2019-11-26 David Rognlie1
Charlene Way
From:David Rognlie <dbrognlie@gmail.com>
Sent:Tuesday, November 26, 2019 1:33 PM
To:Meridian City Clerk
Subject:Objection to Silverstone Apartments expansion. (File #H-2019-0104)
To whom it may concern:
My wife, Norma Rognlie, and I, David Rognlie, object to the Silverstone apartment expansion, file number #H-2019-0104.
After attending 3 separate meetings where the details were presented, we still definitely object to the additional 88
apartments because of the increased population density, increased traffic, and esthetics of the Overland entryway to
our beautiful Village community. Many of the Movado Villagers feel that this is our “forever home” and we don’t want
to be forced to sell and relocate once again!
I am attaching the following list of objections, all of which we absolutely agree with, rather than reinventing the
wheel:
*This increased number of densely stacked rental units (88) in top of the approved (112) units will increase traffic
at Movado Way at Overland. Movado Way is the only primary way for us to enter and exit the Movado at Meridian
Subdivision.
*The fact that there is no exit out of our subdivision onto Cloverdale is absurd. This poses a serious issue if during a
major fire or another emergency where First Responders can’t get to our homes or exit quickly.
*The current eastbound/westbound traffic on Overland already makes it difficult and dangerous for me to pull
onto or off of Movado Way at Overland at key times of day.
*Please don’t forget the new mixed use project under way on Overland at Silverstone. Hotels, restaurants, their
guests and employees, medical offices and the very popular Top Golf venue going in will create an insane amount
of traffic at the traffic signal located just west of these new apartments on Overland at Silverstone.
*These apartments will be at the gateway entrance into Movado at Meridian - and will have a negative effect on our
home values and will diminish the appeal of potential buyers looking for a new home in our community. My wife
and I invested into this development and into the Village as our last home.
*Increased crime and calls for service, and noise are additional challenges within and around densely populated
rental complexes. These things ruin nice neighborhoods like ours and I’m sure this has been experienced anywhere
across the Treasure Valley where investors have plugged in these types of multi-family rental properties. (Look at
Verraso Village located on Records south of Ustick)
*We need and want retail businesses that will provide services to us that live in Movado. Neighborhood Grill, Dry
Cleaners, Sandwich shops, hair cutting salons are what we need as homeowners - not a densely populated rental
property that an absentee owner has purely for profit.
*Allowing them to build an additional (88) rental units will increase noise, pollution and eats up open space.
Having (2) and (3) story buildings towering over the new homes in Movado and the Greens will be visually
unpleasing and having renters out on their apartment balconies eliminate the sense of privacy the home owners
have in their back yards.
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*A Dave Evans Construction representative said they are asking for the expanded plan to be approved and will get
them occupied (stabilized - their words) and they will flip it over to the San Fransisco based investors. They are in
it for the money. They even said that if the City of Meridian forces them to reduce the proposed additional units
blow (88) - they will not move forward on any of these (88) units as there won’t be enough profit to justify any less
than the (88). They said they already agreed to reduce it to (88).
*As projected by West Ada School District - these apartments will add an estimated (167) new students into our
school boundaries - this will cause both the children of our home owners as well as the children of these renters to
be at risk of being bused away into another school. We understand they could be bused as far away as McMillian x
Black Cat in NW Meridian.
How sad will it be that these children will be bused miles away from home and attend class with children that are
not their neighbors?
Please take into consideration our concerns and our strong feelings against this plan change.
Please do not approve these additional (88) rental apartments.
Respectfully,
David and Norma Rognlie