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HomeMy WebLinkAboutMemo from Meridian PDMemorandum Meridian Police Department December 23, 2003 TO: Mayor Come & the Meridian City Council FROM: Wm. (Bill) Musser, Chief of Police CC: Meridian Planning and Zoning Department -Attention Wendy Kirkpatrick RE: Krispy Kreme Traffic Plan and CUP Recommendations RECETV~,~' JAN - 5 2004 City of Meridian City Clerk Office As required for their CUP the developers and owners for the Ktispy Kreme outlet located at Fairview and Eagle roads in Meridian did provide a traffic plan for the grand opening. The process involved meetings with this department and engineers from the Idaho Department of Transportation. The initial grand opening week was planned for in terms of traffic and the potential impact of such along Fairview and Eagle roads with access for this department to submit a final recommendation to the Meridian City Council before the end of 90 days. I had reviewed the initial planning with Sgt. Colaianni, as he was our events planning liaison with Krispy Kreme. I had some initial concerns regazding the exit from the Krispy Kreme lot onto Eagle. I noted on 10/02/03 during a meeting at the Krispy Kreme building with the developers/owners, Idaho Transportation Department (ITD) representatives, and representatives of the City of Meridian that the exits onto Fairview and Eagle needed to be posted with a stop sign and signage noting No Left Turn. This condition was agreed on and the signs put in place before 10/04/03. Krispy Kreme also submitted a written traffic plan from Earth Tech titled Site Traffic Control Krisoy Kreme. The plan consists of two (2) pages and a copy was provided to the City Of Meridian Planning and Zoning Department. I also received a copy of a letter dated 10/3/03 from John Golden, P.E., District Assistant Traffio- Engineer (ITD) regarding acceptance of the ICrispy Kreme traffic plan (a copy was also routed to Planning and Zoning). I had contact with Wendy Kirkpatrick, Planner for the City of Meridian Planning and Zoning Department on 10/6/03 regarding my acceptance of the traffic plan for the grand opening. I advised her I had accepted the traffic plan as submitted along with the signage that had been put in place, but I was reserving the right to comment on the overall plan for access and egress after a minimum of forty-five (45) days from the time of the grand opening. The initial opening week of the Krispy Kreme store has been completed without major traffic problems. The Krispy Kreme store maintained the traffic control devices that had been set up for the opening and traffic appeared to be flowing well. ITD later installed a raised divider between the south and north bound lanes on Eagle Rd. This divider had been discussed at the meeting on 10/02/03. The divider appears to be working well and has effectively cut off cross lane access from and to the Krispy Kreme store at the access adjacent to their location. This forces left turn traffic to access the site at Florence St. and keeps the turning traffic further away from the intersection of Eagle and Fairview. Page 1 oft 4 Memorandum Meridian Police Department December 23, 2003 Krispy Kreme has done what they canto help ease their impact on this City's number one traffic collision azea -the intersection of Eagle and Fairview. However, this development should serve as a lesson learned in regazds to planning. The intersection and Eagle corridor do remain problematic, but the issues aze multi-facetted given our growth and the current roadway design coupled with the large commercial access. I would strongly caution for significant use planning in conjunction with review of traffic impacts for any further developments in the proximity of the Eagle and Fairview intersection and along the Eagle corridor from Ustick Rd. south, and along the north side of Fairview Ave. from Hickory to Records. I would recommend the final approval of the Krispy Kreme CUP by the City Council and issuance of their permanent occupancy permit. Krispy Kreme has worked to minimize the potential for vehicle collisions related to traffic flow in and out of their business site. Respectfully, ~ ~y ~- ~~^~ l~"~ ~~ Wm. (Bill) Musser Chief of Police Page 2 of 2 . :i