2019-01-08 David and Lorri Brenneman1/4/2020
Meridian City Clerk
33 E Broadway, Suite 104
Meridian, ID 83642
RE: Modification to the Development Agreement (Inst. #102012598) Goddard Creek Subdivision
Ladies and Gentlemen of the Council,
Please respectfully consider the following facts, which support non approval of the rezone from offices
to townhomes in the area referenced above.
Fact 1: To add more 24-hour housing in that area is going against what you decided just a few months
ago as it WILL IMPACT THE DOCUMENTED PARKING ISSUE ALREADY PRESENT IN THE AREA.
There is not enough parking in that congested area for the current landowners and apartment
occupants. You as a council decided (recently) that parking was too congested there in July of 2019.
You made the decision to block off the end of Lolo Pass Lane and take the area where up to 10
apartment occupant vehicles parked and made it a no parking fire zone. The reason we were given was
that too many cars were parking along Goddard and Lolo Pass and you needed it clear for fire
emergency. The streets are packed so full now in the evenings that they are often one lane traffic only.
Fact 2: Keep emergency services in mind by NOT CREATING FURTHER BURDENS ON EMERGENCY
SERVICES IN THE AREA. Offices would not add additional burden on emergency services for the current
Goddard and surrounding streets during the evening hours, which is when parking becomes such an
issue and the adjacent streets go to one lane traffic. The police will continue to be called for the Selway
Apartment vehicles that stack up in front on the fire hydrant at the corner of N Goddard and W Apgar
Creek. These police calls result in necessary, but costly and avoidable emergency services spending.
Approving more high-density housing in the area will burden other streets in the same manner; you
simply cannot control the amount of cars and guests the occupants will have. Current landowners
would like the consideration that their safety is a concern from the council.
Fact 3: High density housing for this area has already been addressed in the inclusion of the Selway
Apartments.
Respectfully Submitted,
David and Lorri Brenneman, Homeowners on Lolo Pass Wa .
Meridian, ID
David and Lorri Brenneman
4997 Lolo Pass Way