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Machelle Hill
From:C.Jay Coles
Sent:Tuesday, June 20, 2017 2:09 PM
To:Machelle Hill
Subject:FW: The Storage Units at Goddard and McMillan
Will you add this email to her previous emails in the record? Thanks!
From: Laurie Bower [mailto:plainjump@msn.com]
Sent: Tuesday, June 20, 2017 2:04 PM
To: C.Jay Coles
Subject: Re: The Storage Units at Goddard and McMillan
Thanks C.Jay. You all seem to be responsive to the needs of your constituents, and I'm very impressed by this
council. I know you have a tough job, but I hope you'll consider the impact on our nice quiet area. Take care,
Laurie
From: C.Jay Coles < cjcoles@meridiancity.org >
Sent: Tuesday, June 20, 2017 8:55 AM
To: Laurie Bower; Tammy de Weerd; Bill Nary; Keith Bird; Anne Little Roberts; Genesis Milam; Joe Borton; Luke Cavener;
Ty Palmer; clerk
Subject: RE: The Storage Units at Goddard and McMillan
Dr. Bower,
Thank you for your email. We will include your comments for the Council to consider during the public hearing at
tonight’s meeting. The Mayor and Council are unable to respond to comments made outside of the public hearing of an
active application. They do, however, consider all comments made at the public hearing and those written that are
entered into the public record. I can assure you they are aware of each perspective and all sides of the issue for this
application.
Let me know if you need anything else.
Sincerely,
C.Jay
C.Jay Coles
City Clerk | City of Meridian
33 E. Broadway Ave., Meridian, Idaho 83642
Phone: 208.888.4433|Email: cjcoles@meridiancity.org
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From: Laurie Bower [ mailto:plainjump@msn.com ]
Sent: Monday, June 19, 2017 6:13 PM
To: Tammy de Weerd < tdeweerd@meridiancity.org >; Bill Nary < bnary@meridiancity.org >; Keith Bird
<kbird@meridiancity.org >; Ann LIttle Roberts < < alittleroberts@meridiancity.o >; Genesis Milam
<gmilam@meridiancity.org >; Joe Borton < jborton@meridiancity.org >; Luke Cavener < lcavener@meridiancity.org >;
Trevor Palmer < tpalmer@meridiancity.org >; clerk < clerk@meridiancity.org >
Subject: Re: The Storage Units at Goddard and McMillan
I guess you all think that all of us are in support of this project. I don't who is feeding you that information,
but not only are we not in favor of it, but many of us strongly oppose it. Someone is telling you untruths, and
it's not the homeowners. I hope you realize that, if you violate the agreements you have previously enacted
with Lochsa Falls and Kelly Creek, you will have a bunch of angry voters on your hands. Sincerely, Laurie
Bower
From: Laurie Bower < plainjump@msn.com >
Sent: Monday, June 19, 2017 12:24 PM
To: Mayor Tammy de Weerd; Bill Nary; Keith Bird; Ann LIttle Roberts <; Genesis Milan; Joe Borton; Luke Cavener; Ty
Palmer; Meridian City Clerk
Subject: The Storage Units at Goddard and McMillan
To the Mayor and Meridian City Council,
Well, another proposal has been presented for storage units at Goddard and McMillan. But this time I've seen
the rendering, and the complex is huge! I didn't realize how many storage units we're talking about.
Here's why I think they're a bad idea:
1. Fifty or more children walk off the bus (from the junior high and high school), ride the ir bikes, and walk
home from the Willow Creek grade school along where the developer is proposing as the storage
complex's only outlet. While granted, much of the activity around the storage complex will take place
on weekends, that's also when kids are playing and riding their bikes along that street.
2. My previous argument about storage units being magnets for crime still applies. Since the two years
we've lived here, the crime rate has dramatically increased, which ironically coincides with the
completion of the apartment complex next to us.
3. We moved from Boise since we couldn't get out of our subdivision because of increased construction in
the area without an increase in available routes of travel or increased traffic lanes. I don't object to the
units as much as allowing them to enter and exit off Goddard Road. Now, we'll have the same problem
we had before in Boise because almost everybody in Lochsa Falls and Kelly Creek uses Goddard and
then McMillan to get onto the freeway. If you used McMillan or Ten Mile as the entrance and exit
point, I don't think many of us in this area would have a problem with the proposed development.
4. My property taxes went up 15% this year alone because of new construction in our area. On a fixed
income, I find it hard to make ends meet. I filed an appeal, but the assessor refused to change
anything. He told me that we 're paying for the current cost of building materials and high demand,
which makes the price of new construction go up, which, in turn, increases our assessment. As a native
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Idahoan, I think that's unfair. We moved out of Boise to get away from high taxes, and now we have
them here. We're probably going to have to move again, although that's not your problem.
Why doesn't Meridian of the state of Idaho have something besides the circuit breaker (which helps the
indigent, not the middle class) for aging residents that freezes or reduces property taxes once someone gets
over 65 and is on Social Security? Twenty-two other states have such contingencies. I now see all this new
construction as a reason for the city and county to squeeze more money out of us.
Sincerely,
Dr. Laurie Bower
5057 N. Lolo Pass Way
Meridian, ID 83646