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March 29, 2007
RECEIVED
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C.lTY OF MERIDIAN
CITY CLERK OFFlr~E
City of Meridian
City Council Commissioners
33 E. Idaho Avenue
Meridian, ID 83642
Re: Public Hearing, Cold Creek Subdivision
Dear Commissioners:
As homeowners living directly west of this proposed subdivision, the following is an summary
of our concerns. Overall, we feel this subdivision is poorly designed.
We understand that there is no specific builder assigned to build these homes, and we're
concerned that the neighborhood will be a mishmash of quality and design. The developer's
representative stated that "there is a need for affordable housing on this side of town", but we
don't feel that right in front of Bridgetower subdivision and next to our single residence on a 4
acre parcel is the appropriate place for it. The reason why we are stating this is because our
property will be devalued if this development is approved, as access to our home and possible
future development will be required through Cold Creek or Hartford Subdivisions only, since we
will lose our private access to Ustick Road from our property.
This neighborhood is directly in front of Bridgetower subdivision, so in keeping with the
neighborhood design, it would be nice to see these homes with wood exteriors, instead of vinyl,
with neutral paint colors.
As all the other subdivisions up and down Ustick Road provide fencing along the frontage and
between subdivisions and agricultural properties, we would request that this would be a
condition of approval for this subdivision, including fencing along our adjoining property lines,
as well as across the roadway as shown "to be extended in the future" (to the west), using
materials such as 4" or 6" #1 grade cedar wood fencing with metal posts set in concrete, or vinyl
fencing.
Sidewalks and roadways are elevated along with fill required for flood plain on the adjacent
properties. Retention walls will be necessary to retain fill materials from being extended onto
our property and causing a weed maintenance nightmare for us in the future.
A head gate will need to be installed for irrigation on the property, as our water enters the ditch
from the Cold Creek property.
We would like to see only single-level homes along the western border of the property.
We request that the sewer easement to be located on the western boundary oflot 12. That
would also be the low point of the sewer line, which would allow sewer tie-in at this location,
and would provide us another option if we decided to develop in the future.
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We would like to see a copy of the neighborhood's Covenants, Codes and Restrictions. We
would also like to know if there will be a Home Owners Association formed to see that this
neighborhood and its publie right of ways will be maintained. We would like to see a Home
Owners Assoeiation responsible for maintenanee and repair of all fencing. Our concern is that
there would not be continuity in maintaining the fence if each homeowner was left this task,
especially the northJsouth fenee separating our property from this subdivision.
The Plamling and Zoning Commissioners recommended that the number of lots be reduced by
one, because 4 lots did not meet the 60' requirement ofroad frontage, and Lot 6 Block 1 was
"not pretty", as stated by one commissioner. The newer plat dated 3/8/07 does not reflect a
reduction in number oflots.
If you look Lot 2 West, there is 57 feet of frontage light at the entrance to the subdivision, so the
driveway access could cause traffic issues.
Lot 3 Westthere is only a 30 foot access for a driveway, again, right at the mouth ofthe
subdivision, whieh makes backing up to access roadway dangerous to ingress and egress traffic.
In most subdivisions, these entry lots would have access from side streets, not the main entry
road.
On Lot 2 East, the driveway access will be either right at the entry to the subdivision or slightly
around the radius bend.
On Lot 3 East there is a 34 foot aeeess at an approximate 45 degree angle to enter and exit onto
the roadway.
Lot 6 East and Lot 7 East have a 30 and 31 foot access on lots that are triangular in shape, and
egress to the roadway could be hazardous as well due to blind spots.
Another item we feel would be devaluing our property is that there is not enough room for off-
street parking for some of these lots. There are five lots out of the sixteen that have 31 feet or
less of road frontage. Two additional10ts that adjoin these narrow accesses have 57 feet or less
of road frontage. Lot 2 West is at the very entranee to the subdivision which requires parking no
closer than 30 feet to the stop sign (20 feet from crosswalks and 15 feet from fire hydrants).
There are five outside radius comers which do not adequately accommodate street parking. With
all of these restrietions, where will all these people be parking?
Because of these concerns, we feel that this design presents some extremely unsafe conditions.
We don't oppose this subdivision, but we think the developers are jeopardizing quality for
quantity to accommodate as many building lots as possible for profit.
Sincerely,
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John and Tammy chafer
2788 W. Ustick Road
Melidian, ID 83646
(208) 887-5477
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