HomeMy WebLinkAbout2024-09-27 Mike and Malissa Bernard
Charlene Way
From:Mike and Malissa Bernard <MMBERNARD1@msn.com>
Sent:Thursday, September 26, 2024 8:50 PM
To:Clerks Comment
Subject:Blayden Subdivision H-2023-0043
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Dear Clerks:
Please a?ach to the Blayden Subdivision H-2023-0043 packet.
Thank you for everything you do!
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Dear Mayor Simison and Meridian City Council,
Thank you for your ?me and service to our community.
Quickly: Blayden Sub with the collector that is wrong in so many ways is very concerning. This road needs to be built
with a school and hospital in mind as well---for buses, vehicles, events, and the medical needs of the community. The
discrepancies and huge swing between the ini?al ACHD report and the updated report gives us all a huge red flag. ACHD
will not typically seek to calm traffic on loads of more than 4000 vehicle trips on a collector, I believe, and it has double
the travel load without the con?nua?on of the road to Rus?c Oak and there is the future load from those exis?ng
neighborhoods, pending phases, the future school traffic impacts, and the area in total as this spot grows. There is a
school tenta?vely planned and the connec?on por?on for the rest of the collector is in West Ada School District
ownership from the commentary…has anyone talked to West Ada School District about finishing up this road with this
project or allowing the developer to finish it now to benefit the community and enhance the current situa?on, with a
road money share or other some other possibility? Furthermore, a future hospital posi?oned at Rus?c Oak
Way/Chinden will need that road, especially as a route that is an alterna?ve to the conges?on of Chinden and future
burdens on that road as this area develops and strains increase in intensity.
Enhanced crosswalks or ones ready to be made so for residents to get safely to school or simply across the street, speed
mi?ga?on, and other elements should be in place before the likely coming school. If the school does not come forward
in the future, then the elements will be beneficial for whatever goes on that sizeable parcel and for nearby and future
neighborhoods as they come to pass.
Perhaps a lower and appropriate speed be a?ached as a condi?on for development, as typical collector speeds of 30-35
MPH will not be appropriate for so much high intensity residen?al and with a school in the forecast. Maybe 20 MPH, to
ready the area for the school? Personally, I would love a 20 MPH limit in all residen?al areas, as it makes for a more
enjoyable, safe environment for ci?zens and especially for our children---and in our case, our three grandchildren---and
it would help with cut-through traffic as well.
The collector from Rus?c Oak to Black Cat should be in place before the first shovel hits the ground for any development
in the area, especially with the size and intensity as planned in the Blayden proposal. The only ingress/egress is via Black
Cat due to Chinden access being restricted, and the lack of the connec?on to Rus?c Oak ?a Levi.
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I feel appropriate green and open spaces are lacking as well---no one should be playing anywhere near a collector road
with this expected traffic burden. If they do not build appropriate and a?rac?ve in-place ameni?es and with the lack of
a nearby and easily accessed city park, the residents will seek those ameni?es in The Oaks, Presco? Ridge, etc. and not
pay for them by using the larger subdivisions in the area for the ameni?es lacking at their own homes, and those
ameni?es are sustained via limited HOA fees and not via public funds or any funds contributed by Blayden residents.
The corner at SE Chinden and Black Cat will be landlocked, and if mid-sized commercial is planned then appropriate
clearer lanes without so much parking flanking them is key for that parcel’s future success, for deliveries, patron access,
and so forth.
Why would I care about a development so far removed from my area? I care because this could occur anywhere in the
city, thus impac?ng school children, commercial interests, neighborhoods, those needing to get to the hospital quickly in
an emergency, and pedestrian, bicycle, or vehicle traffic in the same general way. We have nearby residents using our
HOA ameni?es because their own developments lack quality or a?rac?ve and well-maintained open space, ameni?es
such as sport courts, or a pleasant place to stroll or walk their dog.
Collectors are important and ge?ng them in situ ahead of the development that is coming vs. a?er the fact is key for
success and safety for all.
Thank you for your ?me and considera?on.
Malissa Bernard
4025 N Dashwood Pl
Meridian ID 83646
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