HomeMy WebLinkAbout2025-09-03 Vic Clapp
Charlene Way
From:Vic Clapp <vicclapp@msn.com>
Sent:Wednesday, September 3, 2025 1:37 PM
To:Clerks Comment
Subject:My opinion of being opposed to the building of an IN-N-Out facility at the corner of
Lost Rapids & Ten Mile roads
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I have the following objections to the building of this In-N-Out facility in this location:
1) The corner at Lost Rapids & Ten Mile is a uniquely problematic location for the additional tra?ic
load In-N-Out represents. There’s dozens of lots available in northwest Meridian with better
access and zero impact to residential areas
2) The CostCo development area can barely handle the existing tra?ic flow . We’re concerned about
tra?ic getting to and from the target site. In-N-Otu’s ability to handle cars within their own lot is
not our concern.
3) The safety issues involving 2 very busy city parks and 3 school bus stops within 700 feet should
not be discounted.
4) The approval of 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
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represent the 11 drive thru within the CostCo development. The city vision for that development
was to create retail space with a few drive thru accessories, not to create “drive thru central”in
Meridian.
5) 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 idea of Idaho expansion plans in 2017, much less into residential areas.
6) In-N-Outs’s own tra?ic study they provided, that was conducted over 4 days in December 2024,
they specially ruled out the foot tra?ic and car tra?ic that would inundate the area during
Spring, Summer,and Fall.
7) In-N-Out has decided to initially modify their request to close at midnight and prevent overnight
deliveries. While this prevents overnight noise and light pollution into adjacent residential areas
after midnight, it makes no di?erence to the biggest issue over an additional million visitors to that
corner each
year. Please consider
and answer these concerns in the upcoming City Council Meeting scheduled for Tuesday
September 9,12025 @ 6pm. I hope to hear your responses as I attend this meeting, along with a
multitude of the other residents of the Cadence, Bainbridge subdivision down the street.
George Victor Clapp
3758 W. Silver River Lane
Meridian, Id 83646 ph: 2088414089
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