HomeMy WebLinkAbout2020-06-15 Devin Holt
Charlene Way
From:Bill Parsons
Sent:Friday, June 12, 2020 3:30 PM
To:Devin Holt
Cc:Chris Johnson; Adrienne Weatherly; Charlene Way
Subject:RE: Concerns with New development
Good Afternoon Devin,
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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-----Original Message-----
From: Devin Holt <devinvholt@gmail.com>
Sent: Friday, June 12, 2020 3:07 PM
To: planninginquiries <planning@meridiancity.org>
Subject: Concerns with New development
To whom it may concern,
I am reaching out regarding the preliminary plans of the new development across the street from the South
Meridian YMCA. I am in strong opposition to this plan as a homeowner very close to the school. We do not
want transient tenants moving into this super compact development. We especially do not want this across
the street from our school that all of my kids go to. It is hard to control the quality of individuals that live in
such developments, and we do not want this happening across the street from our school. It is a danger to our
children. It is never a good idea to put transient living space next to an elementary school.
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We also do not want the YMCA to become super overcrowded, because it is already very crowded with all of
the developments going up around it. That is also a health concern with the COVID-19 pandemic still in full
swing. This is a virus we will have to live with from now on, it’s not going anywhere, and they were likely will
not be an effective vaccine ever developed, as there has never been an effective vaccine developed for any of
the other coronaviruses that we have been dealing with for decades. I am a healthcare professional, I do
Anesthesia for a living, and during my medical training, I learned all about the spread of disease. Overcrowding
a space like the YMCA is a sure fire way to Ensure the spread of whatever bacteria and viruses are prevalent in
a particular area, especially COVID-19. We cannot have this development cramming people into this
community, and coming over to use our YMCA, it will be way too easy to spread disease with an overcrowded
facility that this development would create.
There is also a huge concern with traffic, the intersection of Amity Road and Hillsdale is a simple “T”
intersection. It is absolutely not made to handle all of the traffic from a huge development built right next to
it, we cannot share this intersection with them, it will create very long traffic lines to get onto Amity Road.
Have you taking the opportunity to experience the traffic when school gets out in front of Hillsdale
Elementary? I can’t even imagine how horrible the congestion will be if this development is put up right next
to this already horrific congestion that happens every morning and every afternoon when school starts and
ends.
These are some of the reasons why it would be a very bad idea to put such a condense living space right next
to our community, and right next to our school and YMCA.
I think most of us are fine with another development going on this property, as long as they are single-family
homes.
Last night we all showed up to physically make known our opposition of this plan, there were a lot of us there,
and there is a good reason for that. All of the reasons I have spelled out, as well as many others are extremely
concerning to all of us. Please take the time to really think about my concerns, as well as those of my
community, Thank you.
Devin Holt
Century farm resident and homeowner
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