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From: Henry McClure <mcre13@gmail.com>
Date: Wed, Aug 17, 2022, 6:54 AM
Subject: Fwd: FW: TIA Need???
To: Kevin Holland <kholland@cfse.com>
From: Tony Emerson <tony@emcon.us>
Date: Tue, Aug 16, 2022, 11:34 PM
Subject: FW: TIA Need???
To: Henry McClure <mcre13@gmail.com>
From: Tony Emerson
Sent: Tuesday, August 16, 2022 11:33 PM
To: Bill Fiander <bfiander@Topeka.org>
Cc: Bill Cochran <wcochran@Topeka.org>; Brett Kell <bkell@topeka.org>
Subject: TIA Need???
Bill,
I got a call today from a business owner that wants to relocate a liquor store within the same shopping center where it has been for many years. The owner was lamenting to me that he had to pay $5,000 for a traffic impact study since he was moving the business back further into the center and adding a drive-thru window. I was shocked and thought that surely that can't be true --- so I looked up the application and it does lists drive throughs as one of the things triggering a TIA. SURELY this is just for new developments, right? Simply relocating an existing business within the same center (even with the addition of a drive through) shouldn't necessitate a TIA – right?
Picture is attached.
BTW, I should add that he was not told this by your staff --- a consultant told him it was an automatic requirement. Please let me know.
Thanks,
Tony Emerson
District 4 Councilman
Topeka City Council
T:(785)422-7888
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