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AttachmentG <br />Thomas Paschke <br />From: <br />support@civicplus.com <br />Sent: <br />Tuesday, February 28, 2012 2:53 PM <br />To: <br />Thomas Paschke <br />Subject:Online Form Submittal: Contact Thomas Paschke <br />Thefollowingformwassubmittedviayourwebsite:ContactThomasPaschke <br />Name::WalmartOpposed <br />Address::1999SharondaleAve. <br />City::Roseville <br />State::MN <br />Zip::55113 <br />HomePhoneNumber:: <br />DaytimePhoneNumber:: <br />EmailAddress:: <br />PleaseSha <br />reYourComment,QuestionorConcern:HelloMr.Paschke, <br />IwouldlikeitknownthatIamagainsthavingaWalmartcometotheTwinLakessite.Three <br />reasons: <br />1)Walmartdoesnotprovidesustainablecompensationtoitsemployees,asopposedtoperhaps <br />aCostco,TraderJoe's,orWholeFoods. <br />2)Walmartishavingdifficultywithprofitabilityatitspresentstores.Unlesstrends <br />change,Walmartwillneedscalebacktheirsiteswithinthenextfewyearstobettermatch <br />theirpotentialsales. <br />3)WehavemanyWalmartsintheareaalready.Inlightofthesecondproblemabove,itwould <br />standtoreasonthataWalmartatthenewTwinLakesareawouldhavealikelihoodofshutting <br />itsdoorswithinafewyears.Thenwehaveabig,vacantretailbox.Notagreatsituation. <br />InlieuofaWalmart,IwouldverymuchliketoseeperhapsaWholeFooes. <br />odsoraTraderJ <br />Eitherofthesehasmuchlesssaturation,andwouldbetterserveralarger(andperhapsmore <br />desirable)segmentofRoseville'sdemographic. <br />PleaseletmeknowwhatfurtherstepsIcantaketohelprefocusaprojectforTwinLakes <br />awayfromaWalmart,andtowardamoresustainable,betterservingretailorgroceryproject. <br />WholeFoodsorTraderJoe'sbeingneartheLunds/Byerly'swouldhavetheeffectofdrawinga <br />higherenddemographictoshopinthatarea,inmuchthesamewayasfastfoodchainstendto <br />locateneareachothertocreateagivenlocationthatpeopleassociatewithagiventypeof <br />product.RatherthanbestrictcompetitionforByerly's,suchapresencewouldtendtodraw <br />morecustomersintothatareatoshopforhigherendgroceries. <br />Thankyoumuchforyourconsiderationandresponse. <br />BestRegards, <br />CarlBerger <br />1 <br />Page65of95 <br /> <br />