Howard Roark1
Christopher Johnson
From:C.Jay Coles
Sent:Monday, April 02, 2018 2:38 PM
To:Chris Johnson
Subject:FW: North Meridian Costco
From: Treg Bernt
Sent: Monday, April 2, 2018 2:38 PM
To: Tammy de Weerd < tdeweerd@meridiancity.org >; citycouncil < citycouncil@meridiancity.org >
Cc: C.Jay Coles < cjcoles@meridiancity.org >
Subject: Fwd: North Meridian Costco
C. Jay,
Please add the public record for tomorrow. Thx...
My Best,
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Treg A. Bernt | City Councilman, Seat 4
City of Meridian
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From: Howard Roark < howard.roark0317@gmail.com >
Date: Apr 2, 2018 1:53 PM
Subject: North Meridian Costco
To: Treg Bernt < tbernt@meridiancity.org >
Cc:
Mr. Bernt,
I, like many of my neighbors, am concerned that a large "industrial" building will negatively impact the
character of our community. I researched this issue and found a Costco in Gig Harbor Washington that was
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required by the City to be compatible with its residential context. I also found a Costco in Woodland Hills,
California with a design that responded well to it's unique surroundings. Costco was able to justify the added
expense in these locations which likely produce revenue similar to a Meridian location.
Both of these examples effectively reduced the impact of the "Big Box" and added to their locations' unique
"sense of place". I believe that Meridian, Idaho and this location in particular deserve similar consideration as
these other non-industrial locations. In fact, Costco could easily adapt the building design and landscaping of
the Gig Harbor Costco for its proposed Meridian location to address most of the aesthetic and contextual
concerns.
Images of both projects are shown below.
Regards,
SpurWing Resident.
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