Comments on: Lack of Quorum Stymies Planning Meeting

By: Jim Rees

Jim Rees — Tue, 28 Feb 2012 01:44:21 +0000

Regarding the AAA parking:

AAA isn’t paying the full cost for these spaces. Neighbors and taxpayers will pick up the tab for lower property values, congestion, runoff (except for a small increment levied by the Water Dept), erosion, and toxic chemicals dumped in the air and water. As long as we keep subsidizing parking, businesses will keep building it. We could change this policy if we wanted to. Meanwhile I wouldn’t blame AAA for responding to economics.

By: TJ

TJ — Mon, 27 Feb 2012 20:17:12 +0000

Ah yes, Tim Horton’s! Thanks!

By: Rod Johnson

Rod Johnson — Sun, 26 Feb 2012 19:01:59 +0000

It’ll be the end of an era when they tear down the Szechuan West building.

By: abc

abc — Sun, 26 Feb 2012 16:49:20 +0000

OK so I fully understand that one of the A’s stands for automobile but 35 parking spaces? Maybe I don’t understand what goes on in there on a regular basis but that sure strikes me as a lot (no run intended). Every time I have been inside that building there have been just a handful of people. I think the city should NOT allow businesses to build unneeded impervious surfaces and I think parking lots should not be built for once-a-year events, if that’s the case.

I do not know why the AAA thinks they need to exceed the code but I do hope they have a good reason. Everyone in this area is asked to work hard to minimize impervious surfaces to facilitate stormwater; particularly in the Allen Creek Drain. Why does this facility need so much parking?

I do also hope the answer is not due to 8 events a year across the street. For those they can park on the grass.

By: Jim Rees

Jim Rees — Sun, 26 Feb 2012 14:39:21 +0000

I miss Szechuan West with its Fred Flintstone interior and red vinyl bar. I never saw it as the Waterfall Club. Is anyone aware of any photos from those days? I think the owner, or maybe his son now lives in Whitmore Lake.

By: cosmonıcan

cosmonıcan — Sat, 25 Feb 2012 23:16:47 +0000

Tj — Tim Horton’s Restaurant: sandwiches, donuts, and coffee. Supposedly a done deal, waiting for shovels.

By: Vivienne Armentrout

Vivienne Armentrout — Sat, 25 Feb 2012 23:14:26 +0000

It is supposed to become a Tim Horton.

By: TJ

TJ — Sat, 25 Feb 2012 22:11:05 +0000

I somehow got the impression that Noodles was going near K-Mart, where that burned Chinese restaurant building is located. Obviously wasnt paying attention. Are there any plans for that space?