Andrew Boydston 02-271
Christopher Johnson
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Request for Mayor and Council
Name Andrew Boydston
_replyto Trapperpk@aol.com
Street Address 1171 W Kingswood Ct
City Meridian
State ID
Zip Code 83646
Subject Costco Building Ten Mile and Chinden Location
Message Dear Honorable Meridian City Council and Mayor
It has come to my attention a zoning and planning issue is before you for building a
Costco "Super Store at the corner of Ten Mile and Chinden (HWY 20/26). The
business case is obvious for Costco as it would like to link its potential and future
customers of the "Treasure valley" where its two current stores lie upon the interstate
corridor and serve the populated beltway from west to east. There is no North valley
Costco. Costco's proposal would mitigate that condition with its new store proposal at
ten mile and Chinden. It would link Middleton, Emmett and Star communities with
Meridian as Costco commercial services. It would also relieve I-80 traffic and its
surface routes by having a Northwest valley proposed location.
Agriculture has given away to housing in the valley much like Southern California
had in the 1930's. Planning is the future life style for this valley. Business is the
byproduct of people living in the Treasure valley. Condensing business along the
Interstate corridor increases its costs for livable communities from traffic and noise
mitigation. Spreading the business footprint throughout the valley among
communities is a common sense approach. The Costco approach on Chinden makes
an ideal part of Meridian's role in the Treasure valley as it will remain the central core
of this valley for fifty years to come. When the Greater Boise economic footprint goes
to 1 million plus, Meridian will be a key to that growth as it too grows to 250,000
citizens. The Costco development proposal on Chinden and Ten Mile takes this into
consideration and is and will be needed in a sensible manner.
Please consider the common sense plans allowing the future to settle in as a desirable
place to travel and live. The hwy 20/26 will eventually become four lanes from
Caldwell to Eagle road. Hwy 44 will expand its lanes all the way from Boise to west
of Caldwell to the interstate. Hwy 18 will go south from Emmett to the interstate.
Costco saw what was happening to the Treasure Valley and acted. Your Job is to
make it work as the valley grows. Allow Costco to develop as it proposes in general
but oversee due diligence over the project as the valley will change over the next fifty
years.
Long after I am gone as I am 65 years of age and with much experience watching
communities do the wrong things for a price. Allow an important piece of this puzzle
to develop for its citizens such as the Costco/Chinden Proposal.
Sincerely,
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Andrew Boydston (retired state of Idaho)
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