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HomeMy WebLinkAboutJenniffer CardChris Johnson From: Tammy de Weerd Sent: Tuesday, November 13, 2018 8:11 AM To: card.jenn@gmail.com Cc: mayortammy; citycouncil; C.Jay Coles; Chris Johnson Subject: RE: New submission from meridiancity.org/council/request.html DearJenn, Thank you for taking time to share your thoughts and comments with your local elected leaders. As your Mayor, I appreciate hearing what is on your mind and heart. I know your City Council members appreciate you weighing in as well and sharing your opinion on the issues that they will be making decisions on. Because this project is part of an open application, our City Council members are prohibited from commenting outside the public hearing. We take public feedback seriously and want you to know that we have received your email and have read your comments. Your email has been forwarded to our City Clerk and will be included in the public record. We'd encourage you to check our website, meridiancity.org, for information regarding the public hearing process and invite you to attend the hearing(s) on this issue. If you have questions about the process feel free to reach out to my office at 208-489-0529 or our Planning staff can get you the answers regarding our process. Their number is 208-884-5533. My best, Mayor Tammy Mayor Tammy de Weerd City of Meridian 33 E. Broadway Ave., Meridian, Idaho 83642 Phone: 208-489-05291 Fax: 208-884-8119 From: Formspree Team [mailto:submissions@formspree.io] Sent: Monday, November 12, 2018 1:55 PM To: mayortammy Cc: Anne Little Roberts; Treg Bernt; Joe Borton; Luke Cavener; Genesis Milam; Ty Palmer Subject: New submission from meridiancity.org/council/request.html 1U1 NEW FORM SUBMISSION Hey there, Someone just submitted your form on meridiancity.org. Here's what they had to say: Request for Mayor and Council: Name: Jenniffer Card _replyto: cardjenn@gmail.com Street Address: 6031 N Booth Ave City: Meridian State: ID Zip Code: 83646 Subject: Linder Village Proposed Development Message: I am writing to convey my lack of support for this development. Residents know and understand that this area will be built out in form or another. We are willing to negotiate those issues with the developer. The problem is that the developer is only interested in making money. He has lacked the ability to actually listen to the residents concerns and appears to write them off as immaterial issues. He has blown off suggestions from Meridian Planning and Zoning and Meridian City Council. It appears that he will just make the minimal concessions and if he is allowed to do that enough times something will stick. What a sad way to do business. Here are some of the major issues and why I have concerns: We currently have teenagers speeding through the neighborhood to get to Rocky. This is an issue because we are also in a zone where all of our littles walk to school. This is a disaster in the works. Traffic flow is a huge issue. More cars through our neighborhood increases the odds that something terrible will happen. The current plan does not have support from the Meridian Police Department, Meridian Fire Department, Idaho Transportation Department, ACHD, or the overwhelming majority of residents within a 3 -mile radius of proposed construction site. If these departments do not find this a viable option then why should we? Again, the developer has lacked the willingness to sit down and make some changes so that we would have more balance in the area. WinCo is also an issue running 24n- 365 days a year. They refuse to cut the hours of operation at all. That does not show a willingness to work with the residents and it was zoned to be a family friendly community site with local shops, restaurants, and entertainment options.It is not too much to ask as there are a number of WinCo's competitors who have created smaller "markets" for this type of zoning requirement. If they are unwilling, the developer needs to find someone else. And that is the major problem, the developer is only interested in making a big deal instead of the right deal. At a minimum, the developer should be required to: 1. Require Winco to, at a minimum, restrict delivery hours (if not its operating hours). 2. Consider a different road design to discourage using Paramount as a cut -through to the commercial area. Residents will still have access from the neighborhood through Bountiful Commons and Fox Run. At the very least, they should consider traffic calming measures at access points. Children's safety should not be put at risk for the convenience of drivers. 3. Require the developer to break up the Mid -Anchor stores. 4. The conceptual plan does NOT accurately reflect the Chinden road improvements and a new conceptual plan MUST be submitted before the City Council reviews this application. I am concerned that this developer is less than honest and will need serious monitoring if/when something is approved for this development. Smart growth for Meridian is the right growth for Meridian. I implore you do make the best decision for smart growth as you were elected to do. Best Regards, Jenn Card 208-891-5075 This form was submitted at 08:55 PM UTC - 12 November 2018. You are receiving this because you confirmed this email address on Formspree. If you don't remember doing that, or no longer wish to receive these emails, please remove the form on meridiancity.org or click here to unsubscribe from this endpoint.