HomeMy WebLinkAbout2024-12-20 Tony Mayer Tony&Jeanie Mayer
7850 Gearhard Ln
Meriden, Idaho 83642
Re: Summerlin Subdivision
Dear Mayor and City Council:
We are the owners of a 10-acre parcel immediately on the south of the proposed Summerlin subdivision.
We are writing to express our extreme dismay with Councils' recent decision to over-rule staff and
Planning and Zoning Commission recommendations that would have required the larger R-2 and R-4 lots
as a buffer to surrounding RUT zoned land. This recommendation is stated in the Comprehensive Plan
which is intended to mitigate the impact of high-density subdivisions on surrounding agricultural RUT
zoned owners.
We had legitimate concerns and we commented in the two previous P&Z Commission meetings. These
concerns were addressed by the P&Z Commission Members who nearly unanimously ruled to require
the larger lots as agricultural RUT buffer. We believed the City Council Members would have honored
the thoughtful decisions and recommendation of the Meridian P&Z. However,to our dismay,the
Meridian City Council chose to side with Mr. Conger,the developer and "throw"their own staff and the
Meridian P&Z"under the bus". I ask,why have them if you aren't going to trust in their judgement and
in their recommendations? Allowing the proposed higher density lots will disrupt our agricultural efforts
and will further expose the subdivision residents to serious safety concerns that are involved in the
surrounding agricultural activities.
As a note,we had a conflict and we're out of the area on Tuesday 12/17/24, or we would have attended
the Council meeting. We believed that the Council would follow staff recommendations for this project.
Had we had any inclination that the Council would not, we would have definitely changed plans and
made arrangements to attend.
We had several issues that were brought up and addressed in the P&Z meetings. The first being that Mr.
Conger violated the required Neighborhood Meeting requirement and then was not entirely truthful to
the P&Z commission in his response. The developer never did hold a legitimate neighborhood meeting.
This was proven in the second P&Z meeting. Please review my own testimony and staff comments for
the 11/21/24 P&Z meeting.
We are only one couple in this neighborhood, but we ask that the members of the Meridian City Council
reconsider your decision on the Summerlin subdivision approval,and follow your staff recommendation
and require the lower density R-2 and r-4 zoning as a buffer to the neighboring RUT zoned land on the
southern perimeter.
Thankyyy,
Tony and Jeanie Mayer
Mobile 208-731-4522