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HomeMy Public PortalAboutEAComments_Received_Updated_8.2.2021ID Start time Completion time Email Name What are your comments on the Draft Scope of Work for the Environmental Assessment? What do you think is helpful? What do What is your First and Li What is your Home Address? you think is missing? Question 7/19/21 15:03:47 7/19/21 15:04:37 mtodd@mccall.id.us Meredith Todd Meredith Todd 12345 Test Avenue Hello Meredith & Erin, This is a test and I believe the form is live. 2 7/23/21 10:04:02 7/23/21 10:08:32 anonymous Erika Prosser 660 Woodlands Drive, McCall This proposal would put our kids and dogs at risk. We purchased in this community because it was quiet and safe. If this development was allowed to access from the Woodlands community we would not be able to allow our kids to play freely outdoors because of the traffic. You either accept mccall will grow or shut it down. You need worker housing. So its a choice. Not a 3 7/23/21 13:00:00 7/23/21 13:03:09 anonymous Scotty Davenport Mccall game to keep everyone guessing Safety concerns for Fox Ridge and Woodlands neighborhoods. If access to the neighborhood is though Woodlands or Fox Ridge these neighborhoods will be overloaded with traffic. Dienard is a 25 mile hour road and yet most people drive 45. This is going to be the same in our small neighborhoods. It is a danger to 4 7/23/21 13:45:31 7/23/21 13:49:51 anonymous Ryan Taylor 155 Fox Ln, McCall ID our residence. No matter what the environmental assessment shows, it is obvious that 600 homes will bring traffic like none other in McCall and 2 outlets will never begin to satisfy 5 7/23/21 16:14:24 7/23/21 16:17:39 anonymous Ed Taylor 690 Fox Ridge Lane, McCall the demand. I do not believe Woodlands Drive should be the only, albeit main, entrance for the new subdivision known as Pine Creek. Our home is located on this road and it has always been a quiet street where kids can ride bikes and people can walk without much traffic. If this road were to become the only entrance for all these proposed homes east of us, well I cannot 6 7/23/21 17:22:05 7/23/21 17:25:28 anonymous Ruth -Ann Mouw 635 Woodlands Drive imagine the traffic! 7 7/24/21 8:30:40 7/24/21 8:45:09 anonymous Alice Brown development of the 158 acres at the back end of the Woodlands neighborhood for a number of reasons. We have a limited capacity for treating water in McCall during the busy seasons. How will we handle an increase in homes such as the potential increase proposed by this project? The site where these homes will be built is home to all kinds of wildlife. This wildlife will be displaced by the building of homes. Snow melt and storage will be a huge issue in the spring when this area is paved. How will this be managed? Access to the neighborhood is one of my biggest concerns. In the wintertime, Woodlands drive becomes very narrow due to snow. At times it is difficult to fit two cars side by side. It would be incredibly unsafe to direct traffic to this new neighborhood down Woodlands Drive. Fire lanes and pedestrian 624 Woodlands Drive McCall, Idahc safety would not be in place. 8 7/24/21 8:47:49 7/24/21 9:13:55 anonymous Tom & Kathy Kilgore 674 Koski Dr. McCall, ID 83638 in the Draft of the Environmental Assessment under Section 10 d. "What are existing and planned evacuation strategies for the area in the event of a catastrophic fire?" At the July 8 stakeholder meeting attended by City Staff, the McCall Fire Chief stated the fire codes recommends 2 egresses for subdivisions over 30 units. The Woodlands already far exceeds that number with only one current egress. The City has been given notice of this issue by their own Fire Chief. Should the City Council approve phase one of Pine Creek Ranch without requiring a second egress, and a catastrophic fire causes loss of life or property, it would open the City up to major lawsuits because they knew of the danger and failed to act. Please heed the warnings from the fires that have been affecting the West and require the developer to build at least one more egress before starting the project. 9 7/25/21 10:13:00 7/25/21 10:23:40 anonymous Pattie Soucek scope is adequate with the exception of the Transportation topic. I believe that a proposed expenditure item should be added. For example, to widen any existing roads or add sidewalks, what would be the cost and how would it be paid for. The developer said at our homeowner meeting that the current residents would be assessed fees such as an LID to cover all of these costs and he wouldn't be paying for any of it! Also under tranportation, require that full disclosure of the current rights -of -way be displayed and how, if any, these would need to be adjusted to accommodate the options. Also under transportation, analyze the differences to the environment and current developments by requiring the new development to utilize their own ingress and egress versus impacting the existing subdivisions. Under some 615 Woodlands Drive, McCall, ID 8t category, disclose both the proposed Pine Creek Ranch Subdivision (PCRS) needs the highest priority placed on ACCESS ISSUES for the following reasons: 1) WILDFIRES: Lands adjacent to the PCRS and the Woodlands subdivision are highly susceptible to wildfires. Climate change is dramatically increasing this risk. Safety of the residents, both in the Woodlands and in the PCRS, will require multiple options to quickly vacate homes, while not interfering with fire fighting resources attempting to reach fires. Wildfire activity is straining fire fighting resources all over the west. This makes it imperative that there be multiple good accesses to and through the PCRS and Woodlands to combat fires as quickly, and easily as possible. What has been considered adequate access in the past is no longer appropriate for public safety. 2) EMERGENCY VEHICLE 10 7/25/21 10:39:04 7/25/21 10:50:37 anonymous Phillip Brug 628 Woodlands Dr ACCESS: The current situation in The absence of sidewalks and paths in Woodlands Subdivision is a problem for increasing any more traffic on Woodlands Drive. This needs to be studied. I am an elderly woman and I walk on Woodlands Drive daily for my exercise and health, as do many residents --young and old. Children walk and bike to school on the road; they also skateboard, skate and recreate in the street. Mothers push baby carriages on the road. Neighbors walk their dogs daily down the road. All this occurs while sharing the road with vehicles. Currently, this is frequently unsafe. Adding substantially more vehicles to this mix is not a safe option. The impact of increased usage of Woodlands Drive needs to be carefully studied. Sandra Brug 628 11 7/25/21 10:50:43 7/25/21 10:52:37 anonymous Sandra Brug 628 Woodlands Dr. Woodlands Dr. I believe that the design team needs to think about how busy the road will be on fox ridge. If you plane on building any amount of homes or appartments and routing them though fox ridge that is a terrible idea. Fox ridge subdivision shouldn't be a pass through for your development gains. Reroute them through Ello rd or extend it through the school district. You will piss every resident off in fox 12 7/25/21 10:50:23 7/25/21 10:55:37 anonymous Levi Duke 656 fox ridge lane mccall 83638 ridge if you do this. Thanks My husband and I are full time residents here in McCall and we moved here from Middleton which was in the farmland to enjoy the serenity of McCall. If the bypass is routed through fox ridge it will upset all residents here in the subdivision. This is a small quiet subdivision and it will be ruined if 13 7/25/21 10:55:40 , 7/25/21 11:02:30 anonymous Adrianne Duke 656 fox ridge lane mccall 83638 you do this. NO MORE DEVELOPMENT. 14 7/25/21 11:58:22 7/25/21 12:00:24 anonymous NINON COLLET 1019 FIREWEED DRIVE ,MCCALL PERIOD. Additional water sewage treatment, or will the homes all be on septic (affecting the environment in either case). 2. Will the developer be responsible for adding additional water delivery to all of these homes? Will the use by these multiple homes - of City water - reduce the amount of water available to existing City water users? 3. Will the developer be responsible for adding traffic mitigation for all the of the additional homes that will be dumping onto Spring Mt. Blvd. and Sampson Trail at the very spot where traffic already builds up when school is in session, and now the added traffic due to Ponderosa Park vehicles being redirected to leave town via Spring Mt. Blvd.? 4.Will the developer be asked to have the CC&Rs ban all short-term rentals, so McCall does not sink further into a "VRBO town"? 5. Will the developer be asked to 15 7/25/21 14:48:55 7/25/21 15:00:49 anonymous Carolyn Wood 1011 Violet Way, McCall ID build additional classroom capacity 16 7/25/21 19:52:01 7/25/21 20:06:35 anonymous Housing should only be sold to low- income people with kids, NO retirement, second homes, short term rentals or group housing for 17 7/26/21 10:50:02 7/26/21 10:53:38 anonymous Lisa Mohler 47 Johnson Lane McCall 83638 empolyees Claire Mathews concerns related to this project as follows: How is the project and city accommodating and paying for additional infrastructure associated with the size of this development, including traffic on Spring Mountain Blvd? Will the developer(s) be paying for new and/or expanded capacity needed of schools at all levels? How will access/egress be impacted at the corner of Spring Mountain Blvd. and Deinhard Lane, particularly during the school year when congestion and risk to children are at a peak, not to mention the impact of added residential, commercial and visitor traffic rerouted to Spring Mountain Blvd. as a result of the "no left turn" at Railroad? Will the developers or homeowner pay for any additional police, fire resources required for increase population, including but not limited to new fire station, first responders, police and traffic 1015 Violet Way, McCall, ID 83638 enforcement? How will the city process. I was a homeowner adjacent to the shipping container homes built on Thompson Ave. At the time, the city rammed down our throats the need for affordable housing and to stop being a NIMBY. Even Mayor Aymon rudely chastised our concerned neighbors telling us that we will grow to live having these people as neighbors, which by the way the people who would live in those shopping container homes had absolutely nothing to do with our objections to the project. Yet, the council rejected our concerns and approved the project because the city needed affordable housing. Now, I ask the city to give the same courtesy that was granted to the developer of the shipping container homes, to the developer of this project. The shipping container developer was so over his head and the city staff seemingly showed him every 18 7/26/21 11:07:46 7/26/21 11:30:08 anonymous Craig Campbell 1075 Ridge Rd, McCall loophole to get approved and even I am concerned about the easement and access to the proposed development site. As a homeowner in the Fox Ridge neighborhood, on the corner of Fox Lane and Fox Ridge Road, the access to this development through our small neighborhood is not necessary, and would be detrimental to our community. We have dogs and little children, as well as no shoulder in our neighborhood to enjoy biking or walking. The construction traffic through our neighborhood would significantly negatively affect our quality of life. There are other access points available, including 19 7/26/21 14:18:38 7/26/21 14:26:04 anonymous Alana Gall 150 Fox Lane, McCall ID off of Elo road. 20 7/26/21 16:05:21 7/26/21 16:10:29 anonymous John Gebhards After reviewing the draft Scope of Work I feel that most of my concerns will potentially be addressed. My primary concerns are related to traffic flow in and out of the development and how it might affect existing subdivision, school access and general traffic flow. Is there adequate capacity from city services like water and sewer? will there be open space within the development to preserve the unique character of the area? How will the development make sure that affordable housing issues are taken into account for the McCall area. More lots doesn't equate to 1444 Dragonfly Loop McCall, ID 83E affordable housing. that much more traffic is huge as I have kiddos. At the meeting he had with us is it would be our responsibility to fix our road and put in a path for him and his development. Woodlands is a quiet hardworking community of locals who work hard in the city of McCall. Business owners, hospital personnel, foresters, fire fighters, etc. The residents of the woodlands should not have to financially have to take on this burden for that persons development. He should be providing ways in and out of his development. I know my family couldn't take a possible thousands of dollars for a path for his residents. Please preserve our community. My other concern is for the wildlife. The elk herd does come here in the fall if you go out on any evening you can hear them bugling. It is truly something special. Deer, foxes, bears, 21 7/27/21 7:25:43 7/27/21 7:45:59 anonymous Shauna Enders 648 Woodlands Dr mountain lions, and all the little I really appreciate that fact that the City is thinking about the following, "How can development of the site be designed to take advantage of the natural environment, preserving natural features such as streamside environments, intermittent streams, wetlands, wildlife habitat and vegetation?" Sustainability is important and understanding the natural environment is a great start. The majority of my comments will come after the report is complete and a letter of 22 7/27/21 20:14:31 7/27/21 20:22:29 anonymous Suzanne Mack 166 Fox Lane, McCall, ID 83638 intent has been submitted. 23 7/28/21 7:01:08 7/28/21 7:04:40 anonymous Katie Hudson lir. Against further development, we need to listen to what is best for the land and native wildlife. It is not fit for development and McCall cannot sustain further growth with 423 Colorado St McCall Idaho 83631 current infrastructure. 24 7/28/21 9:43:08 7/28/21 9:52:50 anonymous Bruce Rankin The City's request for comments on the 5-pg Scope of Work is, I believe, premature. Title 9 and specifically 9.7.08 is comprehensive and it would seem the next step would be to have the Developer answer all applicable items and then ask for Public input 675 Fox Ridge Lane, PO Box 1043 towards omissions/concerns. The reason us ( locals) live here is because we like it quiet. Keep boise out of mccall. Fuck off with all this development. Go back to the boise and keep ruining it. All these development company's care about is money. Leave mccall 25 7/28/21 11:42:21 7/28/21 11:46:50 anonymous David thiede 1010 meadows alone!!! 26 7/28/21 12:24:24 7/28/21 12:33:25 anonymous ■ The fact that we have a moratorium on homes due to sewage and our infrastructure can not tolerate the current traffic this is ridiculous. I understand the land owner wanting to make money. But at what expense? At some point the community of McCall needs to stand together for what is right for our small town and if we want to keep it this way and the uniqueness of a small mountain town or let literally hundreds if not another 1000 more homes that overwhelms the grocery stores, gas stations, blue collar and white collar for that matter, hospitals, etc to where our little bit of quality of life is killed. Especially if it's of environmental concern. I do not support it. Thank 27 7/28/21 18:14:06 7/28/21 18:19:01 anonymous Courtney Hill 1044 Fireweed dr you for your consideration jan stein I am so grateful that this Environmental Assessment is being considered. I support all the points mentioned & am hoping that area can remain forested, alive with plants & animals. McCall needs green zones to stay healthy. The idea of more traffic moving through the Woodlands is disgusting, this is a neighborhood full of young families with children or retired elders, walking, biking, very prevalent The environmental impact on that population would 708 Reedy, McCAlI. POB 1665, Mc( be devastating. Creek Ranch development should not be approved until a comprehensive study is conducted on the impact on our ecosystem, watershed, and wildlife corridors. This summer, we have experienced water restrictions as much of our State is in drought. We need to know how this proposed project would impact water, sewer, roads, refuse, and the community. We also need to think about the growing impact of industrial tourism from more development. With more vacation rentals, more recreators, more fossil fuel watercraft, and off -road vehicles, along with more human presence, we are harming the natural world we all love. If we continue our destructive trends, visitors will seek other destinations, and the community will be left with the aftermath. An overwhelming amount of rigorous science, peer -reviewed, and wildly 28 7/29/21 10:14:24 7/29/21 10:15:52 anonymous David Gallipoli 200 Scott St McCall published research confirms we 29 7/29/21 14:47:13 7/29/21 14:57:03 anonymous Barclay Hauber I own a rental property in McCall which is rented to long-term tenants. I am extremely concerned about the direction the town is headed in. We need to work on providing affordable housing for workers so the businesses can continue to operate. McCall is going to be ruined by the greed of the minority if you allow development. Please stop it before it begins and preserve McCall. 160 Old Pollock Rd, Pollock, Idaho 8 Thank you. 1. Water in McCall has become an issue this summer and users are being asked to cut our consumption. Taking that into consideration is a main concern. 2. The traffic it would cause to the Woodlands subdivision is a big concern. Traffic it would also bring to Highway 55 should also be 30 7/30/21 8:34:48 7/30/21 8:42:17 anonymous Elizabeth DeCleur 906 Fairway Drive considered. Doing an EA will answer for the city and developer the potential problems from the high concentration of basalt and springs in this area. Blasting and pumping to someone else's property are not acceptable this 31 7/30/21 10:02:37 7/30/21 10:09:28 anonymous Tim Hart 301 Finn Church Lane close to town. with the increase population of deer in town and knowing there are many herds of deer and elk in this area, how is this being resolved? 2. The safety of children around the subdivision with increased traffic. There is currently no transportation to and from school available for students in this area. By allowing 600 homes, how are students going to have proper transportation or safe areas to walk to school. 3. How is it possible to have hundreds of cars drive through these small subdivisions to get this new one? How does this affect the efficiency and effectiveness of emergency services and personnel? Having limited emergency personnel and increased population can pose a safety risk for all residents. 4. The city water and sewer systems are already affected by the subdivision in Fox Ridge, how can the city assist 600 more homes? Isn't the 32 7/30/21 16:15:14 7/30/21 16:27:13 anonymous Sheri Class 174 Fox Ln McCall Idaho system at capacity? I feel like my 33 7/30/21 21:56:40 7/30/21 22:03:24 anonymous Nayomee Robertson 361 Knights Rd I think it would be such a tragedy to cut down this beautiful forest for make way for homes that the city infrastructure can't even handle. That has been forest land forever and it deserves to be kept as such. If it must be developed I would hope that it would be large 1 to 2 acre lots to keep the integrity of the forest and wildlife intact. Please do not get rid of this beautiful landscape and forest that has been a part of my life since we moved in next to it 30 years ago. acres within the proposal. Our pasture area is already marshy and part of the 90 acres is that way as well. If that property is built up to support the building of houses, I'd like to understand the plan to address the groundwater as I don't want to see the run off simply flood our property. With that many houses and roads, will there be storm drains to handle the run off in the spring or again, will it simply end up in adjoining property? I assume septic tanks would not be allowed as water contamination would be imminent, but if we add that many homes to the sewer system in McCall, can the lines and treatment facility handle it? I live on Stockton, a dirt road that already has a variety of issues. If that is an entrance to the subdivision, will it be paved? It cannot sustain that kind of traffic without improvements. If those 34 7/31/21 7:33:59 7/31/21 7:54:35 anonymous Anne & Kevin Owen 376 Stockton Ct., McCall, ID 83638 houses are all occupied by families 35 7/30/21 12:17:41 7/31/21 15:23:27 anonymous Melissa Daniels I think it is very important to include the transportation component in the study. The existing streets and access need to be carefully considered and weighed especially regarding the safety of our kids. Thought should be given to the size and capacity of Woodlands Dr. In the winter, the road goes basically down to one lane. Many school children use this road for walking and bicycling. I also think that the overall effects on the community should be included: how much will the traffic increase- not just on woodlands drive but also on Spring Mountain road and the Deinhard/spring mountain rd four way stop?at the 656 Brady Dr McCall Idaho 83638 school. Addition to environmental scoping: (1) environmental impact to surrounding area within 1 -mile of project perimeter; (2) impact to environmental sensitivity and existing infrastructure from heavy equipment and all traffic for clearing/grubbing of site, installation of utility and road infrastructure to final build -out of 36 7/31/21 16:40:43 7/31/21 16:48:33 anonymous Jennifer Duplisea 687 Fox Ridge Lane, McCall, ID 836: entire proposed development. Considering all our water concerns, purification capacity, no more sewer hook ups in the city, our desperate need for low-cost housing and increasing concerns re open space I feel this project does not meet our current needs. There are increasing concerns re the loss of the "McCall small town feel". Our family has been summer residents here since 1917 and we have paid taxes on several properties with no opportunity to vote on any of the issues regarding the area. The Chamber of Commerce and Developers seem to be wielding the most influence! Letters to the Editor of the Star News will attest to many of my 37 7/31/21 19:41:37 7/31/21 20:02:33 anonymous Janice Scott634 634 Ruby St and 601 Lick Creek, M comments. 38 8/1/21 12:47:28 8/1/21 13:02:58 anonymous Dawna Leedom is far greater than anyone can understand in a project of this size. McCall has no equivalent development in the recent years to compare this to. Firstly, most environmental impact studies are bias based off of desired outcome or who is paying for the information. This should be completed by someone not hired by the developers and should be a third party with no ties in an way. This will have implication into wildlife, public utilities, local school, well water (which is our only source; as an adjoining property to the recently purchased 98 aces.) McCall can't support a development of this density. If the project were allowed it needs to be controlled by a realistic outline (ie. multiple acre lots or larger). I would also like to mention that this developer doesn't understand the current economy of this small town. McCall isn't in a place were 370 Knights Rd. McCall, ID 83638 400+ new homes is going to have a Council Members, I am submitting these comments out of my concern for the potential development of these parcels that comprise the proposed Pine Creek ranch. I live in the vicinity of the parcels and would be impacted by the development. While I commend the city for pursuing an Environmental Scope of Work, it is only a start. The city must complete a full engineering analysis of the potential impacts of the proposed development. The current population of McCall is approximately 3,350. Adding approximately 585 units has the potential to significantly increase the population of our city. This development could increase the population of the city by a range of 35 to 52 percent assuming a household size of 2 or 3 respectively. Therefore, the engineering study must analyze the additional capacity needed to 39 8/1/21 16:20:56 8/1/21 16:23:33 anonymous Todd Leeds 432 Virginia Blvd, McCall ID 83638 support this population growths