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Notes from Neighborhood Meeting, May 13, 2003, on Dino's Restaurant Page 2 • Architect: No chain would look at site without wanting adrive-through. Issue is how to look at doing it best, how to make it look good. Resident*: Why can't both restaurants stay? Why can't Dino's remain on SE corner? JA: We want to own our land. Best if we can stay where we are and not have to close. Embers proprietor (Emb): Knew of no purchase agreement. GS: Was signed about a year ago. Owner of land ~ owner of restaurant business. Landowner had put propery up for sale. Q: Was Ember's property sale mentioned in SE Corner meetings? HW: Can't recall that it was. Residents' concern: Speed of cars on Arona. People can cut through neighborhood on Arona, Roselawn, Ashland, etc. Issue is not Dino's but traffic "worse and worse", very dangerous, "40 - 45 mph!" GW: "We will do a traffic study for the city." HW polled the audience: How many concerned about traffic. Most raised their hands. HW: This is and enforcement and education issue, separate from the Dino's proposal. Education will be needed -flyers, etc. Resident concern: Traffic added by those 110 new apartments at SE Corner. Those residents will use • Arona as shortcut. HW: Traffic study showed traffic will actually decrease 40% because residential traffic has much less turn-around than commercial. Q: Is this a "done deal"? Impression from letter. HW: City is in site plan review phase now, here tonight for feedback. JA: Dino's has made large investment in plan. Drive-through only way to make investment viable. Q: What about other vehicle access to store? HW: No curb cuts can be made on Snelling per MNDoT. Crawford and Arona are state aid streets. City can increase enforcement. City can look into "Do Not Enter" status for Crawford. JA: Local family business can and will respond better than national chain to problems that come up. CW: "No right turn" sign would help. [presumably from frontage driveway to Crawford] Resident*: Cited increased traffic in neighborhood since 1958. Afraid "drive-in" will "destroy the neighborhood." Why not turn property into residential use? Resident comment: Property already zoned for restaurant; another restaurant could serve liquor = worse than drive-through. HW: City has no control over sale of private property. GS: If not Dino's then probably Pizza Hut. Dino's came forward first. Note: It was several times implied, though not specifically stated, that the City cannot block a business in a zone where that business use is permitted. Most of the audience seemed to understand that. Also, it was stated several times by both residents and at least one presenter (JA, probably), but not City Staff, that the property is "zoned for a restaurant. " This is not entirely accurate. It is