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HomeMy WebLinkAboutCC - Applicant's Presentation for 12-9 Cherry Blossom East IDAHO, MERIDIAN Subdivision Cherry Blossom Blossom Eastapplication for Cherry Final Plat –Combined Pre •recordedNew access easement •was builtplat expired before Phase 2 10/10/19 and preliminary Phase 1 final plat recorded •lots being split off as Phase 2not clear, resulting in those St was th access from NW 4The easement to provide •8/24/18•Place H City Council Hearing12/09/25P&Z Hearing #211/06/25Neighborhood Meeting #410/08/25Neighborhood Meeting #39/10/25P&Z Hearing #1 (continuance)8/21/25Neighborhood Meeting #22/20/25Neighborhood Meeting #19/12/24Timeline 8 zoning district-the RPreliminary Plat consisting of 3 building lots and 2 common lots on 0.79 acres in Combined Preliminary / Final Plat (PFP)0030 Cherry Blossom East Subdivision-2025- OPTION 1 Access service or trash collection accessExisting homes will not have emergency •at property line and 5’ bufferSeparate 20’ wide driveway with fence •OPTION 2services and trash collection for allEnables full access for emergency •Requires Shared Access Agreement•incorporating existing drivewayShared 20’ wide driveway • Common Drive Power PolesExisting 28’ radius conflict, and keep improvements within the 20’ wide access easement across the property to the east2’ mountable curb) east of onsite power pole to maintain site drainage control, address power pole Approval granted from Planning and MFD to reduce overall width to 20’ (18’ asphalt driving surface with onsite power poleProposed common driveway has 20’ wide asphalt driving surface with 2’ mountable curb west of the Fence and 5’ buffer requirements removed by Planning StaffMeridian Fire Department requires 20’ wide driving surface with approved turnaround Water HydrantExisting St for lot 2 th 4” fire service extended from water main in NW 4Service line from existing meter for lot 2St for lots 3 & 5 th Service lines extended from water main in NW 4sprinkleredSt is th Per MFD, an onsite hydrant is not required if homesites >400’ from existing hydrant on NW 4Water main extension would require a 30’ easement across Fusselman property and into the projectWater ServiceExisting 1” 4” Fire ServiceWater MainExisting Water Service2x Proposed 1” HOA to the Property Management President confirming his intentions th provided the below letter on October 16The Developer agrees to turn over the Cherry Blossom Place HOA with the approval of Cherry Blossom East, and maintenance as they choose, along with written confirmationNeighbors want Cherry Blossom Place HOA turned over to the neighborhood so they can address landscape will serve both developmentsCherry Blossom East HOA to utilize and share costs in maintenance of the existing pressure irrigation system that Sharing Agreement has been drafted between the Cherry Blossom Place HOA and -A Letter of Consent and CostsystemAssociation for the proposed development to use their irrigation pump and connect to their pressurized irrigation Planning request for a written notarized consent to be submitted from the Cherry Blossom Place Homeowner’s common drivewayaccess to amenities in Cherry Blossom Place, and will be solely responsible for the maintenance of the proposed Per the Developer, Cherry Blossom East will have its own HOA, separate from Cherry Blossom Place, will not have Cherry Blossom Place neighbors concerned about shared amenities and costs for new common drive Pressurized the pump stationThe pump water supply system was redesigned to ensure that the full water rights are being delivered to additional three (3) Cherry Blossom East lotsIrrigation capacity calculations were verified to be sufficient for the 44 Cherry Blossom Place lots plus the @ 100 PSIcity stating that the pump station was built as designed and can effectively produce the required 80gpm Steven Laidlaw of Precision Pumping Systems performed a site evaluation and provided a letter to the irrigation system to determine if it was built per plan and adequate to serve the existing homes plus the three Staff request for a qualified consultant with the requisite expertise to review the plans for the existing ability to serve the additional three (3) proposed lotsCherry Blossom Place neighbors concerned about current pressurized irrigation system performance and Irrigation Proposed Site Cherry Blossom Place0.19 AC), consistent with -(0.178,372 SF -Lot size from 7,235 family residential lots-3 single0.79 AC site Plan Thank You! Site Location PROJECT SITEPROJECT SITE SiteProject South of W Cherry Ln Future Land Density Residential zoneProperty resides in Medium Use Map Zoning Map 4 zoning to the south and east-RDensity Residential8 Medium -Property is zoned R Schools MERIDIAN ELEMENTARYMERIDIAN MIDDLE SCHOOLMERIDIAN HIGH SCHOOL Project Site 0.7 miles–Meridian Elementary School 0.6 miles–Meridian Middle School 1.2 miles–Meridian High School Emergency DEPARTMENTMERIDIAN POLICE DEPARTMENTMERIDIAN FIRE Project Site 2.2 miles–Meridian Police Department 0.9 miles–Meridian Fire Department Services Public Utilities Water ServiceExisting 1” 4” Fire ServiceWater MainExisting Water Service2x Proposed 1” St)th NW 4(furthest lot from fire hydrant on 4” fire service to sprinkler lot 2 meter on west property line for lot 2Connect service line to existing 5St for lots 3 & th water main in NW 4Connect service lines to existing WATER INFRASTRUCTURE Public Utilities gravity mainExisting gravity mainProposed 8” 8” sewer main within the sitedriveway at property lineConnect to existing main in SEWER INFRASTRUCTURE Pressurized Proposed PI LineExisting PI LineStationExisting Pump lotsthe common drive lot & residential Provide pressure irrigation stubs to Blossom Place Subdivisionstation, to be shared with Cherry Connect to existing irrigation pump ImprovementsIrrigation Gravity ImprovementsIrrigation Common Driveway ElevationMatch Existing rolled curb and gutter onsiteProposed 20’ asphalt driveway with (south)Existing 11’ concrete driveway offsite Improvements Elevations Elevations Elevations Planning and Zoning Hearing up Items-Follow provide clarity to neighbors’ concerns The Commission moved to continue the request to a later hearing date to address or St. No easement is needed for service lines.th extended from the water main in NW 4the dwelling on lot 2 (furthest buildable lot from hydrant) and water service lines to lots 3 & 5 will be Water main extension is not needed with no new hydrant. A fire service line will be extended to Solution: St is sprinklered th not needed if houses >400’ from the existing hydrant on NW 4Meeting with developer, planning, city lawyer, public works, and fire to determine that a new hydrant is Existing access easement was determined to NOT cover utility extensionsEasement for Water Main ExtensionAugust 21, 2025– existing pressure irrigation system that will serve both developmentsBlossom Place HOA and Cherry Blossom East HOA to utilize and share costs in maintenance of the Sharing Agreement has been drafted between the Cherry -A Letter of Consent and CostSolution: and connect to their pressurized irrigation systemHomeowner’s Association for the proposed development to use their irrigation pump Request for a written notarized consent to be submitted from the Cherry Blossom Place delivered to the pump stationThe weir for the pump water supply was redesigned to ensure that the full water rights are being the additional three (3) Cherry Blossom East lotsIrrigation capacity calculations were verified to be sufficient for the 44 Cherry Blossom Place lots plus 80gpm @ 100 PSIcity stating that the pump station was built as designed and can effectively produce the required Steven Laidlaw of Precision Pumping Systems performed a site evaluation and provided a letter to the Solution:serve the existing homes plus the three (3) in this developmentfor the existing irrigation system to determine if it was built per plan and adequate to Staff request for a qualified consultant with the requisite expertise to review the plans path and turnaround through the siteTurn to show truck -development site plans were created with Auto-development and Post-PreSolution: existing conditions as well as after improvementsRequest to provide clarity regarding fire and garbage truck access to the site with Pre driveway standard common -due to subproject property for turnaround existing homes requires utilizing Fire and garbage truck access to Access Emergency Development - Emergency new and existing homesaccess & turnaround provided to Paved fire truck and garbage truck ImprovementAccess September 10 Neighborhood Meeting responsible for the maintenance of the proposed common drivewayCherry Blossom Place, will not have access to amenities in Cherry Blossom Place, and will be solely Restated from the hearing that Cherry Blossom East will have its own HOA, separate from Solution: be responsible for maintenance of the proposed common drivewaywant them to have access to Cherry Blossom Place amenities, and don’t want to Neighbors don’t want new lots to be a part of Cherry Blossom Place HOA, don’t adequateDeveloper wants to maintain three (3) buildable lots and feels access provided is Solution: Cherry Blossom East point of accessHOA access from the north to walk to the pump station rather than drive to Request to convert lot 2 (buildable) into a park to allow Cherry Blossom Place up Items-Follow Developer agrees to split cost with neighbors to the north if a new fence is desiredSolution: Request for new 6’ cedar fence on the north property line of Cherry Blossom EastCity Arborist Kyle YoritaCherry Blossom Place boundary line, and all trees onsite will be removed with no mitigation required per We are working with Idaho Power to relocate the power pole and guy wires to be south of the Solution: vehicle access to the pump stationNeighbors asking about the existing trees and power pole guy wires that could block Developer agrees to turn over HOA with approval of Cherry Blossom EastSolution: can address landscape maintenance as they see fitNeighbors want Cherry Blossom Place HOA turned over to the neighborhood so they October 8 Neighborhood Meeting intentionsto the President of the HOA confirming his th Developer provided the below letter on October 16Solution: Blossom East approval by the City of MeridianBlossom Place HOA would be turned over to the neighborhood at the time of Cherry Neighbors expressed that they would like written confirmation that the existing Cherry up Items-Follow Cherry Blossom East where the power box is locatedThe common lot containing the irrigation pump, lot 1, extends to the west boundary line of Solution: maintenanceAccess is needed to the Irrigation Pump power box to Cherry Blossom Place HOA for Exhibit B defines the property to be accessed.Grantor, Carolee Fusselman. It is believed that the agreement is still valid as the legal description in Developer attempted to correct the language but was unable to obtain the signature of the Solution: Cherry Blossom Subdivision’, which is not accurate and should be updated004508, references ‘lots 16, 17 and 19 of the -#2022Access Easement Agreement, resubmitted to the cityAlso being a requirement of City of Meridian, the project narrative was updated and Solution: since initial submittalNeighbors requested that the narrative submitted to the city be updated with changes