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AttachmentF Megan Dushin, 2249 St. Stephen Street 354 As noted in her written comments and for full disclosure, Ms. Dushin serves on the City’s Parks and 355 Recreation Implementation Committee for Natural Resources. 356 Ms. Dushin verbalized her prepared, written comments, and for the record, provided a bench handout of 357 those comments, attached hereto and made a part hereof. Ms. Dushin opined that she found it odd that 358 this was the only public hearing to discuss this proposal, however opined that it was not surprising as 359 this had happened before. Ms. Dushin further opined that staff seemed to be facilitating this request as 360 quickly as possible, without taking the Comprehensive Plan into consideration. Ms. Dushin encouraged 361 Commissioners to take her comments and questions into consideration when voting tonight. Ms. Dushin 362 also questioned how the proposed bike trails off Fairview Avenue currently being proposed by the Parks 363 and Recreation Commission would be impacted by this development. 364 Shirley Friberg, 2130 Fairways Lane 365 As a resident of Roseville since 1960, Ms. Friberg questioned if the Comprehensive Plan would be 366 addressed if the Planning Commission recommended approval. 367 Mr. Paschke referenced tonight’s proposed actions, as two (2) steps, as detailed in the staff report; 368 emphasizing that neither action was related to the proposed use of the site. Mr. Paschke suggested that 369 citizen input focus on whether the plat met the requirements of City Code as it related the Preliminary 370 Plat and boundaries, and consistency of the requested city-owned land disposition with the 371 Comprehensive Plan. 372 Ms. Friberg stated that she had just heard about this proposal, and questioned if the proposed Wal-Mart 373 site was the same one considered by Costco several years ago; noting that she frequented both Costco 374 and Sam’s Club; and questioned whether there would be additional thefts to be concerned with if one of 375 those stores were located there, opining that they had many internal controls to monitor shoppers. 376 However, Ms. Friberg noted the number of police reports at Rosedale Mall that she observed in the 377 media, recognizing the size of that center and the number of stores; as well as youth in the area and bus 378 stops. Ms. Friberg opined that one of the problems with a Wal-Mart store would be people coming from 379 outside Roseville beyond two (2) miles, since Rosedale had people coming from Wisconsin, and even 380 bypassing Maplewood Mall for Rosedale as a more preferred shopping destination. Ms. Friberg opined 381 that there would be the need for increased police based on shoplifting, car vandalism, and other issues; 382 and questioned the negative impacts to the senior residence in that area; and if they would be safe 383 walking to Wal-Mart from their residence, given that potential negative impact. 384 Mr. Paschke advised that there was currently no sidewalk or trail on the east side that would facilitate 385 pedestrians from the senior residence to the proposed Wal-Mart location. 386 Ms. Friberg referenced other communities, such as St. Louis Park and Excelsior Boulevard 387 th improvements and Edina at 50 and France; and questioned what we wanted Roseville to look like; or 388 whether we preferred that it end up like the Richfield, Golden Valley, Brooklyn Center or Robbinsdale. 389 Chair Boerigter asked that Ms. Friberg refocus her comments on the issue before the Commission; and 390 suggested that the public refrain from possible misperceptions that people coming to Wal-Mart were 391 going to be of the criminal element and elevate crime levels in Roseville. Chair Boerigter noted that 392 there was a Target store not too far from this area that didn’t support that perception. 393 Ms. Friberg defended her position by noting that more youth would be coming into that area and when 394 that happened, there were more crimes. Ms. Friberg opined that Target handled their store security quite 395 well; however, she did have a concern with a Wal-Mart located in Roseville, given the types of 396 problems their stores frequently had, and questioned if that was what type of community we wanted. 397 Page9of14