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Home My WebLink AboutCC - Applicant's Response to Staff Report Charlene Way From:Linda Ritter Sent:Monday, January 27, 2025 12:48 PM To:Ben; Clerks Comment; Bill Parsons Cc:Jason Werre Subject:RE: Werre Short Plat SHP-2024-0004 Ben, Can’t open up the attachment you sent. Can you check it and resend. Thanks Linda Ritter | Associate Planner City of Meridian | Community Development Dept. 33 E. Broadway Ave., Ste. 102, Meridian, Idaho 83642 Phone: 208-884-5533 | Direct: 208-489-0573 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: Ben <ben@reandpartners.com> Sent: Thursday, January 23, 2025 4:55 PM To: Linda Ritter <lritter@meridiancity.org>; Clerks Comment <comment@meridiancity.org>; Bill Parsons <bparsons@meridiancity.org> Cc: Jason Werre <jason@foothillsconstruct.com> Subject: RE: Werre Short Plat SHP-2024-0004 External Sender - Please use caution with links or attachments. Linda, I spoke with the owner/developer, and he is in agreement with the conditions in the sta? report. The only item we would like to coordinate is City Comment A.8. for the surety payment for the “planter” area between the future multi-use pathway and curb (both being installed by ACHD with their Ustick widening project). They are in the process of purchasing the right-of-way along the front of the owner’s property, so that area will soon be ACHD property. The ACHD plan for that frontage includes about a 4’ wide “planter” area that they typically install gravel within (similar to the conditions along Ustick east of the project location), see image below. We will work with ACHD to determine what they have planned for that treatment so we can develop the surety number for the future install of the planned materials. They have the widening project designed and funded for install based on their engineered plans (see attached that we received from ACHD). 1 Regarding the other conditions of approval: A. Meridian Planning Division 1. Noted and will comply 2. Noted and will comply 3. Will have the surveyor add the landscape bu?er and notes regarding maintenance of the 25’ landscape bu?er. 4. Noted and will comply with R-4 zoning standards of the UDC. 5. Will ensure all ﬁre department requirements for access are met. 6. No trees will be removed from the site as part of this project. If a tree is planned for removal, a mitigation plan will be provided. 7. Existing trees shown on Lot 2. 8. See notes above. 9. Will revise landscape plan to ensure that 25% of proposed trees required are Class 2 where possible. Overhead powerlines along the frontage may require those to be Class 1, although the bu?er width may allow us to pull them the 15’ away from the powerlines. The rest of the trees along the Ustick side are existing to remain. We will ensure that all Public Works and additional agency comments/conditions will be accommodated by the project. Please let me know if you need anything additional. Thanks, Ben Semple, PLA, ASLA Principal, Senior Landscape Architect O: 208.514.3300 2 From: Ben Sent: Wednesday, January 22, 2025 2:23 PM To: Linda Ritter <lritter@meridiancity.org>; Clerks Comment <comment@meridiancity.org>; Bill Parsons <bparsons@meridiancity.org> Cc: Jason Werre <jason@foothillsconstruct.com> Subject: RE: Werre Short Plat SHP-2024-0004 Thanks! Ben Semple, PLA, ASLA Principal, Senior Landscape Architect O: 208.514.3300 From: Linda Ritter <lritter@meridiancity.org> Sent: Wednesday, January 22, 2025 2:23 PM To: Ben <ben@reandpartners.com>; Clerks Comment <comment@meridiancity.org>; Bill Parsons <bparsons@meridiancity.org> Cc: Jason Werre <jason@foothillsconstruct.com> Subject: RE: Werre Short Plat SHP-2024-0004 Ben, I saw Karaleigh’s response to which I added a condition to the sta? report stating if the roadway widening and multiuse pathway have not been installed prior to the City Engineer’s signature you will be required to post a surety for the landscaping with the bu?er. Linda Ritter | Associate Planner City of Meridian | Community Development Dept. 33 E. Broadway Ave., Ste. 102, Meridian, Idaho 83642 Phone: 208-884-5533 | Direct: 208-489-0573 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: Ben <ben@reandpartners.com> Sent: Wednesday, January 22, 2025 2:20 PM To: Linda Ritter <lritter@meridiancity.org>; Clerks Comment <comment@meridiancity.org>; Bill Parsons <bparsons@meridiancity.org> Cc: Jason Werre <jason@foothillsconstruct.com> Subject: RE: Werre Short Plat SHP-2024-0004 External Sender - Please use caution with links or attachments. Thanks Linda. 3 I don’t have any questions about the sta? report, and the only thing I would bring up is that we received correspondence from ACHD (email attached, which also includes their approved design/construction plans) that they will be widening Ustick to 5 lanes within the next year (including expanding the existing sidewalk to a 10’ wide multi-use pathway, which is already designed and ready for construction by them), and any improvements that were made in that space would end up getting torn out when they do their project. I’m not sure if that changes anything in the sta? report, just wanted to mention that as that is why we were showing landscape behind the sidewalk and not between the sidewalk and existing roadway (although there is the seeded back slope and gravel shoulder on Ustick, being set up for the future widening without impacting/duplicating improvements). Thanks, Ben Semple, PLA, ASLA Principal, Senior Landscape Architect O: 208.514.3300 From: Linda Ritter <lritter@meridiancity.org> Sent: Wednesday, January 22, 2025 12:28 PM To: Clerks Comment <comment@meridiancity.org>; Bill Parsons <bparsons@meridiancity.org>; Ben <ben@reandpartners.com> Subject: Werre Short Plat SHP-2024-0004 A?ached is the staﬀ report for Were Short Plat. This item is scheduled to be on the Council agenda on January 28, 2025. The public hearing will be held at City Hall, 33 E. Broadway Avenue, beginning at 6:00 pm. You may a?end in person or virtually via Zoom – the link/phone number to join the mee?ng is located at the top of the mee?ng agenda. Please call or e-mail with any ques?ons. Please submit any wri?en response you may have to the staﬀ report to the City Clerk’s oﬃce (comment@meridiancity.org) and me as soon as possible. If you have a presenta?on 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. Linda Ritter | Associate Planner City of Meridian | Community Development Dept. 33 E. Broadway Ave., Ste. 102, Meridian, Idaho 83642 Phone: 208-884-5533 | Direct: 208-489-0573 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. 4