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HomeMy WebLinkAboutApplicant Response to Recs/Staff Report CCCONGER MANAGEMENT GROUP M M EWT-1,7 July 17, 2014 Mayor Tammy de Weerd Members of Meridiap City Council c/o Bill Parsons 33 E. Broadway Avenue Meridian, ID 83642 Re: RZ-14-004, CUP -14-007 & ALT -14-006 — Citadel II Self Service Storage Facility Dear Mayor and City Council, We are in receipt of the Staff Report for this above referenced project. We are in general agreement with the conditions of approval with the following clarification and proposal. Section B. Conditions of Approval paragraph 1.2.3 (3rd bullet) Reduced East Side Setback From the conception of this project and a minimum of four neighborhood meetings, this project required a reduced setback to the East boundary to be viable. The quick history is that we met with the neighbors to discuss a storage facility or an apartment project for this high end land parcel. It was discussed that the storage facility would require a reduced setback and we did provide written neighbor approvals in the application. The neighbor approvals were based on reducing the set back to 10' (identical to our last Citadel facility on Chinden and Saguaro Hills) for consideration of the applicant installing 2 trees and shrubs per home. There was some confusion with this at the P&Z commission hearing so I went back to the neighbors and met on July 9, 2014. That meeting was fully attended and the neighbors stand by their original agreement supporting a self -storage facility as well as the reduced setback to 10'. This will be substantiated during the public testimony portion of the city council hearing. We respectfully request that this condition to reduce the east boundary setback to 10' be supported by City Council. Mayor Tammy de Weerd Members of Meridian City Council Citadel If Self Service Storage Facility July 17, 2014 Page 2 — Conger Management Group Section B. Conditions of Approval paragraph 1.2.5 b) West Elevation Enhancement In our many meetings with staff we did take their design comments to heart regarding the Eagle Road esthetics. We took these comments seriously and came to our opinion that the money expended would be better served to enhance the office structure that is a prominent feature on Eagle Road. We redesigned the office to provide additional elements from roof changes to pop outs, all in an effort enhance the architectural appearance from Eagle Road. • City Staff is recommending that the two (2) block parapets adjacent to Eagle Road be increased from 25 feet long (as submitted) to 50 feet. • We are recommending that the in lieu of increasing an already esthetically pleasing parapet that we are allowed to enhance the office building as submitted. We request that the City Council approve our enhanced office design, in lieu of lengthening the parapets, to upgrade the esthetic appearance along Eagle Road. Thank you for the opportunity for our team to bring another great Citadel Storage facility to Meridian, Idaho. Sincerely, Jim . Conger President JDC/dj I I