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HomeMy WebLinkAbout20190084 Regatta View Phase 3 - 4-3-19 Correspondance 41312019 Z rn bra Zim bra jenniferimerriman@saratoga-springs.org Online Form Submittal: Land Use Board Agenda Public Comment From : noreply@civicplus.com Wed, Apr 03, 2019 12:26 PM Subject : Online Form Submittal: Land Use Board Agenda Public Comment liTgl11 597 To :jennifer merri man <jennifer.merriman©saratoga- springs.org>, susan barden <susan.barden©saratoga- APR 03 2019 springs.org> By Land Use Board Agenda Public Comment SUBMIT COMMENTS REGARDING CITY PROJECTS Thank you for submitting your comments. Your feedback will be forwarded to the City's Planning Department and Land Use Board members. NOTE: comments submitted later than 12:00 noon on the day before the Land Use Board meeting may not be reviewed prior to their meeting. All comments will be added to the project file in the Planning Department. Land Use Board Planning Board Name Joseph Cesaro Email Address joseph.cesaro@yahoo.com Business Name Field not completed. Address 44 Regatta View Drive City Saratoga Springs State NY Zip Code 12866 Phone Number Field not completed. Project Name Regatta View Area B Phase III Site Plan Project Number 16.018 Project Address Regatta View Lot 90 Comments Note: The attached is revised and supersedes that sent to you through the office of the City Engineer_ Attach Photo (optional) RV1-10A__ position.docx https://m.saratoga-springs.org/htprintmessage?id=818688,12=ArnericaiNew York 1/2 Please find below the position of the Regatta View Homeowners Association (RV HOA) and its residents. 1. We recommend the Site Plan be changed to allow for one entrance from either Dyer Switch Road or Union Ave therefore Dartmouth Drive not being a through street. A two entrance solution may also be desirable (Dyer Switch Road and Union Ave, mirroring Interlaken access across the street and allowing for less driveways on Dartmouth). It is unsafe as proposed. 2. The RV HOA has no interest in maintaining Dartmouth Drive as a private road. It is not consistent with the neighborhood nor does the RV HOA have the resources or expertise to facilitate such maintenance. Please be advised that the RV HOA cannot guarantee the street will be plowed and passable in winter. The other 10 streets in the development are maintained by the City. For one street to be owned by the RV HOA is not acceptable. 3. Dartmouth Drive should be 28 feet wide, not 24 feet. We are not a rural area, we are an urban area therefore the new development should meet the requirements of "The Complete Streets Policy" of 2016 and be consistent with other streets in the neighborhood - 28 feet. The encroachment of snow during the winter months alone is reason enough to warrant the wider street. 4. The application seems to waffle between "Subdivision" and "Site Plan." The RV HOA has a right to know how each changes the responsibilities of the RV HOA. The SS Planning Plan should not allow the developer to establish future responsibilities that the RV HOA is not willing to take on or cannot accomplish. 5. The SS Planning Board should be aware that the Traffic Study presented by "vhb" is inaccurate and does not comment on the unsafe and problematical intersection - the distance between Dartmouth Drive and Flying Dutchman Drive. They mention the problem of site lines on a possible 9P exit (steep uphill with a traffic signal coming from the lake by the way) while failing to mention the same issue on Regatta View Drive. Regatta View Drive curves and has a median with a lighthouse at the entrance as well as a stockade fence and a line of trees looking in the other direction. Furthermore, it is inaccurate regarding the last statement under conclusions. The traffic and parking during 5 to 10 regattas a year is a huge problem now and will be a bigger problem with the additional traffic from the new development. How the traffic study can comment on the impact of regattas in March of 2019 is beyond the comprehension of the RV HOA. They mention more people using the Regatta View Drive exit from the proposed development during regattas. This would be a big problem as cars currently park all along the side of the street the development would be exiting from. The City should be aware that emergency vehicles cannot now get through Regatta View when vehicles are parked legally on Regatta View Drive (a two way street). Note: This is revised and supersedes that sent to you through the office of the City Engineer.