03-31 Tammie Johns1
Christopher Johnson
From:Tammie Johns <tammie.johns@yahoo.com>
Sent:Saturday, March 31, 2018 7:31 PM
To:City Clerk
Subject:Costco Petition and request for zoning change
To whom it may concern:
As a resident of the Spurwing Greens planned community, and in the neighborhood directly across the street from the
site being questioned, I write to express my concerns and those of everyone I know who lives in this neighborhood.
First of all we moved into this area based on the fact that it is away from any commercial property, and with no common
property zoned commercial. We built our home here 2 1/2 years ago and have enjoyed the quiet area we live in. The
only thing unpleasant is the amount of traffic which has increased over the past few years since Bainbridge and the
remainder of spurwing was developed. I leave my home every morning to go to work and instead of turning left on Tree
Farm to go out to the freeway, I turn right and back track to Black Cat to Franklin and then on to Ten Mile Rd to the
freeway, saving myself 10 minutes because of the traffic. The traffic coming in from either direction even this far west
on Chinden is terrible. To put a Costco in that spot where it will be the only commercial business on Chinden this far
west would be very poor planning. Not only will it increase traffic even more, widening the road will not have any
impact in reducing traffic. It will also look awkward and out of place to have a large commercial business like that sitting
alone.
The only intelligent move to bring Costco to this area would be to put it close to the Freeway in an area zoned
commercial where residential areas are not impacted, and where any residential areas going up are aware of their
surrounding. To change the zoning and add a large commercial business in our area after we made the largest personal
investment we will ever make, and with the understanding the property around us is zoned residential is unethical and
makes us question those elected officials that allow such inconsiderate actions. These are not low income or even
middle income homes, but higher priced homes which because they are higher priced would decrease in value. That is
not fair to residents.
I implore you to reconsider this action which brings no benefit to the residents closest to this proposed commercial
business.
Sincerely,
Tammie Johns
3508 W. Star Hollow Rd
Meridian, ID 83646
(208)890-7709
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