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From :Amber McManus <amber.mcmanus@gmail.com> :`ti u• 13, 2020 088. 8 PM
Subject ® planning board meeting tonight
To :jennifer merriman <jennifer.merriman@saratoga-
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Dear Mr. Torpey,
I attended tonight's virtual meeting and I am somewhat disappointed that you all decided to
move forward and approve site plans for the affordable housing development planned at Tait
Ln and Allen Dr. without waiting for the second traffic study or confirming that the Allendale
project conducted the necessary traffic studies and reached the same conclusion as the study
for this project. Furthermore, I am somewhat confused as to how any traffic study could be
appropriately done without knowing the 1.7 cars/unit figure that seemingly was presented to
the Board for the first time tonight.
This is very concerning to me as a resident of Kirby Rd. I have placed several complaints with
Public Safety already regarding concerns over the speed on Kirby Rd., lack of sidewalks in the
neighborhood and overall concerns regarding pedestrian safety given the changing nature
and density of this neighborhood. While it seems you have mentioned Allen Dr and 9N
intersections and Washington and Kirby intersections, no one has specifically mentioned any
sort of study being conducted solely on Kirby. Between the Tait Ln project and the Allendale
project, 270 units will be added in this small area. Even if just a small percentage of that car
or pedestrian traffic spills over onto Kirby, it could have a considerable impact in an area that
is already in desperate need of attention.
Finally, I would like to start gathering some statistics surrounding affordable housing in
Saratoga Springs. This neighborhood specifically is already home to multiple affordable and
low-income housing sites. Is there not a point at which it becomes unfair to those of us who
have purchased single family homes in this neighborhood to continuously be bombarded with
all of the projects the city likes to claim they have, but are not desirable enough to put
anywhere else in the city? Who can I contact to gather information about the occupancy rate
of Intrada and similar affordable housing projects? It's great that we are considering that
there is a need for these homes in Saratoga Springs, but I would assert that the idea of these
projects is that they be dispersed throughout the City and not in one specific area. To do so
ultimately makes that area undesirable from a homeownership standpoint, which I believe is
contrary to the idea of having more affordable housing in the first place.
Respectfully,
Amber McManus
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