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Regular City Council Meeting Monday, May 21,2012 Page 12 Theresa Gardella, Roseville resident(no address listed) Anonymous e-mail dated May 21, 2012 in opposition to Wal-Mart *Timothy Callaghan, 3062 Shorewood Lane Vernon R. Eidman, 90 Mid Oaks Lane Tammy McGehee, Councilmember (2 Memorandums dated May 21, 2012) Position Statement dated May 19, 2012 from the "Solidarity of West Area Roseville Neighbors (SWARN)" expressing concerns/opposition to Wal-Mart *Tim Callaghan,3062 Shorewood Lane As noted, Mr. Callaghan had provided his questions via e-mail dated May 21, 2012. Mr. Callahan questions were: 1) If the Business Park (BP) defines limited retail as being acceptable in this area; by what stretch of the imagination could Wal-Mart be de- fined as "limited retail?" 2) As he had previously requested in the past, where was the information addressed on the traffic impacts to Fairview Avenue at the intersec- tions of Lydia Avenue and County Road D, as previously available in the AUAR, but now not included in staff's report? Mr. Callaghan al- leged that the information was being hidden somewhere and people were not being told of the affect on this currently massively overload- ed intersection. *Amy Ihlan, 1776 Stanbridge Avenue As noted, Ms. Ihlan had provided written comments via e-mail earlier today ad- dressing the environmental review and impacts, as well as the Preliminary and Final Plats and Development Agreement provisions. Ms. Ihlan's comments ref- erenced various Minnesota Department of Transportation (MnDOT) corre- spondence to staff as part of her written and verbal comments. Ms. Ihlan ver- bally reviewed and summarized her written areas of concern, specifically the accuracy of the AUAR, requested further traffic studies, and questioned the lack of notice to residents on this process. Ms. Ihlan alleged a lack of openness and transparency by the City Council and staff to the surrounding residential neigh- borhoods. At a minimum, Ms. Ihlan suggested that it was only reasonable that mailed notice be provided; and thanked residents for their attempts to get the word out, since the government had failed to do so. Raymond Schreurs,3058 Wilder Street N Mr. Schreurs noted his residence at his current home in Roseville since 1956, and approximately one (1) mile from the proposed site and one (1) block off Cleveland Avenue. Mr. Schreurs stated that in those years, he had seen many decisions made, most good, but some bad. However, Mr. Schreurs opined that, if the City Council approved this development tonight, it would be the worst de- cision ever made by a Roseville City Council.