Dairy Queen seeks Lafayette permit

[cajunhawk]

Well Youngsville has 2 new developments going up by the Daigle guy and his daughter (the guy that did River Ranch and the PONDS?)-----hell it might get bigger than Lafayette!!!

Not with their foreclosure rate...

[HelmutVII]

And we'll have to disagree.

Look at the Chik-Fil-A on Ambassador and the traffic problems it is causing.

Talk to older residential developments along Verot School Rd. that experience flooding due to new developments.

Where Whole Foods wanted to locate between Academy and the river was an absolutely terrible idea. And they wanted their own traffic light.

Failure to plan for adequate bridges across the river has impacted emergency services response time.

Indiscriminate construction of mobile home parks around the Parish impacts LPSS's ability to appropriately program for student populations.

Lack of attention to cow poop and pesticides from farms has pretty much rendered the Vermilion River a cess pool.

The funny thing is, when a trash transfer facility was approved as a result of a LACK of regulation, most people in Lafayette hit the roof.

Sorry for the threadjack. I for one will continue to frequent Sonic for a Ragin Cajun burger.

At one time they wanted to put a 10 screen theater on Ambassador Caffery parkway where Lowes is now. The residents of Fernwood got all up in arms about the development and the traffic problems the theater was going to cause. As a result the conditions for development required that they improve the intersection of Ambassador Caffery and Robley Drive. That condition pushed the numbers to a point where the project did not make economic sense. They built at another location on the mall property. Lowes comes in with a plan to develop the same site. They placed the same condition to improve the Robley/Caffery intersection. Lowes said "sure no problem". So now there is a Lowes next to Fernwood instead of a Theater. I don't think the residents of Fernwood anticipated that circumstance. The theater is closed and Lowes is open. It's all a matter of money and what the development can (or cannot) support.

[Cajun Monkee]

At one time they wanted to put a 10 screen theater on Ambassador Caffery parkway where Lowes is now. The residents of Fernwood got all up in arms about the development and the traffic problems the theater was going to cause. As a result the conditions for development required that they improve the intersection of Ambassador Caffery and Robley Drive. That condition pushed the numbers to a point where the project did not make economic sense. They built at another location on the mall property. Lowes comes in with a plan to develop the same site. They placed the same condition to improve the Robley/Caffery intersection. Lowes said "sure no problem". So now there is a Lowes next to Fernwood instead of a Theater. I don't think the residents of Fernwood anticipated that circumstance. The theater is closed and Lowes is open. It's all a matter of money and what the development can (or cannot) support.

That's why you see right turn lanes on Caffery accessing the parking lot at Lowe's and a storm water detention facility. Without the right turn lane, you'd have additional demand on Caffery (the outside travel lane would also be a right turn lane). Without the detention facility, you'd have Fernewood and the area around that big parking lot experiencing an increase in flooding.

[HelmutVII]

That's why you see right turn lanes on Caffery accessing the parking lot at Lowe's and a storm water detention facility. Without the right turn lane, you'd have additional demand on Caffery (the outside travel lane would also be a right turn lane). Without the detention facility, you'd have Fernewood and the area around that big parking lot experiencing an increase in flooding.

Exactly, I'm not saying they were not needed, all I'm saying is that the Fernwood residents did not want a theater and they got a Lowes. Which one would you rather have? The economics of Lowes was different than the economics for a theater so the conditions for development did not change Lowes decision to develop. The retention pond was going to happen no matter what was developed. (Believe me I know about that, I designed three ponds this week alone.)

[Cajun Monkee]

Exactly, I'm not saying they were not needed, all I'm saying is that the Fernwood residents did not want a theater and they got a Lowes. Which one would you rather have? The economics of Lowes was different than the economics for a theater so the conditions for development did not change Lowes decision to develop. The retention pond was going to happen no matter what was developed. (Believe me I know about that, I designed three ponds this week alone.)

Unfortunately, text on a message board doesn't necessarily convey agreement.

I absolutely agree with you.

The development process isn't there to be inhibit development or give people jobs. Its there to make sure my proposed development doesn't impact everyone else's existing place in the mosaic.

[garmen]

Exactly, I'm not saying they were not needed, all I'm saying is that the Fernwood residents did not want a theater and they got a Lowes. Which one would you rather have? The economics of Lowes was different than the economics for a theater so the conditions for development did not change Lowes decision to develop. The retention pond was going to happen no matter what was developed. (Believe me I know about that, I designed three ponds this week alone.)

Since you seem to know about the retention ponds, answer this:
What is the responsibilty of the business to maintain the retention pond as a viable water handling feature once the thing is built at the businesses expense? The retention pond at the fire station on Verot can no more hold a bucket of water much less drainage overflow. It does however have very pretty cat-tails and misc. debris. One of the hospitals on Amb Caffery HAD a retention pond right next to their parking lot which has since become nothing more than a slight land impression due to years of grass cutting and leaving the clippings on the ground, hense building up the ground.

So, why does the city force businesses to spend money for retention ponds to only see them disappear??

Is there a city drainage engineer that should monitor this and ensure the area designated for retention ponds are maintained to fulfill their functions or is this just another hidden city tax that businesses have to pay to do business in Lafayette?

[ZoomZoom]

DQ has some competition coming...kudos to the New Orleans Levee publication

McDonald’s is debuting its new Matty Melt, a cheesy, meatless and scorched sandwich, in honor of struggling Atlanta Falcons’ quarterback Matt “Matty Ice” Ryan.


McDonald's new Matty Melt is a cheesy, meatless and burnt homage to struggling Atlanta Falcons' quarterback Matt "Matty Ice" Ryan.
The quarterback has gone by the nickname “Matty Ice” since high school for his reputation of keeping his composure under pressure, but has rattled off a series of miscues since throwing an incompletion to end last year’s loss in the NFC Championship game. This season, Ryan has thrown an interception in the end zone to end a Week 1 loss to the division-leading New Orleans Saints, scored only one touchdown in six red zone trips a week ago vs. Miami, and Sunday night threw a pass that was deflected in the end zone to seal a loss to the New England Patriots.

Now this.

“We have been working on the concept of a Matty Melt since the NFC Championship game interception and the Atlanta Falcons blowing their big lead and losing to the San Francisco 49er’s, but for us, now, the timing couldn’t be better,” company spokesman Randall McDaniel announced Monday. We’re rolling out Matty Melt concept burgers in the New Orleans and Atlanta area markets and we expect big sales from disgruntled Falcons backers and exuberant Saints fans.”

“Heck, we’re confident of a giant sales spike of Matty Melts from Saints’ defensive coordinator Rob Ryan alone,” McDaniel said. “This is a win-win, which, of course, is one more win than the 1-3 Falcons have.”

He said the Matty Melt “concept burger” has been fashioned after the quarterback in that “it is meatless, completely cheesy and the white bread is badly, badly burnt.”

“The name implies that it will be really delicious, but it leaves a truly horrible taste in your mouth and a knot in your stomach and looks worse the more you eat it yet leaves you believing the next one has to be better than the one you’ve just digested, which leads to repeat sales based on false expectations,” McDaniel said. “The difference between the Matty Melt and Matty Ice is that the Matty Melt is less likely disappoint you. We’ve got a winner! McDonald’s, I mean, not Atlanta.”