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Matti? “t“, 32 : if:L‘gt“;?“&i}>;_§éfI ' ‘ comments â€" seven in favour of Centre, which includes a Costco ' ‘ 55,,“ ”5'47 We ”“39”“:fiy _‘¥~"=: first 3333‘ 1333f” ‘33:“;th ago?” 3'3; '2 ӣ3" , ‘ Costco. six with concerns over trafi and a fourâ€"island gas bar with a U y l . f- - $35; .V V, 0;, ‘f‘f‘, if x gigs; ' i ‘ $7453"? ‘ fit: and one with worries over the combined 160,000 square feet. : ' i s I. 5 "z . ”A" ’ f“ g .;‘31:3._ ‘i ' ”l "" '5: it“ impact on other local retailers Another 65,000 square feet of other i ‘ v i g: ' ‘3; ‘L ' .1 ‘ " * Ff ' A ,, “aka A retail impact study suggests retail and commercial usaare prp- ‘ "Emu x; , , wu'flcgmft" . 5’3“?“ , -: , 'v-aMsf‘tl‘itT'zfl thecatchmentareaof the Costcoâ€" posed for the site. i ‘ 4‘)» _ - 2 I, 1",“? ,, " -;'g;,-{Jg{‘ ‘ i “alegfiyf‘? J3 M r‘fi‘: _' which will draw shoppers from up The initial staff recommenda- ; _‘ 7 t g _ 'y :3 I std ' ’ V iffy! ' _, 1&1: _ 1 to 10 kilometres away in St tion called for the site tobephased. A. \ \ W , , , i. . r , v igfiéefifi 1.13.: ”We” Clements. St. Jacobs. Mannheim. with the Costco and gas bar built y " : "39,,“ ' ‘1' 33" ' _ . : " ‘ .t $‘isiéfri‘l73ti' . with? Baden and Kitchenerâ€" should not first to limit the traffic impact in the ' ‘ W/A\‘V _ H.» A , , is impact other retail locations. . area. 5'. ' ’ "- .. t ‘ f. ‘ l we WV, WWW," , _ Delays of more than six minutes Coun. Mark Whaley was the .. ”Icyâ€"4 U I’lp" m in .. from Erb Street West and lra Nee- only vote against the motion, He . . A n ' , .. n dies Boulevard to the Costco wanted todeferthe project instead, " "r .__._. "w - ,. T 1’ entrance are ex ected at peak “At the end of the day l have to = /‘£ ‘ ‘ A 3 E38 STREE WES times. the trafficpstudy suggests. respectfully disagree with your ‘, V] / VI Delays will continue through to ' position. mainly because of the first ' ‘ V 2024. the end of the study's scope. word in the approach, which is Coun. Diane Freeman grilled ‘approval'," Whaley said to Scian. 6‘. 2 ‘ W‘ W” Cu 1 - W W“?! the developer and asked why a He said he has no faith in the traffic ”at - project with neat-failin levels of studies completed by the develop Mmegement S“ (l ' MUM- ‘ SR. (M) road congestion. and wig be land or "You're asking us to approve a Despite several infrastructure improvements aimed at reducing congestion, Waterioo council has requested more locked in the next decade. should (kistco here in Waterloo and i think traffic analysis be completed before final approval of a Costco warehouse store is granted In use he allowed to proceed. that's just premature” Several infrastructure improvi- 'nie council chambers were full a serious lack ofpuhlic input on the dicts everything we know about “We feel wc have gone through merits have been proposed to help on Monday night and more than a project, healthy community planning." the process and procedure accord relieve that congestion, btit most down delegates voiced their opin Monday’s meeting was the sec Deb Swidrovich raised concems ingly and provided studies and Will not be in plact' in time for ions on the proposed (histt‘o. Most (ind public council session to dis about the Impact Costco and the analysis," said Jeffrey lshida, Vice opening day this fall lniprow were opposed. cuss the proposal. The first was in predicted increase in traffic would president of real estate develop ments include roundabouts at (lati- Area resident and cnvtronmcti lune 2013. The city also held a pub have on the laurel Creek environ ment with (bSICOWhOlesaleCtfl'p, l and (lau- 2 of the landfill, thc ta! advocate Kenn Thomason said ilC meeting to approve the land mentally sensitive areas if A transportation impact siiitli Widening of iirli Sin-ct West to {our tlit-(Aistcocould bed gamt-Achatigr swap deal between the city anti approved. She called for a six for the project identified "signifi lanes In front of the site. and tin- m on the west and and needed to Rice commercial Group in March month deferral on the protect to rant travel tit-lays” iii the area tit ”instruction of ti new t (liit't‘lttr be reconsidered. necessary for the development to allowarea residents time to "digest" peak times on opening day lhc road from Fri) Sun-t West north to "It has become clear that we [mused prtiiect reports estimated number of trips the site Columbia Street in lht' Vista ”I”\ iii-ed to delay and come tip with :1 Catherine Mchister. represent A representative from (iostco Will generate in evening peak hours community. ht'llt'r plan," he said. noting large ing the city's Safe and Healthy said he had met With the commu is 957 That number increases to lra Needles Boulevard mil -li\tl grips in filt' traffic study's assess Community Advisory Committee nity last week but rt-affirtiit'd thc L493 on Saturdays be widened to four hint-s in two , tin-tit of the impact on nearby said the bigAbox store that empha company'stlesuc to be open before [hat study oiily (‘Unsldcfl‘d ii to phases ht‘lwt't'll now and RH i h Wiliiiot line “0 also said thtfrt' was slurs auto-onented traffic, “contra the end tifthist‘alt'ndar year pt‘f (t'lll build otit of the nearby according to lilt‘ region '------------------‘ ‘ I I . . i i I ‘ ’ I I / iiiliilix ‘7.7) a” 4/ ._ ’ ‘ ' ‘ I ‘V ' " WBMW ' as‘ as“ at "W" ' mym i I ”fir-I, nos iumsi.itorrii Sill-884475“ gut-mill “Mil-124'. 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