2022-10-31 Doug Connelly
Chris Johnson
From:Brad Hoaglun
Sent:Monday, October 31, 2022 4:30 PM
To:Doug Connelly; Robert Simison; Joe Borton; Liz Strader; Treg Bernt; Jessica Perreault;
Luke Cavener
Cc:Chris Johnson
Subject:Re: Council Meeting Agenda for tomorrow night- Allure Subdivision (H-2022-0050)
by Schultz Development, LLC.
Pastor Connelly,
Thank you for your letter regarding H-2022-0050. Any comments that we may have on active applications
before the city must be on the public record, so there will not be any individual responses from the mayor or
councilmembers at this time.
I will send your letter to the city clerk for inclusion into the hearing packet for Tuesday evening.
We appreciate your involvement and comments on this issue.
Brad Hoaglun
City Council President
From: Doug Connelly <doug@stonehill.church>
Sent: Monday, October 31, 2022 4:22 PM
To: Robert Simison; Joe Borton; Liz Strader; Brad Hoaglun; Treg Bernt; Jessica Perreault; Luke Cavener
Subject: Council Meeting Agenda for tomorrow night- Allure Subdivision (H-2022-0050) by Schultz Development, LLC.
External Sender - Please use caution with links or attachments.
Dear Mayor and City Council Members,
My best friend Keith Harrington and I started Rockharbor Church in Merdian in 2012. In 2016 we felt led to
create a similar church in South Meridian called Stonehill Church. We currently meet at Mountain View High
School, and our weekly attendance is about 1000 adults and kids every week, and we are growing!
We like to say, “we are not just a church in the valley but a church for the valley.” Earlier this month 300
people from our church spent over 800 hours serving at locations all around Meridian including Meridian
Elementary and the Boys and Girls Club. In addition to this our goal is to have a serving outreach to our
community monthly as we continue to try and make a positive impact in this great city!
We currently have about 14 acres of land between Meridian and Linder roads just west of the radio towers. We
cannot wait to build our campus in that location! We have already begun work with a talented group of
architects to design a campus that the families of Meridian will love. We are creating a campus to be something
for the community of Meridian. Some of the ways we want it to be for Meridian are....
-A larger facility the community could utilize for different events.
-A place of hope and light where people will be loved and cared for on a weekly basis.
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-A possible daycare facility in the future to service this area.
-We are also open to suggestions and feedback for what could help the city.
We cannot wait to break ground! However, we are waiting on sewer lines to extend to our land. City engineers
Warren Stuart and Laurelei McVey have told us we must access the sewer system being built out from the East
on Meridian Road. Currently, the access to this sewer is on land owned by Jim Piercy. We have asked Mr.
Piercy for an easement so we can build the sewer system to our property, but he would prefer not to do that
while he is trying to sell his property.. Instead, we will need to wait for him to sell his property to a developer.
We hope whoever purchases his land will be amenable to working with us so we can get the sewer built as soon
as possible even if that means we front some/all the cost.
I am writing to you today on behalf of our growing congregation to ask that his development, Allure
Subdivision (H-2022-0050) by Schultz Development, LLC., be approved at this month's city council
meeting. Any delays to his project will also impact our project. As you can imagine, our church is anxious to
get started. We believe Stonehill will be a tremendous resource for Meridian for decades!
I appreciate your consideration!
Doug Connelly
Lead Pastor -Stonehill Church
doug@stonehill.chuch
208.859.6708
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