tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8394711926853801811.post464635530082521636..comments2024-03-28T16:54:44.319-07:00Comments on The Emeryville Tattler: Planning Commission OKs Controversial Ikea ExpansionUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8394711926853801811.post-10534841042171952002010-09-08T08:39:58.123-07:002010-09-08T08:39:58.123-07:00Why bring trucks and traffic into a low traffic zo...Why bring trucks and traffic into a low traffic zone when there are vacancies in the 40th st., big box zone?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8394711926853801811.post-15654511881651528622010-08-30T11:04:19.357-07:002010-08-30T11:04:19.357-07:00The IKEA is just off of the freeway - the cars tha...The IKEA is just off of the freeway - the cars that come there now get right into their parking lot, only travelling on Powell and Christie. The proposed warehouse would take dozens of cars a week into a mostly residential area. This is a direct violation of the General Plan, which (supposedly) had citizen input. The concerns of the citizens were summarily denied in this case.pegasusgiraffehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16085236775010094176noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8394711926853801811.post-84685953922391553892010-08-29T22:34:09.052-07:002010-08-29T22:34:09.052-07:00Any time the council chambers fill to more than ca...Any time the council chambers fill to more than capacity with angry residents, that's a story. <br />Of the 22 people that spoke out passionately against this Ikea plan all that identified their place of residence but two were from Emery Bay Village. What they are concerned about is the loss of their quality of life with this big box retail spill over into their neighborhood. <br />I disagree that it's always all or nothing; businesses will always try to frame the debate that way, after all that's in their interest. I think we should always be striving to make Emeryville a better place to live for all the residents. <br />And finally, you could call it a negotiation when Ikea makes it known to the staff that only by agreeing to the Ikea 53rd Street plan will Ikea agree to co-operate with the city with the city's plans to build the bike /ped bridge, but I looked it up in Webster's New World Dictionary...that's a threat.Brian Donahuehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12705682112476904502noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8394711926853801811.post-84523811208918578662010-08-29T22:01:56.448-07:002010-08-29T22:01:56.448-07:00As usual, stirring up what is not a story. A week ...As usual, stirring up what is not a story. A week before the council meeting, IKEA met all the demands of the Emery Bay residents. On top of that, unless someone buys something in East Palo Alto and then drives to Emeryville, all these cars are already shopping at Ikea (which is already in Emeryville). So the plan brings no additional cars to Emeryville. And finally, that was not a threat but a negotiation. And the city wants Ikea and so should you. If Emeryville didn't have the businesses it has then imagine how little city tax revenue there would be for schools (or how much you'd be taxed as a resident).Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com