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HomeMy WebLinkAboutErin and Drew EbrightChris Johnson From: Erin Ebright <eebright@msn.com> Sent: Tuesday, December 04, 2018 9:30 PM To: mwallace@achdidaho.org; mayortammy; City Clerk; Luke Cavener; Tammy de Weerd; Genesis Milam; Treg Bernt; Ty Palmer; Joe Borton; Anne Little Roberts Subject: Re: Bergman Rd entering into/through Linder Village Dear ACHD and City Council of Meridian, Please help keep our Paramount neighborhood safe for our kids!! The Bergman street inside Paramount that ACHD wants to punch through into Linder Village is RIGHT next to my house. We do not need the Linder Village shoppers to use our already narrow subdivision street as a cut through speed way! Bergman is not a Linder, Ustick, or McMillian. It was never meant to take on this much traffic. Ever. The stub streets in Paramount were not supposed to be extended until the RESIDENTIAL portion of Linder Village was constructed, but Meridian City and ACHD want to punch Bergman through during the first phase of construction. That one small change will affect the entire neighborhood because people coming from the south and east will most likely use Paramount as a shortcut. This traffic will be any time of day/night considering Winco will operate 24/7. We are extremely concerned about how the uptick in traffic will impact the children's safety as they walk/bike to and from schools within and around Paramount. The ACHD report states, "Phase 1 of this development is estimated to generate 19,274 vehicle trips per day; 1,807 vehicle trips per hour in the PM peak hour. (�DAt built -out (Phase 1 & 2) this development is estimated to generate 28,967 vehicle trips per day; 2,826 vehicle trips in the PM peak hour, based on the traffic impact study."(5 Please listen to the neighbors that this actually will personally affect. We are NOT against development and growth but we are against increasing traffic without any calming measures-- Le speed bumps, curves, round abouts, etc anything that would slow down speed and convenience of flying through our Bergman/Paramount neighborhood. Again, as a 20 year citizen of Meridian and parents of 9 and 5 yr old kids --- please help us keep our neighborhood safe. Thank you for your consideration, Erin and Drew Ebright Sent from my iPhone Chris Johnson From: Tammy de Weerd Sent: Wednesday, December 05, 2018 10:09 AM To: Erin Ebright Cc: mayortammy; citycouncil; C.Jay Coles; Chris Johnson Subject: RE: Bergman Rd entering into/through Linder Village Dear Erin, 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 Built for Business, Designed for Living www.meridiancity.org/mayortammy All e-mail messages sent to or received by City of Meridian e-mail accounts are subject to the Idaho law, in regards to both release and retention, and may be released upon request, unless exempt from disclosure by law. -----Original Message ----- From: Erin Ebright [mailto:eebright@msn.com] Sent: Tuesday, December 04, 2018 9:30 PM To: mwallace@achdidaho.org; mayortammy; City Clerk; Luke Cavener; Tammy de Weerd; Genesis Milam; Treg Bernt; Ty Palmer; Joe Borton; Anne Little Roberts Subject: Re: Bergman Rd entering into/through Linder Village Dear ACHD and City Council of Meridian, Please help keep our Paramount neighborhood safe for our kids!! The Bergman street inside Paramount that ACHD wants to punch through into Linder Village is RIGHT next to my house. We do not need the Linder Village shoppers to use our already narrow subdivision street as a cut through speed way! Bergman is not a Linder, Ustick, or McMillian. It was never meant to take on this much traffic. Ever. The stub streets in Paramount were not supposed to be extended until the RESIDENTIAL portion of Linder Village was constructed, but Meridian City and ACHD want to punch Bergman through during the first phase of construction. That one small change will affect the entire neighborhood because people coming from the south and east will most likely use Paramount as a shortcut. This traffic will be any time of day/night considering Winco will operate 24/7. We are extremely concerned about how the uptick in traffic will impact the children's safety as they walk/bike to and from schools within and around Paramount. The ACHD report states, "Phase 1 of this development is estimated to generate 19,274 vehicle trips per day; 1,807 vehicle trips per hour in the PM peak hour. OAt built -out (Phase 1 & 2) this development is estimated to generate 28,967 vehicle trips per day; 2,826 vehicle trips in the PM peak hour, based on the traffic impact study." Please listen to the neighbors that this actually will personally affect. We are NOT against development and growth but we are against increasing traffic without any calming measures-- Le speed bumps, curves, round abouts, etc anything that would slow down speed and convenience of flying through our Bergman/Paramount neighborhood. Again, as a 20 year citizen of Meridian and parents of 9 and 5 yr old kids --- please help us keep our neighborhood safe. Thank you for your consideration, Erin and Drew Ebright Sent from my iPhone