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Sunday, January 25, 2015

St Lukes Comprehensive Plan Amendment to be discussed February 9th

Mark Reinhardt- Boise Idaho


The City of Boise’s Planning and Zoning Commission is set to discuss an amendment to the City’s Comprehensive Plan. 


Addressing the expansion plans, Boise Neighbor Scott Woodbury said,

“We oppose the closure of Jefferson St. It is a main ingress/egress for the East-End neighborhoods and should be preserved. No acceptable alternatives have been proposed.”
Boise resident Nathan Rowland had suggested a different way to address the Jefferson Street issue.

“Any significant expansion of St Luke's should be predicated on improvements of the Broadway/Main/Idaho/Warm Springs/Ave B and State/Fort/Ave B intersections at St Luke's expense in order to mitigate increased traffic. I would like to round-abouts installed at both intersections.”

In terms of Roundabouts, the City of London England is well known for the use of Roundabouts in addressing traffic flow.



CH2MHILL had issued a traffic impact study in July of Last Year, according to documents obtained through the Idaho Public Records Act.


Documents submitted to the City’s Planning and Development Services department addressed issues related to the expansion.


 Addressing alternatives, John Bush, Director of the Boise Seminoles Baseball program said,

“My name is John Bush.  I am President of the Board of Directors of the Boise Seminoles Baseball program.  Our home is Jack Acree Field at Fort Boise.  I have looked at the St Luke’s master plan and the traffic projections/intersection alternatives.  I am concerned about roundabouts and the relative location to our outfield fence line.  I believe it has a negative impact aesthetically and it brings both vehicular and pedestrian traffic in close proximity to our fence and what will soon be a newly constructed batters eye.  Based on our experience, we have higher incidents of damage, vandalism and trash in higher traffic areas close to the fence lines.   To the extent public comment is still being taken, please note that our baseball program would prefer Option 3 and the installation of a new traffic signal.”

The meeting will take place on the 3rd Floor of Boise City Hall. 




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