HomeMy Public PortalAbout2021.03.25 Public Comments - McCall City Council Regular MeetingID
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3/17/2021 10:05:37 AM
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3/17/2021 10:07:28 AM
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Murray and Jan Dalgleish
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309 Edgewater Circle McCall ID 83638
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Jan and Murray Dalgleish
309 Edgewater Circle
McCall, ID 83638
208-469-9310 dalgleishm@gmail.com
Re: Running Horse PUD
McCall City Council,
Our family has lived in the neighborhood at the confluence of Mather and Forest Street since 1977, having built our home in 1979. We would be at the March 25th meeting but are out of
town. It is unfortunate that this hearing is taking place in the winter as many residents are out of town and the Covid issues make it difficult to meet in person. We have a number
of concerns about the proposed Running Horse PUD. I will try to be as brief as possible.
This is a quiet, residential neighborhood of single family homes, one per lot that will now more than double in size with this one project. This may encourage others to seek higher density
projects in the area that is primarily single family residences. This will completely change the nature of the neighborhood.
The traffic on Forest Street, where all of the traffic from this development will access, is already excessive due to the hospital expansion and will only over tax this road as it is
in terrible shape and has been neglected for years. The city needs to address this before it adds to the problem. In the winter it is narrow and dangerous, in the summer it has a mix
of pedestrians, bikes, heavy trucks and speeding cars. We believe that parking on the street will also be an issue for this project as overflow will inevitably end up on Forest Street.
Is Forest Street reconstruction on any of the near term city projects? This needs to be addressed before adding to the existing problems.
Our biggest concern is the dangerous crosswalk at Mather and Hwy 55 (Lake Street). Because of signage and the bridge, cars, trucks can’t see bikes and pedestrians crossing the street-
from either Rotary park or from Mather to Rotary/Shore Lodge. One has to walk out in front of traffic to get it to stop because visibility is limited for both cars and foot traffic.
The PUD and the proposed bike path coming out at this intersection will cause greater safety concerns and only make this much more dangerous as both foot and car traffic will substantially
increase. Add in the overflow parking at Ruby’s Kitchen and it gets much worse. The city needs to address this before it adds to the problem before someone is hurt or killed at this
intersection. I am concerned about potential lawsuits against the city for not addressing these apparent safety concerns before looking closely at the increased traffic.
More development in the area is bound to occur along the river north of Rivers Bend Condominiums and next to Ruby’s Kitchen. The city needs to be proactive and address these safety conditions
to Forest and the Mather/Hwy 55 intersection… before not after it adds more development to this neighborhood.
We are asking the city to step back and take a look at these concerns before it approves the Running Horse PUD. Just because a project has checked many of the boxes in its application
for a PUD does not mean that it is in the best interests of the city (safety, infrastructure needs, keeping the sense of neighborhood, etc.) to okay it without first looking at the
ramifications to the area and the added stress it puts on roads and the safety of the public. Please table this application until these concerns can be addressed adequately. These problems
already exist, please do not add to them and have to be reactive when we now have the opportunity to be proactive.
Respectfully, Jan and Murray Dalgleish