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From:juttcar@yahoo.com <notifications@cognitoforms.com>
Sent:Thursday, October 19, 2017 2:29 PM
To:Ty Palmer; Joe Borton; Genesis Milam; Anne Little Roberts; Keith Bird;
smartgrowthformeridian@gmail.com; Luke Cavener; mayortammy; clerk
Subject:REDESIGN LINDER VILLAGE - Justin Carpenter
Dear Meridian City Officials:
I urge you to deny the Linder Village Application (File # H-2017-0088). This
developer’s website asserts this corner will be an “exciting new atmosphere for
shopping and dining,” when in reality the applicant’s proposed site plan more closely
resembles the commercial strip malls along Eagle Rd. This current design, with its
lack of pedestrian walkways and gathering places, does nothing to promote a sense
of community. In fact, the entire site plan faces away from the neighborhoods it
claims to serve.
The Meridian Comprehensive Plan recommends that grocery stores and other
amenities serve nearby residential communities. However, it also regulates HOW
those Mixed-Use Community areas should be developed. Included in the proposed
plan are several large footprint businesses whose primary objective is to serve an
area far larger than the 1-4 mile recommended radius. The Linder Village proposal
also violates the city’s guidelines in the following ways:
• Building sizes in excess of square-footage footprint limitations.
• Intention of WinCo to operate 24 hours a day, despite existing restrictions on
business hours of operation.
• Nonconforming landscaping and buffer design.
• Failure to limit the visual impact of large parking areas.
• Non-residential buildings out of proportion to adjacent residential buildings.
• Insufficient mix of land use types.
• Inadequate percentage of the area devoted to public space.
• Absence of public community-serving facilities.
• Lack of interconnected networks to promote pedestrian and vehicular mobility
within the development and to adjacent commercial and residential
developments.
• Proposed signalized intersection on Chinden violates current Compass Plan
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standards and would further impede traffic flow along this vital corridor.
• Areas marked “Future Development” give no indication how the Village will
be integrated with the residential neighbors.
We welcome the additional services, jobs, and tax revenue a development on this
corner would provide. However, we advocate for a plan that adheres to ALL of the
Meridian City Comprehensive plan requirements. With a little more imagination,
careful planning, and good-faith responsiveness to community input, Linder Village
could be a treasured commercial and residential asset - a source of pride for the
City of Meridian and its residents.
Entry Details
NAME Justin Carpenter
STREET ADDRESS 5991 N Arliss Ave, 83646
EMAIL juttcar@yahoo.com
INITIALS JMC
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