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Email from Applicant RE Pathway to SouthFrom:Steve Bullock To:Sonya Allen Subject:RE: Costco CZC/DR Date:Tuesday, February 25, 2020 8:58:48 AM Attachments:image007.png image013.png External Sender - Please use caution with links or attachments. Thanks Sonya. Yes we did coordinate with the Gassers on the south pedestrian connection. I will get you an updated Landscape Plan with that island planted. Steve Steve Bullock AICP Senior Associate MG2 Direct 206-962-6614 From: Sonya Allen <sallen@meridiancity.org> Sent: Tuesday, February 25, 2020 7:47 AM To: Steve Bullock <Steve.Bullock@MG2.com> Subject: FW: Costco CZC/DR Thanks Steve. Did you coordinate with the Developer to the south on the location of the pedestrian walkway as proposed? There is only one remaining item; see blue highlighted area below. If you’d like and you think it will get done in the field, I can redline it and issue the CZC, up to you. From: Steve Bullock <Steve.Bullock@MG2.com> Sent: Tuesday, February 25, 2020 7:36 AM To: Sonya Allen <sallen@meridiancity.org> Cc: Willie Mak <Willie.Mak@MG2.com> Subject: RE: Costco CZC/DR External Sender - Please use caution with links or attachments. Thanks for bearing with us Sonya. Attached are our responses to your requests below. Steve Steve Bullock AICP Senior Associate MG2 Direct 206-962-6614 From: Sonya Allen Sent: Tuesday, January 28, 2020 3:01 PM To: 'steve.bullock@mg2.com' <steve.bullock@mg2.com> Subject: Costco CZC/DR Hi Steve, I’ve reviewed the plans submitted for the CZC/DR application. Please note the following and/or revise the plans as follows: The minimum street buffer widths required along Chinden & Ten Mile are 35’ measured from back of curb; the buffer appears to be the correct width but there is a 25’ call-out (I realize this is covered under the subdivision plat but the site plan should depict the correct width) ok[Steve Bullock] Complete Submit an electronic copy of the photometric report for site lighting & detail of lighting proposed that complies with the standards in UDC 11-3A-11 (lighting should have an opaque top to prevent uplighting & the bulb shall not be visible and have a full cutoff shield; light may not trespass on abutting residential properties) – make any revisions necessary to comply please send me a detail of the light fixtures to ensure compliance with UDC 11-3A-11; there is a pole detail on the Photometry sheet but no light fixture detail.[Steve Bullock] We will provide.[Steve Bullock] Provided Where internal pedestrian walkways cross through vehicular areas, will the walkways be scored concrete? If so, depict consistently on plans; if not, state how it complies with UDC 11- 3A-19A.4b. There still appears to be striping for walkways (see attached) – it would be good to show this on both the site plan & landscape plan to avoid any future issues at the time of C of O.[Steve Bullock] We were showing the ADA walkways as painted striping because we wanted to differentiate between the ADA walkways that dead-end at the ADA stalls and the pedestrian circulation paths that connect with the public circulation system out to the street front. If you think that the ADA paths need to be the same as the other circulation paths we will do that. No, it’s fine as-is (You’ve shown the pathway connections out to Chinden & Ten Mile as scored concrete which meets UDC standards; the ADA walkways can be striped)[Steve Bullock] Complete Are pedestrian connections proposed to the residential development to the west and south and if so, where? A pathway should be provided to south boundary across the landscape buffer from the sidewalk on the east side of the building.[Steve Bullock] While we are willing to allow for a connection to the E/W path on our south boundary we don’t know what their site plan ultimately will be and where a logical place would be to connect to along that boundary. So, we were intending to connect to the N/S sidewalk on the shared driveway that their development would ultimately connect to. If we need to run a stub to our south property line, show us where you want it the preference would be for the sidewalk on the east side of the Costco Building to stub directly to the south for a direct connection to the apartments – coordinate w/that developer on specific location please. [Steve Bullock] Provided Or conversely allow them to install a connection when they develop we would be okay with that. I don’t see a pathway to the west to the residential development except for the pathway along Chinden, is that the connection proposed?[Steve Bullock] That is correct. Our understanding was that was specifically addressed and memorialized in the DA with the attached exhibit. I think the attached DA exhibit actually addresses both of these connections. ok[Steve Bullock] Complete Submit elevations with materials & height called-out for Costco building & fuel canopy ok[Steve Bullock] Complete A minimum 25’ wide buffer to residential uses is required along west boundary – the LP appears to be correct but the site plan (SD101) appears to be below that [Steve Bullock] I believe our plan is correct on this. ok[Steve Bullock] Complete Are the buffers to residential uses depicted on this property or on the adjacent residential properties? They’re required to be on this property per the DA (#5.1.7). Clearly depict/call-out property lines of site. The 25’ buffer needs to be provided on the commercial property, not the adjacent residential property as shown along the northern portion of the west boundary[Steve Bullock] We are providing a 25’ buffer on the western edge of Costco’s property adjacent to the warehouse and parking lot. During the DA review with the council, the issue of providing screening for the shared NW driveway of the shopping center was raised. Brighton, the Gassers and Costco proposed the 25’ landscape easement on the Brighton property that would be installed by Costco and the Gassers to address the required landscape buffer. The City Council was supportive of this. I could not find anything that addressed it in the recorded DA. However, all the site and subdivision drawings have that NW driveway located on the west property line. If we don’t provide the 25’ landscape buffer on the Brighton property adjacent to that drive, where do you want us to provide it? It’s fine as- is – the buffer on the Costco lot is on the C-G zoned property (the portion of the buffer shown on the adjacent residential property to the north of Costco was originally agreed upon by the Developers in that location at the time of approval)[Steve Bullock] Complete Per the previous alternative compliance approval, wheel stops are required in compact spaces adjacent to perpendicular planter islands – depict or include a note on the plan; and a planter island (w/landscaping) needs to be added at the end of the parking stalls directly north of the loading docks (SD101) [Steve Bullock] We will include a note that address our proposal to widen the planters and use the associated raised curb to provide the required wheel stops. The planter should have been added. My apologies. It will be added now. This wasn’t added[Steve Bullock] Provided. Complete Landscape plan needs to be revised to include landscaping (2 trees and vegetative groundcover) within the island north of the loading docks. Where on-street parking is provided or where vehicle circulation is directed in front of building entries, integrate traffic calming strategies and techniques, such as landscape islands, bulb outs, and/or detailed crosswalks, to increase safety and enhance the development character. ok[Steve Bullock] Complete I only have one of the LP sheets (L1.1) there are references to others; please submit all sheets ok[Steve Bullock] Complete If you have any questions, let me know. Thanks, Sonya Allen | Associate Planner City of Meridian | Community Development Dept. 33 E. 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