Staff ReportE IDIAN~-,
Community Development
Department
Date: 1/17/14
TO: Mayor:& City Council
From:. Terri Ricks
.Addressing Specialist
Sub)ect: Primary Health Address Appeal:. 1623 S. Wells Ave.
Land Development Sellvices
Meridian City Hall, .Butte 102
33 E. Broadway Avenue
Meridian, Tdaho 83642
Summary Background Information:
We were contacted in August of 2013 regarding the new Primary Health Facility to be constructed atthe 5W
corner of E. Overland Rd. & 5. Wells Ave. At that time, Primary Health requested an E. Overland Rd. address, as
opposed to the assigned S. Wells Ave. address. The Overland Rd. address request was denied far two reasons; the
structure will not face Overland Rd,, nor will it receive its main access from Overland Rd. In December of 2013, we
received their request to appeal this decision (Exhibit 1).
Addi#ional Information:
The address for Lot 4/Black l in Gramercy Subdivision #1 was assigned. in 2007 when the plat was recorded. While
it's been common practice to assign two temporary addresses to residential and commercial corner lots until it's
determined which way the structure will face (and where it will take its access from), this lot was assigned only One
address due to'its access issue.
Lot 4/Block 1 has a cross,access agreement fora "right-in only" Overland Rd. access which is located two lots to
the west of the new structure. While vehicles traveling eastbound on Overland will have no problem gaining
:access at this "right-in only" point, all vehicles traveling westbound will be prevented from doing so due to the
right-only curb cut. The alternatives will be to drive beyond the curly cut in order to exit at the next street (S.
Celebration Ave.), making a U'Turn and coming back eastbound on Overland, or exiting at 5. Celebration, turning
;east on Gala and accessing the Primary health facility through the parking area (Exhibit 2). By contrast, the South
Wells access can accommodate vehicles coming from each direction (Exhibit 3). .It's important to Hate thattwo
existing businesses located .across S. Wells to the east of Primary Health (The Gramercy 8uildingand Bank of the
West), also have S. Wells addresses for the same access reasons (Exhibit 4i.
Siammary Recommendation:
In an effort to avoid potential response delaysfor emergency personnel, alleviate confusion for the general public;
and in order to provide addressing consistency with current standard :addressing guidelines (that the structure
face or receivats main .access off the street from which it's addressed), addressing staffand the Meridian Fire &
PDlice Departments recommend that this;lot remain addressed as 1623 S. Wells Ave. (Exhibits 5, 6).
:Attachments:.
Exhibit 1-Primary Health Letter of Appeal
Exhibit 2-vicinity Map/Eastbound Overland Rd Access Issue
Exhibit 3 -S. Wells Access
Exhibit 4-Gramercy #15ubdivision Recorded Plat
.Exhibit 5 -Meridian Fire Dept. Recommendation
`Exhibit 6-:Meridian Police Dept. Recommendation
Phr 208.887.2211 www.meridiancity.or4 ~ Fax 208.887.1297
Rev:01/2013
Primary ~
Health..
SM
Medical Group
December 9, 2013
To Whom it May Concern:
Primary Health Medical Group is building an Urgent Care and Family Medicine clinic on Overland
Road in the Gramercy Subdivision in Meridian_ Currently, the city address is 163 South Wells
Avenue, Meridian.. We would like to appeal that address and establish an Overland Road
address.
Approximately 12.,000 patients per year will seek walk-in urgent care at fihis location. Many of
these patients have serious injuries or illnesses but will seek out Urgent Care in lieu of the mare
appropriate hospital emergency department. At least 2-3 times per day, the severity of a
patient's illness or injury requires immediate attention. In addition, ambulance transport to a
hospital is required approximately once per day. A delay in care or triage of just a few seconds
or minutes could truly mean the difference between life and death.
Due to the nature of our business the address of this clinic needs to be highly recognizable to
the public. PHMG is strongly requesting that you grant the request for this location to have an
Overland address. Doing so will help to safeguard the well-being of many patients. If you have
further questions, please feel free to contact me.
Thank you'for your consideration.
Sincerely,
Steve
Steve
Primary Health Medical Group
1D482 W, Carlton Bay Drive,
Garden City, Idaho 83714
Offices 208-955-6499
Geli: 208-859-8210
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To: Mayor and City Council
From: Perry Palmer, Deputy Ghief/Prevention
Subject: Primary Health Address Appeal
I wanted to share some of my concerns and some thoughts an the request from Primary Health to
change their address from what has already been assigned to them.
I do in fact appreciate that Primary Health has determined that there is a need for an urgent care facility
in Meridian and an the south side of the freeway.
The location they chose :from the very beginning was going to be a designated a Wells Street address:.
This is due to our street namingand addressing standards that have been put in place so that there is a
standard, predictable and logical basisfor the addressing. of all occupancies within the City of Meridian.
Sa occupancies ai-e addressed based on where they take access or the street the building faces. In this
case the occupancy takes direct access from Wells.
t;arly on in the explosion of building, back in 2004, 05, 06 era, there were several addressesthat were
assigned that still today cause confusion not only for emergency responders but for anyone who has
deliveries'to make. Because of that we now have a system in place to make finding an address as simple
and as fast as,possible and have been very consistent with how that standard isapplied. There have
been others that have come before that wanted to have'their business addressed off a more prominent.
street that were. denied. They had equally well intentioned motives. and a basis to have their address
changed to the more prominent street name and should we notgo back and accommodate those
requests if this request is granted?
Here area few observations from the letter submitted by Primary Health. Let's say that Primary Health
was given an address of 2479 E. Overland. Most people. who would call would be asking, "where are you
close to"?Answer: S. Wells and E. Overland.. People will be looking for a direct entrance into the facility
off of Overland which does not exist, or if west bound, they will make a .left turn into a "right. in only"
that is to the vvest and acrossthe traffic. The other option is to go down to Millennium to Gala and back
to Wells causing a significant delay. Primary Health indicates that theywill haven-3 times a day where
patients will require immediate attention. 1 have no doubt that Primary Health will see numerous times
a day a very sick or injured individual I believe that addressing any building, especially one that provides
critical services (like Primary Health) should be done in a way that limits confusion for the public and the
responding Public Safety Agencies. Addressing from a streetthat does not provide direct access only
creates confusion and delay.
It is buildings like. Primary Health and all of the current and future occupancies that will or are located. on
S. Wells Street that will make S. Wells as prominent a street in the future as Overland is currently.
Memo~acndum
Meridian Police Department
January 16, 2014
To: Mayor and City .Council
From: Lt. John A. Overton
Re: Addressing appeal by PHMG Wells /Overland Road
In reviewing the initial .application, current location, and. PHMG appeal letter
request for addressing, the Police Department takes the following position.
We believe that the current standard street addressing guidelines should. be
upheld and that the;addressng should be off of S. Wells to remain consistent
with all businesses coming into our city and allowing for the safest and
quickest response by alI first responders to that lacatian.
With that said, `it has been brought up that the applicant has outlined a public
safety concern in their letter which has some merit. While the location is
clearly visible froze Overland Road, the roadway dynamics, with a right in only
off of Overland Road, make it impossible for someone driving westbound to
turn in off of Overland without going further down the street, and access :into
their main drive is still on S. Wells. Tn today's society up GPS devices used
more and more often for locations, this appeal would be a moot point. But,';f
any exception is made for this business, it should be based solely on the type
of business and listed as a public safety exception to the standards so as to not
set any type of precedent that can be used by others applicants who do. not .like
the :address they are given based upon sound and consistent addressing
standards in :our city.