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HomeMy WebLinkAbout2025-08-04 Jim Fizznoglia Charlene Way From:Charlene Way Sent:Monday, August 4, 2025 7:59 AM To:mrfizz@verizon.net; Clerks Comment; citycouncil Cc:Mayor Office Feedback Subject:RE: 'OPPOSED' In & Out Proposed Meridian Location Jim: Thank you for your comments. They have been made available in the project folder for review. To access Public Hearing Notice Information, find online at: https://apps.meridiancity.org/phnotices/ To access Public Hearing Process Information, find online at https://meridiancity.org/government/public-meeting-information/ Have a wonderful day, Charlene Charlene Way, Assistant City Clerk (Remote Fridays) City Clerk Office| City of Meridian 33 E. Broadway Ave., Meridian, Idaho 83642 Phone: 208.888.4433|Email: cway@meridiancity.org All e-mail messages sent to or received by City of Meridian e-mail accounts are subject to the Idaho law, in regards to both release and retention, and may be released upon request, unless exempt from disclosure by law. From: mrfizz@verizon.net <mrfizz@verizon.net> Sent: Sunday, August 3, 2025 5:01 PM To: Clerks Comment <comment@meridiancity.org>; citycouncil <citycouncil@meridiancity.org> Cc: Mayor Office Feedback <MayorOfficeFeedback@meridiancity.org>; 'mrfizz' <mrfizz@verizon.net> Subject: 'OPPOSED' In & Out Proposed Meridian Location 1 External Sender - Please use caution with links or attachments. I am writing to the city of Meridian regarding the chosen location of a new In and Out fast- food chain at Ten Mile and Lost Rapids Dr. I live in this residential neighborhood right behind the Costco. There is a thoroughfare, that allows for a short cut from Ten Mile to Chinden. Lost Rapids connects to Tree Farm which allows traffic to cut through the residential neighborhood behind Costco and the location of where In and Out plans to build. This is a family neighborhood, with lots of kid’s activity and Keith Bird Park on Lost Rapids. Ever since Costco was built, there has been several times more traffic speeding through from Chinden to Ten Mile This is a 25 Mile per hour street that has been abused with speeders exceeding the speed limit as fast as 50 mph. If In and Out is allowed to build in this location, traffic will highly increase several times over and be a danger to the citizens who live here! A business with the traffic generated like In and Out, cannot be located in this residential neighborhood. If this is allowed, Lost Rapids to Tree Farm need to have a entrance gate blocking traffic from cutting through the neighborhood. There are much better areas in Meridian that would allow such traffic. A better location would be in the Orchard Park shopping center near Winco or even off Ten Mile near Scheels. As we’ve outlined, the concerns for our residential area are straightforward:  The corner at Lost Rapids & Ten Mile is a uniquely problematic location for the additional traffic load In-N-Out represents. There are dozens of lots available in northwest Meridian with better access and zero impact to residential areas.  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.  The safety issues involving 2 very busy City parks and 3 school bus stops within 700 feet cannot be discounted.  The approval the Adero Park neighborhood with a major intersection at Malta Road will put additional strain on north Ten Mile Road between McMillian and Chinden.  In-N-Out would represent the 11th 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. 2  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.  The ‘traffic study’ that I&O paid for and provided is similarly flawed. It looks only at the Ten Mile / Lost Rapids intersection on 3 days in early December. It does not consider the various choke points with the accident-prone entrance north of the intersection, does not consider the Chinden-Lost Rapids traffic, and does not include the weekly event traffic for 8 months out of the year for Hero’s Park or the 60+ vehicles for 4-days-a-week parked at Keith Bird Park and along Lost Rapids. It does not consider the Adero Park subdivision that will be presented in May that will add 270-homes between Bainbridge & Walmart.  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.  The ‘customer flow’ information that I&O provided is flawed. It compares our neighborhood area with 10 California-based locations—NONE of them in residential or semi-residential areas.  Traffic through the residential neighborhood behind this proposed site would more than triple using Lost Rapids to Tree Farm as a thoroughfare connecting Ten Mile to Chinden. This is dangerous scenario for the citizens and most importantly, the children who are a large population in this Bainbridge subdivision.  The speed limit on Lost Rapids to Tree Farm is 25mph, there is already a speeding issue and will increase substantially with traffic using it as a short cut between Chinden and Ten Mile Jim Fizznoglia 4068 W Lost Ra\[ids Dr. Meridian, ID 83646 208-800-8157 3 Please consider the environment before printing this email! CONFIDENTIALITY NOTICE: The information contained in this e-mail transmission is intended only for use of the individual or entity named above. This e-mail transmission, and any documents, files, previous e-mail transmissions or other information attached to it, may contain confidential information that is legally privileged. If you are not the intended recipient of this e-mail transmission, or the employee or agent responsible for delivering it to the intended recipient, you are hereby notified that any disclosure, dissemination, distribution, copying or other use of this transmission or any of the information contained in or attached to it is strictly prohibited. If you have received this e-mail transmission in error, please immediately notify us by return e-mail transmission or by telephone at (818) 321-3622, and destroy the original e-mail transmission and its attachments without reading or saving it in any manner. Thank you. IRS CIRCULAR 230 DISCLOSURE: In order to comply with requirements imposed by the Internal Revenue Service, we inform you that any U.S. tax advice contained in, omitted from, or implied by this communication (including any attachments) is not intended to be used, and cannot be used, for the purpose of (i) avoiding penalties under the Internal Revenue Code or (ii) promoting, marketing, or recommending to another party any transaction or matter addressed herein. 4 Charlene Way From:Dave Miles Sent:Monday, August 4, 2025 7:55 AM To:mrfizz@verizon.net; Clerks Comment; citycouncil Cc:Mayor Office Feedback; Bill Parsons Subject:RE: 'OPPOSED' In & Out Proposed Meridian Location Jim, Thank you for reaching out and sharing your thoughts about the proposed project. Your email has been received by the Mayor’s O?ice. Because this project is part of an open application, the Mayor and City Council members are prohibited from commenting outside of the public hearing process. That said, we take public feedback seriously and want you to know that we have received your email and have read your comments. Your email has been forwarded to our City Clerk and will be included in the project public record. As you may be aware, the City does not determine which food service or business locates at a property, the City regulates the land use of various properties while businesses decide to locate at given sites or areas based on market conditions. This project’s City Council public hearing is currently scheduled for Aug. 12. Additionally, we invite you to check the City’s website, meridiancity.org for any upcoming public hearing notices and additional information regarding the development. I have also copied the Planning Department if you have additional questions on hearings, or should that date change. Sincerely, Dave Miles | Chief of Staff City of Meridian | Mayor’s Office 33 E. Broadway Ave., Meridian, Idaho 83642 Phone: (208) 489-0532|Fax: (208) 884-8119 Built for Business, Designed for Living All e-mail messages sent to or received by City of Meridian e-mail accounts are subject to the Idaho law, in regards to both release and retention, and may be released upon request, unless exempt from disclosure by law From: mrfizz@verizon.net <mrfizz@verizon.net> Sent: Sunday, August 3, 2025 5:01 PM To: Clerks Comment <comment@meridiancity.org>; citycouncil <citycouncil@meridiancity.org> Cc: Mayor Office Feedback <MayorOfficeFeedback@meridiancity.org>; 'mrfizz' <mrfizz@verizon.net> Subject: 'OPPOSED' In & Out Proposed Meridian Location External Sender - Please use caution with links or attachments. I am writing to the city of Meridian regarding the chosen location of a new In and Out fast- food chain at Ten Mile and Lost Rapids Dr. I live in this residential neighborhood right behind the Costco. There is a thoroughfare, that allows for a short cut from Ten Mile to Chinden. Lost Rapids connects to Tree Farm 1 which allows traffic to cut through the residential neighborhood behind Costco and the location of where In and Out plans to build. This is a family neighborhood, with lots of kid’s activity and Keith Bird Park on Lost Rapids. Ever since Costco was built, there has been several times more traffic speeding through from Chinden to Ten Mile This is a 25 Mile per hour street that has been abused with speeders exceeding the speed limit as fast as 50 mph. If In and Out is allowed to build in this location, traffic will highly increase several times over and be a danger to the citizens who live here! A business with the traffic generated like In and Out, cannot be located in this residential neighborhood. If this is allowed, Lost Rapids to Tree Farm need to have a entrance gate blocking traffic from cutting through the neighborhood. There are much better areas in Meridian that would allow such traffic. A better location would be in the Orchard Park shopping center near Winco or even off Ten Mile near Scheels. As we’ve outlined, the concerns for our residential area are straightforward:  The corner at Lost Rapids & Ten Mile is a uniquely problematic location for the additional traffic load In-N-Out represents. There are dozens of lots available in northwest Meridian with better access and zero impact to residential areas.  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.  The safety issues involving 2 very busy City parks and 3 school bus stops within 700 feet cannot be discounted.  The approval the Adero Park neighborhood with a major intersection at Malta Road will put additional strain on north Ten Mile Road between McMillian and Chinden.  In-N-Out would represent the 11th 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.  The ‘traffic study’ that I&O paid for and provided is similarly flawed. It looks only at the Ten Mile / Lost Rapids intersection on 3 days in early December. It does not consider the various choke points with the accident-prone entrance north of the intersection, does not consider the Chinden-Lost Rapids traffic, and does not include the weekly event traffic for 8 months out of the year for Hero’s Park or the 60+ vehicles for 4-days-a-week parked at Keith Bird Park and along Lost 2 Rapids. It does not consider the Adero Park subdivision that will be presented in May that will add 270-homes between Bainbridge & Walmart.  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.  The ‘customer flow’ information that I&O provided is flawed. It compares our neighborhood area with 10 California-based locations—NONE of them in residential or semi-residential areas.  Traffic through the residential neighborhood behind this proposed site would more than triple using Lost Rapids to Tree Farm as a thoroughfare connecting Ten Mile to Chinden. This is dangerous scenario for the citizens and most importantly, the children who are a large population in this Bainbridge subdivision.  The speed limit on Lost Rapids to Tree Farm is 25mph, there is already a speeding issue and will increase substantially with traffic using it as a short cut between Chinden and Ten Mile Jim Fizznoglia 4068 W Lost Ra\[ids Dr. Meridian, ID 83646 208-800-8157 Please consider the environment before printing this email! CONFIDENTIALITY NOTICE: The information contained in this e-mail transmission is intended only for use of the individual or entity named above. This e-mail transmission, and any documents, files, previous e-mail transmissions or other information attached to it, may contain confidential information that is legally privileged. If you are not the intended recipient of this e-mail transmission, or the employee or agent responsible for delivering it to the intended recipient, you are hereby notified that any disclosure, dissemination, distribution, copying or other use of this transmission or any of the information contained in or attached to it is strictly prohibited. If you have received this e-mail 3 transmission in error, please immediately notify us by return e-mail transmission or by telephone at (818) 321-3622, and destroy the original e-mail transmission and its attachments without reading or saving it in any manner. Thank you. IRS CIRCULAR 230 DISCLOSURE: In order to comply with requirements imposed by the Internal Revenue Service, we inform you that any U.S. tax advice contained in, omitted from, or implied by this communication (including any attachments) is not intended to be used, and cannot be used, for the purpose of (i) avoiding penalties under the Internal Revenue Code or (ii) promoting, marketing, or recommending to another party any transaction or matter addressed herein. 4