HomeMy WebLinkAboutDallas L Johnson Letter in support of retaining LDR1 designation 221130
Dallas L. Johnson
621 Eaglewood Drive
Rexburg, ID 83440
(208)403-2364
johnsondal@byui.edu
November 30, 2022
Planning and Zoning Commission
c/o Katie Jo Saurey
35 North 1st East
Rexburg, ID 83440
Dear Planning and Zoning Commission,
I am writing to make it known that I strongly oppose the proposal to rezone the land at approximately 501 East 7th South, parcels RPR6N40E296601 and RPR6N40E322402, from LDR1 to MDR1.
We bought land and built a house in a beautiful neighborhood with low traffic specifically to provide a safer and open environment for our children to grow up in. We chose this area
because it was surrounded by LDR1 on purpose expecting the city to keep the planned designation. Inserting a section of medium-density housing in the middle would not be keeping the
overall plan of this area and what citizens of these neighborhoods planned and expected when they bought their land and built homes.
Citizens should be able to trust their government to place the needs of the families above the desires of developers whose own families will not be impacted at all by their choices,
except financially to squeeze more money out of limited space. Rexburg is billed as “America’s Family Community” and part of that is because of the openness that single home, owner occupied
housing creates. This fosters greater stability for both families and for the community in the long run.
Please retain LDR1 for these parcels.
Sincerely,
Dallas L. Johnson