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From: Doug Humphrey <doughumphrey1951@gmail.com>
Sent: Monday, November 12, 2018 2:47 PM
To: City Clerk; mayortammy
Subject: Linder Village hearing
We are pleased that the developer has responded to many of the demands made by planning & zoning and
the city council during the past year. The current site plan is unarguably better because of your efforts and
the determination of hundreds of nearby homeowners. It's still mainly a big parking lot with mini strip malls
scattered around, and is in no sense of the word any kind of "village," but we are at least getting closer to
something we can live with.
There remain a few serious problems. Fortunately, these are easily within reach of the developer to resolve.
1. We appreciate WinCo's moving the loading docks to the Linder side, but it still arrogantly insists on
remaining open 24n with no restrictions on delivery hours. That would constitute a huge concession by
Meridian city officials. Costco recently agreed to eliminate late-night delivery hours and install downward -
pointing lighting in the parking lot of their new location. The city should demand no less from WinCo.
2. We don't want cars cutting through Paramount to reach Linder Village. It's bad enough now with high
school students racing through our neighborhood while ACHD has been unresponsive to requests for traffic
calming solutions. It will be much worse if they cut through to reach Linder Village for lunch or to hang out.
On the site plan there appears to be a linkage road from Paramount at Bergman. If so, it should be eliminated
along with any other vehicle access points via our neighborhood streets.
3. The new traffic light at Chinden and Bergman is still there, even with an additional access road from Fox
Run. That violates the existing standard of one light per half -mile, which is critical to maintaining
reasonable traffic flow along Chinden. Either the Bergman or Fox Run light must be removed from the plan.
The use of Fox Run & Director as access points threatens to cause major traffic and safety nightmares for
Paramount residents.
4. The grouping of three large buildings east of the proposed library is much larger than the current square
footage guidelines, and it also contributes to the strip -mall appearance. The buildings should be separated by
pathways, plaza areas, or other public spaces.
We love the idea of a library and hope it's a real initiative, not a phony proposal by the developer to drum up
support only to see it die on the vine after approval.
Thank you for considering our opinions. Let's get this done.
Doug Humphrey
Jeanne Ambrosio
Paramount subdivision homeowners