HomeMy WebLinkAbout2025-11-19 Amy Johnson
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From:Amy Johnson <amy97008@gmail.com>
Sent:Wednesday, November 19, 2025 1:23 PM
To:Clerks Comment
Subject:Property Behind St. Luke's in South Meridian --Brighton Development
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Good afternoon:
I am writing to ask that you deny the high density townhome rezone for Brighton Development in South
Meridian.
Hopefully you recall the concerns of the neighborhoods surrounding this area when CBH worked so hard
to put high density housing, townhomes and apartments across from the St. Luke's facility with cross
streets Hillsdale Lane & Amity.
During those discussions it was brought up by Becky, the CBH engineer, that CBH did not want to
compete with Brighton regarding commercial space in the general area and therefore wanted to cram
more high density housing in place of more commercial space. It was ultimately approved by Meridian
City Council for CBH to put in their bare minimum, high density subdivision. As feared, very little
excavation was done, very few homes have covered patios and their front landscaping is just rocks and
tiny twigs. It is currently still in process of being built and has MANY homes available for sale that have
been sitting on the MLS market for quite some time. There is no need for more high density housing in
this area.
The information relied upon during the approval process for CBH to have less commercial and more high
density housing is due to the fact that it was assumed the land in question tonight was zoned for
commercial and would therefore be built in the future providing businesses that support the dense
housing and multiple neighborhoods already approved. This area NEEDS more commercial, not less.
Additionally, Hillsdale Lane cannot support the additional traffic 70 townhomes would produce. If you
do go forward with the rezoning, there MUST be improvements made to Hillsdale Lane to include
additional lanes and possibly another light to allow traffic to turn north heading toward Amity. Traffic
currently queues 7-10 cars deep on Hillsdale Lane waiting to turn onto Amity. This line of vehicles would
be directly in front of the proposed entrance/exit from the townhomes onto Hillsdale Lane further
congesting the area making it harder to see pedestrians and kids.
Finally, the strain on the designated schools will further overpopulate them, increasing class sizes and
congestion.
While my opinion is that Brighton designs and builds beautiful neighborhoods and I'd much prefer seeing
their quality builds over CBH any day, this rezone is not something that will better this area. I urge you to
deny the rezone and keep this land commercial.
Thank you for your attention to this matter,
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Amy Johnson
South Meridian Resident
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