2022-01-13 John and Caryn Bitler
From:John Bitler
To:City Clerk
Subject:Proposed Lennon Pointe Community, 1515 W. Ustick Rd., Meridian, ID 83646
Date:Thursday, January 13, 2022 4:09:54 PM
Attachments:January 13, 2022 Creason Creek and 1515 NW Ustick.docx
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January 13, 2022
Subject Line of Email: Proposed Lennon Pointe Community, 1515 W. Ustick Rd., Meridian, ID 83646
Dear City Planning Commission and City Staff,
We appreciate the consideration you made on December 2, 2021 to table/postpone your decision
regarding Lennon Pointe Community Development. I am a concerned resident of Creason Creek
which is in the vicinity of the proposed development. My concerns with suggestions are as follows:
1. Townhome proposed for east side of development; we suggest building single-family
detached homes or patio homes to alleviate density.
2. Mixed-use plan will Increase traffic, noise, congestion, pollution, crime; instead we suggest
you limit to residential (detached homes and patio homes)
3. Mixed Use should only be considered for 40-acre parcels of which this is not. One
commissioner mentioned this 8-acre parcel should not be considered for this project. That
means 8-acres will not and should not support this Mixed-Use development. Please do what is
right and only consider residential detached homes and patio homes for this 8-acre parcel.
4. Both Commissioners Yearsly and Cassinelil stated their support for detached homes and patio
homes on 8-acre parcel at Dec. 2, 2021 meeting; we support developing these types of homes
5. Patio Homes could attract another type of Demographic which would be attractive to the
Lennon Pointe Community.
6. Negative impacts to community will be in perpetuity; therefore we suggest single-family
detached homes or patio homes. We also noticed townhomes are already being built on
Ustick Rd. a few blocks away.
7. Concern about building close to flood zone
With so many of our neighbors feeling concerned and voicing the same opinions that we have made,
we know we are speaking on behalf of them. John and I wanted to make it clear that we
communicate our concerns again to you all, as we had done at the December 2021 public hearing
you held on this matter.
As a matter of fact, the neighbor on Pebblestone who owns property next to the farm is concerned
his comments were misconstrued by staff and consultants. He told us he never said he was “ok” with
the proposed Lennon Pointe Community. He was falsely accused of being ok after meeting with the
builder’s architect, and, in fact he mentioned he is not happy with the proposed community.
Lastly, we are concerned about the development being building in a flood zone as evidenced on map
provided by public works staff. As our Creason Creek Community was built on existing Farmland, it
was expected that all our homes would receive high ground water that then affected our crawl
spaces of our entire community. We have come to realize all communities that are built or will be
built on existing Farm Land will have the problem of high ground water. Although the corner of the
upper edge of my lot sits in a flood zone, yet my entire home isn’t in a Flood Zone per se, we still
experienced flooding and mold in our crawl space a few years ago. Our neighbors to the north are
not in the flood zone (please see attached map) experienced worse flooding in their crawl spaces.
With the proposed Lennon Pointe Community architect’s proposal to pipe the Kellogg Drain, which is
in the Flood Zone, raises extreme concern for any and all buildings, detached homes, etc. adversely
affecting their proposed Lennon Pointe Community. Not only is there a problem with the effects of
high ground water, but also the fact that anything being built there will have flooding, especially
being directly in the flood zone.
It makes no sense to chance any type of construction in a flood zone; as a matter of fact suggestions
are made to leave and utilize the flood zone area as open space; therefore, no building should be
constructed. We have also discovered that just because everything was signed off on the Geo
Technical Report, it doesn’t mean that approval to build makes all correct. .
Please see the attached Flood Plain Map of Creason Creek which was supplied by Jason Korn, City of
Meridian Flood Plain Coordinator, and a copy of our correspondence too.
Please let us know if you have any questions. I and my neighbors would be happy to schedule a
personal tour of our neighborhood in the near future for you to get a sense of perspective about our
concerns.
Caryn & John Bitler
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3055 NW 13 St., Meridian, ID 83646
Email from :
Jason Kornjkorn@meridiancity.org 3:19 PM 1/12/2022
Caryn
Here is a screenshot of the Fivemile Creek floodplain in the area of Ustick and Linder. The orange is
.2% annual chance flood and is not regulated, the blue is 1% annual chance flood and is regulated
with development elevating with fill to a flood protection level, the red hatched area is the floodway
and is reserved for flood flows. Development within the floodway requires a no-rise certification
making it very difficult for anything other than open space amenities.
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1 Email from Jason Korn, Followed by Flood Plain Map Creason Creek:
Cc: Creason Creek Neighbors
From: Jason Korn
Sent: Wednesday, July 10, 2019 2:23 PM
To: 'cjbitler@att.net' <cjbitler@att.net>
Subject: Floodplain Map Creason Creek
Below is a map depicting the floodplain in the area of Creason Creek Sub. The blue is the 1% annual
chance flood, orange .1% annual chance flood and the red hatched is the floodway where
development is prohibited.
Jason Korn I Environmental Programs Coordinator
City of Meridian | Public Works Department
33 E. Broadway Ave., Meridian, Idaho 83642
Office: 208.489.0364 Cell: 208.513.4048
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