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HomeMy WebLinkAbout2025-04-15 Dan Aldridge Charlene Way From:dtajrbja@gmail.com Sent:Tuesday, April 15, 2025 9:50 AM To:Clerks Comment Subject:H-2024-0058 In-n-Out Burger at Ten Mile – CUP External Sender - Please use caution with links or attachments. My name is Dan Aldridge. I forwarded the following e-mail about this subject some ?me ago but didn't include my address. Lt is 3458 W Wolf Rapids Dr., Meridian, ID 83646. From: dtajrbja@gmail.com <dtajrbja@gmail.com> Sent: Monday, March 17, 2025 6:42 PM To: comment@meridiancity.org Cc: Dan Aldridge <dtajrbja@gmail.com> Subject: H-2024-0058 In-n-Out Burger at Ten Mile – CUP Dear City of Meridian Planning and Zoning Commission Members, I am a Bainbridge neighborhood homeowner whose backyard backs up to the corner of W. Lost Rapids Drive and N. Calcutta Ave. Therefore, my home property is very near the intersection leading into the proposed In-N-Out location, from W. Lost Rapid Drive. First, I am a big fan of In-N-Out Burgers. However … Before moving to our current home, nearly 5 years ago, our backyard in Roseville, CA backed up to a street, very similar to W. Lost Rapid Drive. After we moved into our new home, an In-N-Out was built in a shopping center directly across that street from our home and on the other side of a cinder block barrier wall … a very similar scenario to what is being proposed here in our Meridian Bainbridge community. So, what I share is from 13 years of real-life experience. Since In-N-Out was not an entirely “new” phenomenon there, due to there already being another In-In- Out in Roseville (similar to this situation) and other In-N-Outs throughout California, there was not an overwhelming increase in tra?ic flow … but, there certainly was an increase, especially at lunch, dinner time and on Saturdays and Sundays. What we did not have to deal with there, was having the tra?ic flow increasingly exacerbated by there being a Costco in the same shopping center. That is a MAJOR factor here. Since Costco was built here, we have seen a surprisingly increasing flow of tra?ic entering the Costco shopping center from W. Lost Rapids Dr. Often now, even without any In-N-Out tra?ic flow, sometimes cars are lined up (in both directions) from W. Lost Rapids Dr. to Costco. When we deal with this it makes us really ponder how bad the tra?ic snarl would be if In-N-Out tra?ic is added to that pattern??? In addition to the significant tra?ic flow concern, there are some other opportunities ???????that the local Bainbridge community neighbors can look forward to … 1  If you love the smell of In-N-Out’s grilled onion concoction that they add to “animal style” burgers and French fries, you are in luck. In Roseville, when the wind was right, we were blessed with that smell wafting through our neighborhood.  We also looked forward to (NOT REALLY ??????), especially on Friday and Saturday nights, often hearing motorcycles, souped-up cars, and cars with super loud sound systems with windows down demonstrating their noise capabilities, as they waited in line. This is especially concerning when considering that In-N-Out’s hours of operation are Sunday – Thursday: 10:30 AM-1:00 AM; Friday & Saturday: 10:30 AM – 1:30 AM. With all that being said, I love In-N-Out and I hope In-N-Out will build another restaurant in Meridian. But this is not the appropriate location. It would seem much more appropriate for them to build not so close to a residential area, e.g., south on Ten Mile Road, towards the I-84 freeway. Hopefully, my 13 years of personal experience in having been through a similar situation in another City, will give you some experiential information to help you determine that this proposed location for In-N- Out should not be approved. Thank you for your consideration of concerns that carry long-term and increasing ramifications. Sincerely, Dan Aldridge 2