Andrea Tuning From: Sent: To: Subject:
noreply@cityofboise.org Monday, March 20, 2023 5:36 PM ZoningRewrite A Zoning Code Rewrite formal comment has been submitted
The following information was submitted: Name Joshua Aaron Email rafkind@pacificu.edu Address 3303 N Tamarack Boise Idaho 83703 Comment With the severely restricted access the public will have to zoning policies and decisions once this upzone is enacted it is morally correct to take our input into account before the process is completed. Please please please, I have lived in Boise my whole life. Don’t change this beautiful city into an urban density nightmare. Stick to the Boise Blueprint that so many people invested so much time into. Push growth into our beautiful bordering rural communities and grow Idaho as a whole not just our population centers. Idaho has always done things a little different and a little better. This proposed upzone takes us the way of Phoenix, Los Angeles and other uninhabitable urban decaying cities. The Zoning Code Rewrite will eliminate Boise's power to negotiate with developers on a site‐specific basis. Currently, Idaho law allows cities to require 'Development Agreements' (DAs) when developers request individual rezones. These DAs are essentially open‐ended negotiations between Boise and developers to provide public benefits that otherwise are not required by city or state ordinance. For example, Boise can negotiate for truly affordable housing, for upholding policies of Blueprint Boise, for requiring access to a trailhead, or for dedication of public open space. However, because the ZCR grants these higher densities with one decision, the city will forever lose this critical power to negotiate. In so doing, the City of Boise will also abdicate most of its future power to respond to site‐specific information and concerns from local residents. This is not a benefit that streamlines the process this is a loss of the public’s ability to contribute to their sense of place and their neighborhood. I am not a robot
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