Gordons 2.121
Charlene Way
From:C.Jay Coles
Sent:Monday, February 12, 2018 10:32 AM
To:Christopher Johnson; Charlene Way
Subject:FW: Project: H-2018-004 Lost Rapids/Costco
Please put this in the Lost Rapids file.
From: Rick Gordon [ mailto:flambay4@gmail.com ]
Sent: Saturday, February 10, 2018 10:46 PM
To: C.Jay Coles < cjcoles@meridiancity.org >
Subject: Project: H-2018-004 Lost Rapids/Costco
Hello
I live in Bainbridge. My family and i moved here a little over 2 years ago. We moved to Idaho to get away from the rat race and
craziness of the east coast. We are in the 1st division off of Black Cat. We knew this was going to be a good size development
but we did not know the entire Chinden side side was zoned for business. I thought maybe some smaller businesses wouldn't be
a bad thing but then i heard Costco was putting a store right in front of the development. I flipped!
Why on earth would they allow a Costco to muscle their way in, sandwiched between a beautiful country club and a new,
expensive, upscale, beautiful, quiet housing development? The reason has to be money. It always is. They are probably paying
for your street widening and improvements. It's not worth it! We almost moved to Colorado but their growth is just out of control.
It looked like this area was expanding but it seemed to be done smarter and more controled because they didn't want this
looking like Colorado and everywhere else. There is no way a Costco should be built here! I will repeat that. There is no way a
Costco should be put here and for so many reasons!
I'm pretty sure you guys know all the reasons why it shouldn't happen here. There are certainly enough Costco's in the world.
Put them where they should be, as an anchor in a mall area.Come on guys, use your heads here. Do this the right way!
The traffic increase and noise, the increase in cut through traffic on Black Cat, the effects it will have on the health and quality of
life in this whole area which is one of the main reasons we chose this area. A Costco here will turn this area into a traffic
nightmare and you guys know it will plus it will kill the home values. It's a bad idea! Don't do it! Tell Costco NO! We really don't
want to have to move again.
The Gordons