Linder Village OppositionName Address Zip Date Received
Christopher Lee 5018 N Miguel Ave 83646 10/24/2017
David Walsh 952 W. Arnaz St 83646 10/26/2017
Karen Walsh 952 W. Arnaz St 83646 10/26/2017
Hector Rodriguez Aviles 930 W Cagney Dr 83646 11/6/2017
Isabel Orellana Villers 930 W Cagney Dr 83646 11/6/2017
Dear Meridian City Officials:
I urge you to deny the Linder Village Application (File # H-2017-0088). This developer’s
website asserts this corner will be an “exciting new atmosphere for shopping and
dining,” when in reality the applicant’s proposed site plan more closely resembles the
commercial strip malls along Eagle Rd. This current design, with its lack of pedestrian
walkways and gathering places, does nothing to promote a sense of community. In
fact, the entire site plan faces away from the neighborhoods it claims to serve.
The Meridian Comprehensive Plan recommends that grocery stores and other
amenities serve nearby residential communities. However, it also regulates HOW those
Mixed-Use Community areas should be developed. Included in the proposed plan are
several large footprint businesses whose primary objective is to serve an area far larger
than the 1-4 mile recommended radius. The Linder Village proposal also violates the
city’s guidelines in the following ways:
Building sizes in excess of square-footage footprint limitations.
Intention of WinCo to operate 24 hours a day, despite existing restrictions on business
hours of operation.
Nonconforming landscaping and buffer design.
Failure to limit the visual impact of large parking areas.
Non-residential buildings out of proportion to adjacent residential buildings.
Insufficient mix of land use types.
Inadequate percentage of the area devoted to public space.
Absence of public community-serving facilities.
Lack of interconnected networks to promote pedestrian and vehicular mobility within
the development and to adjacent commercial and residential developments.
Proposed signalized intersection on Chinden violates current Compass Plan standards
and would further impede traffic flow along this vital corridor.