Kathi Yudin 2-151
Charlene Way
From:C.Jay Coles
Sent:Thursday, February 15, 2018 10:42 AM
To:Christopher Johnson; Charlene Way
Subject:FW: project H-2018-004 lost rapids/costco
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From: kathi yudin [ mailto:nurseangel368@yahoo.com ]
Sent: Thursday, February 15, 2018 10:35 AM
To: C.Jay Coles < cjcoles@meridiancity.org >
Subject: project H-2018-004 lost rapids/costco
dear mr coles… i live in the bainbridge developement and am against the costco in this location… it is residential with
young children who go to school and play outside afterwards… the increase in traffic in the area puts these children in
jeopardy… cars don’t abide by speed limits and are always in a hurry either to meet a freind, get home to make dinner or
pick their children up from school.. while this could be financially advantageous to the city and of course costco.. the
lives of those that live in this area are in danger… additionally since costo has verbalized that th ey will partake of the star
program where they get reimbursed for the cost of widening roads to accomadate the increase in traffic that costco will
surely bring… where is this money to come from… financially my understanding is that the city is in the red… i could be
wrong here but it was verbalized at a meeting i attended… thus leaving the citizens living in meridian to foot the bill with
an increase in taxes… as surely as i am sitting writing this.. people will use the black cat entrance into vanderbilt to avoid
some of the traffic… this increases the traffic in the development and again puts the lives of those who live there in
jeopardy.. kids play here.. people walk their dogs here.. additionally the amount of traffic will significantly increase..
guesstimated to be approx 17,000/day.. it already can take up to 5 minutes just to make a right turn onto chinden from
blackcat!!!… lights don’t necessarily change this as we can make a right on red but because of the traffic and the new
housing and businesses that are going to be built at this corner.. it will take even longer. the saying goes if you build it
they will come.. and so they will.. increasing the roads to 4 lanes will just increase the traffic in the area and only add
more and more congestion… i believe it is important to think of the lives of those living in this area and suggest costco
find a different location … one that is less in a residential area… thank you for listening and hopefully the city will see
that lives are more important then anything else… kathi yudin