2022-08-01 Mike and Malissa Bernard with ACHD reply
Charlene Way
From:Sonya Allen
Sent:Monday, August 1, 2022 9:37 AM
To:Clerks Comment
Cc:Mike and Malissa Bernard
Subject:FW: ACHD KINGSTON Subdivision 2610 E. Jasmine Ln Meridian ID - Part I
Clerk – Please include this email as public testimony for the Kingston Sub. application.
Thanks,
Sonya Allen | Associate Planner
City of Meridian | Community Development Department | Planning Division
33 E. Broadway Ave., Ste. 102, Meridian, Idaho 83642
Phone: 208-884-5533 | Direct/Fax: 208-489-0578
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From: Mike and Malissa Bernard <MMBERNARD1@msn.com>
Sent: Friday, July 22, 2022 10:38 AM
To: dbattles@achdidaho.org
Cc: Mike Bernard <AlpinePointeHOA@outlook.com>; Paul Miller <pdmdiving@gmail.com>; Ken Clifford
<kenclifford@q.com>; Sonya Allen <sallen@meridiancity.org>; Robert Simison <rsimison@meridiancity.org>; Liz Strader
<lstrader@meridiancity.org>; Joe Borton <jborton@meridiancity.org>; Treg Bernt <tbernt@meridiancity.org>; Luke
Cavener <lcavener@meridiancity.org>; Jessica Perreault <jperreault@meridiancity.org>; Brad Hoaglun
<bhoaglun@meridiancity.org>
Subject: ACHD KINGSTON Subdivision 2610 E. Jasmine Ln Meridian ID
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Dear Ms. Battles,
Good morning. I hope this finds you very well.
I am writing to you in concern with the coming changes to our area with pending and future development. I had noticed
the Kingston Application has come your way just recently for parcel R4582530400
2610 E Jasmine Ln. We live in Alpine Pointe. I am including the Alpine Pointe HOA Board on this matter as a courtesy
copy, as well as the assigned City of Meridian Planner Sonya Allen and the honorable Mayor and City of Meridian City
Council. I am writing this as a citizen.
Here is an illustration of the area to the East and Southeast of the Kingston project. As you can see there is higher
intensity density residential and heavily patronized commercial areas as well as general residential throughout. With
the Stellar Senior Living project delayed or possibly canceled the Stellar parcel may change hands and who knows what
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use it will be eventually. That project has Eagle Rd. Access only for itself (right in/right out) per ITD concerns of proper
access spacing. Cross access was to be denied via use of gates with limited access via passes, etc. for Stellar uses only.
Here along Eagle Rd are the lined up access points as they exist in marked in purple, exception is the Stellar project, and
that is where it seems it should line up; I have placed a purple mark on top of the red to show where it could line up. It
always seemed a bit odd that the area marked in red with an overlay in purple is not a potential right in/right out access
from Eagle as the spacing is fine across the street at the east as approved intervals and the highway has a concrete
island at that point. It could line up with the purple mark across the street. Stellar Senior Living had been granted sole
access points at Eagle, with no cross access to adjoining properties at all with the exception to the rural parcel on W
Eagle View for that neighbor.
The Delano Apartments are conceptual at this point and if Stellar entitlements have not been permitted or extended
there may be an opportunity with ITD and ACHD to seek this right in/right out area for improving traffic flow. I have
heard Mayor Simison and his comments about seeking a reduction in speed at Eagle Rd. and therefore an access near
the red and purple mark may make sense now as it is and also at a lower speed, as Fast Eddy’s cut off the northern
connectivity via hearing at the City of Meridian City Council process and received permission for emergency access via
bollards decision recently. Fast Eddy’s formerly had cross-access to the north/south with Stellar, but he was concerned
Stellar would sell and be high rise high density apartments in the future if it changes hands. N Dashwood Pl is
emergency access/bike/pedestrian via City Council decision as it would have functioned as the de facto collector without
the extension of Centrepoint Way north at this time and due to its juxtaposition to Rosepoint/Lacewood to the West.
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Only two low density rural residential properties use W Eagle View, a private lane. Again, Stellar was going to gate and
block all cross access to the east/west to Delano and beyond, except to let the one rural neighbor to the west (parcel
with the future collector) to have access to the residence.
Here is the parcel as it appears today with a Delano overlay.
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Overlay of the project (not to perfect scale) with new connections for vehicular traffic. Jasmine to the East via Delano
has just a small jog north on Centrepoint Way for access, and that connects to the high density residential and the
heavily used commercial. The Stellar project could go heavier in the intensity of density and more cars than a senior
living/memory care facility would generate. It could also go a heavy commercial use or hospitality.
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Eagle/McMillan/Locust Grove/Ustick Square Mile. This illustrates the traffic flow and its impacts upon other
neighborhoods as the primary routes of traffic are in RED. With this new connectivity as full vehicular connectivity we
will likely need speed mitigation such as stop signs and speed cushions as a retrofit because while connectivity is the
ultimate goal there needs to be a deterrent to cut-through traffic and a policy to keep local-traffic indeed
LOCAL. Champion Park, Settlers Bridge, and Alpine Pointe will likely need mitigation as well. Often the traffic cuts
through via Wainwright to Rosepoint which curves NW to a name change to Lacewood to McMillan, or
Wainwright/Eagle to Rosepoint/Lacewood to Wagons in Champion Park to Locust Grove or reversed.
As there is no thoughtfully designed mid-mile N/S collector and this older square mile is being retrofitted with newer
MSM policies adopted after much of this area was planned and built and a lot of traffic is being routed through older
neighborhoods with full front facing housing. The Kingston development will function as the missing spoke and the
Conley/Rogue River/Jasmine St interconnectivity will be the de facto collector in absence of the intended collector at
Centrepoint Way to Wainwright/Eagle (red-dashed line to east) as areas southwest, southeast, and east will seek a route
to the light at Eagle and Wainwright. This will greatly impact Champion Park, Alpine Pointe, Delano sub, and Settlers
Bridge.
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We would anticipate heavy traffic volumes via our neighborhood from the southeasterly portion of the high density
residential and commercial uses via Delano single family residential to Kingston North to get to the Wainwright/Eagle
light or McMillan or Locust Grove. The mostly heavily used routes are shown in thicker blue. The mark to the east at
the C-2 Stellar parcel is only if an access is granted to match what is across the divided highway at the Tree City Church.
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Without the Centrepoint Way collector finished, we will have the center of this square mile function as mid-mile
collector (all front facing residential housing) and also functioning as the commercial collector.
I myself have witnessed quite a lot of cut-through as it is a short-cut way to skip the McMillan light to make it easier to
get to Chinden at heavy hours, as the traffic is notoriously slow on Eagle at times from the freeway forward, so some opt
for the left in to the West with the stalled traffic. Traffic will cut through via Eagle/Wainwright and there is no mitigation
on Rosepoint/Lacewood to Champion Park to Locust or Eagle/Wainwright to Rosepoint/Lacewood to Camas to
McMillan, and some of that cut-through is definitely speeding. Or the route is vice versa from Locust Grove or McMillan
to skip the congested McMillan/Eagle light.
Furthermore without the commercial collector being shown as a ROW on any Ada County Assessor map and it not being
added as an amendment to the MSM until 2018 it was impossible for anyone to do any due diligence to know about the
commercial collector. There are no signs or curb cuts and the ROW is a mature landscaped strip that appears to be a
landscape buffer between uses. We are hoping when it comes to pass that ACHD will do a great job in design via
buffering and siting the road the furthest east to lessen any impacts to those residents that could not have known about
its existence until 2018, many years after their homes were purchased.
The Centrepoint Way Commercial Collector ROW in Black. This was recently transferred from City of Meridian AOIC to
Boise AOIC to Ada County AOIC in a span of approximately one year. The rural parcel to the south was also transferred
from the City of Meridian AOIC to Ada County in recent weeks.
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No signage or curb cut indicative of a future road. Utilities are in the ROW
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https://www.achdidaho.org/Documents/Projects/MasterStreetMap_11x17.pdf
2018 MSM showing the future road segment to Wainwright
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There is also a possible conflict with ACHD Collector Street policy with access points being measured Centerline to
Centerline, as in the specs for 330-ft apart are not met in three examples in our neighborhood for mid-mile Collector
overlays. There are two on Wainwright.
These are acceptable for local streets, yet adding a Collector to the mix will provide some design challenges.
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The last area is just south of McMillan on Camas Creek. Again, likely acceptable as local street policy at conceptual
design in 2004-2005 though these local streets are being repurposed as Mid-mile Collector points and mitigation may be
warranted, as these three points are not designed to Collector distance for access at 330-feet measured from centerline
to centerline.
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The Eagle/Wainwright Light has not been improved for this great increase of traffic. While the Kingston Application is
only 8.2 acres in size for an infill, its traffic impacts will be significant as the higher density residential and the
commercial traffic will cut through. ITD asked DevCo to improve the southbound right turn lane at the light by the self-
storage across from Bio Life Plasma Services when Delano was an application, but that hasn’t happened and I am not
sure if it was required to develop. With the new connections at Kingston and the cut-through to the light at
Wainwright/Eagle the intersection may be woefully inadequate and traffic will stack there, as we only have a combo
straight through on Wainwright/northbound left turn lane and a southbound right turn lane. The traffic stacks up at
rush hours in front of a child care when most parents are trying to drop off/pick up children at one ingress/egress point
and I would anticipate it getting much worse without improvements.
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13900 W Wainwright by Child Care Center
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13900 W Wainwright Dr. Eagle/Wainwright light facing East
Kingston in Yellow
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I understand connectivity, though it seems to avoid a mid-mile de facto commercial collector fate for all of this square
mile is to perhaps keep southern traffic to the south, and northern traffic to the north and for it to be joined via
pedestrian connectivity as we are lacking the crucial Centrepoint Way completion to connect north to south as it was
planned, or a new overlay of a mitigation plan throughout, especially considering the Kingston application and the
implications thereof with the conceptual design. These points were brought up at the Neighborhood Meeting though I
am not seeing any mitigation plans via documents of Public Record or mentioned in the narrative. Mitigation efforts
could be applied in Settlers Bridge, Alpine Pointe, Delano, and Champion Park as those areas will bear the brunt of the
traffic impacts.
Conley could connect to Jasmine (in red) for that access to the commercial and for the highest intensity density to walk
or drive the children to the school and civic areas. Rogue River could connect at the north (in green) to support the
lesser impact of the residential traffic for the smaller Kingston infill and the ten foot pedestrian and bike pathways could
be completed as slated then for interconnectivity. This would lessen cut-through for the smaller Delano single family
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residential as well though they would have another important ingress/egress from the west. The path to the
Eagle/Wainwright light could occur when the proper commercial collector is in place to not create a mid-point hub
through a very small infill piece to handle a heavy traffic load to all points. We would be connected when the collector is
finished to the east and this would also lend in keeping local-traffic-local and not going past so much front facing
housing as the future commercial collector would be the best connection.
We do accept change yet planning is key for the traffic impacts to come. At any rate I believe whatever happens based
upon ACHD decision and via the City of Meridian the mitigation methods to keep local-traffic-local are likely needed
soon, and it is far past doing the mid-mile points to optimal flow routes but there should be some thought in making
streets connected yet not have so much front on housing. This overlay and policy is inconsiderate (however not
intentional) to homes planned or built when the universal adoption of these policies came into play for best planning
practices, as that consideration to plats had long passed as the MSM policies were adopted by Cities in 2008? 2010? yet
Champion Park, Settlers Bridge, and Alpine Pointe are bearing cut-through traffic with no stop signs or other mitigation
based on those retrofit policies and more is coming with an invisible heavily landscaped and deeded Collector ROW that
no one could possibly know about.
Thank you for your time and consideration, as it is greatly appreciated.
Malissa Bernard
4025 N Dashwood Pl
Meridian ID 83646
mmbernard1@msn.com
Cell 208-599-3058
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Charlene Way
From:Sonya Allen
Sent:Monday, August 1, 2022 9:37 AM
To:Clerks Comment
Cc:Mike and Malissa Bernard
Subject:FW: in reference to ACHD KINGSTON Subdivision 2610 E. Jasmine Ln Meridian ID -
Part II
Clerk – Please include this email as public testimony for the Kingston Sub. application.
Thanks,
Sonya Allen | Associate Planner
City of Meridian | Community Development Department | Planning Division
33 E. Broadway Ave., Ste. 102, Meridian, Idaho 83642
Phone: 208-884-5533 | Direct/Fax: 208-489-0578
Built for Business, Designed for Living
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From: Mike and Malissa Bernard <MMBERNARD1@msn.com>
Sent: Friday, July 29, 2022 2:30 PM
To: Dawn Battles <Dbattles@achdidaho.org>; Mike and Malissa Bernard <mmbernard1@msn.com>
Cc: Mike Bernard <AlpinePointeHOA@outlook.com>; Paul Miller <pdmdiving@gmail.com>; Ken Clifford
<kenclifford@q.com>; Sonya Allen <sallen@meridiancity.org>; Bill Parsons <bparsons@meridiancity.org>; Caleb Hood
<chood@meridiancity.org>
Subject: in reference to ACHD KINGSTON Subdivision 2610 E. Jasmine Ln Meridian ID
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Dear Ms. Battles,
Thank you, Dawn, for you reply and consideration…it is greatly appreciated.
We can certainly assay the challenges for ACHD, City of Meridian, and ITD and for all the cities in the valley, as it is no
easy task and everyone works tremendously hard at it for everyone. Thank you.
We knew the infill was coming at some time, and we are not against the development and realization of the connections
as conceived though it seemed the intended commercial collector would have come closer to being online than it has at
this time. I know the phasing of the Kingstown project if approved may not be fully complete for a couple or a few
years, and then we may be in a different situation as the collector segment may be at hand as the rural parcel might sell
and roads are then planned, or it might not.
Yet at this point in time the traffic will be much different without the proposed Commercial Collector at
Wainwright/Centrepoint Way as that will lead traffic via Kingstown, Champion Park, Alpine Pointe with all being
primarily a front-on residential housing route as an alternate and this is a certainly less appealing yet more impactful
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mode upon the local neighborhoods than having the intended commercial collector in place and designed to function
and perform as such. We do support the efforts in keeping streets safer yet livable streets also means a level of livability
in one’s own neighborhood and an exponential surge in traffic patterns and likely travel speeds are not done without
leaving a mark.
We realize change is coming and with that more traffic. We are simply hoping perhaps for some consideration for some
basic mitigation along the way on what will become the preferred routes to get from A to B and to possibly C. The goal
is connectivity yet I believe several key and fairly inexpensive stop signs and perhaps some passive and maybe active
elements may be warranted throughout this square mile and other square miles as development comes forth, including
this one (Kingstown) and the higher intensity residential densities’ and commercial pads’ traffic it will connect to as this
application will be the bridge for that traffic, especially without the Collector.
Please consider some calming elements and I hope the City is also receptive to simple mitigation strategies that will not
impede connectivity at all but will slow the traffic to true residential speeds and perhaps not make it such an easy and
fast cut-through element. I realize the challenges as it is always easier when the square mile is a blank canvas to write
the forecast on and then go forth from that point yet in this case this mile is already built and while a few mitigation
strategies might add some seconds to someone’s drive it will make a huge positive impact to the residents of the homes
on the travelled streets.
Thank you again. I appreciate the daunting tasks you all face. I hope you and everyone on this email has a great
weekend!
Sincerely,
Malissa Bernard
From: Dawn Battles \[mailto:Dbattles@achdidaho.org\]
Sent: Friday, July 29, 2022 9:14 AM
To: Mike and Malissa Bernard
Cc: Mike Bernard; Paul Miller; Ken Clifford; Sonya Allen; Bill Parsons; Caleb Hood
Subject: RE: ACHD KINGSTON Subdivision 2610 E. Jasmine Ln Meridian ID
Ms. Bernard,
ACHD has reviewed your email and are appreciative of the tremendous amount of work that was put into providing the
below information to us regarding this area. You raise valid concerns, and we hope that Meridian and ITD will continue
to work toward solutions for the Eagle Road corridor. Kingstown Subdivision has been approved by ACHD at staff level
because all ACHD policies have been met. Thank you for the information and please let me know if you have any
questions.
Thanks,
Dawn Battles
Planner
Ada County Highway District
Tel:208.387.6218
dbattles@achdidaho.org
"We drive quality transportation for all Ada County-Anytime…Anywhere!"
ACHD Development Services is located in the CSC building at 1301 N. Orchard Street, Suite 200. Parking and building
entrance are located on the west side of the building.
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Charlene Way
From:Sonya Allen
Sent:Tuesday, August 2, 2022 12:43 PM
To:Clerks Comment
Subject:FW: in reference to ACHD KINGSTOWN Subdivision 2610 E. Jasmine Ln Meridian ID
Please include in the public record for Kingstown Sub.
Thanks,
Sonya Allen | Associate Planner
City of Meridian | Community Development Department | Planning Division
33 E. Broadway Ave., Ste. 102, Meridian, Idaho 83642
Phone: 208-884-5533 | Direct/Fax: 208-489-0578
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From: Dawn Battles <Dbattles@achdidaho.org>
Sent: Tuesday, August 2, 2022 11:22 AM
To: Mike and Malissa Bernard <MMBERNARD1@msn.com>
Cc: Mike Bernard <AlpinePointeHOA@outlook.com>; Paul Miller <pdmdiving@gmail.com>; Ken Clifford
<kenclifford@q.com>; Sonya Allen <sallen@meridiancity.org>; Bill Parsons <bparsons@meridiancity.org>; Caleb Hood
<chood@meridiancity.org>
Subject: RE: in reference to ACHD KINGSTOWN Subdivision 2610 E. Jasmine Ln Meridian ID
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A neighbor in your area submitted a TellUs to ACHD and that response is below. I hope this helps answer your questions. Please let
me know if there is anything else I can do for you.
Thank you for taking the time to contact the Ada County Highway District (ACHD) regarding your concerns in your
neighborhood. ACHD will open an investigation into your requests, but it may take a bit of time to be able to complete
all of them.
Idaho Code is quite clear with regards the right of way at a T-intersection. Traffic on any of the minor legs is required to
yield to traffic on Camas Creek, just as traffic backing out of a driveway on Camas Creek is required to yield to traffic on
Camas Creek. ACHD can evaluate the three locations for stop control – we will evaluate it based upon observed driver
behavior, crash history and lack of appropriate sight distance for the side streets.
In 2019, ACHD staff evaluated both Camas Creek and Wainwright for traffic calming (speed humps). Neither street met
the criteria for traffic calming. We observed that 95 percent of all traffic on Camas Creek was driving at or below 29
MPH. ACHD can conduct a new speed study if you would like us to. If you desire to have ACHD conduct another speed
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study, please contact me directly at 208-387-6151to discuss the specific timing of the study and the location where the
studies will take place.
ACHD can install the flag system for the pedestrian crosswalk on Camas Creek at the canal. ACHD would install the flag
holders, and the neighborhood would be responsible for maintaining the flags for the holders, and replacing them as
needed.
If you have any additional questions or concerns, or would like ACHD to conduct the speed studies, please contact me at
208-387-6151. ACHD will not schedule a speed study until after we discuss the timing and locations.
Thanks,
Dawn Battles
Planner
Ada County Highway District
Tel:208.387.6218
dbattles@achdidaho.org
"We drive quality transportation for all Ada County-Anytime…Anywhere!"
ACHD Development Services is located in the CSC building at 1301 N. Orchard Street, Suite
200. Parking and building entrance are located on the west side of the building.
From: Mike and Malissa Bernard <MMBERNARD1@msn.com>
Sent: Friday, July 29, 2022 2:30 PM
To: Dawn Battles <Dbattles@achdidaho.org>; Mike and Malissa Bernard <mmbernard1@msn.com>
Cc: Mike Bernard <AlpinePointeHOA@outlook.com>; Paul Miller <pdmdiving@gmail.com>; Ken Clifford
<kenclifford@q.com>; Sonya Allen <sallen@meridiancity.org>; Bill Parsons <bparsons@meridiancity.org>; Caleb Hood
<chood@meridiancity.org>
Subject: in reference to ACHD KINGSTON Subdivision 2610 E. Jasmine Ln Meridian ID
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Dear Ms. Battles,
Thank you, Dawn, for you reply and consideration…it is greatly appreciated.
We can certainly assay the challenges for ACHD, City of Meridian, and ITD and for all the cities in the valley, as it is no
easy task and everyone works tremendously hard at it for everyone. Thank you.
We knew the infill was coming at some time, and we are not against the development and realization of the connections
as conceived though it seemed the intended commercial collector would have come closer to being online than it has at
this time. I know the phasing of the Kingstown project if approved may not be fully complete for a couple or a few
years, and then we may be in a different situation as the collector segment may be at hand as the rural parcel might sell
and roads are then planned, or it might not.
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Yet at this point in time the traffic will be much different without the proposed Commercial Collector at
Wainwright/Centrepoint Way as that will lead traffic via Kingstown, Champion Park, Alpine Pointe with all being
primarily a front-on residential housing route as an alternate and this is a certainly less appealing yet more impactful
mode upon the local neighborhoods than having the intended commercial collector in place and designed to function
and perform as such. We do support the efforts in keeping streets safer yet livable streets also means a level of livability
in one’s own neighborhood and an exponential surge in traffic patterns and likely travel speeds are not done without
leaving a mark.
We realize change is coming and with that more traffic. We are simply hoping perhaps for some consideration for some
basic mitigation along the way on what will become the preferred routes to get from A to B and to possibly C. The goal
is connectivity yet I believe several key and fairly inexpensive stop signs and perhaps some passive and maybe active
elements may be warranted throughout this square mile and other square miles as development comes forth, including
this one (Kingstown) and the higher intensity residential densities’ and commercial pads’ traffic it will connect to as this
application will be the bridge for that traffic, especially without the Collector.
Please consider some calming elements and I hope the City is also receptive to simple mitigation strategies that will not
impede connectivity at all but will slow the traffic to true residential speeds and perhaps not make it such an easy and
fast cut-through element. I realize the challenges as it is always easier when the square mile is a blank canvas to write
the forecast on and then go forth from that point yet in this case this mile is already built and while a few mitigation
strategies might add some seconds to someone’s drive it will make a huge positive impact to the residents of the homes
on the travelled streets.
Thank you again. I appreciate the daunting tasks you all face. I hope you and everyone on this email has a great
weekend!
Sincerely,
Malissa Bernard
From: Dawn Battles \[mailto:Dbattles@achdidaho.org\]
Sent: Friday, July 29, 2022 9:14 AM
To: Mike and Malissa Bernard
Cc: Mike Bernard; Paul Miller; Ken Clifford; Sonya Allen; Bill Parsons; Caleb Hood
Subject: RE: ACHD KINGSTON Subdivision 2610 E. Jasmine Ln Meridian ID
Ms. Bernard,
ACHD has reviewed your email and are appreciative of the tremendous amount of work that was put into providing the
below information to us regarding this area. You raise valid concerns, and we hope that Meridian and ITD will continue
to work toward solutions for the Eagle Road corridor. Kingstown Subdivision has been approved by ACHD at staff level
because all ACHD policies have been met. Thank you for the information and please let me know if you have any
questions.
Thanks,
Dawn Battles
Planner
Ada County Highway District
Tel:208.387.6218
dbattles@achdidaho.org
"We drive quality transportation for all Ada County-Anytime…Anywhere!"
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ACHD Development Services is located in the CSC building at 1301 N. Orchard Street, Suite 200. Parking and building
entrance are located on the west side of the building.
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