2020-10-09 Tom and Andrea Nist
Charlene Way
From:Tom Nist <trnist@yahoo.com>
Sent:Friday, October 09, 2020 3:52 PM
To:City Clerk; gregstock138@gmail.com; Tony Tseng; Rick and Carolyn Mauritzson;
Andrea Nist
Subject:Public Hearing on October 15, 2020 - Spurwing Sewer Easement Annexation AZ
H-2020-0087
Charlene,
Please add these comments to the following file: Spurwing Sewer Easement Annexation AZ H-2020-0087
My name is Tom Nist and my wife and I have lived on Balata Ct. since 2001.
We attended the neighborhood meeting with Becky of Engineering Solutions and were very disappointed to
hear her dismiss any feedback and insisted that "annexation was a done deal and that the only purpose of the
meeting was to “tell us what the finished product would look like". Her condescending handling of this is sadly
typical of how Mr. Hewitt has always handled this issue. Thankfully, our neighbor, Greg Stock reached out to
Caleb after the neighborhood meeting and Caleb confirmed that not to be the case.
Throughout this very long process with both Ada County and now the City of Meridian, we have had to endure
Becky’s mistruths, lies and hope you have been in communication with Ada County about all of the history of
this road. The fact is that once the application was finally submitted to Ada County (after Mr. Hewitt had
already installed the road and only after multiple complaints) Ada County denied the road. Mr. Hewitt
appealed, lost his appeal and was ordered to restore the road to its original condition (grass with small access
stubs on either side). He has refused to return it to its previous condition and has now been served because
Ada County is suing him. I believe you have a copy of the lawsuit between Ada County and Pacific Links.
The original plans for his Olive Tree development showed the emergency road connecting between the
southwest corner of his development and Chinden / Ten Mile, which is a much more logical location for an
emergency road and a location that in an emergency would be much safer and more easily accessed by
emergency vehicles. In an emergency, every second counts and an emergency road located next to my home
vs. the original location would add unnecessary and excessive time in the case of a true emergency.
It would be very disappointing to have Meridian City allow the annexation and ignore the fact that Ada County
has already determined (twice) that this emergency road is detrimental to homeowners. It would only serve to
reinforce to Mr. Hewitt and others that they can go ahead and do what they want regardless of the law.
Prior to the construction of the illegal emergency road, there was already sewer and water access through the
stub roads, so a giant 20-25’ wide emergency vehicle road is not necessary; all that is required is the same
stubs that previously existed on the golf course sewer access; the same stubs that exist directly across the golf
course next to the homes on the West side of hole 3. If they don't require a road for access and stub roads are
sufficient, then the same would hold true for our side of the golf course as well.
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The County of Ada has spoken twice on this matter and determined that this unapproved emergency road
must be relocated. We just want Mr. Hewitt to do what Ada County has already ordered him to do.
Unfortunately, he doesn’t have any intention of doing so and has neglected to do so in the hopes that you will
annex the land.
Please do the right thing and not reward Mr. Hewitt for his actions.
Kind regards,
Tom and Andrea Nist
2932 W. Balata Ct.
Meridian, ID 83646
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