Bear Creek No. 8 - SSC # 15
BRIGGS ENGINEERING, Inc.
ENGINEERS I PLANNERS I SURVEYORS
1800 West Overland Road
Boise, Idaho 83705 - 3142
Voice (208) 344-9700
Fax (208) 345-2950
E-mail kentb@briggs-
engineering.com
October 7, 2004
RECEIVED
OCT - I 21JO1t
Mayor and City Council
33 East Idaho St.
Meridian, Idaho 83642
City of Meridian
City Clerk Office
RE:
Bear Creek No.8 Site Specific Condition No. 15
Dear Mayor and City Council:
Final Plat Condition No. 15 requires the developer to provide a twenty-foot wide pathway
easement along the south side of the Ridenbaugh Canal without any improvements. From
infonnation we have received from Nampa Meridian Irrigation, they will allow a pathway and
other improvements along the south side of the Ridenbaugh Canal. As the District does not need
any access from the south side of the canal to maintain i. They would however require a license
agreement for those improvements located in their easement.
The developer desires this area to look attractive and to be functional therefore he is willing to go
to the extra expense to install the 10' pathway now instead of only granting the easement for a
future pathway. In exchange he is requesting that the City own Lot 29, which the pathway is
located.
I have met with Parks Department staff on site and we both agree that the pathway should be
located 5 feet from the top of bank and should have a five foot minimum buffer from the back
property lines of those lots along the canal. This would allow the area to be useful and to be
maintained by both the City Parks Department and the future Homeowners.
In summary the developer would like discuss this item with the City Council in a Pre-Council
meeting and receive approval to modify condition 15 to allow him to install the 10' pathway and
to give Lot 29 to the City of Meridian.
If you have any questions or need additional infonnation, please call.
Sincerely,
B~=
Kent Brown
30306-pathway.ltr