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HomeMy WebLinkAboutDavenport, Rich & Ardelle - Letter of Opposition_SpringhouseTownes_2025-07-061 Katie Wright Subject:FW: Opposition to the building of Springhouse Townhomes PUD on Midway Rd. in Caldwell From: ardelle1@comcast.net <ardelle1@comcast.net> Sent: Sunday, July 6, 2025 5:25 PM To: Debbie Geyer <dgeyer@cityofcaldwell.org> Cc: City Clerk <cityclerk@cityofcaldwell.org> Subject: Opposition to the building of Springhouse Townhomes PUD on Midway Rd. in Caldwell To whom it may concern: My name is Ardelle Davenport. My husband Rich and I live in the London Park Subdivision. We oppose the building of Springhouse Townhomes PUD According to Triple Dot Development LLC’s own website, Cougar Crossing located off KCID Rd. in Caldwell, is marketed as 88-unit town houses for rent. It is likely that due to the size of the Springhouse Townhomes and a lower price point, these too will become rentals and negaƟvely affect the properƟes in the surrounding communiƟes. Anybody who has been in the Real Estate business knows that introducing rental townhomes or apartments bring property values down. Not because we are being criƟcal of others who don’t have the funds to own their home but property owners vs. renters have more of an investment in keeping their home up and rentals negaƟvely affect property values. According to an area realtor, once these townhouses are built, we could all experience a drop in property value of our homes 50K to 100K. Cramming 50 homes in this area will also cause a parking issue. Most of the occupants of these homes will have 2 to 4 vehicles each and will cause a parking shortage of which the surrounding neighborhoods will share the burden. Look around at the surrounding communiƟes who’s houses and properƟes are small in square footage, they don’t use their garages for parking their vehicles, therefore mulƟple cars are in their driveways and on the streets. Postal service has not kept up with the growth in Caldwell. Many of us have had problems with the mail delivery service. In the past 5 years, we have not had a permanent carrier assigned to our subdivision unƟl recently and she was taken out due to an accident that totaled her car while delivering mail. A couple of weeks ago, while in line at the Caldwell post office, the postal clerk told a woman who has been coming to pick up her mail for the last 3 months, that they sƟll did not have keys for her cluster box and it may take several weeks longer. Due to the increased volume of new homes, they have not been able to provide the keys or cluster boxes yet. In addiƟon to the above-menƟoned issues that less homes with a larger footprint and single level would be a beƩer fit for the area. Single level homes would protect the privacy of surrounding homes. Less homes would also be beƩer considering the parking, traffic and traffic accident problems. Thanks for your consideraƟon, 2 Rich and Ardelle Davenport 12076 Pendleton Street Nampa, ID 83651-8198 This email has been scanned for spam and viruses by Proofpoint Essentials. Click here to report this email as spam.