HomeMy WebLinkAbout2025-07-31 Lindsay Cardinale
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From:Lindsay Cardinale <lindsaycardinale@gmail.com>
Sent:Thursday, July 31, 2025 10:00 AM
To:Clerks Comment
Subject:Oppose inn-n-out on ten mile and chinden
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To Whom it may concern:
Please consider these concerns about the future installation of In-n-out at the corner of chinden and ten mile.
As a resident and homeowner in the Bainbridge community, we vehemently oppose the placement at this location
due to the traffic, congestion, trash, and noise that this would bring to our community’s front door. Our community is
a safe haven for children to play, ride their bikes, sell their lemonade and ability to roam freely. With the number of
people that the restaurant would attract would bring potential sexual predators, drugs, and violence to our
neighborhood.
As a refugee leaving this all behind moving from California, I ask you if you would want to have an In-n-out in your
neighborhood? I left this behind in California for a chance to raise my children in a safe environment and would ask
you would please honor that decision.
The corner at Lost Rapids & Ten Mile is a uniquely problematic location for the additional traffic load In-N-
Out represents. There’s dozens of lots available in northwest Meridian with better access and zero impact to
residential areas. Down by Ten Mile and the 84 there are much more space that would be accommodating
to this restaurant and follow along with the model that most locations are near a main freeway.
The CostCo development area can barely handle the existing traffic flow. We’re concerned about traffic
getting TO and FROM the target site. In-N-Out’s ability to handle cars within their own lot is NOT our
concern. Our concern is what traffic it brings to the park, and the traffic on lost rapids. The risk for car
accidents and fatalities for pedestrians, children and pets are my number one priority.
The safety issues involving 2 very busy City parks and 3 school bus stops within 700 feet cannot be
discounted and occur at peak hours during the day of traffic.
The approval the Adero Park neighborhood with a major intersection at Malta Road will put additional strain
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on north Ten Mile Road between McMillian and Chinden.In-N-Out would represent the 11 drive thru with on
the CostCo development. The City’s vision for that development was to create retail space with a few drive
thru accessories, not to create “drive thru central” in northwest Meridian.
ACHD’s own study from 2017 did not envision this level of drive thru density and the possibility of In-N-Out—
they had NO Idaho expansion plans in 2017, much less into residential areas.
In-N-Out’s own “traffic study” they provided was conducted over 4 days in December 2024—specifically to
rule out the foot traffic and car traffic that inundate the area during Spring, Summer and Fall.
Prior to the Planning & Zoning hearing, our Bainbridge community survey revealed 80% of our respondents
were OPPOSED to that location. During the Planning & Zoning process, about 96% of the hundreds of
public comments from the 6 surrounding neighborhoods were OPPOSED to that location.
Please vote no on this particular location to keep my children and neighborhood safe.
Lindsay Poyser
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