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1 Trevor Chadwick From: D. Green <[EMAIL REDACTED]> Sent: Tuesday, February 15, 2022 7:22 AM To: Trevor Chadwick Subject: Fw: Willowbrook development Forwarded Message From: D. Green <[EMAIL REDACTED]> To: [EMAIL REDACTED] <[EMAIL REDACTED]> Sent: Monday, February 14, 2022, 03:53:33 PM MST Subject: Willowbrook development Mayor Chadwick, It has been brought to the Hillsdale Estate residents in the City of Star that not all of the information you have received for this proposed development is correct. There are many of us in this development that are very concerned about the amount of homes, townhomes and golf course being proposed in such a small space with very limited infrastructure to support all of the people Willow Brook intends to bring into "our quiet Estate living residents". My husband and I specifically purchased our home here to get away from the congestion, noise, traffic and massive urban living with neighbors who can literally see into their neighbors homes. Needless to say we were mislead gravely by the intended development. After talking with numerous original owners, we have found out that this Property owner of Willow Brook personally went around to all of the Hillsdale Estate home owners and guaranteed each and everyone of them that he would NOT build any homes ON LESS THAN AN ACRE of property EACH. He promised to keep the atmosphere and integrity of this quiet country lifestyle. Now, not only has he lied to everyone in Hillsdale Residents, he is lying to you and the City council of Star. He intends to build over 6,000 homes on his properties with a Golf Course to boot. As if we need another Golf course when one in minutes down the road from where we live. In addition, we are entering ANOTHER DROUGHT CONDITION YEAR! We have not had enough snowpack and rainfall to consider us "Normal" for water supplies, plus the hundreds of thousands who have moved to the Boise region in the last 1 1/2 yr has made a huge NEGATIVE impact on water supplies and massive amounts of traffic, accidents and infrastructure issues already! This doesn't even touch on how many massive new homes are being built in Eagle area is reaching to Stars borderline, and the City of Stars new home developments, which seem unending. It is beyond ridiculous how overly congested we have already become and NOTHNG is being done about the roads and water issues. All of the massive building needs to stop until you figure out how to accommodate all the cars, trucks, diesel trucks, RV's and everything else on the road with a proper, functioning infrastructure built before any more new construction for homes is allowed. ---PAGE BREAK--- 2 The Hillsdale area has 2 perhaps 3 ways in and out for us who live here. Deep Canyon Drive, Can Ada and Purple Sage which are all only 2 lane roads and have 25-35 mph speed limits. People race through here already and this will worsen if you allow this disaster of a development to be built! It doesn't take a brain surgeon to understand how much water is needed daily for the upkeep of a golf course let alone a household. We, the residents, are surrounded by BLM property and the probability of fires starting all around us is a very real concern especially coming from California which was constantly on fire and climate change is a real threat! California allowed to much growth because of GREED and "never thought about the water sources or the roads" Thousands lost their homes and lives because of improper planning and solutions. If you allow all of this horrid, congested building, it weakens an already stressed out infrastructure which can not support anymore building and our water will be vastly depleted by an additional 18,000 people minimum, plus 750 thousand gallons a day just for a golf course...are you serious? What if there is a fire surrounding us up in this area? The winds up in Hillsdale and other developments this area are fierce and can easily wipe out all of our homes in minutes before the fire department can get here. What if we have no water pressure because of all the NEW building YOU allowed. How will the fires be put out?. How will we all get out of here safely if we only have 2 or 3 ways out of here? Trying to get onto Hwy 16 and Hwy 44 is a Joke. Please actually consider and care for us residents, already here in Hillsdale and surrounding developments for our safety, concerns and livelihoods instead of more revenue for the City? I welcome you to come and visit our area and talk to ALL THE ACTUAL PEOPLE WHO WILL BE NEGATIVELY AFFECTED BY THIS DEVELOPMENT. Don't turn beautiful Star Idaho into another Greedy, money hungry City/State. Again, I invite you to come and talk to us the residents and hear our stories, concerns and see for yourself the mess the developer wants to create. Respectfully, Diane Moya