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Subject: FW: questions about the courtyards at ten mile and pine in meridian...
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From: Craig Hood [mailto:Chood@achd.ada.id.us] ~~~ ~ 5 2003
Sent: Wednesday, July 02, 2003 12:44 PM
To: IAtkinson City Of Meridian
Subject: Re: questions about the courtyards at ten mile and pine in City Clerk Office
meridian...
I am glad to help any way I can. Hopefully my answers will clarify the requested points of
interest. If not, please don't hesitate to call or e-mail me.
1. Why wasn't a traffic study required?
District policy 7106.1 states that the District will deride if a
traffic impact study will be required and set the parameters. The
District must consider the impacts of a proposed devleopment on nearby
land uses and transportation facilities. A study will be required if the
proposed development contains more than 100 dwelling units; more than
30,000 square feet of commercial use; or more than 50,000 square feet of
industrial or institutional use. If a project has special circumstances
associated with it, the Distrit may require an impact sutdy, even if the
aforementioned criteria are not met. The District may waive the
requirement if, in the District's opinion, there are no traffic issues
to resolve.
Although this development did meet the above warrants for requiring a
TIS, staff determined that a traffic study would not have told us much
information. With the intersection of Pine/Ten Mile and Ten Mile Road
abutting the site being scheduled for improvements within 5-years, it
would be hard for the developer to construct any roadway improvements
abutting the site that aren't sdteduled for improvement in the near
future.
2. On page 3, at the top where the five year work program is
discussed: please clarify what "roadway improvements in 2007" means for Ten Mile
from Franklin to Cherry Lane. Is that when the planning phase begins, or
right-of--way acquisition, or actual physical improvements to the road?
The improvements to Ten Mile are actually in 2 phases. The 1st
phase is Franklin Road to Pine Avenue and the 2nd is from Pine to Cherry
Lane. The Franklin to Pine phase includes widening Ten Mile to 5-lanes,
a railroad crossing and instating a 5-lane by 5-lane signalized
intersection at the Franklin/Ten Mile intersection: The Pine to Cherry
phase includes widening Ten Mile to 5-lanes and installing a 5-lane (Ten
Mile) by 3-lane (Pine) signal at the Ten Mile/Pine intersection. Both
phases are scheduled for construction in 2007 and include curb, gutter
and sidewalk. Right-of-way acquisition and professional services are
scheduled to begin in 2004 and continue through 2006.
3. What is the time line for improvements to Pine between Ten Mile
and Linder?
Other than the intersection improvements to Pine/Ten Mile listed
above, there is no current time line for improving said section of Pine
past the intersection and the lane tapers associated with the signal.
The section of Pine, east of the development site, is not listed in in
the Five Year Work Program or the Capital Improvements Plan (CIP), which
is a 20-year "plan". Projects that are included in the current Five Year
Work Program and the CIP change, so this is not to say that the subject
portion of Pine will not be constructed in the next 20 years, just that
it hasn't met the criteria yet to be included in the crystal ball of
construction.
4. On a related note, looking into your crystal ball, what are the
plans for a traffic signal at the Ten Mile and Pine intersection?
See #2 above.
5. And, finally, any ideas or suggestions for slowing down the high
school drivers who will inevitably cut through this development to avoid the
intersection?
I don't see the cut through issue being as big of a problem as you
do. I'm not saying there won't be cut through; but'I don't see why the
high school kids, would be cutting the intersection. With the
development being on the southeast corner of the intersection and the
school being on the northwest corner, I don't'see what kitls, coming or
going to school, would gain by cutting through. However, if cut through
traffic does become an issue, ACHD can install speed humps, chokers,
etc. The developer is proposing to install a rnuple of islands to not
only keep the speeds dawn, but also to discourage cut through traffic
(or at least make it more time consuming to cut-through).
If you have any further questions, you can get contact me at the number
below, Thanks,
Craig Hood
Senior Development Analyst
ACHD Planning & Development
387-6174