2021-10-15 John and Caryn Bitler
Charlene Way
From:John Bitler <cjbitler@att.net>
Sent:Thursday, October 14, 2021 6:20 PM
To:City Clerk
Cc:John Bitler
Subject:Proposed Mixed Use Development @ 1515 W. Ustick Rd, Meridian, ID 83646
External Sender - Please use caution with links or attachments.
Oct. 14, 2021
Dear City Planning Commission and City Staff,
We are concerned with the Proposed Development at 1515 W. Ustick Rd. in Meridian. We understand the land consisting of eight
acres has been slated for multi-use development since 2005 with designated commercial area, road entrances, and exits having
already been discussed with fire & police departments for their use.
We ask that you consider Multi-Use Development in the form of designating Single-Family Detached Homes for this housing portion
of this development which will best blend with our Creason Creek & surrounding communities. We are California transplants that
followed our family members - long-time residents of this area - to Boise/Meridian, deciding to invest our hard-earned money for a
very nice, comfortable home in the Community of Creason Creek. We were very involved with politics in CA, and now proudly
registered voters in our new community of Meridian.
We are very concerned about the property along Ustick Road being transformed into multi-family dwellings that will decrease our
home values, thus impacting our family wealth and retirement.
We request that you consider your decision to support the housing portion of this development for construction of only single-family
detached homes. This provides for a more unified, seamless corridor and environment consistent with our community. Even as you
consider density requirements for this development, it can be achieved with a proposal of six detached, single-family homes per
acre. This compromise seems reasonably doable for our community.
As we discuss with our community this pending development, several families have decided to sell their homes instead of fight. We
believe that this will change the community forever as we are losing good neighbors because of your decisions.
The Proposed Units are 10 Feet from our Backyard with their Front Doors facing our Backyard Property Line. We are asking the
Builder to Plant Numerous Large Trees (over 8 feet in height) & Bushes which provide all year foliage & won’t uproot our vinyl fences
for increased Privacy & Noise Control.
The mixed-use development at 1515 Ustick Road will bring:
1. Increase in Traffic, Noise, Congestion, Pollution, & Crime.
2. Decrease in Home Values.
3. Negative Impact to our Community that will be in perpetuity.
We have also found there to be inconsistencies shared about this planned development. The Builder & Architect said they are
constructing building that are four stories tall, with two-story condominiums, yet city staff has shared that the buildings are three-
stories tall that set aside commercial area on the first floor with vertical integration.
As we represent many homeowners in our community, we ask that you say “no” to multi-family development. We ask that our
voices be heard and request that the city planning commission change the development to reflect Single-Family Detached Homes for
the sake of our community.
Thank you.
Caryn & John Bitler
3055 NW 13 St., Meridian, ID 83646
cc: Creason Creek Neighbors
1
Sent from Mail for Windows
2