HomeMy WebLinkAbout2024-09-24 Brittany Williams
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From:Brian Whitlock
Sent:Tuesday, September 24, 2024 2:16 PM
To:City Clerk
Subject:Fw: Blayden Apartments Proposal
From: Brian Whitlock
Sent: Tuesday, September 24, 2024 2:14 PM
To: Brittany Williams
Cc: citycouncil
Subject: Re: Blayden Apartments Proposal
Brittany -
Thank you for your email and sharing your concerns.
I am forwarding your comments to the City Clerk to include them as part of the public record so that all
members of the City Council have the benefit of your input. As you may know, once an application has been
submitted to the City, we are precluded from having private conversations or commenting on the matter until
it is before the full Council.
Thank you again for your input.
Sincerely,
Brian Whitlock, District 1
Meridian City Council
From: Brittany Williams <brittnb@gmail.com>
Sent: Thursday, September 19, 2024 9:12 AM
To: Brian Whitlock
Subject: Blayden Apartments Proposal
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Hello Brian,
I believe you're the correct person to email about this concern, but if not, please let me know who else I can
reach out to. I live in the Oaks North subdivision off McMillan between Black Cat and McDermott. We have
seen tremendous growth in our neighborhood alone over the last few years, and then on top of that, rental
town-homes have been built on the corner of McMillan and McDermott that our neighborhood fought hard
against, as well as several other new developments at the 4-way stop of Black Cat and McMillan.
Unfortunately, there are also apartments going in at that same 4-way stop that we were never told about, and
then our neighborhood just found out that the Blayden Apartments are being proposed for development on
Black Cat and Chinden. So, I'm writing to find out what information I can pass along to our neighborhood,
regarding who we need to speak to, any meetings we can attend, letters written that will hopefully be read at
the council meetings, and so forth, to stop the passing of this apartment complex. We are all BEYOND
frustrated with the number of new homes (especially town-homes and apartments) that are being built all
around us. We feel like the city of Meridian just can't say no to developers that are just looking to make
money and don't seem to care about how building all of these homes is affecting residents that have already
lived in this area for years. Traffic is horrendous on all the roads around us and our schools (Pleasant View
Elementary, mainly) is so overpopulated. Instead of building more homes, we need another elementary school
(unless West Ada can do a better job of re-zoning) and especially a middle school. I realize you probably don't
have much say in the school situation, but something needs to be done to stop the development of all the
residential that's happening. We are too populated for the space, the roads and the schools already.
No one in our area is happy about what's been happening. We moved here 6 years ago to escape what we did
not love about the city in Washington we came from, and fell in love with Meridian because it encompassed
real community values that we were seeking, space, hardly any traffic, and an affordable place to live. I'm not
feeling the same as of lately about Meridian. At some point, there has to be a stop to growth if we want to
keep that same feel.
Please let me know what we can do as a community and neighborhood to stop any further residential
developments around us. I would be happy to pass it along to our neighbors so we can all take part in showing
the city we are not for this, and we want our opinions (as people who live here- not just developers looking to
make money) to be considered and taken seriously.
https://boisedev.com/news/2024/09/18/blayden-meridian-apartments/
Thank you for your time.
Brittany Williams
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