HomeMy Public PortalAbout2022.02.21 Maverik, public comment J HopkinsFrom:Jared Hopkins
To:Brian Parker; BessieJo Wagner
Subject:Maverik, public comment
Date:Monday, February 21, 2022 12:31:52 PM
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Dear McCall Planning and Zoning Commission,
I am a resident of McCall and want to express my concern about the proposed new location of the Maverik C-Store.
This is not the first time our community has had to make tough decisions about development as we plan for growth
in our small town. Understandably, the benefits must be weighed with the potential costs as the core of these
decisions. Please consider the community's voice during this arduous process.
I live in close proximity to the proposed location and like many others I will feel the effects of Maverik's decision to
build in the city corridor. I am already affected on a daily basis by the influx of traffic due to our schools, businesses,
and visitors. The existing management of safety and general welfare of those who partake in the daily rituals already
place strain on our services.
McCall residents are all too familiar with the typical “no left turn” weekends and holidays. A reminder of how the
existing Maverik store already has negative consequences to moving people safely through our town. With their
new proposed site Maverik would force patrons deeper into our neighborhoods. Stibnite St. will suffer negative
consequences. Stibnite St. already hosts many of the youngest community members, the Little Sprouts Day Care
students, McCall Donnelly High School population, youth groups and camp patrons of the McCall Baptist Church.
The daily travels of these groups walking safely throughout the area will be compromised.
Stibnite St. is in a school zone and has posted 20 and 25 mph speed limit signs. I often witness vehicles travel around
the Little Sprouts preschoolers as they walk to a local playground. High School students on their daily walking
commutes to McCall Donnelly High School are forced to walk on the street in the dark with traffic because no
sidewalks exist for them to safely navigate to and from school. Stibnite’s straight road warrants those with the
“need for speed” to race unchallenged due to limited patrol from strained safety services. Unfortunately, many who
travel this road do not acknowledge how their decisions affect the overall safety of our local travelers. Maverik
would indeed push more vehicles into these areas and naturally exasperate the consequences.
Maverik is proving to be a powerful voice within the community. Do we like what they are saying? Do they value or
consider the opinions of the local population? Does Maverik recognize the consequences that will incur in these
areas due to their progressive push to develop in an area of the community that many do not support? How does
this decision set the precedent of what is to come?
I ask that McCall say NO to Maverik’s proposal to build a new location. Please consider the harmful effects it would
have on the general welfare, health, and safety of our neighborhoods.
Sincerely,
Jared Hopkins
208-363-9198
202 Stibnite St.
McCall Idaho 83838