HomeMy WebLinkAbout2020-06-10 Tricia Geiser
Charlene Way
From:Chris Johnson
Sent:Wednesday, June 10, 2020 9:49 AM
To:Charlene Way
Subject:FW: E Amity & S HIllsdale Development Plans
From: Bill Parsons <bparsons@meridiancity.org>
Sent: Wednesday, June 10, 2020 9:45 AM
To: Tricia Geiser <triciageiser@hotmail.com>
Cc: Caleb Hood <chood@meridiancity.org>; Chris Johnson <cjohnson@meridiancity.org>; Adrienne Weatherly
<aweatherly@meridiancity.org>
Subject: RE: E Amity & S HIllsdale Development Plans
Good Morning Tricia,
Thank you for providing comments on a potential project next to your subdivision. At this time, the City does not have a
formal application for this specific property. If/when the application is submitted to the City and you are within 300’ of
the project boundary, you will receive notification from the City of the public hearing date and the property owner will
be responsible to place public hearing signs along all street frontages. Public testimony will be welcomed at that time.
Sincerely,
Bill Parsons, AICP | Planning Supervisor
City of Meridian | Community Development Dept.
33 E. Broadway Ave., Ste. 102, Meridian, Idaho 83642
Phone: 208-884-5533 | Fax: 208-489-0571
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From: Tricia Geiser <triciageiser@hotmail.com>
Sent: Tuesday, June 9, 2020 5:12 PM
To: planninginquiries <planning@meridiancity.org>
Subject: E Amity & S HIllsdale Development Plans
To Whom it May Concern:
I am a resident of the Hillsdale Creek Subdivision located directly behind the proposed development. I was
shocked to see that the Developer's Preliminary Plan did not match any plans that were shown to
homeowner's while they were purchasing their homes. I understand that the land will be developed, but I
believe it needs to be done responsibly.
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My main concern is adding an additional 355 housing units to an already above capacity school zone. My
daughter was a fifth grader last year at Hillsdale and there were 37 students in her class with no aid! Thirty
seven!!!! Neighbors are moving onto our street, and their children are being bussed to a school that is 5 miles
away when Hillsdale Elementary is less than .25miles from their homes. And the lack of levy funds will
challenge the school even more and will delay additional schools being built to help meet the needs of the
student's moving into the proposed development.
Meridian has 2.8 people per household, meaning 994 people can be expected to move into the proposed
development. 28.6% of Meridian's population are children under 18, meaning 285 kids would call the
development home. The middle school is already crowded, and the high school already has numerous trailers
due to overcrowding.
Around 100 of these kids would be attending Hillsdale Elementary, adding 3-4 kids to every classroom. If there
were 37 kids in a classroom last year, that would mean 40 or more kids per teacher (not including the 100s of
homes that are being built currently). Waiting lists will be so long that people will reconsider purchasing a
home in our school district. Yes, selfishly, I am protecting the resale value of my home. No one will want to
buy a $400,000+ home when the amenities that are walkable (school & Y) are beyond their capacity to the
point that they cannot be used.
I work at the Y, and can attest to workout classes already reaching capacity. There is a ticketing system to limit
many workout classes already, and many members are turned away from classes each week (prior to Covid).
The before and after school child care program will not help these children either (it is currently only offered
to children attending Hillsdale and these children will need to be bussed to other schools).
In addition, the community was designed to be walkable. My son bikes to school & I am concerned that adding
hundreds more cars to an already busy area would jeopardize his ability to bike to school & the Y.
Please listen to our community and do not move forward with high density or medium-high density housing.
Neighbors are not complaining that the development may include homes that will help with affordability, they
are complaining that the land is not being developed responsibly in accordance with the vision that Meridian
laid out for us when we bought our homes.
Please limit the amount of housing units that will be built on this lot to improve the future for your residents
that call Meridian home.
Thank you.
Tricia Geiser
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