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Machelle Hill
From: Bill Parsons
Sent: Wednesday, September 17, 2008 8:37 AM
To: Machelle Hill
Subject: FW: Trade Plaza Report far 9/18/08 PNC meeting (PP0800$)
Attachments: 555 Meridian proposed plat.pdf
Mere are comments for Trade Plaza project file.
Thanks,
Bill Parsons
Associate City Planner
Meridian Planning Department
660 East Watertower Lane Suite 202
Meridian, Idaho 83642
PHONE: (208) 884-SS33
FAX: (208) 888-6854
parsonslb~meridiaacity.org
From: Arthur Berry & Company [mailto:arthurberry@arthurberry.com]
Sent: Tuesday, September 16, 2008 4:14 PM
To: Bill Parsons
Cc: Ron Sargent; Rob Perez; Denay Moles; Tom Zabala
Subject: Trade Plaza Report for 9/18/08 PNC meeting (PP08008)
Attention Bill Parsons Planning and Zoning Staff
Mr. Parsons:
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Pursurant to your request, I have reviewed the amended Staff Report issued on September 12, 2008 for :he
above project and provide the following comments".
Page 6, Elevations -Preliminary elevations have been requested from IdaDiv Credit Union's architect Tom
Zabala. Possibly they will be available at the Planning and Zoning meeting Thursday. Enclosed is a "mock
rendering" conceptual drawing of the remainder of the inside strip center commercial space projected to be
constructed in the remainder of the 2.5 acres in Phase I.
Page 6, Access -Your acknowledgement of the ACHD Settlement Agreement guaranteeing atwo-way Meridian
Road curb cut access entry in an unspecified portion of the project frontage is correct. We acknowledge, yet
respectfully disagree, with your comment that the development be "better served" if such access were eliminated.
The access affords the only direct Meridian Road access for the interior remainder of the property. It was granted
in consideration for significant prior frontage dedications on both Meridian Road and Corporate Drive as well as a
subsequent additional condemnation of the Corporate taper lane.
Page 7, Explanation of original 10' Corporate setback buffer and now requirement of 20' -This requirement
causes a significant hardship which we specifically asked the Planning and Zoning Committee to acknowledge
and overrule staff recommendations. The reason for this follows:
1. In reliance upon the prior 10' setback discussions, approximately 1 acre of the Corporate and Meridian corner
was site planned and sold to be consistent with the above noted Meridian and Corporate access curb cuts. This
site plan contemplated 20' setbacks on Meridian Road and 10' on Corporate. To now require 20' setbacks will
require reconfiguration of the access drive-thru lanes as well as the parking ratios and building size. Should the
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area footprint need be changed, it would require the purchase of an additional perimeter property and redrafting of
the interior plat lot lines.
2. During the planning process, ACHD downgraded the width of the originally contemplated Corporate Street
and therefore required a taper lane to "square up" the Corporate east and west entry points on to Meridian Road
yet to not require the same width of the Corporate roadway throughout the subject property. This additional taper
taking has further reduced in size the usable valuable Meridian Road frontage. To require the additional 10'
landscaping would further minimize the quality development potential of the site.
3. In the alternative, we would request a partial variance of the additional 10' setback on the first 250 feet of the
easternmost Corporate Lane connection. Providing the additional taper lane in that same parallel space is
requested to be the mitigating "exchange factor" to justify such reduction.
Thank you for your consideration.
Art Berry
Arthur Berry & Company
960 Broadway, Ste. 450
Boise, ID 83706
(208) 336-8000
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