HomeMy WebLinkAbout2023-06-19 Doug Humphrey
Charlene Way
From:Doug Humphrey <doughumphrey1951@gmail.com>
Sent:Monday, June 19, 2023 3:27 PM
To:City Clerk
Cc:Robert Simison; Joe Borton; Liz Strader; Brad Hoaglun; John Overton; Jessica
Perreault; Luke Cavener
Subject:Regarding the Development Agreement Modification request submitted by CSHQA
(Linder Village MDA H-2023-0005).
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This application is a laundry list of largely dissimilar modification requests and we hope the City will consider
their merits individually, taking into consideration the impact on the lives of your constituents and not just the
business interests of the applicants.
We have two particular areas of concern.
The Crystal Barn. The developer wants to combine three smaller buildings into one very large multi-level structure that is
much bigger than what was originally approved for this space. But it’s not just the footprint. It would be an
entertainment venue with features expected to draw visitors from far away, bringing in even more traffic into what was
intended to be a community-level project. This sort of attraction belongs out near the interstate alongside Roaring
Springs, Top Golf, Vertical View, etc.
The apartments. We don’t object to multi-family and other residential projects per se. But a massive 5-story, 500+ unit
apartment complex would be totally out of scale for the surrounding area, dwarfing the adjacent neighborhoods. You
have to travel at least a mile to find a building taller than even two stories (other than the temple). The Prelude
apartments on the other end of this square mile are “only” three stories and they tower above the nearby homes and
businesses.
Besides the obtrusive visual anomaly, we are alarmed at the prospect of increased traffic caused by hundreds of
additional vehicles, especially those who use our neighborhood streets as shortcuts to avoid the inevitable congestion
on Chinden, Linder, and Meridian Road. It would be a threat to our quality of life and our property values.
The MDA concedes that multi-family development is not permitted in a C-C district without a Conditional Use Permit
and that their multi-family building is “preliminary and subject to change.” So why is the CUP even included in this
request? We note there is no mention whatsoever of the building’s size or the type and density of residential housing it
would consist of. We know about their plans for a 5-story, 500+ unit complex because that was what they presented to
us at the neighborhood meeting last November. Whether they are concealing their plans from the Council or they
genuinely don’t know what they want to do, the CUP request should be denied until they can bring more to the table
than a wish list.
Thank you for your consideration,
Doug Humphrey
W Dreyfuss Ln
Paramount subdivision
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