2019-07-16 Steven and Nancy Hasselblad1
Charlene Way
From:Steve Hasselblad <snhass@gmail.com>
Sent:Monday, July 15, 2019 8:39 PM
To:Meridian City Clerk
Subject:Planning and Zoning meeting July 18th Re: Delano Subdivision
Attachments:Dashwood atypical entryway.pdf
Please forward attached letter to the members of the Planning and Zoning Committee.
Thank you
Steven and Nancy Hasselblad
4242 N Chelmsford Ave.
Alpine Pointe Neighborhood
Meridian, ID
208-639-5906
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Meridian Planning and Zoning Committee.
In this letter I would like to address the differences between N Dashwood Place
and other entryways into Alpine Pointe Neighborhood. I believe a review of these
streets shows how atypical N Dashwood Place is and how inappropriate N
Dashwood Place is for a major entry street into Alpine Pointe.
Alpine Pointe neighborhood has several entry streets. Wainwright is the primary
entry street off Eagle. There are no residential houses facing or driveways facing
Wainwright for the first 2000 ft.
Camas Creek Way off McMillan is the
second major entrance into Alpine Pointe.
There are no houses or driveways facing
Camas Creek Way for the first 330 ft. After
that, for the next 1000 feet, there are only
driveways on one side of the street.
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E. Wagon Street is the connection between Settlers Bridge neighborhood and
Alpine Pointe. It is 250 ft long and has two driveways facing it and one is a
secondary exit from the property.
I would also draw your attention to E Milford Street. While it is not an entry into
Alpine Point it is a connection between the newer and older sections of our
neighborhood and could be considered an example of a street connecting one
neighborhood to another. You will note that E Milford is 260 ft. long has no
driveways entering on to it.
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Now consider N Dashwood Place. N Dashwood Place is 380 feet long and has 8
driveways backing on to street, 4 from each side.
I am not a civil engineer, but I think there is an obvious reason why busy streets
are not designed with driveways entering onto them. And N Dashwood Place will
be a busy street unless Devco’s Delano plan is modified. The trip generation
assessment done by C.R. Engineering dated February 25th, 2019 estimates 897
vehicle trips per day on N Dashwood Place. This traffic will be passing by when
residents are backing their vehicles into the traffic. Vehicles turning onto N
Dashwood Place from Wainwright will have very little time to see if there is
someone backing onto the street before they make the turn. It should be noted
that residents of N Dashwood place also have the right under our neighborhood
CCRs to park their boats or trailers or motor homes on the street for several days
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at a time. Owners of the houses on N Dashwood may also have their own cars
parked on the street.
According to the CR Engineering report, the Delano Subdivision as presently
configured will have 87 single-family lots and 78 multi -family dwelling units. If the
Trip Generation calculations are correct, N Dashwood will be a bottle neck for
traffic and a dangerous traffic situation.
Members of the Alpine Pointe community have alterative plans they would like to
propose to reduce the impact of the Delano Subdivision on N Dashwood Place.
They will bring those plans to the Planning and Zoning Committee on Thursday
July 18th. I urge the Planning and Zoning Committee to seriously consider these
alternatives to the proposed development plan.
Sincerely,
Steven and Nancy Hasselblad
4242 N Chelmsford Ave.
Alpine Pointe Neighborhood
Meridian, Idaho