2019-04-29 Willia BlombergTo the Honorable Tammy de Weerd, Mayor,
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opposed to the proposed Delano development as submitted,
We, as concerned neighbors, are strongly pp of multi -story apartment buildings that
consisting of 85 densely packed single-family homes and a group
se of
could be between 96 and 200* units when the ultimate CUP is accepted
wouId allow DevCo to profit from their
construction. We have several alternate plans to propose that
meso while protecting the quality of life that Alpine Pointe residents assumed when they bought
invest proposal is in attachment 1. We oppose the Delano
their homes. One example of an alternate
development in its current form, for the following reasons'
nts
' valid
Firs,(we
t DevCo, the developer, has done nothing to address Alpine Pointeday have had threes Co
hosted gut
having thousands of additional car trips through our subdivision each Ythis
nei hborhood meetings to date). DevCo's plan will route the trafficPfrom bots dentia) cgul-de sac
development and the adjoining apartment complex through Dashwoo aquiet
Alpine Pointe that was neve r designed or designated to be a commercialot i collector
llec to to connect to the
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Dashwood,stub road, these ti' ousanoadOfI I n . ears inOise and t afficc hazards'.Th'e"outlined traffic'patterns
McMillan, LocustGroVe and Eagle R ,
ffic to Settlers' Bridge as well'.''Champion Park wilt also have thousands of high
Will traffic "ill bring ectfully ask you to help us protect our quality'of life.
density `development neighbors. 'We'resp Y
to has two school,
stops
within our subdivision, thus the additiooun h areffmo till
In addition, Alpine Pom our sub as a pass thr g
pose significant danger to young school age children as those using
to drive at higher rate of speed and not have the same concern about safety as our residents do.
likely
ect that will bring forth this heavy traffic burden, but the
To clarify, it isn't "solely the Delano p tion
projects under construction that will
situation is impacted by the connection to existing subdivisions
Road on the east, Alpine Pointe to the
bring the total density of the block of land bounded by g
h Ustick to the south; and Champion Park to the west to a total population that'is significantly`
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greater in density than anywhere else in the'cityl
To illustrate how this proposal and future.land use of nearby undeveloped parcels will result in such
high-density, this Ustick/Eagle area already
has the Centrepointe Way/Ustickfour-plexes (80 units) and
single-family homes and 96 to 200: additional
the Brickyard Apartments (279 units). Add another s/ siartments and 1,490 to 1,739 or more residents
apartments, and we are looking at 540 to 630 homes/ap **
ersons). This total"resident count
tightly packed footprint (avg'Mendian household 2.76 p ecificall Dashwood Pl)"�as'the
in -a small, Y
and`an` unknown quantity of corn mercialtraffic'Will use Alpine :pointe(sp
must
sole northern route'into and out of this area. We feel that this much d5e sfter acre) ot`be routed
through a quiet far less dense subdivision like Alpine Pointe (3 houses p
that
the future plans for this area will add to the traffic bur
en the combined concerned0 acres en
Furthermore,proposed in the future
more high density apartment projects will be prop *** The future
to Mrs. Wong and Mr. Hedrick are sold (R4582 utel° en more trraff0 and ic0 intoAlpinePointe via the
belonging would route
zoning of these parcels and the resident density
future Centrep
ointe Way to Wainwright commercial collector, N Dashwood PI, and at Eagle/Wainwright.
be oer-connected
lative to
- nnectivity: Alpine Pointe, at 90 acres and 211 homes, will osedvaccess point one
Third, overDashwood,
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other comparable and even larger subdivisions. If we add Dev o s pro
e will have eight entrances/exits when the Rogue River connection her exacerbates our existing nt
Alpine Pointjust furl
Way/Wainwright commercial collector are constructed. shortcut to avoid Eagle Road's already
problem of drivers using Alpine Pointe as a high speed
overwhelming traffic burden.
from Alpine Pointe's 3 homes per acre to 15 and
Finally,rom our mostly R4 to
DevCo's current proposal makes an abrupt leap perhaps R8 in
then to multi -family. We would like to see a more fluid transition
f and then a transit on south to R15
the portion of the Delano development that is closest Dashwood)
Delano apartment paddock to R -1S
(north of the Brickyard project). Perhaps consider designating
as a transition as well to cap population density (parcel R4S82S30300).
s not only
Ladies and Genth an
lemen, y of life of its residents. We trust y
emen, we respectfully ask you to consider these issues ou You our best interests.t
the future of Meridian, but the qualit
Sincerely,
*Without indoor fire sprinklers, multi -family dwellings are limited to 1variance
0 uniitt. Witonprinklers) they can
go up to 200 units on a parcel this size, or more with an accepted
's average household size of 2.76 persons per residence (source
**Based on Meridian
h or la o asiat ori ov�c � acres, � R4582530100 and R4582530202)
could result in +/- 400 total
***Wong and Hedrick parcels (10 a persons per acre).
apartment units, or +/=1200 or more residents (a density of +/-120
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