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November 119,.2007 Roseville cit)r Council City pf Roseville, 2660 Civic Center Drive Roseville., MN .455113 Re-. Hai` Mar M, all Dear City Council Member: I am confacting you regarding Gateway Washington's (Har Mar Mail) PUD Amendment, application that 'is on the schedule for November 26 pertaining to the redevelopnient of the Firestone Outlot. The proposal is to demolish the Firestone Building and replace it w itli a new, modern, buildhig re iniscent of ffie changes that are being completed on the exterior of the Marshall's space., In addition to the new building, this project Will include adding all'underground storm water retention system, landscaping improvements, figliting iniprovements, parking layout improvements, and improving the entrance to the Center at the controlled entrance across from, Target. We are close to having wor1ced out the details ,on a lease wi W th ail tip-scale resta-grant user who will lease 3300 square feet of the + foot building. The restaurant operator will be a great addition to Har Mar Mall, as well as, the area. The remaining 3,300 square feet of the new building will. likely be leased to two other retail tenants. This project was approired by tho Plaraiing C uiiission but, with the restriction of closing our western-most exit to eastbound Comity Road 13. Currently, this erarance/exit 'is a right "in and right-out, City Engineer Bloom is concerned with traffic leaving Har Mar (right -out traveling east on Couoty Road B and making a U-turn at the controlled intersection at the entrance to Target to go west on County Road B. Note that U-Tullis are allowed at this intersection 78% of the time during the week. This action is only restricted from I 1 -.00 am to 1:00 pm and from 4:00 pm to 6:00 pmMODday through Friday. , There is no U-turn restriction on Saturday or Sunday. We were told that we bad to close our right-out exit to County Road B beicausle these U-Turns were a' safety'issue (althiough we are not aware of any accidents at this intersect' on arising from an I y illegal U-turns) and that with the rcdevelopment'of our Oifflot Site we will be addmg cars to the 0 0 intersection. We agree witli City Engineer Bloom that we do antic" I pate. With 11 pgraded tenants at the I building, that there will lies r: additional vellicles using the controlled intersection. (our traffic study .projects that increase to be 24% on weekdays anid,5.2% on weekends). However, we strongly disagree with Ms. Bloom that those additional turns present even a irinimal saBety issue. Two points in particular support our perspective, First, not a single one of these additional trips willin any way conflict with any viehicles performing a U-tu'rn. Setond, the change of the patrons of tile new building creating additional U-tuiiis. seems remot at best. Any patro�n parking by the new builiding would have to bypass ftie controlled exit and travel to the driveway III I V