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Requested Changes to the Agenda:
Item 5K PW Budget Amendment for Security Fence: move to Item 13(D)5.
Item 13D 1,2, and 3, Reimbursement Agreements: remove from agenda
Item 13D 4 MOU with Sunrise Rim: remove
RECEIVED
JUL 2 4 2007
c~ of Meridian
City Clerk Office
Vacation:
Project: Hampton Inn
Location: west side of Eagle Road and north ofInterstate 84 at 875 South Allen Street
Requested Vacation: municipal utility and irrigation easements
Staff Recommendation: Approval; we have received all necessary relinquishments; the applicant
has met the necessary Public Works conditions.
Outstanding Issues before Council: none known
Project: Bellabrook (formerly heard on June 6,2007)
Location: 300 S Locust Grove Road (South ofLDS Stake Center)
Applications: rezone and conditional use permit for multi-family development
Highlights of Proposed Development: The 34 individually owned 2-plus bedroom condominium
"Villas" will be attached in combinations of two and four dwellings each. All Villas will have
two car garages with two additional parking spaces available in each driveway. The proposed
buildings are depicted with two and three story elevations for each group of dwellings. Usable
open space in the form of pedestrian walks and a gathering courtyard will create a centralized
community amenity with a connection linking the project to the future Five Mile Creek regional
pathway corridor. The gathering area will include seating, shade trees, and community artwork.
Additional common area includes a buffer along Locust Grove Road and landscaping of the
eastern strip leading to the Five Mile Creek area.
Gross Residential Density: 7.76 dwelling units per acre
Other: This parcel was previously approved for annexation to R-8 and a preliminary plat for 20
single-family homes on 20 building lots.
Elevations: Yes
Commission Recommendation: approval with a DA at their April 19, 2007 public hearing.
Summary of Commission Public Hearing:
i. In favor: Shawn Nickel (Applicant's Representative)
ii. In opposition: Jerry Cunningham
iii. Commenting: Christie Jordan
iv. Written testimony: Ronald Hodge
Key Issues of Discussion by Commission:
i. Private streets vs. public streets within the development;
ii. Requirement of a Development Agreement to incorporate the proposed site plan and
elevations;
Key Commission Changes to Staff Recommendation:
i. Require a Development Agreement to incorporate the proposed site plan and elevations
Outstanding Issue(s) for City Council (prior to previous hearing on June 5, 2007):
i. Requirement of a Development Agreement to incorporate the proposed site plan and
elevations;
11. The applicant has submitted a perspective view of the proposed structures.
Outstanding Issue(s) for City Council (tonight's hearing):
1. Council held a hearing on June 6, 2007 and denied the project.
11. Council expressed concerns about future redevelopment of the parcel to the east. In
response, the applicant offered to provide a stub street to be provided at the east boundary.
The Applicant has submitted a revised site plan and landscape plan, dated July 15, 2007,
which depicts an extension of E. Kalispell Drive to the eastern property line with a cross
access easement through Bellabrook. Staff supports the revisions made to the proposed site
plan as they are consistent with the provisions of the UDC and the Comprehensive Plan.
Staff spoke with Joe Silva, Meridian Fire Department, regarding the new stub street shown
on the site plan and he is supportive of the extension of E. Kalispell Drive to the east as
shown. If the Council decides to move forward with a decision of approval on this
application, a condition should be included for the Applicant to record a cross-access
easement agreement with the property owner to the east prior to application submittal for
Certificate of Zoning Compliance for any structures within this development.
111. COllllCil also expressed concerns about increasing traffic in the area and the impact to the
regional roadway system. Staff requested Charles Trainor of COMPASS to comment on
the applicant's proposal and how that project met the goals of the Communities in Motion.
That letter was included in your packet. Read highlights.
IV. Since the last hearing, letters of support have been received from the following people: Eric
& Jennifer Barnett, Laura Anderson, Ryan Retz, and Charles Trainor, Planning Director at
COMPASS.
Notes: