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Mounds View Planning Commission April 2, 1997 Regular Meeting Page 11 have to go along with the study. He also suggested that perhaps soil testing be done in relation to the underground parking concern. Commissioner Miller also expressed concern with develo,_.t,: ntk;° n the wetland buffer and the circulation around the car sash anct s • : ion. She also inquired as to what the objection was with the g ation"' ., a gas station itself or was it that we did not need any more Wounds Vi= °� Y.. •ded that the study showed there was a need and busidits for it, Id ''=�`1:, tt-:z,din• 'X the way of progress? She also expressed chem E 'gas statin • :3 $n :r as fast as others come in but wondered if that 407:„ ,.-,z the Planning C , R ion's concern. She added that if the buffer issue cou , .solved, she believed the project had a nice mix of things, but questionity of the fast food component of the project. Chair Peterson*ked ��iC contracted with any one for the gas station and fast food facilities Mr. Smtd that the proposed gas station would be a Holiday Holid•WMassand that:: had had contact with Dairy Queen for the fast u food..I, tio :.: ;.added:Yey were concentrating on the "treat" aspect. iszir •'tY� «... ; YiYY.vYYYtYY .Y\YY`YY2Y'Yi Commissioner Stevensopress ?its concern with the viability of the gas � station and that when ohoppens u .`another of* closes. He also expressed concern with the number: { car wes ande water usage generated. He remarked that in thh surmer the{ inti < nnot even water their lawns because .�tYY YYY`.\`2Y:YYYt �t,i,>.YYYYY; Y�YY`YYY Y"21S`• of, ' erin b car washes"" i= inue to operate. He did not have a cath the �YY;� -Yehce storend a small restaurant component but felt YY;YY. YYY;;YYYY. 10 Owe feet*tool*small for a restaurant. He had no objections with the of"iukg or s"ig. He added that Silver Lake Pointe filled up and a waitingrlist` reated and 1e had no doubt that theproposed senior building Wit tei*Vilitt e added that the location of the ponds could be worked out. ticommissionerliWass expressed her disagreement with the convenience .41f store/gas statio component of the project. *YY Commissi er Brasaemle expressed that he liked the concept of the planned unit . evelopmebt'and believed it to be clearly the direction in which the consultants had *top/ Yfor the parcels. He added that he thought there were a lot of things proposed for a fairly small site. However, conceptually, he saw no problem with three of the four uses: the senior complex, the restaurant, and the office building. He indicated that he had a problem with the gas station/convenience store/fast food proposal and was having difficulty reconciling what a portion of the Towle • report indicated and the opinions of the residents of Mounds View. He thought the