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HomeMy WebLinkAboutLetter from Les & Betty Vogel l{lG (,; l~r v J~~'r i .,. Dear Council Members , ':.Jl i I ()!= (,lie ;!J::'i Regarding the annexation and zoning of North borough Subdivision off of Ustick "'"t . -. I r= p v .' ,= ,-=- ."~ " We are Les and Betty Vogel and we live at 3610 N Linder Road. Our property is on the western boarder of the proposed development and on the southern border ofthe Sawtooth Middle School. We are not objecting to the zoning request but we do have several other concerns about the proposed development. Our fItst concern is the fence that will be constructed between the proposed subdivision and our property. We currently have agricultural land in pasture where we feed livestock and goats. Our concern is the type and heigh of the fence. We would like to be assured that the fence will be adequately designed and constructed to protect our livestock at all times from debris from the subdivision construction and from the subsequent land owners. " would like the fence to be constructed as to not interfere with our existing fence that currently secures the livestock to the pasture area. There is a stub road going into our property. Will your fence go across that area until such time as out property is developed? The second concern is the irrigation water flow. This is the irrigation water that supplies water for our agricultur: land. The water currently runs along the southern border of the proposed development. It then turns north and briefly runs along the western boundary and then turns in a westerly direction through the Endicott property. At the point where the main ditch turn west, a feeder ditch continues north to the southeast comer of our property. Our concerns are: I) What kind of diversion will supply the water for the proposed subdivision. If you have a siphon system will it have an adequate self drain? Will it adequately provide sufficient water downstream for ou irrigated pasture land? 2) Will the subdivision design provide us access to the ditch for maintenance and to assis1 in supplying the water to our property? 3) Will your design grade be sufficiently higher than our pasture so our flood irrigation does not create water problems such as flooding and seepage not only during construction but fOJ the final home and landscape designs? Are the homes designed with below grade crawlspaces or even basemen areas? This could become a problem if the flood irrigation is not part of the concerns during the planning stages. The valley is growing fast and there are many landowners similar to us that find themselves in the situation of being neighbors to new development. We know several individuals that find the biggest concern of all to be the trash, debris, yard waste, and even animal waste that gets blown and thrown over the fence into adjacent open property during construction and primarily after the homes are occupied. What rights do we as the new neighboJ have to stop this from happening? We make our livelihood off of the livestock that we pasture on this land and i we loose a sick cow or a goat because they consumed hazardous substances then we are loosing income. Would there be any recourse for us if this begins to happen. Would we have an individual we could contact? Our fmal concern is with communication during the planning and construction phases. Who will inspect the construction contractor's work on the project? If there are concerns with construction that affect our property or could affect our property down the road will there be an individual that can be consulted to immediately address our concerns. We would like to welcome the developer as a new neighbor if we can be assured that we can communicate and work with them and be assured that the concerns we have listed above are addressed. .., "" We have met with the developer and the engineer on this project and have been assured that our concerhS would be addressed. Thank You ~v~ 84 rz;71 'RECli;1 VE1'-'~, ** TX CONFIRMATION REPORT ** AS OF SEP 25 '06 15=09 PRGE.01 CITY OF MERIDJAN DATE TIME TO/FROM 07 09/25 15:08 P-AND-Z MODE MIN/SEC PGS CMD~ STATUS EC--S 00'49" 002 119 OK --------------------------------------------------------------------------------~----------- Dear Council Members, CITy Cl= f\!lE~~IOI/\I\: Regarding the annexation and zoning of Northborough Subdivision off of Ustick (: n \( ~ I ;-::- P c( "', r: ::- ( r" . We are Les and Betty Vogel and we live at 3610 N Linder Road. Our property is on the western boarder of the proposed development and on the southern border ofth.e Sawtooth Middle School. We are not objecting to the zoning request but we do have several other concerns about the proposed development. Our first concern is the fence that will be constructed between the proposed subdivision and our property . We currently have agricultural land in pasture where we feed livestock and goats. Our concern is the type and heigh of the fence. We would like to be assured that the fence will be adequately designed and constructed to protect our livestock at all times from debris from the subdivision construction and from the subsequent land owners. " would like the fence to be constructed as to not interfere with our existing fence that currently secures the livestock to the pasture area. There is a stub road going into our property. Will your fence go across that area until such time as out property is developed? The second concern is the irrigation water flow. This is the irrigation water that supplies water for our agricultur: land. The water currently runs along the southern border of the proposed development. Jt then turns north and briefly runs along the western boundary and then turns in a westerly direction through the Endicott propeny. At the point where the main ditch turn west, a feeder ditch continues north to the southeast comer of our property. Our concerns are: ]) What kind of diversion will supply the water for the proposed subdivision. If you have a siphon system will it have an adequate self drain? Will it adequately provide sufficient water downstream for Oil irrigated pas lure land? 2) Will the subdivision design provide us access to the ditch for maintenance and to assis1 in supplying the water to our property? 3) Will your design grade be sufficiently higher than our pasture so our flood irrigation does not create water problems such as flooding and seepage not only during construction but tOI the final home and landscape designs? Are the homes designed with below grade crawlspaces or even basemen areas? This could become a problem if the flood irrigation is not part of the concerns during the planning stages. The valley is growing fast and there are many landowners similar to us that fmd themselves in the situation of being neighbors to new development. We know sevem! individuals that find the biggest concern of all to be the trash, debris, yard waste, and even animal waste that gets blown and thrown over the fence into adjacent open property during construction and primarily after the homes are occupied. What rights do we as the new neighbol have to stop this from happening? We make our livelihood off of the livestock lhal we pasture on this land and i we loose a sick cow or a goat because they consumed hazardous substances then we are loosing income. Would there be any recourse for us if this begins to happen. Would we have an individual we could contact? Our final concern is with communication during the planning and construction phases. Who will inspect the con!'ltructlon contractor's work on the project? Ifthere are concerns with construction that affect our property or could affect our property down the road will there be an individual that can be consulted to immediately address our concerns. We would like to welcome the developer as a new neighbor ifwe can be assured that we can communicate and work with them and be assured that the concerns we have listed above are addressed.