HomeMy WebLinkAboutKen JantzSeptember 17, 2018
City of Meridian, Idaho
Application H-2018-0042
Residents of the City
Planning and Zoning Department
Mayor and City Council Members
On July 17, 2018 the city held a public hearing regarding an application to approve a processing facility
on the northwest corner of South Locust Grove and Columbia Road, Property owned by Gary and Linda
Murgoitio, LLC. This property was zoned by the City of Meridian as R-4 upon annexation. Approval of
the application was not recommended by Meridian Planning and Zoning Department and most residents
in the near proximity of the property objected nearly unanimously to the applicant’s application request
with a long and accurate list if complaints which you are all aware of.
When it became clear to Michael Murgoitio, that he was losing his argument supporting his request; he
and his group starting backing off his initial request in an attempt to confuse everyone in the hearing
room. Thank you for making him submit a clear application. The residents surrounding his processing
facility would have much appreciated a very loud and clear NO! It’s against Zoning law and we are not
going to allow it!
Now we will stop this application once and for all. Michael Murgoitio’s community meeting held on
September 5, 2018 was his political spiel and only the questions he wanted to answer were considered.
Tough question were ignored.
While we accept the premise that the Murgoitio family has owned many acres of property now in the
City of Meridian, they clearly have not owned the property where the processing facility is being
proposed for any long period of time.
It is clear to me that if the revised processing facility application is somehow approved by the City of
Meridian on September 18, 2018, the city will open itself to several lawsuits. In addition the complaints
for violations to federal, state, county, water districts, fire department, interested environmental groups
and other will be heard and investigated. Good Luck with that Meridian tax payers.
It should be noted in documents provided Sept 5, 2018 by Michael Murgoitio it clear in his own written
words that he is operating a “processing facility” ( AMENDED DEVLOPMENT AGREEMENT 1. RECITALS:
1.2)
Considering the impacts on the quality of rural life: noise, odors, substantial traffic increases, air borne
particulates, water quality, legal use of water, rodent attraction, impacts to downstream water users on
New York Canal District’s Rawson Lateral, vibration, and other health issues that our neighbors and
ourselves have experienced and know all too well, DO NOT approve this application!
Sincerely,
Jantz Family Investments Ltd and Kenneth M. and Linda R. Jantz