I live in Pecanwood South and will be affected by the apartments being built off of Amberwood South, in the Amberwood Subdivision. I am concerned as I recently found out that the apartment complex will be using Redwood Drive, the one-way portion of street that intersects both Pecanwood South and Maplewood South (both being on a circular-type, cul-de-sac), as their emergency exit.
Considering that these streets dead-end at Redwood Drive and that given a “true emergency” situation, whereby an evacuation of some or all of the bldgs. are necessary and that police, ambulance, fire trucks are dispatched to the area, this approved “emergency-only exit” for first responders will surely guarantee a “chaos in the making,” not only for “trapped” residents at the apartments but also for those residents in both Pecanwood South and Maplewood South. If that wasn’t bad enough, being that the frontage road of IH35 is a one-way, north-bound road, I doubt that residents leaving such an emergency will be prompted to use the only north-facing exit they have been provided out of the complex. Furthermore, I have yet to see a non-black, painted water-hydrant anywhere along Amberwood South, Amberwood Loop (east-bound) or either Pecanwood South and Maplewood South. Finally, why didn’t anybody see the design flaw in the complex not having their OWN emergency/alternate exit or force the owner/builder to purchase private land-use rights for such use, and one which would address this potentially major, “safety hazard” for everyone!?
Can someone please tell me who/when/how/where and a time-line during which all of these plans were approved and proper notification to affected residents were made? How I can one obtain copies to such discussions?
And please do not add insult to injury by telling me that I should have attended any of the Wednesdays only neighborhood association meetings that have been so poorly posted on non-standard, smaller-than-able-to-read signs along Amberwood South or Amberwood North... which do not even afford someone the ability to read on both sides of the so-called “signage”.
The way I see it, the approval of this site-plan has set a legal precedence for any future developer that wishes to engage in this non-ethical standard of practice and allows for on-going, under-handed business practices that affect all concerned Kyle citizens.
Amelia Palacios
Kyle
