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Home My Public Portal AboutPublic Comment #046 (Frantz)Martha Frantz 17073 Glenshire Drive Truckee, Ca. 96161 November 19, 2014 Denyelle Nishimori, Senior Planner 10183 Truckee Airport Road Truckee, Ca. 96161 dnishimori@townoftruckee.com I am writing with concerns about the Canyon Springs Development DEIR. The Town of Truckee Policy CIR-P2.4 states that it is desirable to improve connectivity throughout the Town's roadway network. This should include: ♦ New and improved links between roadways of the same classification. ♦ New and/or improved links between higher and lower capacity roadways where such connections would not negatively impact the lower capacity roadway's operations or local neighborhood character, would be consistent with community character ♦ Requiring that new development maximizes connectivity of local streets within the development itself, and makes connections to the adjacent street network and neighborhood areas. According to the proposed Canyon Springs street layout, as seen in the DEIR, the development avoids connecting “roadways of the same classification” by gating the connecting road from Canyon Springs to Edinburgh. This also avoids making “connections to the adjacent street network and neighborhood areas” in any sense other than on paper – instead routing all traffic away from “adjacent street networks and neighborhood areas.” The inescapable effect of this proposed design will be to negatively affect the local neighborhood character of eastern Glenshire Drive which will receive the brunt of the increased traffic. Having only one routine entrance/exit to the proposed Canyon Springs development is inconsistent with Town of Truckee policy. The Town of Truckee Policy CIR-P11.1 requires new development to incorporate features that encourage transit use, including shelters and safe routes to transit stops, and ensure that right-of-way for future transit access is reserved in plans for new growth areas. There can be no proposed development in Truckee that is further from public transit services! The mini-buses currently in use by Truckee & Dial-A-Ride are fixed route (the former & only serving the most high volume/tourist destinations of Truckee) or require 24 hour advance scheduling (the later). Neither could even remotely be considered to be effective public transportation! What mitigation is proposed for the lack of public transportation to a remote corner of Truckee? Thank you in advance for your attention to these issues. Martha Frantz