2019-05-06 Bob Rhoads1
Charlene Way
From:Bob Rhoads <rapidr@live.com>
Sent:Friday, May 03, 2019 2:29 PM
To:Meridian City Clerk
Subject:Comments: Public Hearing for Delano Subdivision (H-2019-0027)
Attachments:P&Z Commission Comments 050319.jpeg.jpeg
Given the Meridian P&Z Commission continued the Subject Action Item to July 18, 2019, and no comments
were solicited, I hereby submit the same comments had action been taken on Item D; Public Hearing for
Delano Subdivision (H-2019-0027) on Thursday, May 2,2019 at 6:00 PM.
Respectively Submitted,
Robert Rhoads
4170 N. Rogue River Way
Meridian ID 83646
2 May 2019
Meridian Planning Commission —Development adjacent to Alpine Pointe
I appreciate the opportunity to share comments at this hearing.
My name is Robert Rhoads. My wife and I reside at 4170 N. Rogue River Way, Meridian, ID
83646; in a house the construction of which was completed in late 2012. We love our
neighborhood, and all who reside nearby us.
The price of the home included several, thousand USD in project impact fees compensating
Meridian City for infrastructure enhancements, with the expectation this would be consistent in
fulfillment of the master plan including properties adjacent to, and south of Alpine Pointe.
Surely, seven (7) years ago we never could have imagined high density development would
compromise the Meridian residential master plan with deviation thereto, to increased housing
concentration. According to documents and plans presented to Meridian City planners and
recently viewed personally; property development in process and those yet to be finalized for
the site, gravely affects vehicular traffic projected to enter/exit through Collector
Thoroughfares. That is, routing heavy traffic amongst well planned, peaceful, single family
neighborhoods of Champion Park, Madison Park, Settlers Bridge and Alpine Pointe.
Not long ago, perhaps in the past 6 weeks, I recall this commission and other Meridian City
Administrators having taken the position to cram multi -family housing rather than planned
developments throughout Meridian. Tonight, this commission is demonstrating the evidence of
this with the planning adjacent to nearby neighborhoods. The City by deliberately downgrading
the Master Plan, is heaping consequential and major, costly impact upon Ada School District
administrators without financial relief for population shift; and traffic impact to ACHD, and
Idaho Transportation Road planning engineers.
PRETTY SLICK; PLANNING DEPARTMENT and P&Z COMMISSIONERS!
I have checked Google Maps to find out a bit about neighborhoods where you live. One of the
Commissioners, I could not find any clue of where the commissioner may live, and another
appears to have a Boise residence, and a Meridian commercial address. But, I saw no evidence
of any such high-density housing occurring in your neighborhoods. I venture to guess; if any of
you lived within one of the four neighborhoods impacted by the zoning and traffic pattern
changes, you would be inclined to take serious focus upon the development discussed tonight.
Respectively submitted,
/s/ Robert Rhoads�