Attachment F - Support - Z-50-22-4.pdf

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From:
Brian Greathouse
To:
Ellen Bilbrey; Sarah Stockham
Cc:
Randy Primrose; taylor@mpcres.com; Jamie Blakeman; Ricki Horowitz
Subject:
RE: Magnolia Camelback Apartment Project & Medlock Place
Date:
Monday, December 19, 2022 11:46:52 AM
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From: Ellen Bilbrey <blockwatch.medlock@gmail.com> 
Sent: Saturday, December 17, 2022 3:39 PM
To: Brian Greathouse <bgreathouse@bcattorneys.com>
Subject: Magnolia Camelback Apartment Project & Medlock Place
Hi Brian I will also send this to Drew Bryk to support Magnolia.   Ellen Ellen Bilbrey  602-432-7942 Begin forwarded message: From: Rick Mountjoy Date: December 12, 2022 at 1:53:39 PM MST T
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Hi Brian
I will also send this to Drew Bryk to support Magnolia. 
Ellen
Ellen Bilbrey 
Ellen,
Thank you.  We appreciate Medlock’s support email below!
Sarah,
Please see below email from Ellen Bilbre and Rick Mountjoy on behalf of the Medlock Place Historic
District Association.
Brian Greathouse
(602) 234-9903
ATTACHMENT F

602-432-7942
Begin forwarded message:
From: Rick Mountjoy <rick.mountjoy@gmail.com> 
Date: December 12, 2022 at 1:53:39 PM MST 
To: Council District 4 <council.district.4@phoenix.gov> 
Cc: blockwatch <blockwatch.medlock@gmail.com>, Michael Petersen-Incorvaia
<michael.petersen-incorvaia@phoenix.gov>, Maria G Lopez-Corona
<maria.corona@phoenix.gov>, Kini Knudson <kini.knudson@phoenix.gov>, Christopher
Kowalsky <chris.kowalsky@phoenix.gov> 
Subject: Magnolia Camelback Apartment Project & Medlock Place

Dear Vice Mayor Pastor,
Thanks again for meeting with us on November 1st regarding traffic control and safety
in Medlock Place, and for your directive to implement a trial traffic control feature on
Colter Street (the “simulation”).
As you are aware, the Magnolia Property Company is proposing a 250-unit, four-story
apartment project very near our neighborhood (7th Avenue & Camelback).  This is in
addition to Alliance Residential’s adjacent 285-unit project called “Broadstone Uptown”
now under construction.  These two projects combined add 535 dwelling units to our
neighborhood, far exceeding all the dwellings in the Medlock Place Historic District. 
The additional traffic load from these projects will cause traffic on Colter Street to
exceed 1000 vehicles per day; over the limit for a local street.
We had several meetings with Magnolia regarding traffic impact and mitigation, and
Magnolia had agreed to implement a traffic suppression feature at Third Avenue and
Colter Street.  Subsequently, the Streets Department (Chris Kowalski) informed
Magnolia that traffic suppression would be designed and installed solely by the Streets
Department as part of the “Colter Street Project” and/or the “Third Avenue Project”.
We are thus forced to rely entirely on the City to finance and implement cut-thru traffic
suppression from the Magnolia and Alliance projects.  The preliminary designs shown
on-line for the Colter Street Project are not sufficient to mitigate the cut-thru traffic. 
We must have a stronger solution; we expect the “trial” feature on Colter to help
determine what this solution will be.
Magnolia has asked us to support their zoning change petition at the Village Planning
Committee hearing on the 20th.  Since the City has assumed leadership and
responsibility for effective cut-thru traffic control, on this basis we will support
Magnolia’s proposed zoning change subject to the City’s draft stipulations (Z-50-22-4)
provided to us on November 17th by Magnolia’s attorney (Brian Greathouse).
Sincerely,
Ellen Bilbrey,  President; Medlock Place Historic District Association
Rick Mountjoy,  Chairman; Medlock Place Traffic Committee