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2019-05-20 Steve Hasselblad1 Charlene Way From:Steve Hasselblad <steve@hasselbladlumber.com> Sent:Wednesday, May 01, 2019 7:46 AM To:Meridian City Clerk Cc:alpinepointenwp@gmail.com; governor@gov.idaho.gov Subject:remarks concerning DevCo development south of Alpine Pointe neighborhood City Clerk, Please forward this message To the Honorable Tammy de Weerd, Mayor, To the Members of the Meridian City Council, and To the Meridian Planning and Zoning Commission: We are Steven and Nancy Hasselblad. We live at 4242 N Chelmsford Ave, very close to N Dashwood Place and we will be directly affected by the new development under consideration. We strongly agree with the following remarks and urge each of you in your various capacities as community leaders to require Devco to modify their development plan to minimize the impact Alpine Point neighborhood and the surrounding neighborhoods. We, as concerned neighbors, are strongly opposed to the proposed Delano development as submitted, consisting of 85 densely packed single-family homes and a group of multi-story apartment buildings that could be between 96 and 200* units when the ultimate CUP is accepted at the latter phase of construction. We have several alternate plans to propose that would allow DevCo to profit from their investment while protecting the quality of life that Alpine Pointe residents assumed when they bought their homes. One example of an alternate proposal is in attachment 1. We oppose the Delano development in its current form, for the following reasons: First, DevCo, the developer, has done nothing to address Alpine Pointe residents’ valid concerns about having thousands of additional car trips through our subdivision each day (we have had three DevCo-hosted neighborhood meetings to date). DevCo’s plan will route the traffic from both this single-family development and the adjoining apartment complex through Dashwood Pl, a quiet residential cul-de-sac in Alpine Pointe that was never designed or designated to be a commercial collector road. From the Dashwood stub road, these thousands of cars will disperse throughout Alpine Pointe to connect to McMillan, Locust Grove and Eagle Road, creating noise and traffic hazards. The outlined traffic patterns will bring collateral traffic to Settlers Bridge as well. Champion Park will also have thousands of high-density development neighbors. We respectfully ask you to help us protect our quality of life. In addition, Alpine Pointe has two school bus stops within our subdivision, thus the additional traffic will pose significant danger to young school age children as those using our sub as a pass through are more likely to drive at a higher rate of speed and not have the same concern about safety as our residents do. To clarify, it isn’t solely the Delano project that will bring forth this heavy traffic burden, but the situation is impacted by the connection to existing subdivisions and projects under construction that will bring the total density of the block of land bounded by Eagle Road on the east, Alpine Pointe to the north, Ustick to the south, and Champion Park to the west to a total population that is significantly greater in density than anywhere else in the city! 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/Ustick four-plexes (80 units) and the Brickyard Apartments (279 units). Add another 85 single-family homes and 96 to 200 additional apartments, and we are looking at 540 to 630 homes/apartments and 1,490 to 1,739 or more residents in a small, tightly packed footprint (avg Meridian household 2.76 persons).** This total resident count and an unknown quantity of commercial traffic will use Alpine Pointe (specifically Dashwood Pl) as the sole northern route into and out of this area. We feel that this much density must not be routed through a quiet and far less dense subdivision like Alpine Pointe (3 houses per acre). Furthermore, the future plans for this area will add to the traffic burden; we are concerned that even more high density apartment projects will be proposed in the future when the combined 10 acres belonging to Mrs. Wong and Mr. Hedrick 2 are sold (R4582530100 and R4582530202).*** The future zoning of these parcels and the resident density would route even more traffic into Alpine Pointe via the future Centrepointe Way to Wainwright commercial collector, N Dashwood Pl, and at Eagle/Wainwright. Third, over-connectivity: Alpine Pointe, at 90 acres and 211 homes, will be over-connected relative to other comparable and even larger subdivisions. If we add DevCo’s proposed access point on Dashwood, Alpine Pointe will have eight entrances/exits when the Rogue River connection and the Centrepoint Way/Wainwright commercial collector are constructed. This just further exacerbates our existing problem of drivers using Alpine Pointe as a high speed shortcut to avoid Eagle Road’s already overwhelming traffic burden. Finally, DevCo’s current proposal makes an abrupt leap from Alpine Pointe’s 3 homes per acre to 15 and then to multi- family. We would like to see a more fluid transition from our mostly R4 to perhaps R8 in the portion of the Delano development that is closest to Dashwood, and then a transition south to R15 (north of the Brickyard project). Perhaps consider designating the Delano apartment paddock to R-15 as a transition as well to cap population density (parcel R4582530300). Ladies and Gentlemen, we respectfully ask you to consider these issues with an eye towards not only the future of Meridian, but the quality of life of its residents. We trust you to act in our best interests. One proposal that should be considered is to limit the access to Alpine Pointe by modifying the development as indicated in this drawing. There are alternatives to the project that would allow for the development but minimize the 3 negative impanct on Alpine Pointe and surrounding neighborhoods. Sincerely, Steven and Nancy Hasselblad 4242 N Chelmsford Ave. Alpine Pointe Neighborhood 4 1 Charlene Way From:Steve Hasselblad <steve@hasselbladlumber.com> Sent:Wednesday, May 01, 2019 7:25 AM To:Meridian City Clerk Cc:governor@gov.idaho.gov Subject:Concerns about DevCo development south of Alpine Pointe To the Honorable Tammy de Weerd, Mayor, To the Members of the Meridian City Council, and To the Meridian Planning and Zoning Commission: We are Steven and Nancy Hasselblad, residents of Alpine Pointe neighborhood. We are seriously concerned and confounded that the DevCo project directly to the south of Alpine Pointe neighborhood is being considered for approval in its current configuration. We live at 4242 N Chelmsford Ave, merely two blocks from N Dashwood Place the proposed connector between the DevCo development and Alpine Pointe neighborhood and we will be directly affected by the new development. Our first and primary concern is for the tremendous increase in traffic this project will generate for North Dashwood Place. North Dashwood Place currently has eight houses, four on each side of this residential street. The trip generation report submitted by CR Engineering, Inc. dated February 25 th of this year indicates the current vehicle trips per day on this street are approximately 76. The estimated vehicle trips that are to be expected with the completion of the new Delano development are 897 vehicle trips. The report then goes on to conclude that: 2 How in the world can an increase from 76 vehicle trips per day to 897 vehicle trips per day be considered not a significant impact? An 1180% increase is not significant? Assuming the great majority of these vehicle trips would take place during the average of 12 daylight hours of the day you would have a vehicle trip every 48 seconds. (12 hours = 720 minutes. 897 trips in 720 minutes is one trip every .80 minutes or one trip every 48 seconds.) Can you imagine trying to back your car out of your driveway into the street with that amount of traffic? How about trying to back your boat or your trailer into your driveway with that traffic flow? Would you want to live on a street like that? I would guess not. We urge you to require DevCo to modify their plan to minimize to impact and disruption on this street and to our neighborhood. Member of our neighborhood community have suggested revisions to DevCo. So far to our knowledge DevCo has not responded to those suggestions or concerns. The residents of Meridian including those in Alpine Pointe voted for you with the expectation that you will work to keep Meridian a wonderful place to live. We realize that there is pressure to make room for other people who want to live here. Please do not sacrifice the livability of our neighborhood when alternatives are available. Sincerely, Steven and Nancy Hasselblad 4242 N Chelmsford Ave. Alpine Pointe Neighborhood Meridian ID 83646 208-639-5906 1 Charlene Way From:Steve Hasselblad <snhass@gmail.com> Sent:Wednesday, May 01, 2019 7:12 AM To:Meridian City Clerk Subject:Letter concerning DevCo project south of Alpine Pointe neighborhood Attachments:Mayor, City Council, and P and Z letter.pdf City Clerk, Please forward this message to Mayor Tammy de Weerd, the members of the Meridian City Council, and all the members of the Meridian Planning and Zoning Commission: To the Honorable Tammy de Weerd, Mayor, April 29, 2019 To the Members of the Meridian City Council, and To the Meridian Planning and Zoning Commission: We are Steven and Nancy Hasselblad. We live at 4242 N Chelmsford Ave, very close to N Dashwood Place and we will be directly affected by the new development under consideration. We strongly agree with the following remarks and urge each of you in your various capacities as community leaders to require Devco to modify their development plan to minimize the impact Alpine Point neighborhood and the surrounding neighborhoods. We, as concerned neighbors, are strongly opposed to the proposed Delano development as submitted, consisting of 85 densely packed single-family homes and a group of multi-story apartment buildings that could be between 96 and 200* units when the ultimate CUP is accepted at the latter phase of construction. We have several alternate plans to propose that would allow DevCo to profit from their investment while protecting the quality of life that Alpine Pointe residents assumed when they bought their homes. One example of an alternate proposal is in attachment 1. We oppose the Delano development in its current form, for the following reasons: First, DevCo, the developer, has done nothing to address Alpine Pointe residents’ valid concerns about having thousands of additional car trips through our subdivision each day (we have had three DevCo- hosted neighborhood meetings to date). DevCo’s plan will route the traffic from both this single-family development and the adjoining apartment complex through Dashwood Pl, a quiet residential cul-de-sac in Alpine Pointe that was never designed or designated to be a commercial collector road. From the Dashwood stub road, these thousands of cars will disperse throughout Alpine Pointe to connect to McMillan, Locust Grove and Eagle Road, creating noise and traffic hazards. The outlined traffic patterns will bring collateral traffic to Settlers Bridge as well. Champion Park will also have thousands of high- density development neighbors. We respectfully ask you to help us protect our quality of life. In addition, Alpine Pointe has two school bus stops within our subdivision, thus the additional traffic will pose significant danger to young school age children as those using our sub as a pass through are more likely to drive at a higher rate of speed and not have the same concern about safety as our residents do. To clarify, it isn’t solely the Delano project that will bring forth this heavy traffic burden, but the situation is impacted by the connection to existing subdivisions and projects under construction that will bring the total density of the block of land bounded by Eagle Road on the east, Alpine Pointe to the north, Ustick to the south, and Champion Park to the west to a total population that is significantly greater in density than anywhere else in the city! 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/Ustick four-plexes (80 units) and the Brickyard Apartments (279 units). Add another 85 single-family homes and 96 to 200 additional apartments, and we are looking at 540 to 630 homes/apartments and 1,490 to 1,739 or more residents in a small, tightly packed footprint (avg Meridian household 2.76 persons).** This total resident count and an unknown quantity of commercial traffic will use Alpine Pointe (specifically Dashwood Pl) as the sole northern route into and out of this area. We feel that this much density must not be routed through a quiet and far less dense subdivision like Alpine Pointe (3 houses per acre). Furthermore, the future plans for this area will add to the traffic burden; we are concerned that even more high density apartment projects will be proposed in the future when the combined 10 acres belonging to Mrs. Wong and Mr. Hedrick are sold (R4582530100 and R4582530202).*** The future zoning of these parcels and the resident density would route even more traffic into Alpine Pointe via the future Centrepointe Way to Wainwright commercial collector, N Dashwood Pl, and at Eagle/Wainwright. Third, over-connectivity: Alpine Pointe, at 90 acres and 211 homes, will be over-connected relative to other comparable and even larger subdivisions. If we add DevCo’s proposed access point on Dashwood, Alpine Pointe will have eight entrances/exits when the Rogue River connection and the Centrepoint Way/Wainwright commercial collector are constructed. This just further exacerbates our existing problem of drivers using Alpine Pointe as a high speed shortcut to avoid Eagle Road’s already overwhelming traffic burden. Finally, DevCo’s current proposal makes an abrupt leap from Alpine Pointe’s 3 homes per acre to 15 and then to multi-family. We would like to see a more fluid transition from our mostly R4 to perhaps R8 in the portion of the Delano development that is closest to Dashwood, and then a transition south to R15 (north of the Brickyard project). Perhaps consider designating the Delano apartment paddock to R-15 as a transition as well to cap population density (parcel R4582530300). Ladies and Gentlemen, we respectfully ask you to consider these issues with an eye towards not only the future of Meridian, but the quality of life of its residents. We trust you to act in our best interests. Sincerely, Steven and Nancy Hasselblad 4242 N Chelmsford Ave. Alpine Pointe Neighborhood *Without indoor fire sprinklers, multi-family dwellings are limited to 100 units. With sprinklers, they can go up to 200 units on a parcel this size, or more with an accepted variance application. **Based on Meridian’s average household size of 2.76 persons per residence (source http://worldpopulationreview.com/us-cities/meridian-id-population/) ***Wong and Hedrick parcels (10 acres, R4582530100 and R4582530202) could result in +/- 400 total apartment units, or +/= 1200 or more residents (a density of +/- 120 persons per acre).