CC - Letter to Council regarding project requirements 5-4
Charlene Way
From:Goins, Greg <greg.goins@wincofoods.com>
Sent:Monday, April 26, 2021 8:41 AM
To:City Clerk; Sonya Allen
Cc:Deborah E. Nelson; 'Ryan Morgan'; Schrieber, Ronald; Ari Steinberg; Jonathan
Fragoso; Development; Marty Igo; Robert Haggett; Mark Bottles; Ron Crooks
Subject:RE: WinCo Foods letter to City of Meridian - Project H-2021-0007
Attachments:WinCo Letter to Meridian City Council - 4-26-21.pdf
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City of Meridian – of behalf of WinCo Foods, LLC, please find attached letter for the record
relative to the planned apartment project at Overland & Wells to be presented to City Council
in early May.
If you have any questions about our position on this matter, please do not hesitate to contact
me.
Greg Goins
VP of Real Estate
WinCo Foods, LLC
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W!nCo
WOODS
An Employee Owned Company
WinCo Holdings,Inc. P.O.BOX 5756
GENERAL OFFICE(208)377-0110 BOISE,IDAHO 837054756
FAX(208)377-0474
April 26, 2021
The Honorable Mayor Simison and Members of the Meridian City Council
33 East Broadway Avenue
Meridian, ID 83642
RE: H-2021-0007 —Seasons At Meridian/Winco Wells Subdivision
H-2020-01 l8—Volante Investments
Dear Mayor and Council Members:
WinCo Foods owns the property at issue in the above applications. As was always contemplated
with the entitlements obtained in 2016, WinCo intends to sell the eastern parcel to a compatible
user. WinCo fully supports the proposed apartments, which complement the planned commercial
uses already approved on our western parcels.
We have only one concern. WinCo Foods objects to City staff's proposed Condition 3c, which
requires: "The extension of E. Cinema Dr. shall be included in the first phase of development."
The Cinema Drive extension is not needed to serve the apartments—the only use in phase 1. This
has been established by the applicant's traffic engineer and TIS, which assumed zero trips on
Cinema Drive. Based on this information, ACHD approved the phasing plan with the Cinema
Drive extension in phase 2.
The Cinema Drive extension is already required to be developed in phase 2, with development of
the western commercial parcels. WinCo has no objection to that requirement.
Advancing the Cinema Drive extension to phase 1 is not only unnecessary to serve phase 1, it is
problematic. WinCo does not yet have specific users for the commercial parcel fronting
Overland, south of Cinema Drive. Until those plans are finalized with development of phase 2,
the exact placement of Cinema Drive is unknown. It is impractical and wasteful to build this road
now only to have to rip it out and reconstruct it with the commercial phase. The road would
bisect and prematurely end the current farming operations by our tenant farmer. Subsequent
demolition and reconstruction of the road would interrupt and displace the new traffic patterns
and temporary connectivity City staff asserts is the basis for the proposed condition. The
additional construction activities would create a nuisance for surrounding homes and businesses.
Not to mention the $1MM+construction and demolition costs would be a complete loss.
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For all of these reasons, we respectfully ask the Mayor and Council to delete Condition 3c.
Thank you for your consideration.
F-Geg G
VP of Real Estate
WinCo Foods, LLC