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Charlene Way
From:Joshua Beach
Sent:Monday, November 21, 2016 8:08 AM
To:Lisa Larsen
Cc:Barbara Shiffer; C.Jay Coles; Charlene Way; Machelle Hill
Subject:Firenze Plaza
Ms. Larsen,
The Clerk’s Office is in receipt of your email concerning the Firenze Plaza project. We will be sure to include your
comments and concerns into the public record for the Commissioners’ review and consideration at the upcoming public
hearing. I would also like to note that this project will be heard at the Ada County Highway District (ACHD) on December
14, 2016, prior to our PZ Commission public hearing. I believe the start time of their meetings are 6pm. However, I
would encourage you to contact ACHD for further information regarding their processes. They may be reached at 208-
387-6350.
Josh Beach | Associate City Planner
City of Meridian | Community Development Department
33 E. Broadway Ave., Meridian, Idaho 83642
Phone: 208-489-0576
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From: Lisa Larsen [ mailto:lisalars13@gmail.com ]
Sent: Saturday, November 19, 2016 4:50 PM
To: Joshua Beach
Subject: Tuscany Project
To whom it may concern:
I live in Tuscany Lakes, on the west side of the subdivision near Locust Grove. I was made aware that with the
project planned for the south east corner of the neighborhood included entrances from the commercial area into
Tuscany. I was also told that the hope was to divert traffic from Amity and Eagle through our neighborhood. I
am concerned first and foremost for the safety of the children in the neighborhood. Siena Elementary is a walk
zone only school whose enrollment is around 600 students. A good number of those students walk or bike to
school and it's not just the ones who live close. I know students who walk or ride from my area .75- 1 mile from
the school and also some who live on Taoromina and Mount Etna, the very streets that will me made into
entrances. Adding traffic to the roads in Tuscany would decrease safety for those children. I live 2 doors down
from Palermo cars drive 5+ miles an hour faster down the street. It frightens me when I know kids are on the
roads as well. Montague is already busy and even more than that has homes on the street as do Taoromina and
Mount Etna. if they become main thoroughfares for a commercial area I would be alarmed. The safety of
friends and neighbors should not be risked for an entrance. My children ride bikes to the park and to their
friends homes. A neighborhood such as Tuscany, where residents watch out for each other and do everything
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they can to keep residents safe, should not become a neighborhood where we fear for our children. We do our
best to teach our children to be safe, to look both ways before crossing streets. However kids are kids and
sometimes they forget. Many times I have seen a car slam on its brakes while a child on a bike rides into the
street in front of them. Adding traffic would make accident involving children more likely, and that should
terrify anyone.
I also know that a middle school bus stop is on Montague and Amity. It is not very light when these kids
congregate at the stop. With additional traffic coming down that road I fear for the safety of those children as
well.
Please look at all options before making a decision and especially put the safety of children above traffic and
business... no child's safety should be put at risk for such things.
Sincerely,
Lisa Larsen