Public Comment Rec'd 4-15-2014. :.~.~ r~
Kentucky Ridge Estates HOA regarding -Revolution Ridge Subdivision
Issue #1
Kentucky Way -Main Entrance/Exit
o Both New Subdivisions will funnel traffic onto KW
o In totality: KRE 66 + RR 64 + BE 159 + residual traffic from Meridian Heights of 220
homes
o Produces more traffic on 2 of 3 sides of the KRE Neighborhood Park
0 5 School Bus stops during Peak Hours on Kentucky Way &Riodosa
o S driveways on I<entucl<y Way and 10 driveways on Blue Downs/Riodosa
o Kentucky Way is narrow (29')
o No Curb & Gutter, Sidewalks or Bike lanes
Proposal:
Create additional access -see picture
O Proposal Benefits: Reduces traffic on internal streets
O Increases park safety
O Provides Alternate route around Bus stop
O Increases safety for existing driveways
Issue #2
Kentucky Way is inadequate
O Both Developers plan to use Kentucky Way as their subdivisions main entrance/exit
O No curb, gutter or sidewalk
O No bike lane
O Current width = 29'
O Mr. Conger agreed to continue the Curb, Gutter & attached Sidewalk on the East side of
Kentucky Way to Victory at the ACHD meeting on March 26. I have recently been
informed that he is reconsidering that do to cost.
O Both Developers should share Improvement costs of Kentucky Way
O Don't use tax dollars for future updates needed on Kentucky Way
Proposal:
Update Kentucky Way to current standards for Residential Collectors
O Keeps traffic on the road & insures safer traffic flow now & future
KW is slated for future connection to Amity Rd
O Supports future sidewalk connection on Victory
O Prepares for walking to future middle school
O Promotes Meridian's commitment to Healthy Living
O Creates safer access to Bear Creek Park
Kentucky Ridge Estates WA regarding -Revolution Ridge Subdivision
Issue #4
Lack of aMid-Mile Collector
Kentucky Way will be used as a Mid-Mile Collector
Compare Kentucky Way vs Stoddard
O KW = 8 home driveways / Stoddard =None
O KW = 25 mph / Stoddard = 40 mph
O KW = 2 lanes wide / Stoddard = 3 lanes wide
KW = Parl< with no buffer / Stoddard = 20'+ buffer for Bear Creek Parlc
KW = 5 School Bus stops on Kentucky Way twice a day at Peak Hours
Future Commercial Development
Proposed Shopping Mall between Amity & Harris St. facing Meridian Road (1/4 mile long)
Proposal:
Plan aMid-Mile Collector Now
O On April 3, 2014 at the ACHD public meeting, we asked that ACRD consider aMid-Mile
Collector be planned using the property to the East or West of KRE. They were
impressed with the idea.
Kentucky Way is inadequate now as a Residential Collector and should not be left for use
as a Mid-Mile Collector.
O like Stoddard, we will need a True Mid-Mile Collector in the future as Commercial
Property is developed on Meridian Road. (Meridian/Amity)
We have the Opportunity now to plan...KRE is surrounded by farm land
Possible Mid-Mile Collector routes
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Biltmore Estates
Proposal:
One KRE Neighborhood
We would like to see Revolution Ridge become part of KRE as originally planned.
O We connected Mr. Conger with the original KRE developer, Mr. Mike Preston and he gave
his permission to use the KRE theme.
We researched & e-mailed Mr. Conger a list of I<RE themed street names.
O Has it been decided?
Thank you for your consideration ®Kentucky Ridge Estates H®A
Jaycee Holman
From: Tammy de Weerd
Sent: Monday, March 24, 2014 10:36 PM
To: Jaycee Holman; Peggy Gardner; Robert Simison
Subject: Fwd: Revolution ridge
Forgot to copy you...
Tammy de Weerd
Mayor, City of Meridian Idaho
33 E. Broadway Ave.
Meridian, ID 83642
(208) 489-0529
.meridiancity.or~
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From: Tammy de Weerd <tdeweerd(u~meridianci .or >
Date: March 24, 2014, 8:53:17 PM MDT
To: Bruce Wong <bwon a,achdidaho.or~;>
Subject: Fwd: Revolution ridge
Tammy de Weerd
Mayor, City of Meridian Idaho
33 E. Broadway Ave.
Meridian, ID 83642
(208) 489-0529
www.meridiancit .orb
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From: <christintolman(c~gmail.com>
Date: March 24, 2014, 8:09:08 AM MDT
To: "mayortammy~a,meridiancit~g" <mayortammy~meridiancity.org>
Subject: Revolution ridge
Mayor Tammy,
I am resident of Kentucky Ridge Estates. I am very concerned about the new
developments being planned that will use S. Kentucky Way as the main entrance
for an additional 200 homes. As a stay at home mother of 4 small children, I have
huge concerns for the safety of my children with the addition of that many
drivers. We moved in less than one year ago, and paid extra to live in such a quiet
neighborhood. Now all of our privacy and safety is in jeopardy because some
developers don't want to add extra entrances.
Thank you for your time,
Christin Tolman
208-890-2643
739 W. Riodosa Dr.
Jaycee Holman
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From: Tammy de Weerd
Sent: Monday, March 24, 2014 10:24 PM
To: Bruce Wong
Cc: Jaycee Holman; Peggy Gardner; Robert Simison
Subject: Fwd: P&Z Committee
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Tammy de Weerd
Mayor, City of Meridian Idaho
33 E. Broadway Ave.
Meridian, ID 83642
(208) 489-0529
.meridiancity.org
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From: "sue4~28~cableone.net" <sue4828 c(r~,cableone.net>
Date: March 14, 2014, 11:01:36 AM MDT
To: <mayortammy~a meridiancity.org>
Subject: P&Z Committee
Mayor de Weerd,
After attending a meeting of the P&Z Committee on March 6 concerning Revolution Ridge Subdivision, I
was quite concerned with the outcome.Although we had great representation and public testimony from our
residents in Kentucky Ridge Estates, it seemed like it was a done deal as far as the commission was concernec
and the developer getting everything. It seemed like he had prior knowledge of our concerns and he was more
than ready. The developer in his opening statement made a point that Revolution Ridge had always been
intended to be an extension of Kentucky Ridge. If that were so, why are the street names so disgusting? I
refei7ing to street names such as Revolt and Rebellion for example. If it was to be an extension of Kentucky
Ridge, then why is he going to use beige fencing instead of the white that makes up our entry? This ruse was
his way of getting around having another entry into his subdivision to the North of our pond thus cutting down
on the traffic by our park where children play.
I realize that the other safety issues we have need to be addressed to the ACRD.
Respectfully submitted,
Polly Cundiff
Kentucky Ridge Estates
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Jaycee Holman
From: Tammy de Weerd
Sent: Monday, March 24, 2014 10:23 PM
To: Bruce Wong
Cc: Jaycee Holman; Peggy Gardner; Robert Simison
Subject: Fwd: Kentucky Ridge
Tammy de Weerd
Mayor, City of Meridian Idaho
33 E. Broadway Ave.
Meridian, ID 83642
(208) 489-0529
.meridiancit .orq
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From: Peggy Gardner <p ag rdnet_(cr},meridiancity.org>
Date: March 24, 2014, 5:06:38 PM MDT
To: "robtmitcheil(a,yahoo.com" <robtmitchell~c yahoo.com>, " (bwon~ a,achdidaho.org)"
<bwon~ c,achdidaho.org>
Cc: Tammy de Weerd <tdeweerd~meridiancity.org>, Charlie Rountree
<countree(c~?r,meridiancity.or~>, David Zaremba <dzal•emba~meridiancity.org>, Keith Bird
<kbirdna,meridiancity~org>, Lulce Cavener <lcavener ~x,meridiancit~g>, Genesis Milam
< milam~meridiancity.ora>, Joe Bot-ton <'bt orton(cr~,meridiancity.org>, C.Jay Coles
<cjcoles a,meridiancit r~org>, Robert Simison <rsimison(a~meridiancity.org>
Subject: RE: Kentucky Ridge
Dear Mr. Mitchell:
Your email has been received by the Mayor's Office. Thank you for taking time to let us Know of your
concerns with the new development in your neighborhood. Because this is an open application the
Mayor and Council cannot comment on it outside of a public hearing. I will submit this to the City Clerl<
for the public record and it will be included in the information given to City Council in their packet for
the public hearing along with the application materials and the public hearing minutes from the Planning
and Zoning meeting.
In addition, will forward your comments to ACHD for their review.
Thank you again,
Pe~~y Gardner
Administrative Assistant to
Mayor Tammy de Weerd
City of Meridian
33 East Broadway Aven ue
Meridian, ID 83642
Phone 489-O5Z9
From: meridian apps@meridianci .org [mailto:meridian apps@meridiancit~t orb]
Sent: Thursday, March 20, 2014 7:34 PM
To: Tammy de Weerd; Charlie Rountree; David Zaremba; Keith Bird; Luke Cavener; Genesis Milam; Joe
Borton; Peggy Gardner; C.Jay Coles; Robert Simison
Subject: Kentucky Ridge
Request for Mayor and Council
Name Rob Mitchell
Last Mitchell
Name
Email robtmitcheil c~yahao.com
Address
Street 3543 S. Arcaro Ave
Address
City Meridian
State Idaho
Zip Code 83642
Subject Kentucky Ridge
Message Hi, I write this e-mail as a concerned resident of Meridian (17 years) and Kentucky Ridge
subdivision located off Victory road, between Linder and Meridian road. We recently lost the battl
for the new subdivision, named Revolution Ridge, getting approval from the city council. It will be
built with all its vehicle traffic using our neighborhood entrance, Kentucky Way to Victory instead
of being accessed from Victory or Linder roads which would have been better for most involved,
except the developer. Now I just received a letter with the preliminary plans for Biltmore Estates tc
be developed South of our neighborhood using Kentucky Way as its main route North to Victory
and Harris road to Meridian road. This is terrible planning and will route in my estimates 70 % of
the traffic thru our neighborhood on Kentucky Way and it is downhill. If you look at the plan there
no other convenient, practical or safe way for most of the people in the new sub division to drive tc
work, school or shopping without driving North thru our neighborhood to Victory road. The people
on Kentucky way are in for some speeding motorist and are going to be furious. Luckily I am not c
that street, but I do jog and ride a bicycle on it. For the citizens that opt to exit the new neighborho~
(Biltmore) onto Meridian Road, it will not be safe. People will die, because it is on a downhill and
with cars going 55-65 it will be just like Eagle road 10-15 years ago. Cars will be speeding downhi
and people will pull out to go North and get smashed, until someone dies and then Ada County wi]
install a light. History repeats itself here, Meridian Road South to Kuna is the new Eagle road of 1:
years ago. New sub divisions, no lights, bad accidents. Please consider asking ACRD for a traffic
light at Harris and Meridian before you choose to approve this subdivision. Please consider asking
ACRD for some improvements to the following roads. Victory Road between 10 mile and Meridia
road. It needs lower speed limits, a bike lane and side walks. If we can not afford that than have
them slap down a few feet of chip seal pavement for people to walk, jog and ride bikes on. People
actually jog on this road in the dark with dark clothes in the mornings. I am not sure why they don'
wear reflective gear? I encourage you to walk Victory for between Stoddard and Linder with your
family to experience what I am writing about. Stoddard road needs improvements as well. With Be
Creels park, the Mormon church, new subdivision already being built by Coleman homes, and the
Walmart entrance people are using off Stoddard. It could use side walks, bike lanes and 35 mph
speed limits. Linder road between Victory and Overland is similar. A narrow farm road with high
speed traffic and no side walks or shoulders to jog or ride a bike on. I realize this e-mail should be
directed more to ACRD and will do that as well by e-mailing them. My frustration is with the
approval process and the road improvements not coming for 8-10 years after the sub-divisions are
built. I was hoping we would improve things after the last population boom in Meridian. Why can'
we say no to the developers until we improve the safety and traffic flows from ACHD. It seems the
developers get the approval and profits and the people are left to complain to ACHD after it gets
bad. Thanks for this reading this. Rob Mitchell
Jaycee Holman
From: Tammy de Weerd
Sent: Monday, March 24, 2014 10:22 PM
To: Bruce Wong
Cc: Jaycee Holman; Peggy Gardner; Robert Simison
Subject: Fwd: Kentucky Ridge
Tammy de Weerd
Mayor, City of Meridian Idaho
33 E. Broadway Ave.
Meridian, ID 83642
(208) 489-0529
_ w.meridiancit .or
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From: Jason Howell <howelru a,icloud.com>
Date: March 8, 2014, 10:51:22 AM MST
To: "tdeweerd(c~,meridiancit~g" <tdeweerd a,meridiancit~g>
Subject: Kentucky Ridge
Mayor Deweerd,
I'm very frustrated and highly concerned about the proposal for the new development
Revolution Ridge to go behind and by Kentucky Ridge Estates. Our voice or opinion seems to
not even be heard or acknowledged.
We live on the corner of S.Kentucky Way and W.Blue Downs St. We have 5 children ranging
from 3 years -15 years old. They LOVE to play outside. There are many children/youth on this
neighborhood. I'm VERY concerned for thier safety. We do not need the danger of constant
flow of traffic. My children's neighborhood as we know it now... Quiet & safe. I don't have to to
keep them inside for thier safety. I know O can't stop a neighborhood going up behind us. My
husband is an orthodontist on Meridian Road. (Howell Orthodontics, 1910 S.Meridian) we like
the growth for our business. The traffic flow for this proposal of this new development is
ridiculous. If the developer put himself in our palace with his own children, or think of your
children, the risk of traffic flow through our neighborhood would be avoided
Robynn Howell
Jaycee Holman
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From: Tammy de Weerd
Sent: Monday, March 24, 2014 8:52 PM
To: Bruce Wong
Cc: Jaycee Holman; Peggy Gardner; Robert Simison
Subject: Fwd: Kentucky Ridge and Revolution Ridge
I will send what I might still have.
Tammy de Weerd
Mayor, City of Meridian Idaho
33 E. Broadway Ave.
Meridian, ID 83642
(208) 489-0529
wwvv.meridiancit .orb
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From: Curtis Hoagland <hoa~landcurtis a_,gmail.com>
Date: March 7, 2014, 9:55:07 PM MST
To: <tdeweerd(c~met•idiancity.org>
Subject: Kentucky Ridge and Revolution Ridge
Mayor De Weerd,
As a resident of Kentucky Ridge subdivision and a home owner whose house is situated to cause
me to back out of my drive way onto S. Kentucky Way, I must express my sincere
disappointment with the Planning and Zoning commission to completely ignore all concerns and
requests for cooperation with regards to development of the land to the West of Kentucky Ridge.
I am also extremely disappointed that the ACHD would recommend to "ignore" guidelines of
street size, gutters, safety issues with no sidewalks, curbs, or entry /exit space on S Kentucky
Way and Victory.
What is the purpose of holding a city meeting if NOT to listen to the citizens and residents that
are being impacted by the growth and development. I am all for development and growth - I
understand economics and the impact this has on our community. But to turn a deaf ear to us and
to be treated as second rate ignorant people who couldn't possibly understand is out of line.
I was also surprised that the developer could present false information regarding the traffic study
released by ACHD and the commission not allow any one from Kentucky Ridge to respond -
would have only added 2 minutes more to the discussion. Unfortunate at best and undiplomatic.
To say that S Kentucky Way will only be at 47% capacity AFTER the development of
Revolution Ridge was an outright lie. It is currently at 47% capacity pre-development and one
would have to be ignorant to not also take into consideration that to the immediate south of
Kentucky Ridge is set to be another 164 houses built -with traffic flow through Kentucky Ridge
on S. Kentucky Way. The math is obvious that these two developments will more than exceed
traffic capacity on S Kentucky Way.
It amazes me that development takes precedence over safety in our communities. As it stands
right now, I must almost back out into traffic onto S Kentucky Way each morning I leave for
work. There are school children and cars that I must watch for daily as I pull out. I can only
imagine the nightmare of trying to do this after this planned development is completed.
Although I hope that this letter is received with an open mind and that more consideration is
given to the decision to allow an overuse and burden on the one street in/out of Kentucky way, I
must say I fear it will fall on deaf ears as this seems to be the mode of operation demonstrated so
far by the city counsel and planning and zoning commission.
Curtis Hoagland
3483 S Kentucky Way
Meridian, ID 83642