HomeMy WebLinkAbout2023-03-06 Laura Trairatnobhas
Charlene Way
From:Laura Trairatnobhas <lauratrairatnobhas@hotmail.com>
Sent:Monday, March 6, 2023 5:13 PM
To:City Clerk; Clerks Comment; comments@meridiancity.org
Subject:Regarding the Delano Phase 3 Project
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Dear City Clerk and the City of Meridian Planning and Zoning Commission,
Thank you for the valuable work that you do!
We are writing in regard to Phase 3 of the Delano Project.
To briefly sum up: The project as currently planned is way too dense, and the primary (possibly even ONLY) egress road
(an extension of the existing Centerpointe Road through to Wainright and then to Eagle Road) wasn’t properly designed
for the expected volume of traffic that will be generated by Delano, the Brickyard and all the other residential as well as
commercial buildings in that area. There is already inadequate parking for the Brickyard apartments, with the Meridian
Police issuing frequent tickets in that area for parking in “no parking” zones. The Delano project will simply add to the
parking situation. I am asking you to put the brakes on Delano Phase 3 until a more well-thought-out project is put
forward by the developer.
Some disturbing history of Centerpointe Way: This connection to Wainwright did not show up in the title company
documents when Alpine Pointe (known back then as Zebulon Heights) homes were purchased from 2007 onwards,
although ownership to ACHD had been filed in Ada County by 2005. This road does not show up in Ada County Assessor
online records as owned by ACHD either. There are no curb cuts or signage saying this is a road. Utilities are laid in the
intended road ~ like right in the middle of the road. A prospective buyer, realtor, or title company could not and still
cannot do any due diligence if the information is omitted from pertinent title documents and searches; if the road is not
signed; if there are not any curb cuts indicative of a future road; and if the intended road is covered in utilities and trees.
None of us in Alpine Pointe had the slightest idea that this area ~ which looks for all extents and purposes to be a grassy
strip running alongside a commercial parking lot ~ was destined to become a major road, funneling hundreds of car trips
in and out each day. This kind of information is crucial to a buyer’s decisionmaking when deciding whether or not to
purchase a home in a particular subdivision, but Alpine Pointe homeowners did not have that information available
when they made their purchase decisions.
The Delano Project is denser than the Brickyard Townhome Apartments, whereas common sense would dictate that it
should be less dense, to provide a smoother transition between the Brickyard and the single-family residential projects
(including Delano phase 1, Kingston, and Alpine Pointe) to the west and north.
Many Alpine Pointe residents signed a petition asking for an R-15 or 2-story townhome product on the multi-family
parcel of Delano ~ and that is on the public record. In fact, 236 residents signed the petition asking for the multi-family
density to be reduced to a more compatible R-15 density. That view still stands among our residents.
Without transition, lower density, lower heights, and more than one true ingress/egress point, this plan seems to be
lacking in common sense as well as consideration for the already existing neighborhoods. The newest design looks as if
buildings are shoe-horned in for maximum profit for little benefit to the community or appropriate transition, with only
four parking spaces to spare. Perhaps the developer doesn’t understand that your average apartment nowadays has at
least two and often three or more vehicles ~ roommates, teenage kids, etc., all need parking spots. A two-bedroom
apartment does not by any means hold two people ~ more like four or even five. The high cost of both buying and
renting in Meridian and Boise means a lot of home-sharing is going on!
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Please slow down this project ~ it needs to be less dense (reducing the height to two stories could accomplish that) and
the traffic patterns, especially in regard to the proposed extension of Centerpointe to Wainright, are in dire need of
careful examination.
Thank you!
Best Regards,
Laura and Dom Trairatnobhas
4621 N Camas Creek Way
Meridian ID 83646
Laura’s phone: 208-275-9823
Laura
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