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David & Valerie La Vigne
3317 S. Selatir PI.
Meridian, ID 83642
(208) 884-5756
October 8, 2004
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City Council
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Dear C~y Council Members:
We are writing in response to the application of Vision First, LLC for an Annexation and Zoning of 76.72 acres for the
proposed Kingsbridge Subdivision. We live on 5.6 acres (zoned AgricuRuraJ) located off Victory Road and S. Selatir Place
adjacent to the northeast comer of the proposed development.
I attended the planning and zoning meeting on September 16" regarding this same application. At the conclusion of that
meeting, the commissioners rejected the application from Vision First, LLC and listed muRiple reasons for the rejection. To
our knowledge, none of the issues cited has been fIXed. Yet, Vision First, LLC is presenting their application to the city
council. I will attend the meeting on October 19" with the same objections to this application as reinforced by the
commissioners when this application was rejected last month.
Ourconcems continue to be:
1. Density of the proposed development - The current zoning for the property in question is low density and is
compatible to the surrounding area. Why aHow a rezone to R-4 when the surrounding area is all RUT? On the eastem
side, we all have 5+ acres. Ironically, Vision First, LLC's proposed plat have their most dense lots on the eastem side
adjacent to these acreages. When we purchased our property, we were led to believe that the property in dispute would
be developed with one-acre lots comparable to the Dartmoor Subdivision and in hannony w~h the adjacent rural
neighbors.
2. Victory access stub-out - The proposed plat indicates a stub-out on the eastem side of the proposed development and
the third from last paragraph in the Kingsbridge rezone application indicates "..provide future connectivity to the north
(Victory Road)..". This would appear to allow access via South Selatir Place. Selatir Place is a rural road (no sidewalks,
narrow, barrow p~ for irrigation drainage) and is a neighborhood of 1-5+ acre upscale homes. It was developed w~h the
intent and agreement to serve as a dead-end street. Please refer to the agreement dated Septennber 10, 1993 and filed
with the Ada County Recorder which states: "The Developer shall extend South Selatir Place as a dead-end cul-de-sac
within the interior of the residential lots of the development, w~h no reservation of a right-of-way easement over the
residential lots for future extension of the street to other properties."
3. Development before year 2009 - We are under the impression that the Dartmoor CC&R's restricts the development of
the proposed land until 2009.
4. No communication between Vision First, LLC and adjacent property owners - Vision First, LLC has made no effort
to communicate and/or solim input regarding the proposed development w~h any impacted neighbors other than
Oartmoor residents. R seems that Vision First, LLC is communicating with Oartmoor since Dartmoor could restrict
development of the proposed property until 2009 based on their CC&R's.
Please consider our objections, which the P&Z commission reinforced, and reject Vision First, LLC's application.
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