HomeMy WebLinkAbout2025-11-20 Logan Winterholler
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From:Winterholler <lcwinterholler@gmail.com>
Sent:Thursday, November 20, 2025 10:15 AM
To:Clerks Comment; Nick Napoli; Bill Parsons; Kurt Starman; Brian Whitlock; Liz Strader;
Doug Taylor; John Overton; Anne Little Roberts; Lucas Cavener
Subject:Public Comment – Case H-2024-0072 (Hill’s Century Farm Townhomes) – Please Deny
or Hold
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Dear Planning Division, Chair, and Members of the Planning & Zoning Commission,
My name is Logan Winterholler, a resident of South Meridian living in the neighborhood near Hillsdale
Elementary and the YMCA. I am writing to submit my public comment and respectfully request that the
Commission deny or postpone Rezone Case H-2024-0072 until required impact studies are completed
and fully addressed.
1. School Capacity Concerns
Hillsdale Elementary is already at or over its intended capacity and relying on portable classrooms. There
is already the neighborhood under construction by CBH immediately west of the YMCA that is going
make the overcrowding at schools an even larger issue. Adding high-density units without a school
capacity mitigation plan will worsen overcrowding and contradicts the Comprehensive Plan’s policies
requiring development to align with public facilities and educational capacity. How does the city plan to
address the education concerns and overcrowding concerns? Most residents in this neighborhood
moved here to have an opportunity to attend Hillsdale Elementary and now that is becoming a safety
issue for kids.
2. Traffic & Safety Issues
Our neighborhood experiences daily congestion during school drop-off/pick-up and during peak YMCA
hours. We have had many issues with the increased traffic resulting in car wrecks (one took out a tree
right where kids play), ignored stop signs and speeding through areas where children play and walk to
and from school and friends often. As a parent, this is deeply concerning to me. The applicant has not
provided a complete Traffic Impact Study evaluating these peak conditions. The Rezone Checklist
requires this analysis before consideration. Without it, the application is incomplete and premature.
Traffic through the neighborhood already typically exceeds speeds well over 25mph, especially once
temporary stop signs and speed bumps are removed. Adding more traffic in the immediate vicinity of the
elementary school is going to get children killed.
3. Inconsistency with the Comprehensive Plan & FLUM
The Comprehensive Plan emphasizes compatible neighborhood transitions, adequate public facilities,
and sufficient commercial services. Our commercial development is still limited in South Meridian, and
adding high-density residential in isolation is inconsistent with these planning principles. This growing
area still has many commercial needs that are not being met.
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My Requests:
• Confirm whether the applicant submitted all required studies (Traffic Impact Study, utility capacity
reports, public facilities impact analysis).
• Postpone recommendation until all required documents are submitted, made public, and reviewed.
• If the city considers approval, require conditions such as:
– Mitigation or contribution agreement with West Ada School District
– Traffic improvements addressing peak school/YMCA hours including widening the road to add
turning lanes in front of the school
– Significant increase to parking spaces and capacity to accommodate a minimum of 2 cars per
household, due to streets and public commercial parking lots already being congested
– Extended and phased development tied to demonstrated school and transportation capacity
Thank you for your time and your service. Please confirm receipt and include this email in the public
record for Case H-2024-0072.
Sincerely,
Logan Winterholler
Meridian, Idaho
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