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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 develop, ntin the wetland buffer and the circulation around the car wash an . ''` bion. She also inquired as to what the objection was with the g+; ei ,#ations', as tUe gas station itself or was it that we did not need any more i founds Vim=• ' ded that it"' the study showed there was a need and busiss for it,.: uld we> �` >S: :ding< • the wayof progress? She also expressed cp}:: em w ,as statin v.:»190.: `+` "��as fast as others come in but wondered if that s , ` `"the Planning C"a> ion's concern. She added that if the buffer issue crsolved, she believed the project had a nice mix of things, but questionea,```• sity of the fast food component of the project. Chair Peterson is`ked ifI ,contracted with any one for the gas station and fast food facilities, Mr. Sm < <t • . d that the 43.:4proposed gas station would be a Holl : ; +;_ and thaay'had had contact with Dairy Queen for the fast food; j•ert` dded<fey were concentrating :Y�a '4.. tii�:122�.2YY``Y: 2 z:fr on the "treat" aspect. .. Y .,:y •` +;x xx+,zr , • 2+ •.Coir~-. Commissioner Stevenso.epresseis concern with the viability of the gas station and that when onipans u +;;mother o `` closes. He also expressed concern with the numb f car w es and: `}t water usage generated. He rem ed that in the'si mer the; is=cannot even water their lawns because`' inue of4,.:T... .,;`'` ening b _`i`3t car wai� to operate. He did not have a z. " �• Jth the2ce store and a small restaurant component but felt 1 U`ttT. ce feet . € r ++small for a restaurant. He had no objections with the oi :g or seiing. He added that Silver Lake Pointe filled up and a waitingwas reated . ie had no doubt that the proposed senior building wnso` < « { e added that the location of the ponds could be worked out. :L.zzk' smear iCommissionerB o rs expressed her disagreement with the convenience >.i i��+Y +�+*yam <'v store/gas statio con iponent of the project. ><>` x < ` CommissionerALIF Brasaemle expressed that he liked the concept of the planned unit ::.,:.... P P _'>< �>developmenthand believed it to be clearly the direction in which the consultants had 3}i4 i�i <::K:<::::: ; ��•�or the parcels. He added that he thought there were a lot of things '.= sed 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 411 report indicated and the opinions of the residents of Mounds View. He thought the