Email by Roberta Garvin 3/3 PZMachelle Hill
From: Jaycee Holman
Sent: Tuesday, March 04, 2014 8:16 AM
To: Roberta Garvin
Cc: Machelle Hill
Subject: RE: Input for the Planning and Zoning meeting 3/5/2014
Mr. Garvin,
Your comments have been received and will be made part of the public record. I am forwarding your email to my
Deputy City Clerk, Machelle Hill who is handling all documents and public comment for the Planning and Zoning
meeting. If you have any additional questions, please do not hesitate to contact her at mhill@meridiancity.or~. Have a
nice day.
Jaycee E_. Flointr~n
Inforrnafion Services O~rectar
City Clerk
City of ftleridian
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From: Roberta Garvin [mailto:roberta.t.garvin@gmail.com]
Sent: Monday, March 03, 2014 4:59 PM
To: Jaycee Holman
Subject: Input for the Planning and Zoning meeting 3/5/2014
Jaycee,
I would like to contact the board members to provide input for this week's meeting. Unfortunately I cannot
attend, but would like to comment on one of the agenda items. When I used the city's website to find contact
information, one link sent me to information on how to apply; another contact link listed the city clerk staff.
Hopefully you are the right person to contact, or you could point me in the right direction.
I am writing concerning the agenda for the March 6, 2014 Planning and Zoning Commission meeting.
Specifically, agenda item 4G, the proposed housing on the NW corner of the Locust Grove and Ustick
intersection.
I am a resident living near the proposed development and I am concerned about the impact that additional
construction has on our schools. I propose that the Planning and Zoning Commission not approve construction
until the school attendance boundaries are changed. Furthermore, I recommend that the Commission work with
the school board to ensure that new developments are designated to attend schools that are under-enrolled, or at
least less over crowded than the neighborhood school.
As it stands, the proposed development would add an additional 121 homes to Prospect Elementary, a school
that is the most over crowded elementary school in the district. It already has 800 kids in a school built for 650,
plus many new construction projects already approved. Discovery Elementary is actually closer to this
development. With 534 students and a capacity for 650, it is under enrolled.
It is exceptionally hard for the school board to change attendance zones once homes are already purchased and
occupied. I strongly suggest that you take this opportunity to work with the school board now, before people
make decisions on where to buy their home.
Our overcrowded schools are making Meridian less of "a great place to raise a family". And while attendance
boundaries aren't the Planning and Zoning Commission's area of responsibility, I believe you do have a
responsibility to plan future development with the school board.
Thank you for your time and service,
Roberta Garvin
848 E. Tuweep St
Meridian, ID 83646