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Regular Planning Commission Meeting Minutes – Wednesday, February 1, 2012 Page 9 Mr. Paschke responded that the language would only affect how the Subdivision 405 Ordinance regulated or applied to this particular property, stating that the City’s 406 ordinances foster those things, and that the Subdivision Ordinance was created to look 407 out for those things and how land divisions were required in Roseville through 408 easements, lot sizes, etc. and meeting certain requirements within the Zoning Ordinance 409 such as for residential lots with specific sizes in certain zoning classifications. Mr. 410 Paschke advised that those topics would be germane to analyze Subdivision Zoning 411 specific to land divisions, not uses on the land, since other regulations govern the 412 requirements of those specific uses. 413 Mr. Paschke noted that City Attorney Mark Gaughan was present and could expand on 414 that interpretation if he found it incorrect. 415 Rick Poeschl, 2220 Midland Grove Road 416 As a Roseville resident since 1968, Mr. Poeschl agreed with the comments heard during 417 public comment as well as those expressed by Member Strohmeier that if more residents 418 had known about the Wal-Mart plans, there would have been a much larger crowd in 419 attendance tonight. Mr. Poeschl advised that he had only heard about the Public Hearing 420 from a neighbor and fellow resident at Midland Condominiums; who had also mentioned 421 that Roseville currently had more retail per capita that Bloomington, MN with their much 422 larger population. 423 Mr. Poeschl noted that Mr. Grefenberg had highlighted and displayed on the overhead, 424 several sections of the Comprehensive Plan’s goals and policies that seemed 425 inconsistent; and reiterated that if more people had known about tonight’s meeting, they 426 would have provided more feedback. While not clearly understanding staff’s responsibility 427 to follow the language of the Comprehensive Plan, Mr. Poeschl opined that more 428 neighbors should get involved. 429 Mr. Poeschl stated that he was opposed to the proposed Wal-Mart, and didn’t want a big 430 box store in Roseville, including a Wal-Mart. 431 Megan Dushin, 2249 St. Stephen Street 432 As noted in her written comments and for full disclosure, Ms. Dushin serves on the City’s 433 Parks and Recreation Implementation Committee for Natural Resources. 434 Ms. Dushin verbalized her prepared, written comments, and for the record, provided a 435 bench handout of those comments, attached hereto and made a part hereof. Ms. 436 Dushin opined that she found it odd that this was the only public hearing to discuss this 437 proposal, however opined that it was not surprising as this had happened before. Ms. 438 Dushin further opined that staff seemed to be facilitating this request as quickly as 439 possible, without taking the Comprehensive Plan into consideration. Ms. Dushin 440 encouraged Commissioners to take her comments and questions into consideration 441 when voting tonight. Ms. Dushin also questioned how the proposed bike trails off Fairview 442 Avenue currently being proposed by the Parks and Recreation Commission would be 443 impacted by this development. 444 Shirley Friberg, 2130 Fairways Lane 445 As a resident of Roseville since 1960, Ms. Friberg questioned if the Comprehensive Plan 446 would be addressed if the Planning Commission recommended approval. 447 Mr. Paschke referenced tonight’s proposed actions, as two (2) steps, as detailed in the 448 staff report; emphasizing that neither action was related to the proposed use of the site. 449 Mr. Paschke suggested that citizen input focus on whether the plat met the requirements 450 of City Code as it related the Preliminary Plat and boundaries, and consistency of the 451 requested city-owned land disposition with the Comprehensive Plan. 452 Ms. Friberg stated that she had just heard about this proposal, and questioned if the 453 proposed Wal-Mart site was the same one considered by Costco several years ago; 454 noting that she frequented both Costco and Sam’s Club; and questioned whether there 455 would be additional thefts to be concerned with if one of those stores were located there, 456