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Minutes - 2006 - Planning & Zoning - 10/30/2006 - Special THE CITY OF EAGLE PLANNING & ZONING COMMISSION October 30, 2006 Special Meeting Minutes Eagle City Hall, 660 E. Civic Lane 6:30 P.M I. CALL TO ORDER: Meeting called to order at 6:32 p.m. 2. ROLL CALL: JACOBS, ZASTROW, PIERCE, ASPITARTE, MCCARREL 3. PUBLIC HEARINGS: A. CPA-S-06/Z0A-3-06/A-14-061RZ-19-06 - M3 Eae:le - M3 Eal!le. LLC.: M3 Eagle LLC, represented by Gerry Robbins of The M3 Companies, is requesting a Comprehensive Plan Map Amendment to include +/- 6,005 acres into the Eagle Comprehensive Plan designating the following land uses: +/- 40 Acres Rural Residential, +/- 1,627 acres Residential Estates, +/- 470 acres Residential One, +/- 670 acres Residential Two, +/- 1,250 acres Residential Three, +/- 670 acres Residential Four, +/- 770 acres Village Center, +/- 88 acres Mixed Use; +/- 100 Acres Commercial, an Annexation and rezone with a Pre-Annexation and Development Agreement for +/- 40 acres AR-DA (up to 1 unit per 5 acres with a development agreement), +/- 1,627 acres RE-DA (up to I unit per 2 acres with a development agreement), +/- 470 acres Rl-DA (up to one unit per acre with a development agreement), +/- 670 acres R2-DA (up to two units per acre with a development agreement), +/- 1,250 acres R3-DA (up to 3 units per acre with a development agreement), +/- 670 acres R4-DA (up to four units per acre with a development agreement), +/- 770 acres Village Center-DA, +/- 88 acres MU- DA(Mixed Use with a development agreement) to allow for a maximum of +/- 12,010 residential units, a Zoning Ordinance Amendment to amend Eagle City Code Section 8-6 "Planned Unit Developments" to allow for the M3-PUD. The +/- 6,005 acre site is generally located north of the Farmers Union Canal and Homer Road, east of State Highway 16 and west of Willow Creek Road. Specifically described in the meets and bounds description on file at the City of Eagle.(Hearings held on September 27,2006 & October 16,2006) This item was tabled/rom the September 27,2006 special meeting. This item will be continued to the November 13, 2006 meeting. Pierce introduces the item. Aspitarte moves to continue CPA-5-06/Z0A-3-06/A-14-061RZ-19-06 - M3 Eagle - M3 Eagle, LLC. to November 13,2006 at 5:30. Seconded by McCarrel. ALL A YES...MOTION CARRIES. B. CPA-I0-06 - Avimor LLC.: Avimor, LLC., represented by Robert Taunton, is requesting a Comprehensive Plan Map Text Amendment to include +/- 20,080 acres into the Eagle Comprehensive Plan designating the following land uses: +/- 6,290 acres Foothills Cluster Development (1-2 units per acre) and +/- 13,790 acres Foothills Conservation Development (1 unit per 40 acres). The +/- 20,080-acre site is generally located from Highway 55 on the east to Willow Creek Road via Big Gulch on the west, the northern boundary is approximately five miles north of the Ada/Gem County line, the southern boundary abut the Connolly and Kastera properties (see attached map). Specifically described in the meets and bounds description on file at the City of Eagle. (Hearing on October 23,2006) This item was continued/rom the October 23,2006 meeting. The applicant has requested this item be remanded to staff/or re-notification. Pierce introduces the item. McCarrel moves to remand CPA-I0-06 - Avimor LLC to staff. Seconded by Zastrow. ALL A YES...MOTION CARRIES. Page lof5 K\P&Z\MINUTES\Temporary Minutes Work Area\PZ-IO-30-06min.DOr THE CITY OF EAGLE PLANNING & ZONING COMMISSION October 30, 2006 Special Meeting Minutes Eagle City Hall, 660 E. Civic Lane 6:30 P.M C. CPA-ll-06 - Citv of Eae:le: The City of Eagle is proposing a Comprehensive Plan Amendment to achieve the following: I) Remove the business park designation from the plan and change property designated as Business Park to Mixed Use (City Wide); 2) Removal of the Chinden Bench Planning Area; 3) Land use Map change within the Moon Valley & State planning area from Residential Estates (1 unit per 2 acres) to Professional Office; 4) The merger of the Soaring 2025 Plan adopted September 14,2004 and the Eagle Comprehensive Plan adopted September 4, 2004; 5) Update appropriate sections of the existing plan to ensure consistency with the proposed amendments. Pierce introduces the item. Nichoel Baird Spencer, City Planner, reviews the application and stands for questions from the Commission. Pierce opens the public hearing. No one from the public chooses to speak. Pierce doses the public hearing. Discussion amongst the Commission. Aspitarte moves to recommend approval for CPA-ll-06 - City of Eagle. Seconded by Jacobs. ALL AYES.. .MOTION CARRIES. 4. UNFINISHED BUSINESS: The Public Hearings for the following items have been dosed. No Public Testimony will be taken. A. CP A-08-06 - Comorehensive Plan Amendment to desie:nate +/- 2.000 acres of BLM land as Public/Semi-oublic - The Citv of Eae:le: The City of Eagle, is requesting a Comprehensive Plan Amendment to establish a land use designation on the Comprehensive Plan Land Use Map of Public/Semi-Public for the BLM property. The +/- 2,000-acres site is located approximately v.. mile east of State Highway 16 and directly north of the Fanners Union Canal. This item was tab/ed/rom the September 18,2006 meeting. Staffis requesting remanding to staff/or re-notification. Pierce introduces the item. Zastrow moves to remand to staff for re-notification CP A-08-06 - Comprehensive Plan Amendment to designate +/- 2,000 acres of BLM land as Public/Semi-public. Seconded by McCarreI. ALL AYES.. .MOTION CARRIES. B. CP A-2-06/ RZ-8-06N AC-I-06/PP-9-06 - Eae:le Gatewav Proiect - Cornerstone Grouo. LLC.: Cornerstone Group, LLc.' represented by Walter Lundgren of Johnson Architects, is requesting a Comprehensive Plan Map Amendment from BP (business Park) to MU (Mixed Use), a Rezone with a Development Agreement from BP (Business Park) to MU-DA (Mixed Use with a development agreement), a vacation and realignment of McGrath Road through the site and a Preliminary plat for an 11 lot commercial/retail subdivision. The 9.5 acre site is Page 2 of5 K:\P&Z\MINUTES\Temporary Minutes Work Area\PZ-l0-JO-06min.DOr THE CITY OF EAGLE PLANNING & ZONING COMMISSION October 30, 2006 Special Meeting Minutes Eagle City Hall, 660 E. Civic Lane 6:30 P.M located at 1601 and 1782 McGrath Road, at the southwest intersection of McGrath Road and State Street north of the State Highway 44 Bypass. This item was tabledfrom the August 21, 2006 meeting. Pierce introduces the item. Nichoel Baird Spencer, City Planner, gives brief overview of the application. Aspitarte moves to recommend approval CPA-2-06/ RZ-8-06N AC-I-06/PP-9-06 - Eagle Gateway Project - Cornerstone Group, LLC. Seconded by Zastrow. ALL A YES...MOTION CARRIES. C. CPA-3-0S/A-9-06IRZ-I0-06/PP-ll-06 - Comorehensive Plan Amendment from Residential One to Transitional Residential. Annexation. Rezone with a Develooment Ae:reement from RUT (Ada County) to R-3-DA - Countrvland Estates - JLJ Enterorises: JLJ Enterprises Inc, represented by Van Elg of The Land Group Inc, is requesting a Comprehensive Plan Amendment to change the land use designation on the Comprehensive Plan Land Use Map from Residential One (up to one unit per acre) to Transitional Residential, an annexation and rezone from RUT (Ada County) to Residential Three-DA (up to three units per acres with Development Agreement limiting it to 2 units per acre), and preliminary plat to construct a residential development 17 lots, 12 residential units. The 6.6-acre site is generally located'/., mile west of Ballantyne Road and'/., north of State Highway 44 at 2556 W. State Street. This item was tabledfrom the June 19,2006 meeting. Pierce introduces the item. Nichoel Baird Spencer, City Planner, gives brief overview of the application. Discussion amongst the Commission. Jacobs moves to recommend for approval CPA-3-05/A-9-06IRZ-I0-06/PP-ll-06- Comprehensive Plan Amendment from Residential One to Transitional Residential, Annexation, Rezone with a Development Agreement from RUT (Ada County) to R-3-DA _ Countryland Estates - JLJ Enterprises. Seconded by Aspitarte. ALL A YES...MOTION CARRIES. D. CP A-4-06 - Comorehensive Plan Amendment from Professional Office and Transitional Residential to Commercial- Lazv P Limited Partnershin: Lazy P Limited Partnership, represented by Shawn Nickel of SLN Planning, is requesting a Comprehensive Plan Amendment to change the land use designation on the Comprehensive Plan Land Use Map from Professional Office and Transitional Residential to Commercial. The 40-acre site is located at the northeast comer of Chinden Boulevard (Hwy 20/26) and Linder Road at 1240 W. Chinden Boulevard. This item was tabledfrom the October 2,2006 meeting. Pierce introduces the item. Nichoel Baird Spencer, City Planner, gives brief overview of the application. Discussion amongst the Commision. Zastrow moves to recommend denial of CP A-4-06 - Comprehensive Plan Amendment from Professional Office and Transitional Residential to Commercial due to the incompatibility Page 3 of5 K.\P&Z\J\.lINUTES\TemporaT)' Minutes Work Area\PZ-IO-JO-06min.DOC THE CITY OF EAGLE PLANNING & ZONING COMMISSION October 30, 2006 Special Meeting Minutes Eagle City Hall, 660 E. Civic Lane 6:30 P.M with the existing Comprehensive Plan. Seconded by Aspitarte. FOUR A YES. ONE NAY (pIERCE).. .MOTION CARRIES. E. CP A-06-06 - ComDrehensive Plan Amendment to chanl!:e the Villae:e Center svmboI for +/- 640 acres located in the Villae:e Plan nine: Area - The Citv of Eal!:le: The City of Eagle, is requesting a Comprehensive Plan Amendment to change the symbol for the Village Center land use designation on the Comprehensive Plan Land Use Map for the Village Center area. The +/- 640-acres site is approximately I-mile wide located approximately 1 mile east of State Highway 16 along Beacon Light Road. This item was tabled from the September 18, 2006 meeting. Pierce introduces the item. Nichoel Baird Spencer, City Planner, gives brief overview of the application. McCarrel moves to recommend for approval CPA-06-06 - Comprehensive Plan Amendment to change the Village Center symbol for +/- 640 acres located in the Village Planning Area - The City of Eagle. Seconded by Jacobs. ALL AYE.. .MOTION CARRIES. F. CPA-7-06 - ComDrehensive Plan Text Amendment to Establish the Chinden Terrace Planninl!: Area and MaD Amendment from Residential One to Mixed Use - The Citv of Eae:le: The City of Eagle, is requesting a Comprehensive Plan Amendment to establish the Chinden Terrace Planning Area and a Land Use Map Amendment to change the land use designation on the Comprehensive Plan Land Use Map from Residential One to Mixed Use. The +/- 57-acre site is located at the northeast comer of Chin den Boulevard (Hwy 20/26) and Eagle Road (Highway 55). This item was tabledfrom the September 18,2006 meeting. Pierce introduces the item. Nichoel Baird Spencer, City Planner, gives brief overview of the application. Stands for questions from the Commission. Discussion amongst the Commission. Aspitarte moves to recommend approval CPA-7-06 - Comprehensive Plan Text Amendment to Establish the Chinden Terrace Planning Area and Map Amendment from Residential One to Mixed Use - The City of Eagle. Seconded by Zastrow. ALL A YES...MOTION CARRIES. G. CPA-9-06 - Comorehensive Plan Amendment from Transitional Residential to Professional Office - CaoitaI DeveIoDment. Inc.: Capital Development, Inc. represented by Dave Yorgason ., is requesting a Comprehensive Plan Map and Text Amendment to change the land use designation on the Comprehensive Plan Land Use Map from Transitional Residential to Professional Office and amend the text of the Rim View Planning Area. The 7.8-acre site is generally located on the northwest corner of the intersection of Meridian and Chinden at 6615 N. Meridian Road. This item was tabled from the September 18, 2006 meeting. Pierce introduces the item. Nichoel Baird Spencer, City Planner, gives brief overview of the application. Stands for questions from the Commission. Page 4 of 5 K\P&Z"u\1INUTES\Temporary Minutes Work Area\PZ-IO-.lO-06min DOC THE CITY OF EAGLE PLANNING & ZONING COMMISSION October 30, 2006 Special Meeting Minutes Eagle City Hall, 660 E. Civic Lane 6:30 P.M Discussion amongst the Commission. Zastrow moves to (recommend) approval of CP A-9-06 - Comprehensive Plan Amendment from Transitional Residential to Professional Office - Capital Development, Inc. Seconded by McCarrel. ALL AYES...MOTION CARRIES. 6. REPORTS: A. Commission: B. City Attorney: C. Staff: Meetings in January. 7. ADJOURNMENT: McCarrel moves to adjourn. Seconded by Zastrow. ALL A YES...MOTION CARRIES. Hearing no further business the Planning and Zoning Commission meeting adjourned at 7:35. RESPECTFULLY SUBMITTED: """""'1 ", ", ...... "E A r, ! .... r....: -, ~..........:~ "''\, :.:: ~.. 'IORA r~.. ~ (.J"~ ....\ : 0 :: . u .' __ . . , "( ",e . · I\.vOI.O: s" \. ~ ~ r" Q',,:."'h. ~ " . ,,~ ;:0 ~"'. -"/ iIJ. ...fORPO"~....n ~ , .... .$'1' ...... ,y...... ~##.#. '" TE O\" .......... ..".......". JR~~(~ SHARON K. BERGMANN CITY CLERK/TREASURER APPROVED: ~ A TRANSCRIBABLE RECORD OF THIS MEETING IS A V AILABLE AT CITY HALL. Page 5 of5 K.\P&Z\~lI;-..jUTES\Temporary Minutes Work Area\PZ-IO.]O-06minDOC' /4) EAGLE PLANNING & ZONING COMMISSION PUBLIC HEARING SIGN -IN SHEET CPA-5-06/ZOA-3-06/A-14-06/RZ-19-06 - M3 Easle - M3 Eaele, LLC PLEASE PRINT LEGIBLY NAME ADDRESS PHONE PRO? CON? TESTIFY? 4—', hl -FM-1 gi -2-/--iellim-ge4Ge/eXj4-7 ��r ,�.. k.�,sd.-� / 73 s (l.a,'.'i,.�, s -/Ilt h �sw_»y,6' ' x-, � ,n4'W47LF- EAGLE PLANNING & ZONING COMMISSION PUBLIC HEARING SIGN -IN SHEET CPA-5-06/ZOA-3-06/A-14-06/RZ-19-06 - M3 EaE1e - M3 Eagle, LLC PLEASE PRINT LEGIBLY NAME/ ADDRESS PHONE PRO? CON? TESTIFY? /+� - ` 4 hiet,erp..e,, /4o ' E /T ,e,,i, In z.z '9? ' Y e Meridian (city) QuickFacts from the US Census Bureau Page 1 of 2 State & County QuickFacts Meridian (city), Idaho /1 /1 People QuickFacts Population, 2003 estimate Population, percent change, April 1, 2000 to July 1, 2003 Population, 2000 Population, percent change, 1990 to 2000 Persons under 5 years old, percent, 2000 Persons under 18 years old, percent, 2000 Persons 65 years old and over, percent, 2000 Female persons, percent, 2000 White persons, percent, 2000 (a) Black or African American persons, percent, 2000 (a) American Indian and Alaska Native persons, percent, 2000 (a) * Asian persons, percent, 2000 (a) Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander, percent, 2000 (a) Persons reporting some other race, percent, 2000 (a) Persons reporting two or more races, percent, 2000 dilfr Persons of Hispanic or Latino origin, percent, 2000 Living in same house in 1995 and 2000, pct age 5+, 2000 Foreign born persons, percent, 2000 Language other than English spoken at home, pct age 5+, 2000 High school graduates, percent of persons age 25+, 2000 Bachelor's degree or higher, pct of persons age 25+, 2000 Mean travel time to work (minutes), workers age 16+, 2000 Housing units, 2000 Homeownership rate, 2000 Median value of owner -occupied housing units, 2000 Households, 2000 Meridian 41,127 17.2% 34,919 241.7% 11.4% 33.7% 6.4% 50.9% 94.3% 0.5% - 0.5% 1.3% ° 0.1% 1.3% 2.1% 3.7%els 34.0% 3.2% 5.7% 92.2% 27.1% 21.4 Idaho 1,366,332 5.6% 1,293,953 28.5% 7.5% 28.5% 11.3% 49.9% 91.0% 0.4% 1.4% 0.9% 0.1% 4.2% 2.0% 7.9% 49.6% 5.0% 9.3% 84.7% 21.7% 20.0 12,293 84.3% $121,200 $ 527,824 72.4% 106,300 olit,Persons per household, 2000 Median household income, 1999 Per capita money income, 1999 Persons below poverty, percent, 1999 Business QuickFacts Wholesale trade sales, 1997 ($1000) http://quickfacts.census.gov/qfd/states/16/1652120.html 11,829 2.93 sini $53,276 $20,150 5.6% Meridian 230,872 MUD 469,645 2.69 Imo $37,572 $17,841 11.8% Idaho 10,127, 777 Where not to buy (at least for the next year or so) 1 4 1 Business 2.0 Page 1 of 2 Offering flexible options for advancing your care University of Phoenix The Internet home of: (orrrr(JIVE Money BUSINESS 2.0 FORTUNE MOneycom GET QUOTES SYMBOL LOOK -UP HOME NEWS MARKETS TECHNOLOGY JOBS & ECONOMY PERSONAL FINANCE LIFESTYL Main Company News 1E j Economy Wh USINESSei.Q //at EOsand-CEOs ir-the_Nebvs__ Fun Money Corrections —._ _Financial_ News.in,Brief BACK - NEXT , 4 of 6 ere not to buy least for the next year or so) Last year as many as a third of new home sales here went to speculators and investors. 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O. OZt St13 OZ I Ioo€ (tali) 0 ' ken-gtutuno ivinluNT 001 NO!SAMO.OD --pullout „8- - - > plaiou FULIOU 46ZE-4 kipingsau Af/0 `AVID ap k_ Ra-qns o•Sur uoq-TA "pur 'Imes toiq oimo cArip unkozq-•Ta tnnpour o rrg `purs _ . purs tr4Im tr.oiq soiqqop. Alup mos LO - 009-- (sumno (puno.1.2 Hm. puu so i moTact poTsictidog2 luau) laaj u!) AOOTVIrT IndOG os `vias `v/tAS v/MS PA. 11`1\1 11i1A 3Sld 0 oquin ‘s!oti DIRI1 cup41 Eagle committees seek traffic changes EAGLE — "We identified greater issues for Eagle concerning traffic," said Chamber of Commerce President Teri Bath at last week's Govern- ment Relations Committee meeting chaired by Bob Niccolls. She was reporting on the previous week's meeting of the Eagle Traf- fic Committee, chaired by Police Chief Dana Borgquist. Bath said examples of traffic issues in Eagle include the need for a longer delay at the bypass and Riverside Street "to allow merging," i.e., more length to the west; and lowering the speed limit on Old State Street as local businesses seek to change its name to Main Street. Council member Steve Guerber said traffic control measures enhance motorists' safety while impacting travel times only slightly. "By reducing the speed limit by 10 miles per hour or adding a traffic signal on the by- pass, you're affecting people's movements by only partial minutes." He also noted that county roadways are owned and maintained by the Ada County Highway District, and state roadways are the responsibility of the Idaho Transportation Department. Guerber said elected officials at the state level might consider supporting a hike in gasoline taxes, e.g., 10 per- cent, to help pay for roadway improvements. "Until the necessary revenue is provided, -We Tfl never solve our roa s problem," he said. THIS JUST 1N Ada approves planned community ordinance After nearly six months of drafting and re- drafting, the Ada County Commissioners Wednesday night approved an interim planned community ordinance. The commission unanimously voted to follow the staff's recommendation on changes needed to the current planned com- munity ordinance and directed legal staff to draft a new ordinance, which will be for- mally approved at the May24`c'ommission meeting. The most significant change is a require- ment that 10 percent of the project's land area remain naturpen space In addition, the developer must prove e a'minimum of 10 acres of developed par ner 1,000 resi- " dens o th-e`pianned community. County planner Jo-nanrca dung explained to the commission that this could add up to an additional 10 percent of open space, bring- ing the total open space requirement to about 20 percent. For example, a 2,000-acre planned community would be required to set aside 200 acres of natural space and provide an additional 200 acres of developed parks or playfields, based on Ada County's current average of 2.5 people er dwelling and four dwellings e acre. nce will go into effect 30 days after it is formally adopted. IDAHOSTATESMAN.COM Check today for updates on this and other breaking news. IDAHO STATESMAN • IDAHOSTATE Boise ranks 120th on list THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Bellevue, Wash., rotated as the safest city in the Pacific North- west, and Thcoma, Wash, was rat- ed the least safe at 324th overall, according to an annual list, nuitno Press compiles the annual list based on FBI fig- erton, O k10� C., 8 120; Spokane ey, Wash., 134; Salem, Ore.,151; Eugene, Ore.,176; Vancouver, Wash., 188; Anchor- agge, Alaska, ice; Spokane, 220; i-2 Wa 304;> Nationwide, a surge in violence made St. Louis the most danger - most dangerous ond year in a row. The safest city in 2005 was Brick, N.J., with a population ! about 78,000, followed by Amherst, NY., and Mission Viejo, Calif. The second most danger- ous city was Detroit, followed by Flint, Mich., and Compton, Calif. Cities are ranked based on more than just their crime rate, 1 Scott Morgan, president of gait Quo Press, a private research and publishing compa- ny specializing in state and city reference books. Individual crimes such as rape or are measured separately, , com- pared to national averages and then compiled to give a city its ranking. Crimes are weighted basedon their level of danger. The national figures re- leasedn June showed the mur- der rate in St. Louis jumped 16 percent (roan 2004 to 2005, com- pared with 4.8 percent national- ly. The overall violent crime rate increased nearly 20 percent, com- pared with 2.5 percent national- ly While crime increased in all re- tdons last vear the 5.7'Dercent rise ••• • . _ . „ , .,••• t:)1,--jr„, 15 (4, MERIDIAN —The Meridian Sym- roayx at 7430 pm at the Meridian Middle SchoolAuditorium at 1507 W. 8* St. in Meridian. The eintcdtt is sponsoralby Fanners & Merchants State The concert -will fO Well- .,•• • - feetiret" urges Eagle to a the planning efforts EAGLE Members of the NordtAda County,. yoothills Associ'ation _ - , aged the Cian ty ofBagletotake,a PPFesedloFreeelle- to thonorth ofthe chy. to ing said,NACFA President John PelrevalcY at the Octobetr 17lit *dal meetof the City Council and PtaWting3ZoningCom- ithsion. "The community expeCti it and we will help." one NACFA is urging the city to form two, nevccommittees,The h�bita_ and spaces" and the other, traffic/roadways.oil aeed'torevievi information including the city's own comprelten- ' the first-rsamed group. of developers from Suncor, M3 and the *Planning & Zoning or agenda. FAgie is weiIkx andtbe f the laad,' plannerswill ',have. theAda illreeatanYefthePreleela but "we want to take our time and get it right, not constantly be in the position of lato "You don't set aside terrain' andjust people catteareate on it," he said. "You have to designate appropriate routei, improve habitat, do fire restoration etc." He told Council President Stan Bastian it's better to have large tracts of MOW* arca that don't ' tuamtenancest. tei:we-ahead, is is a rare representatives fiom Man, Mendelssolm's Fingal's cave Conspicuous by then absence at the meetmg Were any - , Ada Couuty Development Servic.es. Suncor's Aviator Taejon began asa planned ---72 from non withinAda County but the change in direction might lead to annex - "New World" S Featured soloists for this , Eagli-of, at least part of that project as .Suncor is repeat* seeking t 'ham* M3,vAlichooki seeking annexation into the city. All tebt the rleyeleFer-FrePOsed Projects comprise 37,000 acres of foothills land. NTINUE,Ft t 10 years, t arndrCanyon counties inct' 'than 5O percent, pu.144000 ad- vehicles onto the roads anti their into the aitA comparable increase during the next 10 years. summer, Idaho Department of En- tal (duality issued its first red n Aug. 15. The agency issued four alerts in September primarily y wildfire smoke. air alert mew. the *quality Rrnpromise the health of children, and people with medical condi- ttimer was Director Toni tely, we know ive, growthand not an anom- ego* te be so +tv+eAll s'era- ble," she said. "Even ifws thitdc we don't. d offer story, ideas Or commet*, Contact porter Cynthia Sewell at377-64428 rrrseweff©idahostatesman.com. =tion that usually rises and mixes with fresh air becomes trapped.under a blan- In1ast froni a dayt ;u lepending on weer . wiwftre season se and fireplace dch means continuous wood eValley." �, ow' alerts ivrwinter warrantedllyel- Ender ayellow alert, open out- prohbited and woodstove e Use may be restricted. DEQ to expect more yellow alerts this win - because of the stricter standards. GETTING A HANDLE ON SMOG The Valley's topography and weather patterns cannot be and wildfires are often out of our control Human -caused pollution, though, can be curtailed. This summer the Treasure Valley Air Quality Council released aplan for clean- ing the air in, Ma and Canyon counties. The :cotmcil, which was created during the 20051egislative session, recommended: > Employer incentive: Creating an award to employers who .voluntarily reduce em- ployee car trips by10 percent, provide air quality education and participate in land - use p *.. 1,4 i,• > Gas. r vapone Creating rules re- quiringThinture Valley gas stations to in- stall systems by :to reduce vapors re- leased during refueling. new Chris Butler i 1 Kuna High School nurse Meg Lawson talks Friday with astudentwho complainingofa headache. New pollution standards take effect m On tieC:' the Idaho Department of Environmental Quality will start using new nationwide.standards for fine particles, caged PM 2.5, These particles are about one-30th the size of a human hair tip. The Environmental Protection Agency cut thethreshold for fineparticiesfrom 65 mierogramsper cubic metertn35. The decision wouldprevent 2,500pre- mat1f l nationwideonr epolfutlon 1996. be test- Last we ,PEQsvrlteh d; but «gl pallute,. td be caught coioraarr qu ty indexal t bydriliOrT000itorson: and re- red-to,cluasi.> fired to submit to h to make fct*'s alertsyst+eni > Cluifotm: ru : Approving local;ord with the;federel system, contrel openburriingan. 'be ma's recommendations ddustwill:go before cite isature when it convenes in January. . , -- • tales ni particutatamatte , carbon monoxide,sli fur dioxidearidnit dioxide:, • iteasure Valley; the Ida t ttltftfEtvironmental Quality.d ts,:ozoneand` 2' atSen m0 g theagencycaIcuI t ba nrf IIutantlevelarecordedat ro ,* itors,placed around the Valley. T A lsystern indic howc a or polluted the air is each day usingascale divided Mkt* categories, colors and TNie Environmental: Protester catculatestlw :fOrfiveti tents regulatedby:the Cleart.Air group . zone, particle pollution >Orange: Unhealthy for sensitive groups, 101-150 Red: Unhealthy,151-200 levels are reduced to n dards, EPA officials es Thenew rule for finr to more alerts, especk when PM 2.5 poilutioi Michael DuBois, DEQ Theuewstandard 111 lenged in the courts. 8 are going to go ahead vi until we hear otherwise anima alert 5. Purple: Very unhr Mauve: Hazardot . On green advisory C restrictions are in effe n yellow advisory nsitive populations dirty and those with b limit time outdoors. Ir cekthat prohibit c may be in effect. DEQ unlessabsolutely nee days. On orange and red tive populations are u while everyone is encr .fig dition, n" _. edbymu it$landc outdoors { rigor p fiertsa -`Tis surrrnitfthe T`r went above 100 five'ti DEQ to issue red alert yeas1 6on6,ei?t.7.L - rig ?range alert To find out the daily Vatley, call3y3-031 www.deq,idaho.govla .-4`uto Insurance Tips - The Worst Cities to Own a Car Page 2 of 5 New York, California and Nevada will drain your wallets nearly nine dollars more per fill -up (if your tank holds an SUV-Ish 25 gallons.) And don't even ask about Hawaii and Alaska. The Most Traffic Congested Cities 1. Los Angeles, CA 2. San Francisco, CA 3. Denver, CO Miami, 5. Phoenix, AZ 6. Chicago, IL 7.man wise, �- 8. Washington, DC 9. Portland, OR 10. Boston, MA And now (drum roll, please) Annoyance *1! Americans may love driving their cars, but most folks don't like Just sitting in them - especially when they're stuck in traffic. According to data collected by the Texas Transportation Institute for its 2003 Urban Mobility study, when it comes to the Rat Race, we are running In it at ever -slower speeds with an increasing amount of company. The costs of traffic are many, but the most obvious and egregious is the cost in time. The average commuter spends over an entire workweek per year stuck In traffic! Disheartened? By now you're probably getting ready to give up driving altogether. But wait - you might want to consider moving to a city near our northern or southern border, or a port of entry, just to make things worse. Nine of the ten top cities for car theft are near one of these. Cities with the Highest Vehicle Theft Rates 1. Phoenix, AZ 2. Fresno, CA 3. Modesto, CA 4. Stockton -Lodi, CA 5. Las Vegas, NV 6. Miami, FL 7. Sacramento, CA 8. Oakland, CA 9. Seattle, WA 10. Tacoma, WA If all else falls, you could leave your car to rust on four cinder blocks. 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People power: U.S. to top 300 million C PRINTTHIS Powered by tail (CNN) — At 7:46 ET Tuesday morning, the United States will become a nation of 300 million people, the U.S. Census Bureau estimates. Fueled by an estimated net gain of one person every 11 seconds, America — already the world's third most populous country — will join China and India with populations greater than 300 million. The main reason is simple: Births outnumber deaths. According to the Census Bureau, a child is bom every seven seconds, but a death occurs every 13 seconds. But immigration also plays a role. The Census Bureau estimates that a migrant enters the country every 31 seconds. America claimed 100 million people in 1915 but didn't reach 200 million until 1967. The 400 millionth person is likely to arrive in 2043, according to the Census Bureau. Flight to South, West Since 1967, the American population has undergone several demographic changes. Americans have moved out of the Northeast and Midwest and into the West and the South, according to the Washington -based Population Reference Bureau. For instance, in 1967, Phoenix, Arizona, had a population just shy of 440,000, according to the Census Bureau. By 2006, the city had 1.5 million residents and was the sixth most populous in the nation. Florida in 1967 had a population of 6.2 million; the Sunshine State now boasts 17.8 million people. "The West surpassed the Northeast in total population back in 2000 and is projected to overtake the Midwest region before 2030," said Linda Jacobsen, director of domestic programs for the Population Reference Bureau, told reporters Wednesday in an online discussion. "The South will continue to have the largest population of any region through 2030." In addition, American suburbs have seen steady growth — between 1970 and 2000, the percentage of the total population living in suburbs grew from 38 percent to 50 percent. Despite the larger population, however, there are fewer large households in the United States. In 1970, less than 18 percent of households consisted of just one person. Over the next 30 years, one -person households increased to nearly 26 percent of the total population. The change is fueled by both young and old; young people may delay getting married and choose to live on their own, while older people who are divorced or widowed also live alone rather than remarry. "As men and especially women live longer and are healthier and are able to live independently, the share of households that consist of a person living alone will likely continue to increase," Jacobsen said in a report tied to the attainment of the 300 million mark. And classifying households is not as easy as it may have been in previous years, Jacobsen noted in the report. A "household with a mother, a child and the mother's boyfriend, for instance, might not be classified as a family, the Population Reference Bureau said. http://cnn. usnews. printthi s. clickability. com/pt/cpt?action=cpt&title=People+power%3A+... 10/13/2006 People power: U.S. to top 300 million - CNN.com Page 2 of 3 Meanwhile, married -couple households have dropped from nearly 75 percent in 1967 to 50 percent today. And nonfamily households have increased from 17 percent to 33 percent. Other points noted by the Census Bureau include more women in the workforce and better -educated Americans. Immigrants bypassing 'gateway states' Migration is playing an increasing factor in population statistics and is projected to continue to do so. According to the Census Bureau, there were 9.7 million foreign-bom people in the country in 1967. By 2004, that number had mushroomed to 34.3 million — 12 percent of the total population. "Immigration is certainly contributing to the increasing racial and ethnic diversity of the U.S. population," Jacobsen said Wednesday. "The share of the population who will be Asian and the share who will be Hispanic is projected to double between 2000 and 2050." However, she said, "it is important to note that the share of the population that was foreign-bom was higher [13 percent to 15 percent] during the whole period from 1860 to 1920 than it is today. One pattem that is different today is that immigrants are increasingly dispersed in communities across the U.S." The Population Reference Bureau noted in its report that traditional "gateway" states such as New York, New Jersey, Califomia, Texas and Florida have long been a "first stop" for immigrants. "But increasingly, immigrants don't go to traditional gateway states at all," Jacobsen said. Some go directly to relatives in destinations such as North Carolina, Nevada and Georgia. Although the majority of current immigrants are Mexican, Jacobsen said Wednesday that a proposal to build a fence along the Mexican border would not slow population growth — "not in the short term." "Hispanics in the U.S., especially Mexicans, have higher fertility rates than non -Hispanic whites," she said. "Even if no additional immigrants came across the border in the next few years, population would continue to grow in the U.S. because of this built-in momentum." Impact on the environment Although the nation's growth rate is larger than that of any other industrialized country in the world, it remains slower than that of developing countries, including India and China, she said. The country's burgeoning population is having an adverse effect on the environment, Jacobsen said. Land is being developed at twice the rate of population growth, and some of the nation's -fastest -growing regions are in the Western dry areas which affects_water resources • Air pollution is a problem in larger cities, she said, and poor air quality may contribute to increased health problems among children and the elderly. Energy is also a concern; the United States consumes a quarter of the world's energy and is the single largest emitter of carbon dioxide in the world. There really is no way to determine who the actual 300 millionth person will be, Jacobsen said. The Census Bureau's population clock is just an estimate. Find this article at: http://www.cnn.com/2006/US/10/13/300.million.overrindex.html http: //cnn. usnews. printthi s. clickability. com/pt/cpt?action=cpt&title=People+power%3 A+... 10/ 13 /2006 1 gger families see a tittle boom NEW YORK (AP) — Laura Bennett isn't bound by convention. Professionally, at age 42, she's pursuing a mid -career switch into big-time fashion design. At home, she's a mother of five — with No. 6 due next month. "It was nothing that we planned ahead of time," Bennett says. "It's more that we were enjoying all the kids. We have a happy home. VVhy not have as many children as we can?" It's barely a blip on the nation's demographic radar — 11 percent of U.S. births in 2004 were to women who already had three children, up from 10 percent in 1995. But there seems to be a growing openness to having more than two children, in some case more than four. e reasons are diverse — from religious to, as Bennett reasons, "Why not?' The families involved cut across economic lines, though a sizable part of the increase is attributed to a baby boom in affluent suburbs, with more upper -middle -lass couples deciding that a three- or four -child household can be both affordable and fun. The Bennetts still stand out. Among other well-off families in Manhattan, three children is generally the maximum — one or private -school is much more common as parents contemplate tuition of $25,000 a year even for kindergarten, and a real estate market that is far from family -friendly. Bennett's husband, Peter Shelton, is a successful architect, and the family can afford child-care help while Bennett — also an architect by training — pursues her fashion -design aspirations as a finalist on the TV reality show "Project Runway." But their motives sound similar to those of other, Tess wealthy parents nationwide who have opted for five or more children. It's a trend Dr. Jeff Brown, pediatrician affiliated with Greenwich Hospital in Connecticut's wealthy southwestem suburbs, has Viiiceilli trend in recent years. "1 don't hear people say, 'We'll have two and then we're done,' where 1 used to hear that before," he said. "People are much more open to three -children families than they were 10 years ago." However, really big families remain rare, Brown said, in part because many women are giving birth at older ages — they may not have their third child until in their 40s, when the prospect of a fourth might seem too daunting. The Census Department says it has no national data specifying which demographic sectors are having more kids these days. But a leading expert on family size, Duke University sociologist Philip Morgan, says it makes sense that some well- off couples are opting for more children as concern about global overcrowding eases because of lowering birth rates rl overall. 1 A ,, r f/% A A/ 1 ,ger families see a little boom - CNN.com Page 2 of 3 'The population explosion — fears about that are over," he said. "People used to think that having more than two kids was not only expensive but immoral. Now, people say if you can afford three kids, four kids, that's great." Yet Morgan, who has three children of his own, doubts there will be a boom in extra -large families. "No matter how much money the parents have, most think each of their kids should have their own place and time," he said. "More than four — that's when people start thinking you're crazy, that you're shortchanging the ones you already have." Raised eyebrows Bonny Clark, a mother of five from the Minneapolis suburb of Circle Pines, has encountered such skepticism. When pregnant with twins four year ago — with three other children already on hand — even some of her friends were dismayed. 'There were a lot of unwelcome comments, like, 'If I had three kids and was having twins, I'd kill myself,' Clark said. Clark, 38, is aware of the buzz that large families — in the suburbs, at least — are a new status symbol. "I thought it was kind of funny," she said "Most people who have a lot of kids don't have the time or energy to care what about others think." On top of other family duties, Clark has an extra, self-imposed workload — homeschooling all five children ranging from the twins to an adolescent daughter. "One of the biggest struggles for me," she said, "is that 4-year-olds' interests aren't the same as a 13-year-old's interests." Her husband, who runs the mail center at a local college and does landscaping, has limited spare time, and the family constantly improvises to make do financially. Carmen and Frank Staicer of Virginia Beach, Virginia, have an even bigger brood — six children aged 2 through 14. The two youngest — including 2-year-old Riley, who is autistic — are at home with Carmen during the day; the others go to local Roman Catholic schools. Carmen embraces the challenges of raising so large a family but doesn't minimize them. "There are many nights 1 go to bed mentally exhausted, after trying to deal with high school bullies and first -grade spelling words," she said. "But I can't think of anything that I'd rather do than be dealing with these incredibly funny, wonderful individuals." Even with her husband's income as a car dealership finance manager, Staicer says budget -balancing can require buying secondhand sports gear and controlling food bills with coupons and leftovers. Each weekday aftemoon, she switches into chauffeur mode, driving her children to after -school activities. "I don't want them to grow up thinking that because we had all these kids, they couldn't do anything," she said. Her oldest children — Nikolas, 14, and Allegra, 11 — sometimes grow weary of the decibel level around the house, but they also see upsides. If she's briefly feuding with one of her siblings, said Allegra, there's always someone else to play with. One gauge of the Staicers' home life is laundry — 20 loads in an average week. In South Orange, New Jersey, where Diana and Ronald Baseman have raised 10 children, trash output is a challenge — at one point, garbagemen needed to be tipped before they would haul away the family's refuse. Had six, adopted four more The Basemans had six biological children, then — after Diana had three miscarriages — adopted four more from Guatemala, the oldest 8 and the youngest barely a year old. httn•//g'nn health nrintthic elir,kahility rim/nt/ent`lactinn=cnt&title=Rigger+families+see+... 10/15/2006 In addi loss of faa development is cam'. "We are approaching the pos- sibility that in 20 to 30 years, it will take every bit of farmlandin to sutler a popttladic plosion. massive famine on the ho ,' g"outoff and food and living space, and M itlt : V Si 0 to rends won't ';continue into the future," he said. a iswoldalso satd that 1322043, U.S. population growth Bled by Q 0 04 young immigrants will give it a competitive advantage over japan and Western Europe, which are going to lose 15 tram:people from their population by then. President Bush said the con- tinued growth is "a teatamentto our country's dynamism and a niuderthmAm 's;greatest set is our people." "So long as we insist on high standards in education, place our trust in the talents and ingenuity of ordinary Americans, and pro- tect our freedoms, we will retain. the land of opportunity for gen- erations;:to come," he said in a statement. 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Originally, the campaign poses the measure. to raise the state sales tax It argues it's„x 1' �co the increase, wl h the - Y is necessary 1, atthe bottom inna- CNN.com - Challenges ahead for a changing Earth - Oct 13, 2005 Page 1 of 3 Cat PRINTTHIS Powered by Oakkablty Challenges ahead for a changing Earth Struggle to balance human growth, environment remains By Michael Coren CNN (CNN) — in 1969, the Cuyahoga River flowing past Cleveland, Ohio, caught fire and burned noxious sludge from steel mills, paint factories and sewage plants. In California, an offshore drilling rig stained the coast of Santa Barbara with more than 3 million gallons of crude oil. The sides of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, home to the nation's steel industry, were so dark with soot that drivers sometimes had to turn on their headlights during the day. This was America at the first Earth Day on April 22, 1970. In 2005, Americans will celebrate a far different country, if they celebrate Earth Day at all. Outdoor air pollution is at its lowest level in 30 years. Govemment agencies report air pollution is down 48 percent, despite a 42 percent rise in energy consumption. And water quality, while problematic, has improved across the nation. The federal government has spent $80 billion on water quality since passing the Clear Water Act in 1972. "Rivers, streams and lakes are measurably cleaner than they were before the Clean Water Act, but we still have a long way to go," said Bob Irvin of the World Wildlife Fund, the world's largest privately funded conservation organization. Endangered species from bald eagles to alligators in Florida's waterways also are clawing their way back from the edge of extinction. The spectacular ecological successes of the last 30 years have brought environmentalism into the American mainstream, but the movement is vastly different than the one that was gaining political and moral clout in the United States more than three decades ago. "I think in the 1970s, environmental protection was driven by people who believed in strong advocacy and focused political pressure," said Paul Portney, economist and president of Resources for the Future, a nonpartisan institute studying the environment. "It was not so much a mainstream value. Today, it's hard to find some one who doesn't care about the environment." A CNN/USA Today/Gallup poll in 2004 found only 5 percent of those surveyed said the environment was not an important issue in the presidential election. At least 60 percent said it was either very or extremely important. (A truly global problem) Still, the struggle between conservation and economic development has only escalated. The debate now centers on how — and to what the degree — the United States will balance protection of the environment with economic concerns. While legislation such as the lMldemess Act of 1964, the Clean Water Act and the Endangered Species Act of 1973 are embedded in many Americans' idea of government responsibility for the environment, these laws are being revisited. The White House is promoting the controversial Clear Skies Act of 2003, which the Environmental Protection Agency daims will provide health benefits cheaper, faster and more reliaby than the current Clean Air Act. A number of groups like the Natural Resources Defense Council contest this, saying Clear Skies will only weaken and delay health protections by releasing more toxic mercury emissions and tons of smog -forming nitrogen oxides. (Policies on some key issues) Environmentalism has also gone global. http: //cnn. worldnews. printthis. clickability. com/pt/cpt?action=cpt&title=CNN. com+-+Ch... 11/22/2006 CNN.com - Challenges mead for a changing Earth - Oct 13, 2005 Page 2 of 3 Fir 3 v / • Carter Roberts, chief conservation officer for the World Wildlife Fund, said that the strain on natural resources threatens environmental progress as the world strives to match America's prosperity. rmans have already exceeded the planet's ability to sustain their level of consumption, known as Earth's carrying acity, by about 20 percent, Carter claimed. That figure will climb steeply as more than 2 billion people living in India, na and other developing nations raise their standard of living. In the short term, he said, habitat Toss, invasive species and resource scarcity pose the gravest threats. In the long term, climate change and industrialization will place enormous burdens on nations hoping to balance conservation and economic growth. (Clues to climate's future) New methods Environmental groups' approach to these problems has changed over the last few decades. From the 1970s to the early 1990s, most environmental gains were made on the policy and legislative front. As Washington has tumed chilly toward further regulation, environmental groups have shifted their focus to the private sector where changes could profit both businesses and the environment. "Right now, the most promising areas for us are really working with corporations constructively to change their practices," Roberts said. "Companies are increasingly predicting a future in which resources are scarce." He cites FedEx's coming fleet of hybrid vehides as an example of the way these groups are tackling the problem. The World Wildlife Fund also is working with the tsunami -devastated Indonesian province of Aceh to import certified timber and avoid deforestation of that nation's rainforest. But some problems offer no easy solutions. Portney at Resources for the Future said problems like the loss of biodiversity and climate change are irreversible. (The science debates "I think climate change is really the biggest problem facing the U.S., and in some sense, the biggest problem facing the world," he said. "We are oontnbuting to the carbon dioxide ... that the world will have to live with for a long time." Although some countries are damping down on greenhouse gas emissions causing climate change, the United Nations predicts that the next century could bring temperature increases as high as 5.8 degrees Celsius (10.4 Fahrenheit). If trends continue, carbon dioxide levels in the atmosphere will double from pre -Industrial Revolution levels (280 parts per million) within 50 years, according to the joumal Science. Scientists cannot forecast the exact severity of global warming, but grave concern in the scientific community is reflected in the Kyoto Protocol, aimed at curbing global warming by cutting emissions, which was ratified by 145 nations and went into effect this February. The U.S. withdrew from the treaty in 2001 arguing it failed to appreciably slow global warming and include developing nations. Not everyone agrees that these problems weigh on the mind of the average American. "What's high on the radar for environmental organizations has virtually nothing to do with what people think," said Jerry Taylor, policy specialist and director of Natural Resource Studies for the CATO Institute, a libertarian think-tank. "If you dig deeper, and ask what environmental problems are you concemed about, water from the tap and the local dump tend to outpace global warming. People, when they think about environmental quality, think about it in their own town." Taylor said storm water runoff and decaying municipal sewage systems are the country's next great environmental challenge. "It will cost billions to fix it, but unfortunately for environmentalists, it's not a very sexy problem," he said. The celebration for Earth Day this year is likely to be far more subdued compared to the 1970s when 20 million demonstrators and thousands of schools and communities annually participated in events. Since the Rio Earth Summit in 1992, when more than 150 countries signed the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change, interest in Earth Day has declined steadily among Americans. It may be due to a shifting political climate or, as Taylor suggests, because Earth Day has been institutionalized by corporations and advocacy groups as to become /i/ .ayl�:cr//k/ /2�''e�11i11G, le- SS: u http://cnn.worldnews. printthis.clickability.com/pt/cpt?action=cpt&title=CNN.com+-+Ch... 11/22/2006 rifr Report: Hurnaijs stripping away planet's resources - CNN.com Page 1 of 2 aNI.COM. Report: Humans stripping away planet's resources C PRINTTHIS Powered by tjability BEIJING, China (Reuters) — Humans are stripping nature at an unprecedented rate and will need two planets' worth of natural resources every year by 2050 on current trends, the WWF conservation group said on Tuesday. Populations of many species, from fish to mammals, had fallen by about a third from 1970 to 2003 largely because of human threats such as pollution, Bearing of forests and overfishing, the group also said in a two -yearly report. "For more than 20 years we have exceeded the earth's ability to support a consumptive lifestyle that is unsustainable and we cannot afford to continue down this path," WWF Director -General James Leape said, launching the WWF's 2006 Living Planet Report. i "If everyone around the world lived as those in America, we would need five planets to support us," Leape, an American, said in Beijing. People in the United Arab Emirates were placing most stress per capita on the planet ahead of those in the United States, Finland and Canada, the report said. Australia was also living well beyond its means. The average Australian used 6.6 "global" hectares to support their developed lifestyle, ranking behind the United States and Canada, but ahead of the United Kingdom, Russia, China and Japan. "If the rest of the world led the kind of lifestyles we do here in Australia, we would require three -and -a -half planets to provide the resources we use and to absorb the waste," said Greg Bourne, WWF-Australia chief executive officer. Everyone would have to change lifestyles — cutting use of fossil fuels and improving management of everything from farming to fisheries. "As countries work to improve the well-being of their people, they risk bypassing the goal of sustainability," said Leape, speaking in an energy -efficient building at Beijing's prestigious Tsinghua University. "It is inevitable that this disconnect will eventually limit the abilities of poor countries to develop and rich countries to maintain their prosperity," he added. The report said humans' "ecological footprint" — the demand people place on the natural world — was 25 percent greater than the planet's annual ability to provide everything from food to energy and recycle all human waste in 2003. In the previous report, the 2001 overshoot was 21 percent. "On current projections humanity, will be using two planets' worth of natural resources by 2050 — if those resources have not run out by then," the latest report said. "People are turning resources into waste faster than nature can tum waste back into resources." http://cnn.space.printthis.clickability.com/pt/cpt?action—cpt&title=Report%3A+Humans+... 10/24/2006 Report: Humans stripping away planet's resources - CNN.com Page 2 of 2 Rising population "Humanity's footprint has more than tripled between 1961 and 2003," it said. Consumption has outpaced a surge in the world's population, to 6.5 billion from 3 billion in 1960. U.N. projections show a surge to 9 billion people around 2050. It said that the footprint from use of fossil fuels, whose heat -trapping emissions are widely blamed for pushing up world C------ temperatures, was the fastest -growing cause of strain. Leape said China, home to a fifth of the world's population and whose economy is booming, was making the right move in pledging to reduce its energy consumption by 20 percent over the next five years. "Much will depend on the decisions made by China, India and other rapidly developing countries," he added. The WWF Report also said that an index tracking 1,300 vertebrate species — birds, fish, amphibians, reptiles and mammals — showed that populations had fallen for most by about 30 percent because of factors including a loss of habitats to farms. Among species most under pressure included the swordfish and the South African Cape vulture. Those bucking the trend included rising populations of the Javan rhinoceros and the northem hairy -nosed wombat in Australia. Copyright 2006 Reuters. All rights reserved.This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed. 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See what they are • 5 3�F Prius, Highlander Hybrid and Camry Hybrid Make MSNBC Your Homepage 1 MSN Home 1 Hotmail ( Sign In MSNBC Home » World News » World Environment Sponsored by Save Earth from warming by using polluti Nobel Prize winner's idea gets attention at U.N. talks; NASA to col Ap Associsied Press Updated: 1:21 p.m. MT Nov 16, 2006 NAIROBI, Kenya - If the sun warms the Earth too dangerously, the time may come to draw the shade. The "shade" would be a layer of pollution deliberately spewed into the atmosphere to help cool the planet. This over -the -top idea comes from prominent scientists, among them a Nobel laureate. The reaction here at the U.N. conference on climate change is a mix of caution, curiosity and some resignation to such "massive and drastic" operations, as the chief U.N. climatologist describes them. The Nobel Prize-winning scientist who first made the proposal is himself "not enthusiastic about it." Story continues below 1 advertisement http://www.msnbc.msn.comild/15752178/ Mount Plnatubo erupts on July 8, 1 much sulfurous haze that it is bell( cooled Earth by nearly 1 degree fo Some scientists have drawn on tha to propose firing sulfur dioxide, a 11!1CP (%(c CONTINUED FROM PAGE 9 th yellow, blue and purple wildflowers. Even so, 3tzlrriders and mountain bikers can negotiate the practically changes at every bend. It goes s, pine and fir forests, and then a deep, dark fart t exactly a destination park, it's a good .tme to a North Idaho on 1J,S. 95, It will take a detour of only tifyou .are corning home south from Coeur; d'Alene: f: 95, just south of Tensed at the site of DeSmet Fol- uk. You'll go through 5 or u miles of farmland. un a Icti'al ranch - and on SkytineDrive, you are near mile post I3.If thole road, you'll have to turn right and drive 5 miles Ott mountain Campground is 1.5 miles to the right if urn. kit ;in ,i -Attic i5rivc and Lead sou g,ver the mountains" signs' dry is In ii and terrain with seenic miles you get to seethe Park —but there are about 30 miles of r s'x d-also would make a good mountain st8 or<9you'll come to a well with potable water. It's. in. it up your water jugs. Mission Mountain also ti ciaview, around acrossthe is. rou'li tome to a picnic tine campsites. It's a t. SlAineral Moun- 4. the mountain ee the concrete f a firelookout., f.the drive, the alst, deep forests hoots 1 U.S.95 just !V4ountain Rest ink ofwhat I about the reline that s so much 11 endure after Pass this sign and you know you are in the park. The park that lawmakers didn't want Mary McCroskey State; Park was a dream of Viigil McCroskey, a businessman from Colfax, Wash., who d i North Idaho's PIc u re,couutry 4Icrr4110Vti**41;y'W;f1lo4OhiarrtTrerti which was near the family farm. With his fanzily, he would pick huckleberries, picnic and enjoy the views. His life's dream was to have the mountain ridge be- tween Latah and benewah counties made into a state park in honor of his pioneer mother, Mary Minerva McCroskey. This 5,300-acre ridgeline park is dedicated to pioneer women. Here is a timeline of the park's history from the Idaho Department of Parks and Recreation: > 1939: With the help of the 'karn iington, Wash., Community Club, retired businessman Virgil Mc- Croskey purchases the first. r d right-of-way on the ridge, which is today knowu as Mary Miner- va McCroskey State Park. The road was to become "Skyline Drive." » 1941: McCroskey donates 40 acres near Skyline Drive to the Idaho :Depart- ment of Fish and Game as a wildlife > 1951: The Idaho Legislature votes against accepting McCrosicey's donation of slightlymore than 2,000 acres for a state park. > 1953: Idaho House of Representa- tives passes a bill to accept IvieCroskey's donation, but the bill faits by two votes in the Senate. *1955: McCroskey's gift of 4.400 acres is accepted by Idaho Senate .vote and it becomes Idaho's third state park. But it was accepted under the stipule- tion that Mccroskey maintain the area Mr 15 years. McCroskey completed the bargain before he died. in 1970 at age 95. > 1999: A picni shel- ter is built. 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HIGHWAY MIXED USE/BUSINESS PARK PLANNING AREA • • B. COMMUNITY CORE PLANNING AREA • • • C. NORTHERN RESIDENTIAL PLANNING AREA • • • D. SOUTHWESTERN RESIDENTIAL PLANNING AREA • • E. SOUTHERN RESIDENTIAL PLANNING AREA • • • F. CONFORMANCE WITH THE CITY OF EAGLE • COMPREHENSIVE PLAN • • • • • • • • 110 East Gurley Street I Suite 200 I Prescott,Arizona 86301 I Phone 928.771.0411 I Fax 928.771.0024 • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • REAL ESTATE • • Development • Investments • Finance • • • • • • • • • • • • _. • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • M3 EAGLE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN • • WORKING DRAFT 12 07 06 SUBJECT TO CHANGE • M3 EAGLE AS A SUB-AREA OF THE FOOTHILLS COMPREHENSIVE PLAN • • M3 Eagle is located within an area comprised of approximately 35,000 acres that is • generally bounded by the Ada County line to the north, SH 16 to the west, SH 55 to the • east, and Homer Road to the south (the "Foothills Comprehensive Plan Area"). M3 Eagle (the "Property") contains 6,005 acres which represents approximately 16% of the • total area. M3 Eagle is being planned and will be developed as a Sub-Area of the • Foothills Comprehensive Plan Area and will incorporate the planning principles, regional • roadway network, regional utility corridors, and regional open space and trail network of the Foothills Comprehensive Plan. The exhibit below divides the Foothills • Comprehensive Plan Area into sub-areas for planning purposes. M3 Eagle is "Area A". • The purpose of dividing the Foothills Comprehensive Plan Area into sub areas is to allow • larger landowner/developers with active applications to be integrated into the foothills planning process and allow the foothills planning committees to review and comment on • active applications. In addition, the landowner/developers with active applications will • provide, at no expense to the city, planning information and studies which will create a • more meaningful comprehensive plan when completed. • , • • 0 AREA "E" x • _I U 1 in"B" AREA'B" A • SUNCOR SUNCOR 1-1 • r AREA "A" AREA'c' CI M3 EAGLE PUBLIC • '� AREA "D" • _ AREA 0 • c k �' PUBLIC AREA F' - "' FAGIE REGIONAL PARK '' r, • Y �.AI • > a AREA "A'M3 EAGLEt;:li„ I • ' % n AREA "8"SUNCOR A AREA "C"PUBLIC LANDS • xc •� �� z# El AREA 'D"SOUTHEASTERN AREA • 1741.1 t`_'l11 r=t■a ' , ri AREA "E"NORTHWESTERN AREA • rinkl-!'" mqa =. rEq. er .;, i N„ n AREA"F"EAGLE REGIONAL PARK ,- `. • Se...rii .iiii.!S .... P..... -- •. itNT5..„,.. p--ii ,. =v+. Foothills Comprehensive Planning Area. • • • M3 Eagle Comprehensive Plan Draft 120706 1 • • • • • • • REGIONAL OPEN SPACE PLAN • The Foothills Comprehensive Plan will create a regional open space network for • recreation and preservation of wildlife and other biological resources. The Regional • Open Space Plan should build upon the framework created by the planned Eagle • Regional Park and the proposed dedication of 880 acres of land by M3 Eagle to the • Regional Park and Willow Creek Open Space Corridor. Open space dedications from private landowners should be encouraged (through concentration of development in • suitable areas and density transfers) and appropriate public lands should be acquired to • create a regional open space plan that is a hallmark for planning in the region. • M3 has prepared a generalized plan which it has used as a guideline for its land planning • of M3 Eagle. The plan was created based upon the goals expressed during several public • meetings. The plan shown below breaks the Foothills Comprehensive Planning Area into • Developable Areas, Environmentally Sensitive Development Areas, BLM and State lands, and the proposed Eagle Regional Park and Willow Creek Open Space Corridor • (with the 880 acres of M3 Eagle land shown as park area and open space corridor). The • general concept is to encourage more intense development within the Developable Areas, • provide incentives for density transfer and larger open spaces within the Environmentally • Sensitive Areas, and identify the public lands which potentially could become part of the Regional Open Space Plan through the appropriate agreements with either the State or • BLM. • • 0 / , \1\ ' 1 • • El o ,..j\C - -FI CE] • /N/ I__Fq= , • 1' , ..„.,,.„,; -. • c____ ______ .4„„..„ :, :-- , i , i ,"--1__E-LP--1 • a DEVELOPMENT AREA Jr 0 ENVIRONMENTALLY SENSITIVE DEVELOPMENT ° 9 -'~ . , E1BLMLAND t t • I• , 1 STATE LAND i i Q EAGLE REGIONAL PARK/OPEN SPACE CORRIDOR F , �r _ -4 T-_--1. • . la ".. .., .um :." `W 11 1 .lb IR?? .i. 7.... 1,1 SF:2 $kii ----.:dreiskt • Foothills Comprehensive Plan Regional Open Space and Development Areas. • • • M3 Eagle Comprehensive Plan Draft 120706 2 • • • • • • • REGIONAL CIRCULATION PLAN • The Foothills Comprehensive Plan will contain a Regional Circulation Plan which will • generally define corridors and roadway types (e.g. arterial or collector streets). This plan • is designed to move traffic efficiently throughout the planning area, provide a connection • between SH 16 and SH 55, extend planned arterial and collector streets, minimize the • impact on existing neighborhoods to the south, and minimize the impacts to the regional open space network. M3 Eagle will be part of this Regional Circulation Plan. • • The roadways developed within M3 Eagle will incorporate appropriate design standards • and amenities, such as medians, traffic calming devices, bike paths, sidewalks and landscaping, to accommodate the projected traffic flow at community build-out. • • r i-1 I �1 • • - r .‘„,1'?'.# ,721 7.4:- b Sli�S \�// • �V i r- - • • — ¢wr , r\l/,. :I 'r - r / • } �" 24 a{s syoa . 3p r r}L. —I.itFs>$'r° x, -ter .-R ° *" *b r I1.0 • pia .-,.1 ' ',ram+ircit 'I' ,+_- CgN_ i..m 4 a a Awl. ..R } s ti • i t4a xis p.i a _ $ lr a 1.1 11 v k�x -bap. a. L Regional Roadway and Circulation Plan. • • TOPOGRAPHY • • The Foothills Comprehensive Plan Area has a wide variation of topography. The area • west of Willow Creek Road, excluding the Eagle Regional Park, has the highest • percentage of lands which are less than 25% slope. The M3 Eagle Comprehensive Plan is designed to work with the land, placing the highest intensity of development in the • areas of the Property which can best accommodate it, either by using existing gradients or • with sensitive grading techniques. Over 73% of M3 Eagle will have less than 25% slope • after dedication of approximately 880 acres to the Eagle Regional Park and the Willow Creek Open Space Corridor. • • • • M3 Eagle Comprehensive Plan Draft 120706 3 • • • • I • M3 Eagle will use hillside design standards to accommodate development of residential • uses on hillsides. Gradients over 25% will be worked into the open space design of higher density parcels. • i .° —iiir.....i.o,,....41::' .1.•-- ., ignimu-„. .- . ,. , WILLOW CREEK ROAD OPEN SPACE CORRIDOR • 1 ` &EAGLE REGIONAL PARK • I ' 1 1 • �1 I i- ,, k .. HI • _ AREA "A" f e 14, �_ M3 EAGLE i __ QF�, ; • 1 =.t, ,,i-- ' - ; , l • �, y„ ` 4 �i AREA "F.. " EAGLE REGIONAL PARK — �_ • :,,,4, , • it ttiln rag In r . _ • 3,740 ACRES < 25% SLOPE = 73.0% • :. 1,385 ACRES > 25% SLOPE = 27.0% • 880 ACRES IN EAGLE REGIONAL PARK • M3 Eagle Sub Area with Topography. • • M3 EAGLE PARKS, TRAILS,AND PUBLIC FACILITIES MASTER PLAN • M3 Eagle is planned to provide a mix of regional, community and neighborhood parks • and trails. The overall goal is to create a network of open space and trails that • accommodates pedestrian, cycling, and equestrian movement in appropriate locations • throughout the community and to tie the proposed parks and trails system together. In addition, the parks and trails system will be connected to the regional open space and • trails network being developed within the Foothills Comprehensive Plan Area. The M3 • Eagle Parks and Trails Master Plan contains approximately 120 acres for neighborhood, • community and regional parks (within M3 Eagle), 80 acres for the Willow Creek Open Space Corridor, and 800 acres dedicated to the City of Eagle for its planned regional • park. Collectively, this accounts for 1,000 acres of open space or 16% of the M3 Eagle • Comprehensive Plan. The Parks and Trails Master Plan also shows a Regional Park and • Equestrian Center in the 815 acres of BLM lands near SH 16. This is for planning • purposes only and is not part of the M3 Eagle Master Plan at this time. • There are two public equestrian center locations shown on this plan: 1) a regional center • within the 815-acre BLM lands which is envisioned to host regional equestrian and • special events and potentially be tied into a college equestrian program with one or more • • M3 Eagle Comprehensive Plan Draft 120706 4 • 0 • • • • • of the local colleges, and 2) a local equestrian facility on Willow Creek Road and Little • Gulch which is envisioned to be a full-service, 80-160-stall facility with covered riding • arenas, training facilities, paddocks and boarding facilities. This facility would be owned and operated by the M3 Eagle homeowners association. The proposed location would • accommodate trail access at the center of the planned Eagle Regional Park. • The Master Plan contains 2 fire stations and 1 police station, 8 elementary schools, 3 • middle schools and 2 high schools. The master plan also shows 1 fire station, 1 high • school and 1 middle school on the 815-acre BLM lands. If the 815 acres of BLM land • are not developed as part of the M3 Eagle Comprehensive Plan, then these facilities will • be located on lands within M3 Eagle. The reason that these facilities are planned in this location is to provide for better spacing of these facilities in the community. • • (,,=� • ' �� ' J 2 REGIONAL PARK 4,+4.....�+ 4,i;wi 7 ' NN- r i- ` 4:COMMUNITY PARK • .fib ... '. ,,\ V '� 11:NEIGHBORHOOD PARKS '_ 1$ Gd 4 . • A \i * TRAILHEAD � } �^ � �+,' * PUBLIC EQUESTRIAN CENTER d , • / L. r 1 1 r ; , . 14• � ..•.EQUESTRIAN TRAIL • l t§4 V1��// ,.\11 -f ` \, S.1C i l f It' r '',,, .tea•PEDESTRIAN TRAIL \ l4 ®®. nil._ 0 -I (l \i Mak '''`' Mil ,I FS 2:FIRE STATIONS • I:POLICE STATION /A. ES 8:ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS • ^i51 -Aws ! MS 3.MIDDLE SCHOOLS • ,,/ Y 0 2 HIGH SCHOOLS • !, t • 1 • • M3 Eagle Parks, Trails, and Public Facilities Plan. • M3 EAGLE PLANNING AREAS • • M3 Eagle is divided into five distinct but interrelated Planning Areas. These reflect the • variation in topography across the property, sensitivity to regional open space planning, and the transition of uses and land use intensities from the south to the north. These • planning areas provide for a diverse balance of housing types, employment, office, retail, • lodging, recreational, civic and educational uses. • • • • M3 Eagle Comprehensive Plan Draft 120706 5 0 • • • • • diiriipra •• k 'RN L____I ----- . • _RAN Will willili III MEL'UM X § " ORINERN RB^ENitAL AREA • Ma VIM ` Y Y a '"� r� 80 ACRE WILLOW CREEK 10141 OPEN SPACE CORRIDOR i IIIII " = • Rxh' RN 2E3!DENtIAI AREA =a:. '—/ • 1 • MOW EAGLE REGIONAL PARK j 1-M AbRN t.EAGLE PROPERTY DEDICATED W • �, �•NREN O EAGLE REGIONAL PARK=800 AC � __ *rrll\JM1��rytviIIIIII W • i f.� I e7lc ll1prl/(NI t1•.:�e4s1i11�F , ��_ _r NHS ii I t, -1411,,,✓;( 11�ra i' '11.MIIf L1441>'' a al } clH7iiiptt�'��1e'r� �a4 .r ol/ i:' �_:��..Ii� r�e1 p L +wtI ie.. a v„ �MIMI_ lit.or.'es K,st„re:,a rust sla;�r.1 ic. // ate, k Io �a -fry• Yr.� • �/i Z rr�=ABEAGON GM ROAD � �+.e paw ,Pie ��.42 a l , 4. r� or r ,tx • • • 111 • ,n ,x, ,,, M3 EAGLE PLANNING AREAS •• y • 4 (r. "�'RANSITIONAI S..-FR 70NF y Pa li Ma ii • l `➢ im . NORTHERN RESIDENTIAL AREA n ly _ AL Y' "'E4`-' 4 it •.) _ NI .=,R S•,,'flat s ifillipV} ,gyp' _$ . _ -.114 i SOUTHERN RESIDENTAL AREA 1,�. ' ■11K4E V jy7 \ • .' 0 1 b BUSINESS PARK ..�a, J t N' S >• ♦ a • - •" _ „_..._.,. - j.11 Ilk '- _� • a K BEAGLE REGIONAL PARKxx lit 3\ 'OUTHWESTERN u § ,.„ , „II Iva, =LI7EN7:7,7_A Lit bl r6� \` • �; ►� :n�errwvr»1 , g gi r r�<w ��,�°�✓ d(oa•2-;� -ik �4ai•I•�i. rc 4�y'.A L�"�'�`7 tw IligiZlidnE.7474:11111,2 -t ' ma= • .�!� ,e1,4i11i,44== �9`w�.._v viol: ' 1 i�f` � 4 .e,D _.. .. !_i_ 0.1'.. .._._. tc. l�nr:.•�•r. �aco•mr w. _ arm. • M3 Eagle Planning Areas with Topography. • • M3 Eagle Comprehensive Plan Draft 120706 6 • • • • • • • The Planning Areas contain several guiding principles: • 1. An integrated, harmonious community will create a sense of place and high • quality of life. • • 2. Development will be based on land suitability and topography. • 3. Land use intensities will generally decrease as development moves away from • the Community Core. Low densities adjacent to existing development and • planned regional open space will maintain a rural feel that compliments the • City. • 4. Roadway and pathway systems will provide efficiency of movement and • interconnect neighborhoods and activity areas. • 5. A hierarchy of non-motorized public trails will serve equestrians, pedestrians, • hikers and cyclists and provide looping opportunities. Trails and open space • corridors will tie planned regional open space with community open space. 6. The Property will contain a minimum of 25% open space in total, comprised • of a minimum of 2% (120 acres) in active recreational areas such as • neighborhood, community, and regional parks, 15% (900 acres) in natural • open space (both community and regional), and 8% (480 acres) in improved • open space (collectively"Open Space"). At no time will the cumulative Open Space be less than 25% of the total land area which is approved for • development. • • 7. Development directly abutting regional open space and regional trails and corridors will be designed as cluster housing or larger lot single family • housing. • • 8. An open space corridor along Willow Creek Road will protect the viewshed from the road and provide a regional corridor for equestrian and pedestrian • trail connections to lands to the north of M3 Eagle. This corridor (the • "Willow Creek Road Open Space Corridor") will be approximately 1.6 miles • long and contain 80 acres as it runs through M3 Eagle. The Open Space • Corridor is designed to work with the existing topography and will provide generous setbacks (a minimum of 100 feet up to 1,000 feet), landscaping and • context sensitive design to minimize viewshed intrusion and provide useable • open space. • 9. Hillside development will be based on guidelines and standards that respect • existing topography and preserve sensitive viewsheds towards the City of • Eagle and regional open space. • • • • M3 Eagle Comprehensive Plan Draft 120706 7 • • • • • 10. A mixed use community will provide for employment and shopping • opportunities to capture trips and reduce external traffic. The Big Gulch area • will provide a concentrated employment, shopping, civic and activities area for the entire Foothills Comprehensive Plan Area. • • 11. Mixed-use development will reduce trip generation, spread peak hour flows • on arterial roads and allow more people the option of living closer to their • work. The concentration of higher density development along the Big Gulch corridor will also benefit the planning of an arterial roadway connecting SH • 16 to SH 55. • 12. Creation of gathering places and recreational opportunities will enhance the • social fabric of the community. • 13. Landscape design will incorporate environmentally sensitive and drought • tolerant plants and use reuse water to the fullest extent for common area irrigation to enhance the nature of the foothills and promote water • conservation. • • 14. Dedication and enhancement of regional and community open space will improve wildlife habitat and create recreation opportunities. • • 15. Eradication of non-native and invasive plants will help protect native • vegetative communities. • For the purposes of this document the following definitions shall apply: • • • Community Commercial will contain 120,000-250,000 square feet of commercial • space. A Community Commercial area is planned to accommodate local retail and office uses. • • Regional Commercial will contain over 250,000 square feet of commercial space. • Regional Commercial is planned to accommodate regional employment uses and • large square footage major tenants for regional retail uses. • • Regional Parks contain 20+ acres and will contain ball fields and other active • areas to serve the entire Foothills Comprehensive Plan Area and City of Eagle. • • Community Parks contain 8+ acres and will contain some active and passive areas • and are designed to serve the M3 Eagle Community. • • • Neighborhood Parks contain 3+ acres and will contain some active or passive • areas and are designed to serve individual neighborhoods or a combination of neighborhoods within M3 Eagle. • 411 • • M3 Eagle Comprehensive Plan Draft I20706 8 • • • • • • Regional Trails are public trails that will serve the entire north foothills area and • beyond and connect to public lands. • • Community Trails are public trails that are designed to serve the M3 Eagle • property. Some community trails will connect to regional trails and open space. • • • Neighborhood Trails are trails that will serve individual neighborhoods and may connect to regional trails and open space. Neighborhood Trails will be public or • private. • • • Hotel and hospitality rooms are considered residential dwelling units within the context of the Maximum Density allowed on the Property, which is 12,010 units. • • • • • • • • • • 11 • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • M3 Eagle Comprehensive Plan Draft 120706 9 • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • REAL ESTATE • • Development • Investments • • Finance • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • HIGHWAY MIXED USE/BUSINESS PARK • PLANNING AREA • M3 EAGLE • DRAFT 12 07 06 • SUBJECT TO CHANGE • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • M3 Eagle Highway Mixed Use/Business Park Planning Area Draft 120706 • 1 • • • • • • Highway Mixed Use/Business Park • The Highway Mixed Use/Business Park contains 88 acres along SH 16 and is planned to contain approximately 560,000 square feet of commercial and business space. • Residential units may be transferred into this planning area for either residential or hotel- • related development not to exceed 500 units. This area is proposed to be expanded in the • future to include the adjacent 815-acre BLM parcel to create a commercial and employment center at the primary entry to the community to provide easy access and • visibility from the highway corridor. Over 93%of the 88 acres is under 25% slope. • • HIGHWAY MIXED USE BUSINESS PARK • 88 AC:. • 82 AC. <25% SLOPE = 93.2% • 6 AC. >25% SLOPE = 6.8% p ,560,000 s.f. COMMERCIAL • • • • I/ • •• �y Highway Mixed Use/Business Park. • • Uses/Design • • This area will combine highway-oriented commercial, retail and business park uses to • capitalize on its adjacency to the regional transportation corridor. The site may also • include high density single and multi-family homes and hotel uses. This area will eventually be the gateway to M3 Eagle with appropriate landscaping, entry and place- • making features integrated into the design of the area. • • Access and Circulation • Access will be by a future grade-separated interchange on SH 16 which would be two • miles north from a future interchange on Beacon Light Road. This access will also serve • as a primary entry into the community as well as connect to the primary five-lane arterial • that serves as a connection between SH. 16 and SH 55. • • • M3 Eagle Highway Mixed Use/Business Park Planning Area Draft 120706 • 2 • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • REAL ESTATE • • Development • Investments I • • Finance • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • COMMUNITY CORE PLANNING AREA • M3 EAGLE • DRAFT 12 07 06 • SUBJECT TO CHANGE • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • M3 Eagle Community Core Planning Area Draft 120706 • • • • • • • Community Core • The Community Core contains 830 acres and is located along a gently sloping valley known as Big Gulch, which runs through the center of the property. Over 95% of this area is under 25% slope. This planning area is the heart of the community and will • contain the highest intensity uses on the property. The area is planned for a mix of • residential and commercial uses with a maximum of 2,949 housing units and a maximum of 1.3 million square feet of Community Commercial and Regional Commercial space. • Acreage that is planned for commercial or mixed use may also be developed for • residential uses without exceeding the Maximum Density for the planning area. • • • .� • • • • • • z _ • • • COMMUNITY CORE • ` 830 AC. • 790 AC. <25% SLOPE = 95.2% 40 AC. >25%SLOPE = 4.8% • 2,949 UNITS, 3.5 DU/AC. 1,300,000 s.f. COMMERCIAL • • • • • Uses • Land uses will include offices and businesses, civic uses, commercial uses, and • residential neighborhoods. Community and Regional Commercial sites will anchor both • ends of the planning area with the highest intensity of mixed use development located in the center. • • Residential neighborhoods will contain single and multi-family homes (approximately • 1/3 single family and 2/3 multi-family) with densities ranging from 4-20 units/acre. • Housing options will include apartments, townhouses, condominiums, patio homes, and high density single family detached and attached homes. This area may also contain • hospitality or resort uses. Each hospitality unit is considered a residential dwelling unit. • • • M3 Eagle Community Core Planning Area Draft 120706 2 • • • • • • • This area of M3 Eagle will not only serve the residents of the M3 Eagle community, but • will also serve as a regional hub for the greater foothills and northern Eagle area. Mixed- use development increases trip capture within the community, spreads the peak hour • traffic flows on arterial roadways, makes transit provisions more cost effective and • allows more people the option to live and work within the same general area. The abbreviations listed below are for the planned uses within the Community Core: • • MDR Is medium density residential which would allow for 4 to 6 units per • acre. MDR is planned for 230 acres or 27% of the planning area. MDR • could be attached or detached residential products such as duplexes, town homes, condominiums or single family homes. MHDR Is medium to high density residential which would allow for 6 to 15 • units per acre. MHDR is planned for 80 acres or 10% of the planning area. MHDR would be attached residential products such as townhomes, condominiums or apartments. • • HDR Is high density residential which would allow for up to 20 units per acre. HDR is planned for 90 acres or 11% of the planning area. HDR would • be attached residential products such as townhomes, condominiums or • apartments. • MU Is mixed use which would consist of residential and commercial uses • with loft living over retail or office, store front retail, and financial and • medical related uses. The mixed use area is planned for 70 acres or 8% • of the planning area. Residential densities up to 20 units per acre will be • allowed. • Regional Commercial Is designed to accommodate regional related retail uses that would serve • both M3 Eagle and surrounding areas. Regional Commercial is planned for 30 acres or 4% of the planning area. • • Community • Commercial Is designed to accommodate local retail uses that would serve M3 Eagle and may spill over into the adjacent foothills developments. Community • Commercial is planned for 45 acres or 5%of the planning area. • • HS/MS Are high school and middle school sites planned for 60 acres or 7% of the planning area. • • ES Is an elementary school site planned for 15 acres or 2% of the planning • area. • • • • M3 Eagle Community Core Planning Area Draft 120706 3 • • • • • Parks Are active and passive park areas planned on 40 acres or 5% of the • planning area. These parks would be counted toward overall open space requirements. • • Open Space Is active and passive open space planned on 170 acres or 20% of the • planning area. • • LAND USE ACREAGE • MDR 230 COM. COMM: MHDR 80 • HDR 90 • MU 70 REG.COMM. 30 • COM. COMM. 45 • H.S./M.S. 60 com E.S. 15 �M! . • PARKS 40 • OPEN SPACE 170 TOTAL: 830 x: • • • 'MNLd�-i • REG.COMM. • rou • vr. • 414 • • • • Preliminary land use plan for the Community Core. • • • Design • The Community Core will have an urban feel with appropriate landscaping, • monumentation, signage and place-making features integrated into the design of the area. • Housing, commercial/office uses, roadways and landscaping will tend to be arranged in • formal patterns with tree-lined boulevards and pedestrian scale amenities. Buildings along the main arterial roadway may be close to the roadways to create pedestrian • friendly areas with sidewalks, street trees and benches. Shared surface parking areas and • parking garages will be encouraged at the sides and rear of buildings, or within building • clusters, to reduce large areas of asphalt, and on-street parking will be provided where • • M3 Eagle Community Core Planning Area Draft 120706 4 • • • • • • • sufficient right-of-ways exist. The architectural character will create an interesting visual • experience as one drives through the community. • The center of the Community Core will be designed using a main street concept, with an • 8-acre Community Park around which the highest density of commercial and residential • development will be located. This area will have businesses, restaurants, civic uses and residential lofts fronting out onto the central park. Parking will be located at the interior • of the parcels to create a pedestrian friendly environment. The central boulevard will • split into 2 two-lane roadways through this area. • • • • • I St ttt tilt I Sint L t tt t ISt Sttt 11S ttt: • • • • • • •� • • • • t #: $ t t t t$ $ t t t • • • • • Illustration of the Community Core Village Center and central park area. Village centers are • designed to create pedestrian activity areas with interesting spaces. • • Special consideration will be given to the design and placement of land uses next to • Willow Creek Road, within the Willow Creek Road Open Space Corridor, to promote the sense of open space and lessen visual intrusion by use of significant setbacks from the • roadway, landscape screening and context sensitive design. A Community Park will be • located on either side of the central boulevard at the intersection of Willow Creek Road • to enhance the corridor. Building setbacks within this corridor will be 100 feet minimum from the edge of the right of way. • • • M3 Eagle Community Core Planning Area Draft 120706 5 • • • • • Parks, Trails, Schools and Public Services • The Community Core is planned to have four Community Parks as well as Regional, • Community and Neighborhood Trails. Two of the Community Parks will be located at • the intersection of the central boulevard and Willow Creek road as part of the Willow Creek Open Space Corridor. This area is also anticipated to contain a high school, a • middle school, two elementary schools, and a police and fire station. • The Big Gulch floodplain is the primary drainage area in M3 Eagle. Big Gulch will be • reshaped and redesigned based upon an approved CLOMR to create a flood management • system as well as a linear park through the center of M3 Eagle. The Big Gulch floodplain will become the Big Gulch Community Park, containing both improved and native areas, • lakes and ponds with wetlands,play areas and picnic areas, and a regional trail. • • Access and Circulation • The Community Core will be served by a pedestrian-friendly central boulevard that runs • through the middle of the community and splits into 2 two-way couplets at the center. * This boulevard is an arterial roadway that will ultimately connect SH 16 and SH 55 as additional developments to the east occur. The intersection of the boulevard and Willow • Creek Road will provide a secondary access to M3 Eagle. This roadway is planned as a • five lane arterial street. Round-a-bouts will be placed at intersections requiring traffic • control. • • • • • • • • 410 • • • • M3 Eagle Community Core Planning Area Draft 120706 6 I I • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • REAL ESTATE • • Development • Investments • • Finance • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • NORTHERN RESIDENTIAL PLANNING AREA • M3 EAGLE • DRAFT 12 07 06 • SUBJECT TO CHANGE • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • M3 Eagle Northern Residential Planning Area Draft 120706 • 1 • • • • • • The Northern Residential Area contains 2,630 acres and is located between the • Community Core and the northern boundary of the property. This area is planned for • 7,700 housing units (an average gross density of 2.92 units/acre) and 440,000 square feet of Community Commercial space. Over 67% of this area, or 1,750 acres, is under 25% • slope. • • • a r AV-."Pi% • „ �' TR.ANSITIONV.ZONE � NORTHjI1ARN RESDENTAL ARE [ :ice""� 2,630 AC._. !`� ` ,� T • 1,77 AC.<25%SLOPE `` )7 71 � 83 AC.>25%SLOPE: • * • N 14, • • • • 7,700 units (2.92 d.u. per acre) • 440,000 s.f. Community Commercial • • Northern Residential Area • • Uses/Design • The Northern Residential Area will primarily consist of medium and high density single • family detached and attached neighborhoods with densities ranging from 2-4 dwelling • units/acre and multi-family neighborhoods with densities of 4-20 dwelling units/acre • (approximately 80% single family and 20% multi-family) and Community Commercial uses. Community Commercial areas, totaling approximately 40 acres and located on • adjacent street corners on the main collector roadways, will accommodate approximately • 440,000 square feet of buildable space. These uses are envisioned to be retail shopping • centers with grocery stores, neighborhood services, restaurants, automotive services, dry goods anchors and neighborhood offices for professional, medical and dental services. • Commercial uses will be placed in appropriate locations and provide for buffering to • residential uses. The land use intensity will generally decrease from south to north as development moves • away from the Community Core toward the northern, eastern and western boundaries of • the planning area. Lower density neighborhoods, or lots within neighborhoods, with an • average density of 1 unit per acre will be located in a Transitional Zone at the perimeter • of the planning area to provide a transition between higher density neighborhoods within • M3 Eagle Northern Residential Planning Area Draft 120706 • 2 • • • • • the planning area and adjacent lands within the Foothills Comprehensive Plan Area. This • transition will generally occur about 300 to 1,000 feet from the boundary of the Property. • Clustered housing designs and placement of homes and other structures will be carefully • integrated into the topography and sensitive hillside grading techniques will be used as • appropriate. Homes will be located along ridgelines and moderate slopes with steeper, • non-graded slopes left as open space. Design Guidelines will be enforced through the homeowners association and recorded Covenants, Conditions and Restrictions, as well as • the City of Eagle, to insure compliance with hillside development standards. • • ' STUD AREA UNDISTURBED OPEN SPACE GOLF HOLE CORRIDOR• • REVEGETATED OPEN SPACE • �, 0. S k .:.4, ,, ---I '" • , ,, _ sx- _ - ` 4 , • ,... ipsollhe • .. - _ - . t .44, • .3.; �o .- , 0 7, , .in MN= • \` • all is _% 10, 1 14 it ft • COMMUNITY TRAIL `,' • • Example of clustered development around golf and open space in Northern Residential Area. This plan would yield about 900 units on 520 acres with 58%open space. • • Special consideration will be given to the design and placement of homes next to Willow • Creek Road, within the Willow Creek Road Open Space Corridor, to promote the sense of open space and lessen visual intrusion by use of significant setbacks from the roadway, • landscape screening and context sensitive design. Building setbacks within this corridor • will be 100 feet minimum from the edge of the right of way. • Parks,Trails and Schools • • The Northern Residential Area is planned to have one Regional Park, one Community • Park and six Neighborhood Parks. Two golf courses may also be located within the planning area. The golf courses will be placed in appropriate locations to create open • space corridors that work with native open space. The golf courses will be irrigated using • reuse water when available. • • M3 Eagle Northern Residential Planning Area Draft 120706 • 3 • • • • • • • This area will also be served by pedestrian, hiking, biking, and equestrian trails • (separated or combined) that will link the neighborhoods together and to the rest of the • community and planned regional open space and provide looping opportunities with other community and regional trails. Trails through neighborhoods not adjacent to public • right of ways or connecting to public parks maybe private. • The area is planned for 4 elementary schools. Elementary schools will be placed in • locations that provide pedestrian access from adjacent neighborhoods with trails and • sidewalk systems designed to accommodate walking to school by residents. • • Access and Circulation This planning area will be served by a series of neighborhood collector streets that radiate • from the central boulevard running through the Community Core. A secondary access • will also be located on Willow Creek Road. Roads will generally curve to follow topography and provide interest. Intersections requiring traffic control will utilize round- • a-bouts as traffic control devices. • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • M3 Eagle Northern Residential Planning Area Draft 120706 • 4 • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • REAL ESTATE • • Development • Investments • • Finance • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • SOUTHWESTERN RESIDENTIAL PLANNING • • AREA • M3 EAGLE • DRAFT 12 07 06 • SUBJECT TO CHANGE • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • M3 Eagle Southwestern Residential Planning Area Draft 120706 • 1 • • • • • • • Southwestern Residential Area • • The Southwestern Residential Area consists of 517 acres and is located in a flat corridor between Highway 16 and the Community Core within Big Gulch. This area is planned to • contain 246 low density housing units (an average of.46 density units per acre). 99% of • this area is under 25% slope. • • • ,, • • • • SOUTHWESTERN • RESIDENTIAL AREA 517 AC. • ,44 512 AC. <25% SLOPE = 99.0% 5 AC. >25% SLOPE = 1.0% • "° 246 UNITS, 0.47 DU/AC. • • Southwestern Residential Area • • Uses/Design • This area will contain rural and estate-type single family homes on 1 to 10-acre lots. • Many of the homes may be equestrian-oriented with irrigated pastures and open fencing • to give the area a rural feel. Development adjacent to the planned Regional Park will • provide for larger setbacks and restriction of trail connectivity to designated public locations. Homes may be clustered to provide open space and connectivity with the • Eagle Regional Park. • • The design of the development plan for this planning area is geared toward an equestrian- themed• community. The community design would incorporate common fencing, riding trails irrigated pastures, restrictive building envelopes, equestrian and non-equestrian • trails with direct access to the Eagle Regional Park. Design Guidelines would include • architectural, fencing,building envelopes and pasture requirements. • • • • • • • M3 Eagle Southwestern Residential Planning Area Draft 120706 • 2 • • • • • • ,. A ow t. • 4, , ,„, \,,,,, •... • .• •.„ 40,,,,, . • • w • O it 1 • !!sn i • • v k%go '`Ol9P� ♦ • • • IF•siv,t• ♦ r • ■• r rig. Ix i g • °..� •i •+ ■ • • • • , .\\ ... . ,\ a • • ■ ♦ EAGLE REGIONAL PARK _ • • s," -r s t • Illustration of an equestrian-themed community within the Southwestern Area. The square • units represent equestrian residential units and the polygon represents non-equestrian uses. • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • M3 Eagle Southwestern Residential Planning Area Draft 120706 • 3 • • • • • -et}' • • .p[ 1>nna anur co-, nr c.wnr aol',IA,uanr�evrss � -_' 4�. g� -e+w.wrs • ..,,,„_,,'''' ''-...1.4,c7;4,-'4:::6‘.'f4on, 4 ".,,,-.. • },�^ ... ♦1 s �'4.M a • , nF 40 ,\ s i sie f 1 � • R fit.\°i w.n.,. `: .: { rr � ah r • . ; . t. 115 x+ # — ors w .ate • 4011.0 wrr ncnvrn wr CRITERIA Ar' , RAM..'. • NATURAL LOT .' .nunore 111eriCat1 Xa1IC I1 mo.s -- • W.I... 4n.cw :_ Cs 'f i r. f I - N 1 ti It 41331100 • 4*30 W. COO.'. 1/ELL C 1F:C, _ • An example of a lot plan with building envelope for a non-equestrian lot at the M3 American • Ranch master planned community in Prescott,Arizona. • • l r ""4 • PANORAMIC VIEW OF SANDSTONE FORMATION& PIKES PEAK NATIONAL FOREST :, • ,, i'l • LOT VICINITY Ir It • • by+ 6 -\ _ �_'`—;'_ 7 ! • u �. • w t m A OUR TH i .1 • LOT:Z.3 ACRES B.E.49.210 S.F'. t 1 EQUESTRIAN LOT OV �1 • ❑13cSI1pafl s'S An example of a lot plan with building envelope for an equestrian lot at the M3 American • Ranch Sandstone master planned community in Larkspur, Colorado. • • M3 Eagle Southwestern Residential Planning Area Draft 120706 • 4 • • • • • • • Equestrian Center • A private equestrian center (with resident and limited outside boarding) will be part of • this community along with a ranch camp. The equestrian center will be planned for covered and uncovered riding arenas, paddocks and 80 to 100 stalls. The facility will be • professionally managed with trainers in cutting horse, western, and hunter/jumper riding disciplines. • • f;` • FQL1FSTRI \N (_'ENT'ER (4, • • • r -r e•e iiiYd9BJIiti11d1B1 , \\ t,T� • LV , i ,`. J 4 k 4/IA • . �. • • • s `• ....- PICKETT • ;ice- � • s{mot w • Example of an Equestrian Center on approximately 25 acres which includes sewer and water facilities for the community. M3 built this facility at its American Ranch Prescott master • planned community and it serves as a community amenity and gathering spot for equestrian functions and daily riding and training. The facility contains 58 stalls and • is professionally managed and is supported by 203 residential units. • • • • • • • • • • M3 Eagle Southwestern Residential Planning Area Draft 120706 • 5 • • • • • • • , • • • • • ■ al `+! • • • • a • • • fits+ fitt *.,t. • American Ranch Prescott examples of the character and proposed feel for the Southwestern • Residential Area. • • Parks and Trails • This planning area will be served by a neighborhood park and the private equestrian • center. The Big Gulch Community Park will also terminate in this planning area. In • addition, ponds and small lakes holding treated effluent will be located throughout this • planning area with some located along Big Gulch Park. These water bodies will serve as irrigation reservoirs, community amenities, and wildlife habitat. • • This area will also be served by pedestrian, hiking, biking, and equestrian trails that will • link the neighborhoods together and to the rest of the community and provide looping opportunities with community trails and with regional trails within the Eagle Regional • Park. Trails through neighborhoods not adjacent to public right of ways or connecting to • public parks may be located on only one side of the street and may be private. 1111/ Access and Circulation • • Initial access to this area will be from a minor arterial roadway connecting to SH 16, with • a traffic control device at the intersection of SH 16 and the minor arterial roadway in the first phase of community development. This roadway will also serve as the secondary • • M3 Eagle Southwestern Residential Planning Area Draft 120706 • 6 • • • • • • • access to the community and will connect to the central boulevard. When SH 16 is • improved as a limited access expressway, a new connection will be made along the highway frontage road. Additional accesses are planned along the Palmer/Hartley Lane • alignment and the extension of Linder Road. Traffic will be distributed to both roadways • thereby reducing daily vehicle trips on a single access roadway. • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • M3 Eagle Southwestern Residential Planning Area Draft 120706 • 7 • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • REAL ESTATE • • Development • Investments • • Finance • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • SOUTHERN RESIDENTIAL PLANNING AREA • M3 EAGLE • DRAFT 12 07 06 • SUBJECT TO CHANGE • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • M3 Eagle Southern Residential Planning Area Draft 120706 • • • • • • • The Southern Residential Area contains 1,940 acres and is located between the • Community Core and the southern border of the Property, which abuts the proposed Eagle Regional Park. It is planned to contain 1,045 housing units (an average gross • density of 0.54 units/acre). Over 50% of this area is under 25% slope. Areas of steeper • topography will contain low density residential neighborhoods that fit into the landscape. • Homes will be located along ridgelines and flat to moderate slopes while steeper,• non- graded slopes will remain as open space. 800 acres will be dedicated to the City of Eagle Regional Park and 80 acres will be set aside as open space for the Willow Creek Road • Open Space Corridor. • • "''R ' SOUTHERN RESIDENTIAL AREA 4 1,940 AC.GROSS � • 04, 800 AC.WITHIN REGIONAL PARK Mr,-y t\ , c�F 1,090 AC.<25%SLOPE=56.2% • s Y cf- - 850 AC• .>25%SLOPE=43.8% ' v i �'0 1,045 UNITS,0.54 DU/AC. ' . ! l. • 'LAP , o....' ' ; 1 ,_ Sn 1 V EAGLE ': • , ' I,'K LL REGIONAL PA, .44tai 1 ' ,. _ REGIONAL PARK& " ' • Southern Residential Area • • Uses/Design • The Southern Residential Area will consist primarily of estate density single family • detached residential neighborhoods with densities ranging from .2-1 dwelling unit/acre in • the custom lot areas and up to 3 dwelling units per acre in the cluster housing area. Low • density single family detached and attached homes and multi-family homes may also exist where topography allows. Residential units and ancillary improvements will be • restricted to development within designated building envelopes. Hillside design • standards will be enforced through the design guidelines. • The majority of the Southern Residential Area will be planned as custom home lots. • Each lot will have a defined building envelope, fencing restrictions and a pasture and • barn zone, if an equestrian lot. The building envelopes will increase the amount of open • space within the community and control viewshed issues for adjacent properties inside and outside of the community. Privacy walls will be minimized in favor of open fencing • or no fencing to preserve vistas. The community design guidelines will dictate special • standards to minimize disturbance to the environment. Design and placement of homes • and other structures shall be carefully integrated into the topography, and sensitive hillside grading techniques shall be used as appropriate. • • • M3 Eagle Southern Residential Planning Area Draft 120706 2 • • • • • • • • • • z • e • • • 1 • • • Overall preliminary lot and community concept for the Southern and Southwestern Residential • areas. ' .k' i e. 'r .• • • , , > A a..-•1. v. � Ii• s . . la, s • ► ♦ t11 sii, � .—._�. ♦ ♦ . `: r 7 it —. 4 4..114 � 7• `# -_� -- j BIG GULCH PARK • • • I • �/ �A V` EAGLE REGIONAL PARK, • • \ • �, 1 • \\ • Central portion of the Southwestern Residential Area. The main arterial on the left hand side • of the illustration is Linder Road. • • • • • M3 Eagle Southern Residential Planning Area Draft 120706 3 • • • • • •• 1 I .. • • ....., • • _ • _ , • • _._>/ • • '4".. 10, IL', f`-* 1 IA 0 • Neop • 40 TO 016, • los •At MO 0 \ ''' 0 AP 111. i 4NLAP:: tiii'lir i IP-*at Iv 11:-• 70 4--' `3,---"°° • top 11 j:1 li fIL i • 41 '1 a *.ab s ? 11110' 41, ilk 11. • — • it. it 4 AP, e lo 41k 111•v., ,!' , „111° P 't 6 V •s i. IP. 4 4* 0. • , ,...- ' • it i::IP 4 4 . 4 * 0 • . ip 4 I.% I 4 • • .., 41.,.. .„"it I. bal. oik, 11.i, %.44,411 ‘11a.1.100# • gr ilt, — - 4:`, ye 10°ip 4 4410.4„.46 4 2Ir PP , 30 AC RE s\ 4111 v. alP II 116 -11, '' • .' EQUESTRIAN A if ... a, • th. j I% _-z. • h.. 4 - ''• -- Ni -- ... .3-' CENTER • I. 4.11/4 • . \ t‘I' *id 1*.•• i ,... ,,, ai IN -.. * - - ,ii- • • t. 0... .. ....ii, -- \ , \.• , - , --...-.,-- -- ,- • 1,;,. 4:4. ......:., -_ - 4mi • . ._ _ • ili • 111 • • • k - 0,41. IP . .. x • ,..., , • ' **04.44 '..., • , ,,,js,m,N • • Preliminary lot layout for the eastern portion of the Southern Residential Area. The distances denote the Willow Creek Open Space Corridor. The corridor will vary in size and be dictated • by topography. . • ID • • • M3 Eagle Southern Residential Planning Area Draft 120706 4 • • • • • The following exhibits show examples of placement of homes in 25% up slope, 25% down slope and swale conditions. /1 /1 41 • 11 _ M g 0 • 25% Up Slope Lot • • • • • • • 111 • -y air- ‘° • • 25%Down Slope Lot • • • • • lit 40; Ar • • • • • • Swale Condition • • • • M3 Eagle Southern Residential Planning Area Draft 120706 5 • • • • • • • The area abutting the Eagle Regional Park contains an area identified as an • Environmentally Sensitive Development Area. This area will utilize clustering of homes and dedication of open space to tie together the eastern and western portions of the Eagle • Regional Park. • • 1st 11;94r• " t. ST DY AREA WILLOW CREEK ROAD OPEN SPACE CORRIDOR • • t - j ENVHtC>`MEMALLY • • 180 DEVELOPABLE • ACRES, • 73% OPEN SPACE s EMESEW AREA 'y, ENSITIV A . • a mo • d • Example of how the clustered housing and open space dedications will accommodate wildlife • and pedestrian and equestrian movements. This is an example of density transfer and • dedication of open space within an Environmentally Sensitive Development Area. • Of the 980 acres of the Southern Residential Area illustrated below, 180 acres are • developable and 800 acres will dedicated as to the City of Eagle for the Eagle Regional • Park bringing the total Regional Park Area to 2,715 acres stretching approximately 6 miles east to west. An additional 80 acres will be part of the Willow Creek Open Space • Corridor. After the above dedications, the average gross density will be 0.92 units/acre. • • • • • • • • • • • • M3 Eagle Southern Residential Planning Area Draft 120706 6 • • • • • • • • • • SO ACYF W li i OW CNN K OVEN$VI.CF COMMON • • W C r cN.Kix:�N • / I`. • • • - J EAGLE REGIONAL PARK -- II •• r TOTAL AREA=980 AC. TOTAL AREA DEVELOPED WITHIN 980 AC.=180 AC. -TOTAL M3 EAGLE PROPERTY DEDICATED• TO EAGLE REGIONAL PARK=800 AC. -800 AC.=13%OF M3 EAGLE 6005 AC. • ELM LAND IN EAGLE REGIONAL PARK=1915 AC.. 70% M3 EAGLE DEDICATED = 800 AC., 30%• TOTAL REGIONAL PARK 2715 AC.,100% • City of Eagle planned regional park with over 7 miles of common boundary with M3 Eagle. • Illustration of dedication of 800 acres and clustering of housing. • • Special consideration will be given to the design and placement of homes next to Willow • Creek Road, within the Willow Creek Road Open Space Corridor, to promote the sense • of open space and lessen visual intrusion by use of significant setbacks from the roadway, • landscape screening and context sensitive design. Building setbacks within this corridor • will be 100 feet minimum from the edge of the right of way. • Parks, Trails and Schools • • Amenities will include two Neighborhood Parks, Regional Open Space, Regional Equestrian and Pedestrian Trails and a public equestrian center on the west side of • Willow Creek Road. At least one elementary school is also planned. • • This area will be served by pedestrian, hiking, biking and equestrian trails (separate or • combined) that will link the neighborhoods together and to the rest of the community and provide looping opportunities with community trails and with regional trails within the • Eagle Regional Park. A public trailhead will be located on the east side of Willow Creek • Road. Trails through neighborhoods not adjacent to public right of ways or connecting to • public parks may be private. Trails through low density neighborhoods may be on one side of the street. • • • • M3 Eagle Southern Residential Planning Area Draft 120706 7 • • • • • • • Equestrian Center • It is envisioned that an equestrian center would be built as part of the Southern • Residential Area that would provide for resident and non-resident boarding. The facility • would be a full-service training facility with professional management and training • services. The public equestrian center will be on approximately 30 to 40 acres and is • envisioned to contain a covered riding arena, turn-outs, and boarding facilities for 80-160 horses. The facility will be professionally managed with trainers in cutting horse, • western and hunter jumper riding disciplines. This center would be owned and operated • by the M3 Eagle homeowners association or an affiliate to the community. • • cowl • 25: g i, g;),--,tr, /A ,r,,i,,. o ___----` ..IL,1,.SCE, r--c') t"s'4;- • —fit "` e, ; y 6.-- V `t3't_'"'.. TiliL4# -` ..-- • t .ter r � _ ss. • ' >,„, - �' " • ,1-___,:., _ ..1. j� 1 - • �S ! d; } aN `\._.. T:T T J Ste' '� �Y "� • I id t, 1 a • \ 0' C T lA,�:2 to y=" " '*Iro' ,' •• ," _ • 1`c� � - • 1 op i \` 1 • M3 is developing this equestrian center at its Sandstone Ranch project in Colorado. This is an • 80 stall facility with a climate controlled arena, covered round pein and covered outdoor riding • arena, with turnouts and paddocks. • • • • • • • • • • M3 Eagle Southern Residential Planning Area Draft 120706 8 • • • • • • • • • r11 Lki • :k 1: I. am rara I. ua uu ��E! �tt7�l • • $11 11111114 riir • to, Baia sirs • '.._ alovarieVAP • • • • • Image of Sandstone Ranch Equestrian Center • • Access and Circulation • This planning area will be served by a series of neighborhood collector streets that radiate • from the central boulevard running through the Community Core. A secondary access • will also be located on Willow Creek Road. Roads will generally curve to follow • topography and provide interest. Intersections requiring traffic control will utilize round- • a-bouts as traffic control devices. Upon development of this phase the connection between Willow Creek Road and SH 55 will need to be completed. • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • M3 Eagle Southern Residential Planning Area Draft 120706 9 • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • REAL ESTATE • • Development • Investments • Finance • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • CONFORMANCE WITH THE CITY OF EAGLE • COMPREHENSIVE PLAN • M3 EAGLE • DECEMBER 7, 2006 • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • M3 Eagle Conformance with the City of Eagle Comprehensive Plan Draft 120706 1 • • • • • • • • CONFORMANCE WITH THE EAGLE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN • Comprehensive Plan Purpose Statement(From Idaho Code 67-6502) • • a. To protect property rights and enhance property values. • The planning and entitlement of the M3 Eagle area as a sub-area plan within the Foothills • Comprehensive Plan Area and through its application(s) to the City of Eagle protects the • property rights of the Developer. In addition, M3-Eagle, through its careful planning and incorporation of the concerns and ideas of the City and local residents, is respecting their • respective rights. The Plan provides a mix of housing types and densities to accommodate a varied range of housing types which will appeal to a wide range of • income levels and enhance property values. • b. To ensure that adequate public facilities and services are provided to the people • at reasonable cost. • • M3 Eagle will contain a variety of commercial, retail, employment, convenience, • cultural, education and emergency service facilities to serve the needs of the community and the regional area. In addition, the Developer will dedicate sites for schools, rights-of- • way, parks, trails and open space which will all benefit the public and lessen the cost to • the City and respective public agencies to provide such sites. • c. To ensure that the economy of the City of Eagle and its Impact Area are protected • and enhanced. • • The commercial, retail, employment, office, and lodging uses in M3 Eagle will generate • significant tax revenues and enhance the economic base of the City, County and State. The development of the Property will provide an economic development engine for the • City and will provide significant revenues to the City, ACHD and others through the • payment of impact and development related fees and sales taxes during build-out of the • Property. • d. To ensure that the important environmental features of the City and its impact • area are protected and enhanced • The Developer is committed to conserving any significant environmental features of the Property and will dedicate a minimum of 25% of the Property as open space, portions of • which will conserve such features in their natural state. The Developer is providing for viewshed protection through the adoption of hillside development standards contained • within the Design Guidelines. The Developer will dedicate approximately 880 acres towards Regional Open space to provide pedestrian and wildlife connections to the two • BLM parcels being acquired by the City of Eagle which will be planned as the Eagle • Regional Park and Willow Creek Open Space Corridor. • • • M3 Eagle Conformance with the City of Eagle Comprehensive Plan Draft 120706 2 • • • • • e. To encourage urban and urban-type development within the incorporated city. • M3 Eagle will be annexed to the City. The Community Core area of the Property will contain urban-type development and along with the Highway Mixed Use/Business Park area, will create a live-work environment in the community. • • f. To avoid undue concentration of population and overcrowding of land. • M3 Eagle is a master planned community which will locate land uses in appropriate areas • and provide the proper infrastructure to support them. The overall density within the • Property is voluntarily capped at 2.0 dwelling units per gross acre, which is similar to the • recent approvals in the Soaring 2025 Western Area Plan Amendment and the City's Comprehensive Plan. • • g. To ensure that the development on land is commensurate with the physical • characteristics of the land. • Land uses in M3 Eagle have been planned and located to fit existing land characteristics. • Broadly, higher intensity uses are located in the flatter portions of the Property and lower • intensity uses are located in the steeper portions. All the sensitivity found with hillside development will be respected through enforcement of restrictive hillside development • standards, found in the Design Guidelines,by the owners' associations and the City. 0 • h. To protect life and property in areas subject to natural hazards and disasters. • The Developer has surveyed the Property for geological, soil and hydrological conditions • and will provide appropriate measures to protect the community from any known • hazards. • i. To protect fish, wildlife, and recreation resources. I • The Developer has undertaken environmental studies to identify wildlife corridors, • threatened and endangered species, and cultural resources on the Property and within the planned Eagle Regional Park area, and with the assistance of appropriate governmental • agencies, will also identify appropriate mitigation measures as needed. The Eagle • Regional Park will provide for recreational and wildlife opportunities in the North • Foothills area as well. The 800 acres being dedicated to the City of Eagle as Regional Open Space will provide corridors for wildlife movements and protection of the highest • valued biological area within the Property. • • j. To encourage local school districts to participate in the community planning and • development process so as to address public school needs and impacts on an ongoing basis. • • The Developer will work with Meridian Joint School District #2 to identify the • appropriate amount, type and location of schools on the Property. The Developer, • • M3 Eagle Conformance with the City of Eagle Comprehensive Plan Draft 120706 3 • • • • • • through the Pre-Annexation and Development Agreement, is committing to providing • school sites to both serve M3 Eagle and to mitigate the impact of the development of the • Property on the School District. In addition, the Developer will be working with the area colleges to establish a research and development campus within the Property. • • Existing Vision for the City of Eagle (2000 Eagle Comprehensive Plan Section 1.3) • a. To be known as a highly livable town that successfully balances many of the rural • elements of heritage with growth. • • M3 Eagle will be a comprehensive master planned community that will add opportunities • for city residents to work, shop, live and recreate and will be designed to reflect much of the character of existing Eagle neighborhoods and small-town charm. • • b. To be interconnected with user-friendly pathways and roadways. • M3 Eagle will contain a myriad of pedestrian, hiking, bicycling, and equestrian trails, • both combined and separated, where possible, that will link different parts of the • community together, provide connections to regional trails and open spaces, and provide • looping opportunities. Roadways will be designed to provide clear and efficient access to community uses and linkages to the regional roadway network. • c. To be economically strong with a distinct downtown economic center. •• M3 Eagle will contribute to the economic vitality of the City through an ongoing positive revenue stream generated by property taxes and other revenue sources as described in the • M3 Eagle Economic and Fiscal Impact Analysis. Commercial areas within M3 Eagle are • several miles from downtown and are meant to be community-serving. • d. To be providing diversified employment and housing opportunities for all • economic groups. • • M3 Eagle will provide a range of business and employment opportunities within its Community Core and Highway/Mixed Use planning areas. Housing will range from custom and estate lots to low, medium and high density single family detached and • attached and multi-family choices. • e. To be an environmentally aware community with distinctive open space, parks and outdoor recreation. • • M3 Eagle will preserve environmentally sensitive areas, such as steep slopes and • important viewsheds, and provide a variety of community and neighborhood parks, equestrian centers, and trails and open space corridors as well as up to two golf courses. • In addition, 880 acres of the Property will be dedicated to the City for permanent open • space as part of the Eagle Regional Park and Willow Creek Open Space Corridor. • • • M3 Eagle Conformance with the City of Eagle Comprehensive Plan Draft 120706 4 • • • • f. To be an economically strong city that fosters local businesses and clean industry. • • M3 Eagle will contain diverse business, employment and commercial uses that will provide a positive revenue stream to the City. The Highway/Mixed Use planning area • and the 815-acre BLM parcel, if acquired as part of the community, may contain R&D • uses. • g. To be a community committed to its support for children and families. • • M3 Eagle will contain elementary, middle and high schools and parks to serve children • and families. In addition, the M3 Eagle homeowners association will provide programs • and activities that will serve all the residents of the community. • h. To be a unique community that maintains its rural feel in the midst of the • Treasure Valley. • M3 Eagle will be integrated into the City through the adoption of Eagle's planning values • and architectural character. A minimum of 25% of the Property will be dedicated as • permanent open space and several neighborhoods will consist of rural, estate and • equestrian lots and provide transitions from existing neighborhoods and future regional • open space to higher densities within the Community Core. Design Guidelines will be developed to maintain strict architectural controls. • • Existing Land Use Goals (2000 Plan & 2025 Plan) W a. To preserve the rural transitional identity. • • M3 Eagle will contain a mixture of land uses and development intensities with densities • decreasing as development moves away from the Community Core. Development along the perimeter of the Property, and especially within the Southern and Southwestern • Residential Planning Areas, will contain clustered and large lot development that will • provide open space and promote the rural feel of the area. Two full service equestrian • centers are planned to accommodate community and citizen equestrian needs. • b. Ensure the ability for the City to continue to fund, improve, and support itself • (including infrastructure) without the use of building permit fees, impact fees, and zoning • fees. • M3 Eagle will be a sustainable community with all infrastructure and improvements • provided and funded by the Developer and future residents and users within the • community. The development will provide a positive economic benefit to the City • through property taxes and other revenue sources and employment. • c. Identify areas that, due to the nature of existing uses, anticipated uses, and/or • transportation corridors, will lend themselves to increased activity and non-residential • use while preserving larger areas as residential neighborhoods. • • M3 Eagle Conformance with the City of Eagle Comprehensive Plan Draft 120706 5 • • • • • The M3 Eagle master plan establishes an employment and activity center (the • Community Core) within the heart of the community along a primary transportation corridor between SH 16 and SH 55. A mixed use/business center (the Highway Mixed • Use/Business Park planning area) will combine highway oriented commercial, retail and business park uses along SH 16 to capitalize on its adjacency to the regional transportation corridor. The majority of Property will be developed as residential S neighborhoods outside of these non-residential areas. • d. Preserve the function of regionally significant roadways traveling through the • City while ensuring compatibility with land uses and design standards of the City. • The Developer is working with the City, ACHD, ITD and other groups to establish a Regional Circulation Plan for the North Foothills that will provide efficient traffic • distribution throughout the area as well as appropriate connections to and from the City. • The M3 Eagle Traffic Study identifies improvements required to existing and future roadways as a result of future traffic generated from both the City's Comprehensive Plan • and the M3 Eagle community. Roadways will be designed according to City and ACHD • design standards as well as proposed new standards that will enhance the area. • e. Identify areas that will provide significant employment opportunities to the • residents of the City of Eagle, thereby supporting the City as a place to live, work, and • recreate. • M3 Eagle will contain significant employment and commercial opportunities within the • Community Core and Highway Mixed Use/ Business Park area and Regional and • Community Commercial centers. • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • M3 Eagle Conformance with the City of Eagle Comprehensive Plan Draft 120706 6 •