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The Fairways Homeowners Association
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Boise, Idaho 83714 DEC 0 6 2012
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CITY CLERKS OFFICE
City of Meridian
Planning and Zoning Commission
C/O Terri Ricks, Addressing Specialist
Community Development Department
33 E. Broadway Ave., Suite 102
Meridian, ID 83642
RE: Request to Deny Application for Street Name Changes for N Englewood Way and N Englewood Place
My name is Richard M. (Mike) Munkres and 1 five at 2656 N Englewood Way. I am also writing as
President of The Fairways Homeowners Association. I, as well as other members of our Board of
Directors, also plan to speak to this issue at the public hearing, now scheduled for December 6, 2012.
We have 22 residences on N Englewood Way in The Fairways. We have been able to contact the
occupants of all but two of those residences. One hundred per cent of those we were able to contact
signed the petition to deny the application for the name change. This petition should be in the staffing
folder provided to you by Terri Ricks.
We are requesting that you deny this application for two reasons:
1. We believe this change will have a significant and negative impact on our residents.
The Fairways is a senior community. Most of the people who reside on N Englewood Way are in
their 70's and 80's; some are in their 90's. Many will have great difficulty in making all of the
changes that will be required. These include financial and legal transactions, such as retirement,
Social Security, Medicare, wills, and trusts, just to name a few. Most of our residents have spent a
great deal of time, effort, and money getting these transactions in order so that they won't have to
be changed during the last years of life. Many may have great difficulty making these changes now
without assistance.
2. We believe this change is unwarranted and unjustified.
As explained to us by the representative from Ada County Dispatch at the "Neighborhood Meeting"
on October 15,-this change is being requested because of a single incident of miscommunication
between a dispatcher and a 911 caller from outside the area. This miscommunication occurred
because of limitations in the Computer Automated Dispatch (CAD) System and because of a lack of
adequate procedures in the dispatch center; not because of the street name or its spelling. This
incident could have been avoided, if the dispatcher had asked a few simple questions of the caller,
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RE: Request to Deny Street Name Changes for N Englewood Way and North Englewood Place
such as: "What city does your daughter live in?" Changing the street names will not solve this
problem. Changes in the CAD system and dispatching procedures are needed to solve this problem.
All of our residents strongly support public sa#ety and recognize the importance of a timely emergency
response. If we believed that this change was justified, we would support it. We do not believe it is
justified and we strongly oppose it. We ask you to deny this application and leave the street name of
N Englewood Way and N Englewood Plate unchanged.
The Street Naming Committee has been insisting that residents choose an alternative name prior to this
hearing and have offered several alternatives that our residents find unacceptable. This insistence has
also given our residents the perception that your decision may be predetermined. We hope that this is
not the case; however, should you decide to approve the application for change, we would like the
opportunity to meet with the committee after the fact to select an acceptable name.
Thank you for your consideration on this issue.
Sincerely,
R. M. Munkres, President