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• Notes from 5/27/03 Planning Commission Meeting Presentations on proposed Dino's Restaurant Administrator Worthington • Site plan was submitted to the City in late April. • Two variances under consideration tonight: front setback and lot coverage/landscaping • Dino's represents slight improvement over present configuration • At May 13 meeting residents voiced concerns over traffic and drive-through. Other issues were drive-through loudspeaker, fence and landscaping. • Task force will be recommended to Council to look at issue of traffic in that neighborhood; there has already been some resident interest in serving. Dan Cornejo, City Planning Consultant • Cited his report on an earlier plan (see Commission packet) and outlined issues. • Doubts any permitted use could meet all requirements. • This site plan revision is good attempt to strike balance and to improve the existing configuration. Kevin Pape ofH.R. Green on the traffic study commissioned by City • Counts were made last week, mid Tuesday to midday Thursday. Tubes were laid down for count and speed. • Volumes comparable to counts in 2000: 1000/day on Arona, 800/day on Crawford, light compared to • similarly classified streets. Truck traffic "not atypical." Noon and peak hours in line with what was expected. • Observer data was collected also on cut-through traffic during peak hour, 4 - 6 p.m. (Heaviest between 4:45 - 5:45) • Approximately one-third of Arona traffic, half of Crawford traffic is cut-through [to avoid Snelling/Larpenteur intersection, state's 3`d busiest]. • Speed: 85th percentile below speed limit of 30 m.p.h. One block is not much distance to accelerate. • Fast food restaurant with drive-through will bring additional traffic, including 30 - 40 cars in each of the two peak periods, noon and late-day. Hearing on Variances for proposed Dino's Restaurant Comments and questions: • Resident has collected 27 names on a petition to keep Embers. Feels this is a "suspect deal." Read aloud letter that was sent to Council and Commission. • Resident who moved to FH because it seemed a good community to raise children: supports SE Corner and loves Dino's (strongly disagrees with previous speaker that sentiment of May 13 meeting was to keep Embers), but feels drive-through is unacceptable. Traffic study should have included the weekend. Concern about not having required 25% landscaping. • Problem in the alley hasn't been addressed -speed, danger to someone backing out of garage, cars not yielding at Arona. Drive-through doesn't "fit" neighborhood. • Plan as a whole is improvement on site, but concern about noise from drivethrough -not loudspeaker but waiting cars. • Neighborhood deserves better -more landscaping, less drive-through. This benefits one interest to detriment of neighborhood. Multifamily Development Agreement June 6, 2003