Attachment E - Concerns - GPA-RV-1-22-1.pdf
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CITY OF PHOENIX Planning & Development Department MAY 9 2023 ATTACHMENT E 1 Racelle Escolar From: H B <hwb524@hotmail.com> Sent: Thursday, June 1, 2023 9:08 PM To: Racelle Escolar; Victoria C Murrillo; gabriel.jaramillo@phoenix.gov; marcia.busching@phoenix.gov; Tricia Gomes; steve.gaynor@phoenix.gov Subject: Meeting GPA-RV-1-22-1 - I requested to speak and was not allowed to! Hello, I requested to speak and was not allowed to. You need to fix your system and allow everyone online who wants to speak, speak. I completely agreed with James. I'm very frustrated with this and very passionate ‐ so I have a lot to say. My questions are for the Phoenix Planning and Development Department ... We did not get proper communication that the school would be going in. Believe me ‐ multiple neighbors would have told you that is a bad idea. Last year, we had a Great Hearts school built less than a mile from this prooposed development and the traffic is a mess. Your job is to "plan and develop". That means you work with all necessary entities to plan accordingly. I feel the planning and development department dropped the ball and didn't plan properly for the school and now it's happening again. As James said ‐ There are 3 other proposed builds. That's a lot of new builds off one road in less than a 1 mile radius. Why have you not included ADOT and MCDOT in all these meetings? Why are you not working closely with them to "plan" accordingly? Can you tell me where, in Arizona, that there is a Frontage Road (with no other street access ‐ back streets, side streets, etc), that has a high traffic school, multiple home sites, already flowing traffic, AND a "Master Planned Community"??? You can't! Because it's impractical and unsafe! All the neighborhoods that live off the Frontage Road, as well as all the school children/parents ‐ have ONE STREET to enter and exit. Phoenix Frontage Roads at least have other streets that they can detour and drive through if the Frontage Road is full. WE DON'T HAVE THAT!! I know you all don't care because you either don't know the area, don't live in the area, or won't be impacted. But this WILL CAUSE SAFETY HAZARDS and MASS CONGESTION!! I take pictures EVERYTIME the Frontage Road is backed up. It's backed up quite often. An average household has 2 cars. The projections of 1579 units will lead to an additional 3158+ Cars on the Frontage Road. This is absurd and again UNSAFE! You will be causing traffic congestion. Zoning from 2007 is not updated to current traffic flow. Why have you not rezoned since 2007?? Zoning should be updated first. The fact that phase 3 and 4 are unknown worries and frustrates me even more. I don't understand why you're insistant on unnecessarily cramming too many homes in one area. There is NO reason they can't build 1/2 acre to 1 acre lots there (similar to New River homes). I'm not trying to be unreasonable and say don't build. But DO NOT put a massive amount of homes off a single Frontage Road. We've had accidents, fires, and emergencies in the past which have caused the Frontage Road to close for hours 2 (leaving all residents unable to go to their homes). Once these projected homes are built, you can't just tear them down if you find that you screwed up. If you build these and the Frontage Road is bumper to bumper (unsafe traffic congestion), then what???? You all just turn your head and say oh ‐ at least we made money ‐ too bad for those neighbors. It will never go back, it will never get better. Traffic is already increasing. That agreement was only with Jennylin Neighbors. Not any other neighbors. He is NOT adding another lane! The set backs won't help! Having the frontage road narrow, then widen at these homes, then narrow again ‐ is pointless! This decision can destroy the area. Don't be greedy and do what's right for the community. The proposed density is too much for the Frontage Road! Also, this has nothing to do with the TSMC plant and homes needed. There are THOUSANDS of acres all around the plant that can be built on ‐ you do NOT need to shove homes into our small area. Please make the right decision and do NOT build apartments and build only homes on 1/2 acre and 1 acre lots. Why have you know "planned" to build an on/off ramp between Anthem and New River exits both north and south bound?? That will help with the traffic. So ‐ what are you doing to plan for the mass traffic congestion this will cause? I oppose this until you plan properly and find solutions to be proactive with the traffic congestion this will cause. I'm disappointed and frustrated that you simply agree to everything. Thank you, Harmony Brown Sent from my Verizon, Samsung Galaxy smartphone Get Outlook for Android [aka.ms]