Jay Fishman 02-231
Christopher Johnson
From:Jay Fishman <jay.fishman@yahoo.com>
Sent:Friday, February 23, 2018 8:12 AM
To:City Clerk
Subject:Chinden & Ten Mile
My wife and I live in Spurwing Greens. We moved here two years ago and were snowbirds for 3
years prior. When looking for a home, we were taken back by the haphazard development nearly
everywhere we looked. Nice housing next to commercial developments; expensive homes wedged
onto any parcel available. When we saw Spurwing and the area around it, we thought there appears
to be come development consistency in that area. Boy were we wrong. We travel Chinden and Ten
Mile every day. We sit in the traffic on inadequate two lane roads every day. We follow huge slow
moving trucks in 55 mph speed zones every day. We go from one traffic light to another just to sit. It's
absurd as it is. And now, a developer wants to wedge a huge big box Costco and all that goes with it
at what should be at best, a property for housing.
I worked in the fast food industry for 35 years and helped identify growth opportunities and new
potential sites. I understand the balance required to grow responsibly. When it comes to Chinden and
Ten Mile, I simply do not understand how anyone who drives this heavy residential area and comes
upon that intersection can then look someone in the eye and say this is an appropriate place to
wedge in a Costco and all of the commercial development that will follow. It fails every test of
common sense and continues the hodge-podge development of Meridian.
I have been and remain adamantly opposed to the rezoning and commercial development of Chinden
and Ten Mile.
Respectfully,
Jay Fishman
Spurwing Greens