* Situation: Preliminary approval has been given for over 66 houses to be built on what was only 11 lots, adjacent to City Creek, and on a dead-end extension of South Lincoln.

* Perception Factors. Neighborhood and city residents, City Creek recreational users, professional planners and economists have identified off site negative impacts including:

• Traffic issues: Access road design factors such as width, grade, curbing; vehicle volume, speed, noise; neighborhood children and elderly safety; delivery access.
• Safety issues: Grass fire safety, police-fire-ambulance access; only one way in-out of the proposed development.
• Property value issues: Loss of "walkable-livable neighborhood" quality of life; traffic impact exacerbated by possible changes to adjoining streets (Lincoln, Whitman, & Johnson) parking, street width, one-way designation, etc.
• Storm water issues: runoff erosion and flooding similar to east bench situations
• City Creek recreation ecosystem issues: Quality of recreation loss: concerns ranging from lost habitat for birds and wildflowers to noise and privacy.
• Water-sewer impact: City aquifer and sewer capacity and costs to expand.
• Costs: No cost/benefit analysis for the city. Widening streets, replace bridges, future bench expansion costs, wells, lower values-less taxes. On the average, for every $1 from subdivision development, there is a $1.15 in cost.
• No housing need: Pocatello has lost population; over 20% of our market is from speculative investment, the first market to die when interest rates change.