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From:Bill Parsons
Sent:Friday, June 12, 2020 2:22 PM
To:Jen Smith
Cc:Adrienne Weatherly; Chris Johnson; Charlene Way
Subject:RE: Amity Subdivision
Good Afternoon Jen,
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: Jen Smith <jssmith76@live.com>
Sent: Thursday, June 11, 2020 5:14 PM
To: planninginquiries <planning@meridiancity.org>
Subject: Amity Subdivision
To whom it may concern,
My name is Jen Smith and I am resident of Century Farm subdivision. I have recently received notice of
Challenger Development's preliminary plat plan for the corner of E Amity Rd and S Hillsdale Ave. I am writing
to let you know that I am concerned about traffic safety that comes with high density dwellings, diminished
property values and the strain that such a high density subdivision will put on already overcrowded schools in
our area.
The roads in south Meridian are not adequately set up for the amount of traffic that they already have to
handle. When we moved into our home in May of 2017 we could leave our house and be on the freeway in
less than five minutes. It was amazing! In just three years our time has doubled, and even tripled on some
days, to make the same drive. The growth in this city has gone unchecked long enough and something needs
to be done. Putting a subdivision in that area is something I knew would be coming but adding 204
apartments, 26 townhomes and 79 houses on that property is too much! In terms of traffic, if you factor just
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one car per household there will be 309 additional cars travelling on Hillsdale Ave, a road that is not built to
handling that kind of traffic. A high density neighborhood can also hurt property values of already existing
neighborhoods. Charter Point is an example of what mixed high density housing looks like when developed by
builders like Hubble and CBH and, speaking from experience, it is not the kind of area I want near my home.
I would also like to know where the children that live in this development will attend school. Hillsdale
Elementary has been over capacity almost from the day it opened leaving children who currently move into
our neighborhood having to bus to a school out of their neighborhood. Which already overcrowded school is
going to have to take all these elementary, middle and high school kids if this 309 unit development is
approved?
Challenger Development has an opportunity to develop something our community can truly be proud of. I
hope that the plan ultimately accepted by the City will address these concerns to better create an evolving,
livable, vibrant and connected neighborhood in line with #MyMeridianVision
Sincerely,
Jen Smith
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