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HomeMy WebLinkAboutLetter from Sherrie EwingRECEIVED October 29, 2007 OCT 2 9 2007 City Of Meridian City Clerk Office Sonya Watters, P&Z City ofMeridian -Clerk's Office Re: CPA-07-010 -Phyllis Canal Project November 1, 2007 -Planning and Zoning Commission Hearing The City of Meridian Planning and Zoning Staff has sent me copies of their report for our project and (for the record) I would like to comment regarding the letter of October 24, 2007 that the City of Eagle sent to the City of Meridian, Pete Friedman. On page 2 the letter states "At this point the City of Eagle is less than 4,000 feet from the site requiring the annexation of less than 5 parcels to be come contiguous." I believe that the "4,000 feet" is a typo for the following reasons: On November 13, 2006 (almost a year ago), I attended a Eagle Sewer District, Regular Monthly Meeting and was given permission to testify as to where our land was located to determine the feasibility of the City of Eagle servicing our area. Lynn Moser told me that he would have to initiate a study to determine the cost and also the timing of providing services to us. The first part of December (slides are dated December 4, 2006) Lynn Moser met with the City of Eagle Mayor, plus others and presented the slides. The slides indicate that it is 14,900 LF of Force Main to provide services to our area. I called Lynn Moser this morning to see if construction of a sewer line had been built since our meeting with him last year, and he assured me that they are no closer than they were last year. He sent me copies of his slides again. This is not mentioned in the City of Eagle's letter, but Lynn Moser's slides also indicate that the cost to serve our area was estimated at $2,733,000 compared to the City of Meridian's cost of $525,000. If you would like to have a copy of the slides that I have referenced in this letter, I would be happy to provide them to you. Sincerely, Sherrie Ewing 2934 E Lake Hazel Road Meridian, ID 83642 Project: Phyllis Canal Project Location, size of property and existing zoning: The subject area is located north of the Phyllis Canal and south of the Boise River, from Linder Road to approximately %a mile west of Black Cat Road. The property consists of 645 acres and is currently zoned RUT in Ada County. Adjacent Land Use and Zoning: I. North: Rural residential/agricultural properties, zoned RUT (Ada County) 2. South: Rural residential/agricultural properties, zoned RUT (Ada County); Spurwing Subdivision, zoned R-8; approved Jayker Subdivision, zoned R-2, R-8, R-15, C-N, & C-C 3. West: Rural residential/agricultural properties, zoned RUT (Ada County) 4. East: Rural residential/agricultural properties, zoned RUT (Ada County) Applications: • CPA-07-010 Request to amend the Comprehensive Plan Future Land Use Map to include the subject property within the Area of City Impact with a River Residential future land use designation. • CPA-07-015 Request to amend the Text of the Comprehensive Plan to create a new land use designation (River Residential) for the subject area that would include common area/open space, low -density residential, medium low -density residential, and medium -density residential uses with an anticipated average density of 3 dwelling units per acre. Summary of Proposed Streets and/or Access: The Applicant states that access can be provided to this area from the east: Duck Alley connecting to Linder Road; from the south: Basco Lane connecting to Chinden, Black Cat connectin to Chinden and possibly Highway 16; and from the west: possibly Palmer Road. g Existing Constraints and Opportunities: Public Works: Location of sewer: The Public Works Department is confident that all necessary services can be provided to this area based upon the proposed densities and projected population. Location of water: Water will be served by United Water. The City of Meridian's FEMA (Federal Emergency Management Administration) mapping shows the northern portion of the subject property along the Boise River as being in the AE flood zone and also within the floodwa the central portion of the property is within the AE flood zone but is not in the floodway; and the southern o along the Phyllis Canal is in the X5 flood zone and is also not in the floodway. Per City of Meridian resolution,y, Properties encumbered by a FEMA flood zone designation of an A categoryp portion Development Permit prior commencement of any work. (See FEMA map in Exhibit A.2 of this report.) all shall submit a Flood Plain Comprehensive Plan Designation: The subject properties that are included in this application do not currently designations assigned to them and are outside of the current Area of City Impact. have land use History of Previous Actions: The subject property is currently included in Eagle's Area of CityImpact Plan. [Note: These properties are currently designated as Floodway, Residential 2 (1-2 units per acre), and Transitional Residential (1-2 units per acre) on Eagle's Future Land Use Map.] Pact and Comprehensive Staff Recommendation: Staff recommends that the Commission and Council carefullyconsider determine if approval of the proposed CPA's is in the best interest of the City. If the Commis approval of these CPA applications in the best interest of the City the Applicant's request to Analysis in Section 8 and the Findings listed in Exhibit E of this staff report with changes to the Comprehensive and Council does deem Land Use Map Section depicted in Exhibit isle Further, Staff this staff Staff recommends approval of CPA-07-O la per the findings because changes to the text of the Comprehensive Plan are not needed if Staff Comprehensive Plan Future recommends denial of CPA-07-015 per the same analysis and as shown in Exhibit A.6 are approved. s recommended changes to the map Notes: IDIA N i UAIJU January 11, 2008 MEMORANDUM TO: Mayor & City Council FROM: Sonya Wafters, Associate City Planner Mayor Tammy de Weerd City Council Members: Keith Bird Joe Borton Charles Rountree David Zaremba R- VE e~ v! T v OF ivy; r-�!!)!Ai� RE: North Phyllis Canal Project — Comprehensive Plan Text Amendment (CPA-07-015) Staff is requesting that the City Council consider refunding the application fees that the applicant, Sherrie Ewing, paid for the Comprehensive Plan Text Amendment for the North Phyllis Canal Project. The reason for the request is that Staff advised the applicant to apply for a text amendment when a map amendment would have been sufficient to accomplish the applicant's purpose. Staff did not spend a substantial amount of time reviewing the text amendment request and the noticing fees only amounted to $5.88. The applicant originally paid $606.00 in application fees for the text amendment. Staff is requesting that the applicant receive a refund of $600.12, the amount paid less the noticing fees.