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Tara Green
From: Sonya Wafters
Sent: Friday, January 23, 2009 10:02 AM
To: Tara Green; Jaycee Holman; Nancy Radford
Subject: FW: Overland Village letter
Follow Up Flag: Follow up
Flag Status: Green
Attachments: Overland Village.doc
Please include this in the public record... thx!
From: Christy Little [mailto:Clittle@achd.ada.id.us]
Sent: Friday, January 23, 2009 9:00 AM
To: Sonya Wafters
Cc: Tamara Thompson
Subject: Overland Village letter
Sonya,
Here is the letter. I was hoping to hear back from Tamara's clients on the Park & Ride lot, but since this was
direction from the Council, I guess they don't really have a choice.
Let me know if you have any questions.
Christy
1/23/2009
Carol A. McKee, President
Sheny R. Huber, 1st Vice President
Rebecca W. Amold, 2nd Vice President
John S. Franden, Commissioner
Sara M. Baker, Commissioner
January 22, 2009
Sonya Wafters
City of Meridian Planning Department
33 E. Broadway Avenue, Suite Z10
Meridian, ID 83642
RE: Overland Village Development Agreement
Dear Sonya,
Thank you for coordinating efforts between the City, Applicant, and the Ada County Highway District
(ACRD) on City requirements for the rezone and development application for Overland Village. ACRD was
asked to provide written comment on two issues, the possible expansion of the Rackham Road Park & Ride
lot, and signage/safety features for emergency access into the site on Overland Road at the relocated Rackham
Road.
1. Park & Ride Lot -ACRD has considered the need for possible expansion and/or improvement of this lot.
At this time there are no detailed plans. The Council direction was to determine if the applicant should
add pavement to expand the lot where the original stub street was planned (to the southeast of the existing
lot). Because of the timing associated with this agreement, I recommend that the City's agreement state
that the applicant be required to provide property for possible expansion of the lot. The size of the
property should be equal to that of the original stub street, as I believe that was the intent from the
Council discussion. Within six (6) months of the agreement with the City, ACRD and the Applicant
should work together to determine if that property will be beneficial to the Park & Ride facility. If ACRD
determines that the property is not needed, then the applicant has no obligation.
Further, the improved Rackham Road will include on-street parking. In the area of the Park & Ride lot,
this on-street parking maybe utilized by the lot users. Unless determined by ACRD, parking on this
street should not be restricted based on maximum lengths of time (i.e. Z hour max parking) or for a
particular use. This would not preclude Park & Ride lot users from parking on the street if necessary.
2. Rackham Road entrance -Because the Idaho Transportation Department denied the Applicant a
temporary access onto Eagle Road (SH-55), much time was spent developing alternatives to satisfy the
Meridian Fire Department's concern about emergency access into the site. ACRD will allow the
following improvements to be installed in coordination with, but at no cost to ACRD.
a. The applicant may install asign - DO NOT BLOCK INTERSECTION -east of Rackham Road.
b. The applicant may install a flashing beacon in coordination with the DO NOT BLOCK
INTERSECTION sign. The beacon will be coordinated with the Overland/Eagle intersection
through an Opticom device, and will only flash when activated by emergency service providers.
This will be the first application of this type in Ada County. ACRD reserves the right to modify
or eliminate the beacons if necessary; and in that event will work with emergency service
providers to develop other alternatives. When an additional access is constructed east of
Rackham Road that will also serve this site, the beacons maybe removed.
c. The applicant may utilize pavement markings/paint on Overland Road for KEEP CLEAR.
Ada County Highway District • 3775 Adams Street • Garden City, ID • 83714 • PH 208 387-6100 • FX 345-7650 • www.achd.a~ia.id.us
Additionally, I would encourage the Applicant and the City of Meridian to continue to work with ITD and
FHWA (Federal Highways Administration) to obtain an emergency access on Eagle Road. Such an access
would eliminate the need for special applications on Overland Road at Rackham Road. This parcel has
unique features that should be considered, and emergency access only would not impede operations on Eagle
Road.
Sincerely,
Christy Little
Program Administrator
Right-of--Way & Development Services
(208)387-6144
cc: Tamara Thompson, Landmark Development