HomeMy WebLinkAboutLetter from Giuseppe Veneziano
Wednesday March 8,2006
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GlTY OF MERIDIAN
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403 East Fairview #24
Meridian, ill 83642
208-888-3988
To: Meridian City Council
This letter is in the regards to the relocation of my coffee shop, "Joe Up and Go." I shut
down operations of this venue and moved it to the rear of the nursery to make way for
construction efforts taking place on the lot in September 2004. This decision was
prompted by the property owner's request. I am now attempting to re-open my coffee
shop and have been told I must pay $1,050.00 to the City of Meridian to re-open on the
same property. In January 2000, I went through the entire process with Ada County
PNZ, where I paid all of the necessary fees and received all of the proper documentation
to open and proceed with business. At that point in time, all businesses in the area were
under the supervision of Ada County PNZ and paid the fees associated with them. I was
also informed that existing businesses would be grandfathered in and would not have to
pay City of Meridian fees, over and above already paid fees to Ada County PNZ. I
believe my business falls under this provision because I am opening on the same property
and only temporarily closed shop to allow the property owners the space and time needed
to complete the construction. "Joe Up and Go" is an existing business, not the opening of
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Meridian, since all required fees were already paid to Ada County PNZ.
In addition, I am a private business owner trying to develop my business in a thriving
area of the Treasure Valley. I opened my coffee shop in what I thought would become a
very heavily traveled area of town, and it has. However, as entrepreneurship goes,
income still comes hard and I currently do not have the funds to pay this unexpected
expense and without being able to open again, I have no way to obtain the income to pay
these fees. Financially, I have always thought these fees were taken care of in the
beginning and never expected or planned for having to pay them again. I would hope
you would take this into consideration. I was a business owner in this area of Meridian
when no one else was there and I am trying to continue my operations. The movement of
my coffee hut was not by choice and was to allow for construction efforts to promote the
businesses in the area. I hope I will not be penalized for accommodating this effort.
If you have any questions or need further documentation of these facts, please don't
hesitate to contact me. I appreciate the council's time and their consideration of my
situation.
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Sincerely,
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