HomeMy WebLinkAbout2025-06-13 Cory Thacker
To: Meridian Planning & Zoning Staff and Commission
From: Cory L. Thacker (5900 W Us?ck Rd., Meridian, ID 83646
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Date: 9 of June 2025
To Whom It May Concern:
When I bought my house in 2013, I thought I found my forever Heaven; I bought a home
that was in a rural se?ng but was close to everything. Everyone from delivery drivers to friends
and family stated how perfect it was to live in such an idealis?c place, surrounded by nothing
but farm ground.
Then, my world was recently upended when I was no?fied they would be pu?ng in Hwy
16 necessita?ng the crea?on of the McDermo? Bypass. Why they did not acquire enough
property at the ?me, I do not know; the bypass was ran down my western property line crea?ng
an intersec?on 242 feet away from my driveway. The problem of having been placed on an
already busy corner was complicated when I pointed out that regula?ons state there must be a
300 foot distance from the intersec?on from my driveway as it existed prior to the bypass. I was
simply told that they would move my driveway… I have horses and to upend my life because
they cannot follow their own rules, plus steal pasture away from my horses… huh?
The Dayspring subdivision to my south was announced. At first, I was devastated about the
announcement; in addi?on to the Owyhee High School encroaching on my peace with the
traffic and never turned off lights of the football field. It dawned on me, my water rights come
from the Safford Line that runs right through the Dayspring Subdivision; How will they ensure I
get my water I have rights too?
The next bit of news, I was told that some of my property would be purchased for the expansion
of Us?ck, again… Diminishing pasture for my horses. If I did not want to sell, because of an
addi?on to the original Eminent Domain that took place in 2006 during the last housing boom
ironically, they would take it because they added eminent domain is appropriate for public
access to water and mining… and now a nice path as long as it is parallel to a road. Weird.
Long Story Short, I want out of Dodge before it is too late. If my requests are not appropriately
considered, I worry I will end up like the SW corner of Us?ck and 10 mile, SW corner of Us?ck
and Black Cat, NW corner of Franklin and Black Cat, and so many others. Due to lack of
appropriate access, these lots are not viable. They produce no substan?ve value to the city of
Meridian in taxes, business development, or aesthe?c appeal.
The subdivision Durango is being presented. I would ask that the city of Meridian give due
considera?on to the op?ons available to my property which will make my soon to be, over
crowded for my taste, corner viable for commercial use. Consider, you have approved
commercial use for the surrounding subdivisions and nobody would reasonably want to live on
my corner; the only logical use would be commercial. Being that it is only a drain ditch behind
my house, a deal may be struck to culvert or ?le said drain ditch making many op?ons available
for an access point to the all access point of Us?ck proposed by Durango subdivision. An all
access point on the less busy road of McDermo? should not be a problem.
Please help me in turning my property into a sellable piece so I can let development occur in
peace while I seek my peace elsewhere. Please look at, and approve, the connec?ons allowing
access and rezoning of my soon to be annexed property into a useful aesthe?c property to the
city of Meridian. I will present my ability to sell my property is based upon access, selling the
parcel without the eminent domain purchase, etc… The more the city, and state, impact my
property, the more it becomes a horrid place to me; without my requested accesses, which are
reasonable requests, the state condemns me to live in a hellish landscape I did not create.
5900 W USTICK RD83646MERIDIAN, ID
MY PIECE OF HEAVEN (2013)
CLOSER VIEW OF MY HEAVEN 3
CONCERNS 4 IS 300’)242’ CODE –EXCEPTIONALLY TOO BUSY INTERSECTION (SOON TO BE DRIVEWAY TOO CLOSE TO –
CONCERNS 5 WATER RIGHTS–
CONCERNS 6 EMINENT DOMAIN–
EXAMPLES OF CORNER LOTS IN MERIDIAN 7 access matters regardless of the use.redeveloped into useful, job producing, tax generating, service providing uses because You’ll notice these
parcels all have something in common: they have not been developed or •find a few.development as mine would be if not granted cross access through Durango but we did It was hard to
find many parcels in Meridian that are as isolated from surrounding •DEVELOPMENTSCROSS ACCESS THROUGH NEIGHBORING WITHOUT
SW CORNER OF USTICK & 10 MILE 8
SW CORNER OF USTICK AND BLACK CAT 9
NW CORNER OF FRANKLIN AND BLACK CAT 10
NE CORNER OF LINDER AND CHERRY LN.11
I DON’T WANT THIS TO HAPPEN TO MY 12 MCDERMOTTAND
EXAMPLES OF CORNER LOTS IN MERIDIAN 13 because they had the access required. of being developed into useful, job producing, tax generating, service providing uses You’ll notice the majority
of these parcels have either been developed or are in the process •access through neighboring properties.It was much easier to find these examples as the vast majority of corner lots
have cross •DEVELOPMENTSCROSS ACCESS THROUGH NEIGHBORING WITH
SOUTHERN CORNERS OF TEN MILE AND PINE 14
SW CORNER OF MCMILLAN AND LOCUST GROVE 15
NE CORNER OF MCMILLAN AND LOCUST GROVE 16
NW 17 CORNER OF MCMILLAN AND MERIDIAN
SE CORNER OF MCMILLAN AND 18 LINDER
NORTHERN CORNERS OF MCMILLAN AND 19 LINDER
CORNERS OF CHINDEN AND BLACK CAT… AND MANY MORE 20
SOLUTION: PROVIDE CROSS ACCESS TO MY 21 SUBDIVISIONCORNER PROPERTY THROUGH THE DURANGO
SOLUTION FOR A USEFUL, MARKETABLE, 22 VALUABLE PROPERTY
HELP ME GET THE 23 before it becomes something I hate.involved, and I can get out of there space into something useful for all a little bit of planning, we can turn this inconvenient
corners of Meridian. With be stuck on one of the most If considerations are not allowed, I will DODGEHELL OUT OF