Jesse McGuire - Linder Village 7-261
Charlene Way
From:Sonya Allen
Sent:Wednesday, July 26, 2017 8:38 AM
To:Jesse McGuire
Cc:Barbara Shiffer; C.Jay Coles; Charlene Way; Machelle Hill
Subject:RE: Comments re Amendment H-2017-0088
Jesse,
Thank you for your email; it will be entered into the public record as testimony.
Sincerely,
Sonya Allen | Associate City Planner
City of Meridian | Community Development Department
33 E. Broadway Ave., Ste. 102, Meridian, Idaho 83642
Phone: 208-884-5533|Direct: 208-489-0578|Fax: 208-489-0578
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From: Jesse McGuire [ mailto:kong103@gmail.com ]
Sent: Tuesday, July 25, 2017 7:43 PM
To: Sonya Allen; Anne Little Roberts; Genesis Milam; Caleb Hood; Joe Borton; Keith Bird; Luke Cavener; Bill Parsons;
mayortammy; Ty Palmer
Subject: Comments re Amendment H-2017-0088
Hi everyone,
My family and I are residents and homeowners in the Paramount subdivision. We chose to live in Meridian for
a variety of reasons, but the main thing that resonated with us was Meridian's dedication to manage growth via
the comprehensive plan and land use map. Knowing that the field at the corner of Linder and Chinden was
designated as mixed-use community was the assurance we needed to invest in our home and Meridian as a city.
We strongly object to Amendment H-2017-0088. Allowing a re-zone from Mixed-Use Community to Commercial General would
represent a betrayal of all of us that moved to Meridian using the comprehensive plan and land use map as guidelines.
We fully expected commercial of some sort to go in to that corner. But we expected commercial within the guidelines of mixed-use
community zoning. To compare, the "Paramount North 40" at the corner of Meridian and Chinden was original zoned mixed-use community
but was re-zoned as residential. This shows the trend of the area going more residential, not more commercial.
Paramount and the surrounding areas make a great community. I fail to see how adding large scale commercial enhances the community and
Meridian in general. Some of my concerns are:
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• Increased traffic and congestion on Linder and Chinden. Having a large shopping area with residential access like what is being
proposed will only serve to increase traffic in Paramount as people avoid Linder/Chinden and cut through the neighborhood to
bypass.
• Increased traffic on Chinden altogether, even if it gets widened. This area is just starting to develop a huge traffic proble m, and with
I-84 being the only east/west expressway it is important to keep Chinden and State as free flowing as possible. Adding lights and
the traffic that large commercial areas generate is not good for anyone in the Treasure Valley.
• WinCo is open 24 hours a day. How does that fit a residential setting? There is no amount of berm that will shield surrounding
houses from the noise of deliveries at all hours and the lighting.
• Allowing access to Fox Run like the plan shows would be a disaster. The turn would be about 50 feet before the light at Fox Run
and chinden and would allow people to use Fox Run to bypass Chinden all together using Director. The collector roads are not
designed to marshal traffic like a big shopping area requires (especially with a possible Costco involved).
Overall, it feels that if this rezoning is approved that the city would be betraying us as residents. Going from Mixed-Use Community to
Commercial General for a field that is attached to existing housing would be a slap in the face to current residents.
We respectfully request that you reject the developers application in favor of something more consistent with the Mixed-Use Community
designation that will serve the communities in North Meridian and Paramount better.
Jesse McGuire
Bacall Dr