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Barbara Shiffer
From:Ryan Poulson (rpoulson) <rpoulson@micron.com>
Sent:Tuesday, August 22, 2017 8:43 AM
To:Sonya Allen; clerk; Machelle Hill; C.Jay Coles
Subject:SKY MESA EAST Proposal
Dear Mayor de Weerd and City Council Members:
I am writing regarding Boise Hunter Home’s (BHH) proposal for the Sky Mesa East
subdivision. I am concerned that BHH is trying to ram through approval of much
higher density housing than was originally called for in Meridian’s plans. Before any
changes like this are approved Meridian must carefully consider the impacts on
roads, schools, and other infrastructure. South Meridian is already experiencing
explosive growth, and this big change to its plan is too much for already stressed
schools and infrastructure. We would need to see a better long term plan, before a
change like this should be approved.
Below are my recommendations:
• Do not approve higher density housing on infrastructure that is not ready for
higher density population & was not planned for it in the City’s Comprehensive
Plan. BHH’s request to significant alter the zoning will more quickly overcrowd
the schools and worsen traffic. At a minimum, before a huge change to the
plan can be considered, the city will need to show how it will accommodate all
of the school children. It is irresponsible and unfair to students, to simply let
BHH rush ahead with this without having a plan, including approved funding,
to build the school capacity needed to educate all the new students without
overcrowding. If you allow BHH to rush forward, it will undoubtedly result in
extreme overcrowding at Hillsdale and other schools for years to come.
• Greater thought needs to be given to parks and walking paths to tie the
community together. One thing that Meridan has performed very poorly on is
requiring developers to work together to tie communities together. For
example, we see developers build sidewalks along Eagle and Locust Grove
only along their developments that abruptly end when their development ends
and do not integrate at all with the next development. Meridian should make it
a precondition for developers to build better more integrated sidewalks and
walking paths, green spaces, etc. that tie in together before the City Council
approves big change like this that would result in a windfall for a
developer. For example you could:
Require BHH to build a MULTI USE PATH to connect Sky Mesa
and Blackrock to the future Regional Park, YMCA, and future
Albertson’s to encourage a healthy South Meridian lifestyle. BHH
hasn’t built anything like the 10ft path the Black Rock community
2
built years ago.
• The variance in road setback requirements to accommodate the patio homes
is a very bad idea and should not be approved---safety issues, traffic
bottlenecks, and very convoluted roadways with a roundabout, a hawk signal
crosswalk, and the medians all mixed together.
We love living in Meridian, and take great pride in the community. We would ask
that you carefully consider the problems with BHH’s requests and not approve this
plan its current form. We have a great opportunity before us to make South
Meridian a wonderful community. Please don’t squander the opportunity by rushing
to approve BHH’s current plan. Most importantly, think very carefully about the
responsibility you have to the children and young people of this community, to
ensure that schools are well planned and not overcrowded, and to build an
infrastructure that will safely provide a way for them to access parks and visit their
friends in neighboring subdivisions.
Thank you for your service to the community,
Ryan Poulson
Sky Mesa Resident
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From: Elise Pessetto [ mailto:elisepessetto@yahoo.com ]
Sent: Monday, August 21, 2017 11:55 PM
To: sallen@meridiancity.org ; clerk@meridiancity.org ; mhill@meridiancity.org ; cjcoles@meridiancity.org ; Ryan Poulson
(rpoulson)
Subject: [EXT] SKY MESA EAST Letter
Please find attached my letter to the Mayor and City Council regarding
Sky Mesa East , File H-2017-0068 .
Thank you for your time and consideration,
Elise Poulson