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approximate cost of$100,000.00 per officer. (Materials prepared by Chief <br /> Mathwig's department for the August 2011 range planning meeting.) <br /> b. Roseville's Fire Department operates a 24 hour EMT service paid for by resident <br /> taxes. These services will be increased as well as the Police Services with increasing <br /> traffic and associated accidents. <br /> c. There will be significant road maintenance issues related to the increased level of <br /> daily traffic from the proposed project. Increased road maintenance costs will be <br /> paid by the residents to maintain streets primarily utilized by pass through traffic <br /> visiting the proposed retail on this site. <br /> d. While this project remains in a TIF district,there will be no tax revenue into the <br /> City's Operating Budget to cover these expenses. In addition to no monies to the <br /> City Operating Budget,there would be no share going to either Ramsey County or <br /> the school district,both shortages that directly affect taxpayers. <br /> e. When and if the proposed project were removed from the TIF district,the City <br /> would only receive approximately$65,000.00 to$70,000.00 in tax revenue. <br /> (Confirmed with Ramsey County,Chris Miller, and comparisons in the metro.) <br /> f. A resident,Vernon Eidman, an Economics Professor at the University of Minnesota, <br /> presented a 2012 MN Department of Revenue study which shows that retail in <br /> every case studied, including developed suburbs like Roseville, is a tax drain on the <br /> municipality. (Also in a letter from Professor Eidman to the Council dated May 17, <br /> 2012.) The current retail amount for Roseville is approximately 100 square feet per <br /> capita;the national average is 24 square feet per capita. Roseville already has <br /> approximately 5 times the national average. <br /> g. The long-term health and sustainability of Roseville is jeopardized by increases in <br /> low paying jobs and easy accessibility to transit. Roseville already has two major <br /> segments, retail and nursing home/assisted living that traditionally does not pay <br /> head of household jobs. This, paired with our transit connections,will require more <br /> "affordable housing requirements," (see Metropolitan Council housing website)all <br /> of which will result in an inability of Roseville to maintain its infrastructure of roads, <br /> sewers,water,and parks without unreasonable and unsustainable tax increases on <br /> residents. <br /> 5. This proposed project and plat undermine the express vision and goals of the community. <br /> The community in its visioning and comprehensive planning processes desires that there <br /> be no additional retail, more businesses with head of household jobs, proper <br /> stewardship of the environment,a diversified tax base,and a diversified housing stock. <br /> This project sets this area on a course that is diametrically opposed to these express <br /> wishes of the residents. The present zoning code does not support these documents, <br /> including the official control documents for this area specifically named in the 2030 <br /> Comprehensive Plan,the Twin Lakes Business Park Master Plan and the Twin Lakes <br /> AUAR. <br /> Page 3 of 4 <br />