2020-09-17 ACHD
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Ada County Highway District • 3775 Adams Street • Garden City, ID • 83714 • PH 208 387-6100 • FX 345-7650 • www.achdidaho.org
Mary May, President
Kent Goldthorpe, Vice-President
Rebecca W. Arnold, Commissioner
Sara M. Baker, Commissioner
Jim D. Hansen, Commissioner
September 17, 2020
Tamara Thompson
The Land Group
RE: Firenze Subdivision Preliminary Plat Time Extension/ TECC-2020-0002
Preliminary Plat – Firenze Subdivision
On December 14, 2016, the ACHD Commission approved the preliminary plat for Firenze Subdivision.
As a part of that approval, t he developer, Albertsons Corporation, agreed to enter into a Cooperative
Development Agreement with ACHD to expand the existing roundabout at the Eagle/Amity
intersection, prior to the widening of Eagle Road between Victory Road and Amity Road. In addition,
ACHD granted certain access points on Eagle Road and Amity Road, but also denied two access points,
with the caveat that they could be considered with a specific development application. Those driveways
were the sout herly right -in/right-out driveway on Eagle Road and the easterly r ight-in/right-out
driveway on Amit y Road. The preliminary plat expired with the City of Meridian in August 2020; and
the applicant is seeking a second time extension for the plat.
Certificate of Zoning Compliance (CZC) – Grocery Store
Soon after the preliminary plat approval, the applicant submitted a CZC application for the grocery store
and associated uses. At that time, the southerly driveway on Eagle Road and the easterly driveway on
Amity Road were approved as right-in/right-out access points, with deceleration lanes; in accordance
with the procedure approved by the Commission with the preliminary plat. The CZC application is no
longer valid, according to the City of Meridian and the developer will need to submit a new CZC
application to move forward with a building. Therefore, the driveway approvals issued by ACHD are
null and void. When a new application is submitted, ACHD will re-evaluate Site Specific Conditions of
Approval, including driveway locations.
Cooperative Development Agreement
The developer entered into the Agreement with ACHD to design and construct the expansion of the
roundabout. The civil drawings were nearly complete in 2018; but the developer could not commit to
constructing the improvements and could not provide a timeline for development. The Agreement was
subsequently terminated in 2019.
ACHD Intersection Design/Driveway locations
Because the applicant failed to satisfy the terms of the Cooperative Development Agreement, ACHD
quickly hired a consultant to design the intersection so that the roundabout could be constructed with the
widening of Eagle Road between Victory Road and Amity Road, in FY2021, per the Integrated Five
Year Work Program.
The ACHD intersection design is nearly complete. As a result of the traffic analysis prepared by the
consultant, it was determined that an eastbound bypass lane is necessary at the northwest corner of the
intersection to accommodate the forecast traffic volumes. Due to safety concerns related to the
proximity of the easterly dr iveway, ACHD did not include the easterly driveway on Amity Road in the
intersection plans.
On the intersection plans ACHD has included the southerly driveway on Eagle Road as a right -in/right-
out driveway with a deceleration lane. If the applicant pays for these improvements and enters into a
Cost Share Agreement with ACHD to construct the driveway and dec eleration lane, prior to the
beginning of project construction, then ACHD will construct the improvements with the intersection
project. If the applicant does not pay for the costs, then these improvements won’t be constructed by
ACHD. Additionally, the applicant will need to dedicate additional right -of-way for the deceleration
lane, which ACHD will not compensate for because the deceleration lane is necessary to serve the site.
ACHD may need additional rig ht -of-way or easements to construct the ro undabout, but we are working
closely with The Land Group to minimize impacts to this property.
Time Extension Request
ACHD has no objection to the Time Extensio n and has no additional plat conditions. The conditions
related to the Cooperative Development Agreement , however, are no longer valid.
Sincerely,
Christy Little
Christy Little
Development Services Manager
(208)387-6144
clittle@achdidaho.org
cc: Eri
City of Meridian