HomeMy WebLinkAbout2022-11-03 Kim Smith
Charlene Way
From:Kim Smith <kdsmith1205@yahoo.com>
Sent:Thursday, November 3, 2022 2:36 PM
To:Clerks Comment
Subject:Vote NO to the Bridgetower Multi-Family CUP CR-2022-0006
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Dear City Council members,
After the Planning Commission voted to reject the development of apartments in the
Bridgetower West area by Walmart September 1st, it gave us an enormous amount of relief
to our community. Not only to our particular area, but also to surrounding neighborhoods
who fight daily with the traffic on McMillan and Ten Mile. As stated previously, we do not
want more traffic on Gondola and San Vito because these streets are the ones that provide
the community’s children access to Park View Elementary School. We do not want this
development to infringe on our property values. I am not going to forget to mention how
Park View Elementary is at FULL capacity and not one family wants the ratio of teacher/child
to increase! Nor do any of us want our safety jeopardized by cut-through traffic trying to get
to Black Cat and Chinden by avoiding McMillan, known for horrible traffic throughout the
day!
The infrastructure is lacking in many, many areas which is concerning for proper growth in
Meridian. This includes emergency vehicles response time due to heavy traffic, available
doctors to make it possible to get in for appointments, veterinarians wait time for
appointments is already at least a month, general grooming services (hair, nails, massage,
physical therapy) are busier than usual, water usage within the drought months should not
be ignored, parking capacity at this proposed complex isn’t enough, and more police
surveillance will be required. We can’t even get the ACHD to re-paint the crosswalk in front
of the Park View Elementary school, this being the ONLY crosswalk available there for
pedestrians!
There is no safe way for pedestrians to cross McMillan and walk down San Vito to Gondola to
reach the elementary school. I haven’t even mentioned the nightmare drive getting high
schoolers to Owyhee H.S. from Bridgetower West!
We could list many other important issues, but these will most certainly be raised by our
citizens of Meridian at the upcoming November 15 meeting.
We thank you for listening and value what services you provide for the beautiful City of
Meridian. I am also speaking for our wonderful wild life that needs open fields to survive.
Sincerely,
Kim Smith
Bridgetower West resident
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