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Home My WebLink AboutCC - Staff Communication with Applicant (Block 23) Chris Johnson From:Bill Parsons Sent:Tuesday, October 1, 2024 5:43 PM To:Jon Wardle; Sonya Allen Cc:Amanda McNutt; Clerks Comment; Mike Wardle Subject:RE: Apex Farr MDA PP RZ H-2024-0014 Commission Recommendation to Council for 10/8/24 Hi Jon, Thank you for sharing your thoughts. While you raise some valid points, the City is not prepared to change our recommendation at this time. We still have concerns about addressing units that do not front on a public street, which has been a significant topic of internal discussion recently. It’s clear that this issue requires a collaborative effort, and we believe it would be beneficial for the Council to provide further input. We appreciate your understanding and look forward to continuing the conversation. Sincerely, Bill Parsons, AICP | Current Planning Supervisor City of Meridian | Community Development Dept. 33 E. Broadway Ave., Ste. 102, Meridian, Idaho 83642 Phone: 208-884-5533 | Direct: 208-489-0571 Built for Business, Designed for Living All e-mail messages sent to or received by City of Meridian e-mail accounts are subject to the Idaho law, in regards to both release and retention, and may be released upon request, unless exempt from disclosure by law. From: Jon Wardle <jwardle@brightoncorp.com> Sent: Wednesday, September 25, 2024 1:12 PM To: Sonya Allen <sallen@meridiancity.org>; Bill Parsons <bparsons@meridiancity.org> Cc: Amanda McNutt <AMcnutt@brightoncorp.com>; Clerks Comment <comment@meridiancity.org>; Mike Wardle <mwardle@brightoncorp.com> Subject: RE: Apex Farr MDA PP RZ H-2024-0014 Commission Recommendation to Council for 10/8/24 External Sender - Please use caution with links or attachments. Sonya and Bill, Please see our attached memo regarding Block 23. We request upon your review, a modification or deletion of Condition No. 14, that would allow for the mixed use design. Please let us know if you have any questions. Thanks! Jon Wardle | President | Brighton Development 2929 W. Navigator Dr. Suite 400 Meridian ID 83642 Direct: 208-871-9361 | Main: 208-378-4000 | Website: Brighton.co 1 NOTICE: Please update your records with my new email address and website (brighton.co). From: Sonya Allen <sallen@meridiancity.org> Sent: Friday, September 20, 2024 4:57 PM To: Clerks Comment <comment@meridiancity.org> Cc: Bill Parsons <bparsons@meridiancity.org>; Amanda McNutt <AMcnutt@brightoncorp.com>; Jon Wardle <jwardle@brightoncorp.com> Subject: Apex Farr MDA PP RZ H-2024-0014 Commission Recommendation to Council for 10/8/24 Attached is the staff report with the Planning & Zoning Commission’s recommendation to City Council for Apex Farr. This th project is scheduled to be on the City Council regular meeting agenda on Oct. 8. The public hearing will be held at City Hall, 33 E. Broadway Avenue, beginning at 6:00 pm. You may attend in person or virtually via Zoom – the link/phone number to join the meeting is located at the top of the meeting agenda. Please call or e-mail with any questions. Please submit any written response you may have to the Commission’s recommendation in the staff report to the City Clerk’s office (comment@meridiancity.org) and me as soon as possible prior to the meeting. If you have a presentation you’d like to present at the public hearing, please send it to the City Clerk’s office no later than 12:00 pm the day of the hearing. Applicant – I removed Staff’s recommendation to provide a local street between the residential and commercial uses in Block 23 as it doesn’t meet ACHD’s off-set policy and have included a new recommendation that the residential uses/lots in Block 23 be removed and developed with all commercial uses and zoning. Thanks, Sonya Allen | Associate Planner City of Meridian | Community Development Department | Planning Division 33 E. Broadway Ave., Ste. 102, Meridian, Idaho 83642 Phone: 208-884-5533 | Direct/Fax: 208-489-0578 Built for Business, Designed for Living All e-mail messages sent to or received by City of Meridian e-mail accounts are subject to the Idaho law, in regards to both release and retention, and may be released upon request, unless exempt from disclosure by law. This message was sent by someone outside the organization. Please do not click links or open attachments unless you recognize the source of this email and know the content is safe. 2 BRIGHTON – Creating GREAT Places – 2929 W. Navigator Drive, Ste. 400, Meridian, ID 83642 www.brighton.co 208-378-4000 September 24, 2024 To: Sonya Allen, Associate Planner Bill Parsons, Current Planning Supervisor From: Jon Wardle Re: Block 23 – Apex Farr MDA, PP and RZ (aka Pinnacle) In reviewing the transmitted Conditions of Approval for Apex Farr Subdivision (H-2024-0014) to City Council, it was apparent that we failed to provide justification for the proposed Block 23 design to you following the P&Z Commission hearing. Thus, I trust this information will enable staff to modify or delete the Condition 14 recommendation to remove the residential units from Block 23. Apex Farr Block 23 is located within property designated Mixed Use-Community (MU-C) by Meridian’s Future Land Use Map (FLUM). Meridian’s Comprehensive Plan (hereafter, Plan) graphically depicts how Mixed Use may be accomplished—and how Block 23 is compliant with concepts provided in that Plan. (STAFF REPORT PAGE 2 EXCERPT) Apex Farr – September 24, 2024 Page 2 Although Figure 3D, below, is from the MU-N section of the Plan, we designed Block 23 to that scale, showing compliance with the Plan’s overall M-U intent. Block 23 provides a 25-foot landscape buffer between the uses, whereas the Plan’s depiction shows parking literally at the dwelling’s front door. After the hearing, we created illustrative examples of the proposed design. The exhibits below, and on pages 4 – 10, provide the residential context of Block 23 with 25 feet of landscaping between residential and commercial uses, and private open space and driveway parking on each residential lot. Apex Farr – September 24, 2024 Page 3 Obviously, this information would have been helpful prior to preparation of the staff report. Nevertheless, because the site plan does, in fact, provide the required 25-foot landscape buffer—in a 15-foot common lot PLUS a 10-foot front yard setback—we respectfully request that Planning Division Condition 14 of the Staff Report to Council be modified to recommend approval of Block 23 as proposed and designed, or simply be deleted. Respectfully, Brighton Development, Inc. Jonathan Wardle, President Apex Farr – September 24, 2024 Page 4 Apex Farr – September 24, 2024 Page 5 Apex Farr – September 24, 2024 Page 6 Apex Farr – September 24, 2024 Page 7 Apex Farr – September 24, 2024 Page 8 Apex Farr – September 24, 2024 Page 9 Apex Farr – September 24, 2024 Page 10