Justin Love 7-271
Barbara Shiffer
From:Sonya Allen
Sent:Thursday, July 27, 2017 3:32 PM
To:Justin Love; Anne Little Roberts; Genesis Milam; Caleb Hood; Joe Borton; Keith Bird;
Luke Cavener; Bill Parsons; mayortammy; Ty Palmer
Cc:Barbara Shiffer; C.Jay Coles; Charlene Way; Machelle Hill
Subject:RE: Ammendment H-2017-0088
Justin,
Thank you for your comments pertaining to this application. Your email will be included in 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: Justin Love [ mailto:jl8935@gmail.com ]
Sent: Thursday, July 27, 2017 2:56 PM
To: Sonya Allen; Anne Little Roberts; Genesis Milam; Caleb Hood; Joe Borton; Keith Bird; Luke Cavener; Bill Parsons;
mayortammy; Ty Palmer
Subject: Ammendment H-2017-0088
Greetings-
I wanted to offer my comments for review on Ammendment H-2017-0088. My wife and I purchased a home in
Paramount approximately 2 years after carefully reviewing school zones and the Meridian comprehensive
zoning plan. When purchasing there was little development at the corner of Linder and Chinden except for Fred
Meyer. We knew that something would be developed according to the future land use zoning regulations. We
were encouraged that the land at the southeast corner of Linder and Chinden would not allow for Mega stores
and would keep the kind of local community feel that most people welcome to the neighborhood. My points of
contention with approving the re-zone request are as follows:
• Traffic at Linder and Chinden. Traffic when school is in session is already a problem. Rocky Mountain
students have resorted to parking in neighborhoods because they cannot get in and out of the school
quick enough. ITD stated that Chinden was to be an "expressway". The developer plan puts a stop light
400 meters from an already existing stoplight.
• 4 access points thru the Paramount neighborhood. With increased traffic congestion come shortcuts. The
shortcuts will be cutting thru residential streets that contain kids, pedestrians and schools.
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• Noise from 24 operations such as Winco and Costco
• Dangerous traffic patterns. Drivers coming out of Fred Meyer to Chinden going East is already
dangerous as well as adding two more access points to Linder is only going to make matters worse.
• Integrity of the Meridian Comprehensive Plan. If the plan is changed now, what is next? We need to
keep developers accountable and not roll over for everything they ask for.
I respectfully implore that you reject the developer's application in favor of the Meridian Comprehensive plan
and the quality of life that we envision.
Thanks
Justin Love
673 W Laughton Dr
Meridian ID