SUBDIVISION IN THE BOISE FOOTHILLS IS DRAWING A LOT OF ATTENTION ... AND
CONCERN.
COLIN CONNELL HAS
FILED AN APPLICATION
WITH THE CITY OF BOISE
TO BUILD THE EYRIE
CANYON SUBDIVISION IN
THE CENTRAL
FOOTHILLS..CLOSE TO
THE HILLSIDE TO HOLLOW
RESERVE.
IT WOULD BE A PRIVATE
DEVELOPMENT..HOWEVE
R, MANY NEARBY
RESIDENTS ARE AGAINST
IT.
OUR MISTY INGLET DUG
MORE INTO THIS TODAY
AND SHE EXPLAINS MORE
ABOUT THE PROJECT.
MISTY?
KIM LET'S TALKE A LOOK
AT THE AREA WE'RE
TALKING ABOUT..
TALKING ABOUT..
IT'S
IT'S THIS
IT'S THIS PART YOU SEE IN GREEN..... THIS IS NEAR HILLSIDE
JUNIOR HIGH AND SITS
ABOVE THE QUAIL
HOLLOW GOLF CLUB,
WHICH IS OVER HERE.
THIS INCLUDES 60 ACRES
OF PRIVATE LAND, BUT
THE
THE DEVELOPMENT WOULD ONLY BE BUILT ON 20 ACRES OF IT RIGHT IN
HERE....
NOW, THIS
DEVELOPMENT DOES NOT
ACTUALLY ON THE
HILLSIDE TO HOLLOW
RESERVE..ALL THIS IS THE
RESERVE IS DOWN HERE,
THE DEVELOPMENT IS
HERE ABOVE IT.
A SMALL PORTION OF THE
LAND....THAT YOU SEE
HERE IN RED IS ACTUALLY
CONSIDERED
UNBUILDABLE.
CONSIDERED UNBUILDABLE. SO NO HOMES WOUDL BE
BUILT HERE, HOWEVER,
THE ACCESS ROAD BEING
PROPOSED IS RIGHT HERE
ON WINTER CAMP DRIVE.
SO THE ONLY ACCESS TO
THE NEW DEVELOPMENT
WOULD HAVE TO COME
THROUGH THIS AREA.
ACCORDING TO THE CITY,
IT'S STILL VERY EARLY ON
FOR THIS PROJECT.
THE
THE CITY
THE CITY OF BOISE SAYS JUST RECENTLY - AT THE END OF JUNE, IT RECEIVED
AN AFFIDAVIT OF INTEREST
FOR THE PROPOSED NEW
FOOTHILLS SUBDIVISION
CALLED "EYRIE CANYON."
THE PROJECT WOULD ADD
30 HOMES TO A 20-ACRE
PLOT OF PRIVATE LAND
NEAR THE QUAIL HOLLOW
GOLF COURSE.
PEOPLE WHO ALREADY
LIVE NEAR THAT AREA
HAVE MIXED FEELINGS
AND A FEW CONCERNS
WITH THE PROJECT..
- "I THINK IT'S AN AWFUL
LOT OF HOUSES IN SUCH A
SMALL SPACE. WE KIND OF
MOVED OUT HERE TO BE
IN THE QUIET AND IT'S
KIND OF BECOMING NOT
THAT WAY."
- "LOVE THE HIKING OUT
HERE SO AS LONG AS IT
DOESN'T IMPACT THAT, OR
THE DRIVING, I GUESS IT'S
OKAY. I FEEL LIKE I LIVE
OUT HERE, SO OTHER
PEOPLE PROBABLY WANT
TO LIVE OUT HERE TOO."
WITH A SEPARATE
DEVELOPMENT ALREADY
HAPPENING IN THE SAME
AREA NEXT TO ARROW
VILLA WAY, RESIDENTS
FEEL ONE OF THE BIGGEST
CHALLENGES WILL BE
ROAD ACCESS FOR THE
NEIGHBORHOODS..
- "RIGHT HERE IS THE
INLET OF VILLA RIDGE WAY
AND WINTER CAMP DRIVE.
HERE,
HERE, WHERE WINTER CAMP DRIVE STARTS AT THIS LOCATION BEHIND
ME IS WHERE THE
DEVELOPER IS PROPOSING
TO BUILD A SINGLE-
ACCESS ROAD UP TO THE
DEVELOPMENT."
- "I JUST DON'T SEE THESE
TWO ROADS SUPPORTING
ALL THE TRAFFIC. I DON'T
KNOW HOW MNAY
HOMES SITES IT IS BUT IT'S
ALREADY GETTING BAD.
OUR CONCERN IS
PROBABLY EMERGENCY
CREW ACCESS UP HERE
WITH ALL THESE HOUSES."
- "WE DON'T HAVE
ACCESS TO CARTWRIGHT
THROUGH THE FIRE ROAD
SO IT CAN BE A LITTLE
CHALLENGING. WE HAD A
FIRE HERE SEVERAL YEARS
BACK AND IT IS A LITTLE
SCARY WHEN YOU HAVE
ONE EXIT, ESPECIALLY THE
GOLF COURSE IS SUPER
BUSY IN THE SUMMER SO
GETTING AROUND ALL THE
PARKED CARS AT QUAIL
HOLLOW CAN BE A
CHALLENGE."
ACCORDING TO THE CITY
OF BOISE PLANNING
SERVICES, THOSE ARE
THINGS THAT WILL ALL BE
CONSIDERED BY THE
PLANNING AND ZONING
COMMISSION BEFORE
MAKING ANY DECISIONS
OR RECOMMENDATIONS.
- "CERTAINLY THERE'S A
LOT TO BE DONE BEFORE
THERE'S ANY PROJECT
APPROVAL AT THIS
POINT."
ANOTHER INTERESTING
POINT OF FACT WITH THIS
PROJECT..
IN 2017, THERE WAS A
CASE WHERE THIS SAME
PRIVATE PROPERTY
OWNER WANTED TO
CREATE A PUBLIC ROAD
COMING OFF 36TH THAT
WOULD HAVE WENT
ACROSS PART OF QUAIL
HOLLOW GOLF COURSE.
THE PROPERTY OWNER
CLAIMED
CLAIMED EASEMENT RIGHTS..THE CITY FOUGHT IT AND THE CASE
WENT TO THE IDAHO
SUPREME COURT, WHICH
EVENTUALLY RULED IN
FAVOR OF THE
CITY..MEANING NO
PUBLIC ROAD COULD BE
PUT THERE.
I ALSO REACHED OUT TO
COLIN CONNELL, THE
PROJECT APPLICANT.
HE WAS UNAVAILABLE
TODAY, BUT WE ARE
SETTING UP A TIME TO
TALK MORE ABOUT THIS
PROJECT.
KIM?
PROJECT. KIM? AS PART OF THE LEGAL
PROCESS,
PROCESS, THE CITY IS REQUIRED TO HOLD A PUBLIC WORK SESSION
ON THE DEVELOPMENT.
THE PUBLIC CAN ASK
QUESTIONS TO CITY
PLANNING STAFF,
ENGINEERS AND THE
PROJECT APPLICANT.
THAT WORK SESSION IS
AUGUST 8TH AT 3 P-M AT
BOISE