Tyler Wilson - Linder Village Testimony 7-241
Machelle Hill
From:Morgan Andrus
Sent:Monday, July 24, 2017 8:40 AM
To:Machelle Hill; C.Jay Coles
Subject:FW: Linder Village Development
Please add this to the record,
Thank you,
Morgan Andrus
From: Tyler Wilson [ mailto:tylerwilson78@gmail.com ]
Sent: Sunday, July 23, 2017 8:57 AM
Subject: Linder Village Development
Dear City of Meridian Leadership,
Thank you for serving this wonderful city of Meridian. My wife and I have wanted to move from Boise to
Meridian for several years and finally, in May, our dream came true. We had worked and saved and waited for
the right time and we finally got our dream home in the Paramount subdivision here in Meridian. We have been
loving it here from the very first day.
Now, you can imagine our surprise when only a month after moving here we learned that development plans
were in the works to change the zoning so that one or more large commercial properties could be put into the lot
on the corner of Linder and Chinden. We had looked at the zoning before moving and were exciting about the
current zoning and city plan to include several small businesses and market places. It was the community feel
we were desiring, but was now suddenly being threatened.
Our home would be one of several that would be dramatically impacted by a change in zoning as we live on
Arliss and would be directly behind this development. Our home and family would go from beautifully
managed and community centric small businesses and shops to large retail with traffic now running straight
down our street, Arliss. Cars would invariable cut through our subdivision, using Arliss, to avoid the main
traffic on Linder and Chinden. This dramatic increase in traffic has great implications on our family's safety
foremost, but also our property value and personal love of this community.
Placing a large retail zone here would require adding a light on Chinden at the 1/4 mile as well, between two
other lights. This kind of addition would slow traffic in a highly valued commuting road similar to that of Eagle
Rd. It would negatively impact thousands of drivers each day.
I admonish you to please keep the zoning as it currently stands. Leave the community the way it was intended
and the way those who moved to this area expected it to be. Keep our families and communities safe and happy.
Abide by the zoning and city plan that has been laid out for years now, a promise to this and the surrounding
communities that brought so many of us here to work, live, and raise our families. Please, stand with the
families that chose Meridian as their home by upholding the plan we want to be a part of.
Again, thank you for your service and making Meridian a wonderful place to live.
Sincerely,
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Tyler Wilson
208-991-4661
5809 N. Arliss Ave
Meridian, ID 83646