03-27 Ed Nelson1
Christopher Johnson
From:Ed Nelson <ednelson5080@gmail.com>
Sent:Tuesday, March 27, 2018 3:11 PM
To:City Clerk
Subject:Costco at Ten Mile and Chinden
Attachments:Costco at Ten Mile and Chinden.pdf
Madam Mayor and City Council Members
Attached is a PDF document that list my concerns and recommendations for
the plan to build a Costco store and fuel depot with sites for future
commercial business / stores / restaurants.
This is the first time in my life that I am submitted a document to a
Mayor and City Council Members to review. I hope you will spend the time
to read what I have written.
Thank you for taking the time to read it.
Ed Nelson
6141 N. Seacliff Ave.
Meridian, ID 83646
Costco -Concerns & Recommendations to
Plan submitted by Developers
I would like to list some concerns and submit some recommendations to the Costco plan
submitted by the Project Developers. In the discussion below I will use the term Costco Mall to
refer to the Costco Store, Costco fuel depot and the surrounding future business / retail stores /
restaurants.
Concern #1
The plan submitted uses neighborhood roads to support incoming and outgoing traffic for Costco Mall.
Since the developer put an entrance to the Costco Mall on W. Lost Rapids Dr. more vehicle traffic will
take place on this street (other than normal neighborhood traffic) and other neighboring streets to
support customers coming from Meridian, Garden City, Star, Emmet and Garden City. Lost Rapids Dr.,
both east and west of Ten Mile Rd will see a substantial increase of traffic as customers try to find a
quicker way into and out of the Costco Mall. During the Christmas Holidays I can envision traffic from
Linder Rd. going through Lochsa Falls Subdivision and traffic from Black Cat Rd. going through BainBridge
Subdivision to get to the Costco Mall since Ten Mile Rd. and Chinden Blvd. the traffic will be backed up.
can envision that the city will have to have police officers directing traffic during the holidays to help
reduce the bottlenecks on Ten Mile Rd. and Chinden Blvd. (this happened in a city I came from where a
Costco was built in a neighborhood).
Concern #2
The plan submitted does not have enough traffic lights to support customers entering and leaving the
Costco Mall. A car travelling north on Ten Mile will not be able to enter Costco Mall at the east entrance
since it will be very difficult (if not impossible) to make left turn into the Costco Mall.
A car leaving the Costco Mall on the north entrance will not be able to easily go east and impossible to
go west on Chinden Blvd. This looks like only an entrance to the mall will be available (right turn lane off
of Chinden Blvd. only, really can't tell since developer didn't show details of this entrance).
Concern #3
Which entrance(s) does the Costco Mall use to support the big rig trucks (What size of trucks does
Costco use?) to stock their stores. Will the entrance(s) support RV's and construction vehicles with
trailers trying to use the Coscto fueling station?
Recommendation #1
Close off the entrance on to W. Lost Rapids Dr. to eliminate Costco Mall traffic on neighborhood roads.
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Install traffic light at east entrance and Ten Mile Rd. This will allow cars leaving Costco Mall to get to
Chinden Blvd and allow cars to enter Costco Mall from Ten Mile Rd.
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Install traffic light at north entrance to Costco Mall. This will allow cars traveling east or west on
Chinden Blvd to enter the Costco Mall and also allow cars leaving Costco Mall to go east or west on
Chinden Blvd.
Comment
It is really disappointing that Costco picked such a poor location for their store. I think if Costco does
persuade the City Council to approve the plan "as is" then Costco will end up closing the store in the
near future as customers will not want to deal with the traffic trying to get to and leave from their store.
There are other locations nearby that would provide better traffic flow, like the lot at McMillan and Ten
Mile (across from Walmart) or Hwy 16 and Chinden Blvd. or even Linder Village where they originally
showed up on that plan. I urge the City Council to send plan back to Planning Dept and have developer
submit an improved /better plan that will support the Costco Mall traffic.
Figure 1 Recommendations to Proposed Plan
Ed Nelson
6141 N. Seacliff Ave.
Meridian, ID 83646