MY NAME IS JOANNE MILLER. I live at 9581 Gloria Road in Middleton.
Please RECONSIDER the approval of rezoning land near Eric and Gilbert in Middleton.
We can prove this rezone request was bungled from the start. I've been to every meeting, either in person or via Zoom. I can't stand by and watch while people's lives are drastically altered because of cronyism or favoritism. It's clear in the recordings of the meetings. Please, please listen to them. All of them.
NO ONE — not one person making decisions around this case, has come to our road to SEE FOR THEMSELVES what they are destroying.
NO ONE — not one person making decisions around this case, has come to our road to SEE FOR THEMSELVES what they are destroying.
Yards are being destroyed because the committees are actively blind to our testimony. They are not working to protect the citizens of this county, in this case.
PLEASE VISIT OUR STREET BEFORE allowing this case to go unexamined !
PLEASE VISIT OUR STREET BEFORE allowing this case to go unexamined !
We are retaining a qualified attorney to fight the Gloria Road route. There are now 10 other neighbors who've joined us, should the Codrs pursue the Gloria Road route to their undeveloped parcel.
At every meeting, I've left wondering how this can take place in my home-county. The commissioners are negligent in their behavior toward many of us and toward one another. Clearly they were not getting along, bickering back and forth. The Codr's were given pass after pass, as was the Highway District that has seemingly no oversight whatsoever. It's out of hand.
PLEASE LISTEN TO ALL OF THE HEARINGS to understand that you have SMITH and WHITE tied at the hip and they are downright nasty to Van Beek and to opposition of the rezone. There were times White was trying to understand a point and Smith was impatient, these people acted like children. They represent Canyon County ??
This is not a complete list of things I've experienced, it would take many pages to capture it all for you. Please listen to the hearings yourself. You won't know what's happening unless you do.
a. Outright childish behavior between board members. Smith was nasty to Van Beek and was clearly guiding White. It was obvious to all in the room. If you go back and check their votes, you won't find a time when White voted against Smith. Check !
b. There was ALREADY LONG-approved access for the proposed Codr development, going from ERIC to GILBERT. It's DIRECT and it's on the MAP. There are easements for said road. GLORIA ROUTE SHOULD NEVER HAVE BEEN AN OPTION.
c. The Highway District has explaining to do ! The hearings uncovered required variances ... WHERE ARE THEY NOW ? The Highway Dept. didn't choose ERIC to GILBERT as the #1 option, even though it's both MORE DIRECT, 75% more direct and it's ALREADY on the planning maps. WHY WOULD The Highway District force-OPEN A CLOSED ACCESS ROAD when there was ALREADY DIRECT ACCESS ? WITH EASEMENTS !
d. Neighbors and attendees were never told we could appeal the Highway District's recommendation.
b. There was ALREADY LONG-approved access for the proposed Codr development, going from ERIC to GILBERT. It's DIRECT and it's on the MAP. There are easements for said road. GLORIA ROUTE SHOULD NEVER HAVE BEEN AN OPTION.
c. The Highway District has explaining to do ! The hearings uncovered required variances ... WHERE ARE THEY NOW ? The Highway Dept. didn't choose ERIC to GILBERT as the #1 option, even though it's both MORE DIRECT, 75% more direct and it's ALREADY on the planning maps. WHY WOULD The Highway District force-OPEN A CLOSED ACCESS ROAD when there was ALREADY DIRECT ACCESS ? WITH EASEMENTS !
d. Neighbors and attendees were never told we could appeal the Highway District's recommendation.
e. Why was Lenny with the Highway District given WAY MORE TIME than any of the neighbors ? WHEN HIS testimony WASN'T EVEN TRUE ? Speculating it was too steep, without seeing it, even though it falls UNDER the county's 8% grade.
f. Why couldn't Lenny from Highway District answer why no variance was required to build a road 17 feet from a home ? Why was there no follow up with the discrepancies of slope and code ??
f. Why couldn't Lenny from Highway District answer why no variance was required to build a road 17 feet from a home ? Why was there no follow up with the discrepancies of slope and code ??
g. Van beek was called out over and over and over (by Smith) in one meeting, as deliberating on the part of one of us in offense of the rezone. But, when SMITH clearly deliberated on behalf of the Codr's, no such callout came.
h. This is an agricultural area — these are farm equipment roads. We don't want our GLORIA ROAD opened for a new development that was improperly established on AG LAND.
We will not stop fighting for Gloria Road. Attached is a graphic that shows the two routes. And, the huge percentage of AG land that surrounds us. KEEPING AGRICULTURE LAND for AG USE is one of Canyon County's priorities. Why has this happened, without the proper due diligence ? Please help us uncover the truth.
Warmly and with deep appreciation,
Joanne Miller Lee
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