CSUN MARKET'S EFFECTS STUDIED : REPORT CITES MORE TRAFFIC, JOBS, REVENUE.Byline: Sharline Chiang Daily News Staff Writer Increased traffic, noise and outdoor glare are the leading environmental impacts that could come with the University Market Center proposed for Cal State Northridge's North Campus area, according to according to prep. 1. As stated or indicated by; on the authority of: according to historians. 2. In keeping with: according to instructions. 3. a draft impact report released Monday. According to the report, six intersections will be significantly impacted. But traffic at four of them would be mitigated by adding traffic lights and other traffic improvements costing the developers an additional $656,800. On the positive side, the upscale shopping center shopping center, a concentration of retail, service, and entertainment enterprises designed to serve the surrounding region. The modern shopping center differs from its antecedents—bazaars and marketplaces—in that the shops are usually amalgamated into on Devonshire Street between Lindley and Zelzah avenues would provide educational benefits for Cal State Northridge students through job training, and lectures by business owners and managers of the retail companies on business topics, the report says. The 220,000-square-foot center on 20 acres of little-used university land also would create 300 jobs and generate $1 million for the university in lease revenues and $1.25 million in local sales taxes sales tax, levy on the sale of goods or services, generally calculated as a percentage of the selling price, and sometimes called a purchase tax. It is usually collected in the form of an extra charge by the retailer, who remits the tax to the government. . Frank Wein, facilities director of CSUN's North Campus, said developers, who estimate the center's cost at $25 million, are talking to Noun 1. talking to - a lengthy rebuke; "a good lecture was my father's idea of discipline"; "the teacher gave him a talking to" lecture, speech rebuke, reprehension, reprimand, reproof, reproval - an act or expression of criticism and censure; "he had to such retail heavyweights as Circuit City and Bristol Farms Bristol Farms is a grocery store chain that markets itself as being "upscale", with thirteen stores located mainly in the Southern California market. Formerly a subsidiary of Albertsons, Bristol Farms is now a wholly owned subsidiary of Supervalu, Inc. . ``It means both funding for educational programs and academic ties, and it will all be done with no risk for the university,'' Wein said. ``The university has been told by trustees to maximize assets through public and private partnerships. That's what we're doing.'' Opponents, which include many owners of existing businesses in the CSUN CSUN California State University Northridge area, said they were less concerned about environmental impacts than they are about the competitive impacts of the development on their stores. ``There is no possible way you can explain to a reasonable and intelligent person that a retail center is being built for educational purposes,'' said Barry Pascal, owner of Northridge Pharmacy for the past 25 years. ``All they care about is the money. But they never asked the business community how they can help.'' Pascal, who has hired many Cal State Northridge students and grads, said the center's presence will make local business owners feel like competitors of the university, rather than supporters. Parag Vaish, Associated Students vice president at the university, said although he was skeptical at first, he sees the center's potential educational benefits and supports ``anything where the students could gain work experience and income.'' Market Center would be about a sixth the size of the Fallbrook Mall in West Hills, and include room for six large stores, several smaller ones, a food court and 929 parking spaces. The report by Environmental Science Associates is available to the public at the CSUN Oviatt Library The Oviatt Library (Delmar T. Oviatt Library) serves the California State University, Northridge (CSUN) campus. The library is named for Delmar T. Oviatt who was instrumental in the founding of CSUN. Today it features over 1.2 million volumes in its collection. and facilities planning office. A public hearing on the report will be held March 27 at 7 p.m. in the Northridge Center of the University Student Union. The final proposal will be presented for approval to the California State University Enrollment  Board
of Trustees board of trustees Politics The posse of thugs who oversee an institution's administration. See Board of directors. .
If approved, construction could start later this year and be completed by late 1998. CAPTION(S): MAP: CSUN DEVELOPMENT Daily news |
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