2022-09-30 Heidi Forney
Charlene Way
From:Heidi Forney <cdhheidi_f@yahoo.com>
Sent:Friday, September 30, 2022 12:57 PM
To:City Clerk
Subject:Klein Huis at Victory and Meridian AZ, CUP H-2022-0051
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To The City of Meridian:
I am writing to oppose the proposal to build the Klein Huis at Victory and Meridian AZ, CUP
H-2022-0051.
My concerns as a long time homeowner in the Bear Creek subdivision include the following:
1. The traffic on Victory already is substantial, and that curve with even more added traffic
from a subdivision adding hundreds of cars is just asking for accidents, and potentially
fatalities, especially during our sometimes snowy and icy driving conditions since we cant
predict what the weather will do from year to year.
2. We already have a large amount of vehicle traffic in the neighboring subdivisions that use
ours as ‘short cuts’ when traffic is too extensive on the main roads like Victory, Stoddard, etc.
Our children play, ride bikes, skate and deserve safe places to play, which is what we paid
for when purchasing our homes in these communities. Adding hundreds of cars to the roads
isnt protecting the childrens safety.
3. Our schools already are too full. Adding even more children wont help the situation.
4. The area being considered for this subdivision isnt zoned for that many homes. The
subdivisions immediately nearby are all R4-8, and putting such high density unowned homes
will lower property values which for many of us is our primary retirement investment. We
already pay high property taxes in these investments and IF more homes must be built would
much prefer to see similar homes to keep the value of our investments stable and increasing.
5. We need a natural area in the south part of Meridian south of the freeway. This plot of
land along the canal would be ideal to create a nature reserve, as it already attracts birds
and other wildlife which is one of the things people move to Idaho to experience. Having a
nature reserve right there, so close to the freeway and to some of schools and communities
would only add to the education of our children and our community, as well as bring in tax
$$ from people visiting our area to experience the wildlife, and learn about the history of the
canal and agriculture in the Treasure Valley.
Thank you for your consideration,
Heidi Forney
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