Letter from HOA

City of Glendale — Regular Meeting (2024-10-22)

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October 26, 2022

City of Glendale: Development Services Department
5850 W. Glendale Avenue, Suite 212

Glendale, Arizona 85301

Attn: Alex Lerma

alerma@glendaleaz.com

Jennifer R Parkin
HOA President
Shadow Run HOA

RE: SEC Glendale Ave. & 75" Ave Shopping Center — APN: 144-01-001A — Enhanced
Landscape Wall

Dear City of Glendale & SimonCRE JC Tucker IV, LLC:

The purpose of this letter is to provide support for SimonCRE’s proposed enhanced landscape
along the existing southern and eastern 6-foot concrete masonry unit (CMU) boundary wall
adjacent to the new commercial shopping center at the SEC of 75" Ave and Glendale Ave in lieu
of constructing an additional 8-foot CMU wall. The provided solution of the enhanced landscape
along the existing southern and eastern 6-foot wall is being proposed by the commercial
Developer, SimonCRE JC Tucker IV, LLC. As it stands now, the City of Glendale code requires
SimonCRE to construct a new 8-foot CMU wall interior to the existing 6-foot CMU wall.

The proposed solution from the City of Glendale of the additional adjacent 8-foot CMU wall is
problematic due to the amount of separation needed to exist between the two walls. The
proposed distance would range from 18-inches to 24-inches between the two CMU walls
structures. This creates a significant gap that presents several concerns; potential large amount of
debris build up between the two walls, possible location for vagrants, safety concerns for both
children and animals, and lack of long-term maintenance. We as the Shadow Run HOA, have
serious concerns that all of these concerns could present long term issues for our residents.

The Developer, SimonCRE JC Tucker IV, LLC, is proposing a solution to perform a PAD
Amendment, which would lower the required height of the wall from 8-feet to 6-feet, then
provide an enhanced landscape wall interior to the existing wall. SimonCRE JC Tucker IV, LLC
has provided the attached Landscape Plan document that displays this proposed enhanced
landscape wall. As you can see, the proposed landscape plan goes well above the City of
Glendale code required for landscape between our two sites and we feel it will provide more than
adequate screening between the properties. We feel their solution will provide a positive long-
term experience for our neighborhood.

Sincerely,

Jennifer R Parkin
HOA President
Shadow Run HOA

Encl: Landscape Site Plan