lane/Meridian Road, and
• Complete the construction of Corporate Drive from Waltman Lane to the north if it
hasn't already been constructed.
Staff will determine the required improvements in accordance with District Policy at the time
of the future development application after fully reviewing and accepting the traffic impact
study. The above improvements may change or additional improvements may be required.
With the future development application, District Policy requires improvements on Waltman
Lane abutting the site that include vertical curb, gutter and 7-foot wide attached or 5-foot
wide detached concrete sidewalk with additional right-of-way dedication as necessary to
accommodate the improvements. In addition, the existing irrigation lateral/ditch abutting the
site will be required to be relocated outside of the right-of-way as applicable.
Once the traffic impact study has been reviewed and accepted, and the development
application transmitted to ACHD by the City of Meridian, a full staff report will be written
outlining ACHD's policies and requirements for development. This includes but is not limited
to frontage improvements, access, and possible off-site mitigation. ACHD will not review
plans prior to issuance of an approved staff report.
If you have any questions, please feel free to contact me at (208) 387-6293.
Sincerely,
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Paige Bankhead, PE
Assistant Traffic Engineer
Development Services
cc: Bill Parsons — City of Meridian
Ethan Mansfield — Hawkins Companies
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