Warsaw Planners Approve Meijer Development Plan
July 28, 2016 at 4:25 p.m.
By Jennifer [email protected]
Commission member Jim Gast made the motion, and George Clemens seconding the motion.
Commission members Tom Allen, Jeff Grose, Tammy Dalton, Lacy Francis, and Jeremy Skinner also voted in favor of the plan.
Meijer must still obtain building permits. Pending permit approval, tentative plans are for the store to break ground in 2012, with a 2013 opening date, according to Lynn Richardson, Meijer real estate manager.
The 192,000-square-foot facility will be built at the southeast corner of U.S. 30 and Anchorage Road in Warsaw, contingent on Meijer receiving a building permit.
The development plan was approved with the following conditions: that Meijer obtains a building permit, the development must comply with the city’s erosion control ordinance, and the existing storm inlet or outlet along Anchorage Road must be accounted for before completion of road improvements.
Repairs and improvements to the Shamrock Mobile Home Park must be completed as part of Anchorage Road improvements.
Tony Mourand, architect and engineering firm representative for Meijer, spoke on behalf of the business.
He said there will be three large storm water ponds that sit beyond the facility designed for beyond a 100-year storm. He said the storm water ponds will cut discharge in the ponds by half of what is currently allowed by the city’s ordinance.
He also said there will be two sediment basins that have an outlet structure that slows the water down and filters out all the sediment before it gets into the detention basin.
Adequate parking has been provided with 755 spaces overall including handicapped spaces as well as landscaping requirements of one tree per 10 spaces.
Approximately 80 trees will be planted in the parking lot area, with an additional couple hundred trees making up the landscape screening surrounding the Meijer store.
Meijer has provided a proposed lighting plan, which shows all of the light being contained on the Meijer property.
The project will include extending sewer and water mains to service the Meijer store as well as the commercial outlots along U.S. 30.
Lynette Merkler, a Bluewater Drive resident, said she was struck by a car on May 9 while riding her bicycle on Anchorage Road.
She said she was concerned about additional traffic the Meijer would create on Anchorage Road and wanted Meijer shoppers to enter and exit from U.S. 30 instead of Anchorage Road.
She suggested a sidewalk be put in or a bicycle lane to protect pedestrians and bicyclists.
Skinner said the city has talked with Meijer and Shamrock Mobile Home Park owners about having a sidewalk installed for Shamrock residents to walk on.
“I think Meijer is making a huge attempt at 200 North, Anchorage Road and 15 to make it the safest traffic system we can have,” Skinner said. “I won’t say someone else won’t get hurt, but it goes back to educating drivers, bicyclists, and pedestrians.”
In other business, the commission approved the city proceeding with starting the bond process for a $1 million bond to remodel the future city hall.
Warsaw Redevelopment Commission has approved the bond, and Warsaw City Council still needs to approve the bond.[[In-content Ad]]
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Commission member Jim Gast made the motion, and George Clemens seconding the motion.
Commission members Tom Allen, Jeff Grose, Tammy Dalton, Lacy Francis, and Jeremy Skinner also voted in favor of the plan.
Meijer must still obtain building permits. Pending permit approval, tentative plans are for the store to break ground in 2012, with a 2013 opening date, according to Lynn Richardson, Meijer real estate manager.
The 192,000-square-foot facility will be built at the southeast corner of U.S. 30 and Anchorage Road in Warsaw, contingent on Meijer receiving a building permit.
The development plan was approved with the following conditions: that Meijer obtains a building permit, the development must comply with the city’s erosion control ordinance, and the existing storm inlet or outlet along Anchorage Road must be accounted for before completion of road improvements.
Repairs and improvements to the Shamrock Mobile Home Park must be completed as part of Anchorage Road improvements.
Tony Mourand, architect and engineering firm representative for Meijer, spoke on behalf of the business.
He said there will be three large storm water ponds that sit beyond the facility designed for beyond a 100-year storm. He said the storm water ponds will cut discharge in the ponds by half of what is currently allowed by the city’s ordinance.
He also said there will be two sediment basins that have an outlet structure that slows the water down and filters out all the sediment before it gets into the detention basin.
Adequate parking has been provided with 755 spaces overall including handicapped spaces as well as landscaping requirements of one tree per 10 spaces.
Approximately 80 trees will be planted in the parking lot area, with an additional couple hundred trees making up the landscape screening surrounding the Meijer store.
Meijer has provided a proposed lighting plan, which shows all of the light being contained on the Meijer property.
The project will include extending sewer and water mains to service the Meijer store as well as the commercial outlots along U.S. 30.
Lynette Merkler, a Bluewater Drive resident, said she was struck by a car on May 9 while riding her bicycle on Anchorage Road.
She said she was concerned about additional traffic the Meijer would create on Anchorage Road and wanted Meijer shoppers to enter and exit from U.S. 30 instead of Anchorage Road.
She suggested a sidewalk be put in or a bicycle lane to protect pedestrians and bicyclists.
Skinner said the city has talked with Meijer and Shamrock Mobile Home Park owners about having a sidewalk installed for Shamrock residents to walk on.
“I think Meijer is making a huge attempt at 200 North, Anchorage Road and 15 to make it the safest traffic system we can have,” Skinner said. “I won’t say someone else won’t get hurt, but it goes back to educating drivers, bicyclists, and pedestrians.”
In other business, the commission approved the city proceeding with starting the bond process for a $1 million bond to remodel the future city hall.
Warsaw Redevelopment Commission has approved the bond, and Warsaw City Council still needs to approve the bond.[[In-content Ad]]
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