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From:Chris Johnson
Sent:Monday, September 16, 2024 8:31 AM
To:Charlene Way
Subject:FW: A new "Contact the Mayor's Office" form has been submitted!
For the record please.
From: Jim Cox <Jim@jccboise.com>
Sent: Monday, September 16, 2024 8:27 AM
To: David Miles <dmiles@meridiancity.org>; Mayor Office Feedback <MayorOfficeFeedback@meridiancity.org>
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Subject: RE: A new "Contact the Mayor's Office" form has been submitted!
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Thank you, Dave!
Our last Mayor was very opposed to what was approved in 2019.
It would be essential that Mayor Simison was at least briefed on the depth of the impact that is being proposed
tomorrow night.
Thank you!
Jim
From: David Miles \[mailto:dmiles@meridiancity.org\]
Sent: Monday, September 16, 2024 8:07 AM
To: Jim Cox <Jim@jccboise.com>; Mayor Office Feedback <MayorOfficeFeedback@meridiancity.org>
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Subject: RE: A new "Contact the Mayor's Office" form has been submitted!
Hi Jim,
Thank you for reaching out and copying the Mayor on the correspondence regarding the Timbercreek application. Your
letter is in the file, and have copied the City Clerk on this email so that this communication can also be added to the
record.
Sincerely,
Dave Miles | Chief of Staff
City of Meridian | Mayor’s Office
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From: jim@jccboise.com <jim@jccboise.com>
Sent: Saturday, September 14, 2024 10:00 AM
To: Mayor Office Feedback <MayorOfficeFeedback@meridiancity.org>
Subject: A new "Contact the Mayor's Office" form has been submitted!
From: Jim Cox
Email: jim@jccboise.com
Phone: 2088501375
Question/Comment: Hello Mayor Simison,
I copied you on a letter to Council for Tuesday night's vote on Timbercreek's expansion proposal.
Please read that short letter, and call if I can help with any questions or concerns.
Thank you,
Jim Cox
Should we contact you?: Yes
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From:Luke Cavener
Sent:Sunday, September 15, 2024 8:05 PM
To:Chris Johnson
Subject:Fwd: Oppose Timbercreek expansion!
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From: Jim Cox <Jim@jccboise.com>
Sent: Saturday, September 14, 2024 11:50:36 AM
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Subject: Oppose Timbercreek expansion!
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Dear Council Members,
Please visit the Timbercreek Recycling site (Columbia Rd & Locust Grove) before Tuesday’ Council meeting.
Then, please oppose more expansion.
Thank you,
Jim Cox
(208) 850-1375, cell
September 13, 2024
Jim & Angie Cox
1305 E. Columbia Rd.
Meridian, ID 83642
Honorable City Council Members
Meridian City
Meridian, ID
RE: Timber Creek Recycling Hearing - 9/17
Dear Council Members,
We are writing to strongly oppose Timbercreek's Modified Development Agreement proposal.
Angie and I live directly south of the south Meridian facility. We have lived here nearly thirty years,
and have watched many changes in Meridian. We were here in 2016, when the composting process
was less of a menace to the neighborhood, and when the original Development Agreement was
formed. That Agreement it seems, should have been formed through a Conditional Use process
inviting public interaction. Contrary to best practice, no public interaction was invited. We were here
in 2019 when the Development Agreement was modified for expansion amid strong opposition to
what is now an industrial facility far beyond compost.
At one point in that 2019 Modification approval process, nearly 40 neighbors packed the Council
chambers. One after another, those neighbors expressed reasons to reject that expansion request.
While most can support a Recycle program, this facility absolutely does not belong in an established
residential area. Four Council members supported the proposal. Two Council members, Councilman
Borton and Councilman Bernt, along with Mayor De Weerd strongly opposed the proposal. All three
expressed disbelief and astonishment at the blatant disregard for the concerns raised. Those
concerns have since been realized many times over as the 2019 Modifications continue to impact
neighbors throughout the area. Meanwhile, Timbercreek Recycling has enjoyed nearly unopposed
growth with little accountability in the first expansion approval, let alone the neighbors' interests in the
Development Agreement of eight years ago.
The 2016 DA was formed upon a faulty foundation. The 2019 Expansion was a grave mistake. A
second request for expansion is unacceptable. Please visit the site before Tuesday's Council
Meeting. You will witness a dust cloud on most days, hear the constant roar of the recycle machinery,
smell the rot and decay, and experience the constant commotion of the dozen or more Timbercreek
trucks and unlimited recycle trucks coming and going. Then try to imagine more expansion. Please
vote NO to this unacceptable Second Expansion proposal.
Thank you,
Jim n�ieCo.
Cc: Honorable Mayor Simison