2023-01-30 Alexa Conway
City Council, Meridian, Idaho
re: Artisan Victory Market H-2022-0066:
To decision-makers,
I am strongly opposed to this development and it’s chosen location at the corner of Victory/Eagle RDS.
These two roads are already over-burdened. Since Eagle was recently expanded to add additional lanes,
it is more crowded, speeds have increased, and access to the road is difficult for the subdivisions, the
elementary school and general traffic.
This plan of putting 138 homes on a plot that used to be a small home with some land is abhorrent to
those who already need to interact with this roadway. More daily traffic is the very last thing needed.
Adding 138 homes means at least 200 additional vehicles.
The small homes that used to exist on these corners had irrigation. We are running out of water all over
the area. Those of us who have used irrigation for decades are now having the amount we receive cut
back, due to shortages. Wells all over Ada County have run dry due to increased housing. The thought
of allowing ‘irrigation’ to be granted for this area of houses is very short-sighted. Developers need to
begin paying their way at the outset and into the future rather than have these demands put on original
homeowners who are already being over-taxed due to congestion and property increases.
If these corners are ‘developed’, please consider something of use to the small communities that
already exist. Something commercial that will not mean hundreds of vehicles daily, during rush hour,
would be helpful. The new Albertsons, at Eagle and Amity is now the top producing store in the County
and almost the State of Idaho. It does not impede, but brings revenue and assistance to an area starved
of places to run errands, to dine, to spend money w/o having to travel further on congested roads.
We fight inversions constantly, and extreme heat in the Summers now. Adding more automobiles adds
to the fouling of our air. We can begin, I believe, to experience early morning and late afternoon higher
air quality numbers when an additional 200 vehicles set off on their day. Adding all of the additional
parking spaces increases heat, due to the asphalt. This was a small home plot. It can enhance or injure
this area. Please give more consideration to the future of this area and allow something useful to the
people already here, the children, the pets, the parents and grandparents. Adding more housing is not
the answer.
Sincerely,
Alexa Conway
Alexa Conway, 3162 E Deerhill Drive, 83642