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. Mounds View Planning Commission March 19, 1997 Agenda Meeting Page 13 • Dana Mandoza, 2633 Clearview Avenue, believes the Developer is trying his best to make this project feasible but he is against it. He believes that there weren't enough "cons" brought forward regarding the project. Mr. Mandoza itiired if the traffic study was derived by actually counting the cars or wra ", tak "'"t"rom a MnDOT study that was done years ago. He com •ented tt = 1ty would still generate additional tax revenue with a smaller dev opme >"� : ks we need "both sides of the story". Commissioner Braamle expla ti ,,•::' e of the roles of the Planning Commission is to examine both admitted that he has not made up his mind (*kw, ay Whe other or:t , i:,..e sal because he has not yet received enough info a m Mr. Mandoza ted the he has a problem with the City using only the '" `: stud Commissioner Obert commented that the people who providett • re educated and trained professionals. Mandoza also expressed hisS5ncerrt 6: afety of his childre from the additional traffic that will be gene sated on Count H2. Mr. Mandoza believes that a theater such as this is;: tropriate'tOiess to be placed in the middle of the community and s st : < chaps„ four-screen theater mny be more appropriate. He was alb conce; e ?l*lt'i wcancy rate of the office buildings in the area and wonted if th 'propotWe buildings will actually be • Zti i,`vie�Y�Y3�` constructed. He was also,c ,�M.`"`�emedth teenager activity in the area if a theater was constructed. Comn ner tWoks inq `ed if a smaller theater had been thought about by the a *ant. t nthony.*cplained that the four and six screen theaters are no lon. r to norm t , . , `ing constructed and that the public is dewing multi:$tion so ` `# l `ren can see one movie while the parenkm " to „L,.„„s,, r and aided that this is what is economically feasible anniiii4.iustifieMitiii43mographic studies for this area. He brought up an article publish ` ,Wall Street Journal on how communities across the coin; ” ng move t eaters as an anchor to their development for their eco r iic•stindicated that he would provide a copy of this article at the next meeting. - `; :Viontoza wondered how many of the-theaters Mr-Anthony has Constructed haz placed in a residential setting versus on the outskirts. Mr. AE Anthony lAnthony explaird that most people like amenities to be located near their homes rather than far l way and believes that many of these types of theaters will be built awmt, in the Twin O � s area over the next 3 to 4 years. He added that a 16-screen ;: &eater i . a big theater in comparison to theaters that are being built across the °``.` "t day. He explained that they try to construct the theaters off of a major OI:Wi ` e1>near an interstate, and as close to a population base as possible. Mr. �,ra Mandoza again expressed his concern with traffic. Mr. Anthony assured him that the majority of the traffic will be generated is off-peak. Ms. Hever again reviewed the area in which traffic counts were taken and delays, if any, that may occur. Mr. • Mandoza concluded by requesting that a second opinion on the traffic study be obtained.