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-. `° �,.; _ November t 9, 2007 Roseville City Council City of Roseville 2660 Civic Center Drive Roseville, MN �5113 Re: I-iar Mar Mall Dear City Council Member: � I am contacting you regarding Gateway Washington's I,Har Mar Mall) PUD Amendment application that is on the schedule for November 2G pertaining to the rcdevelopment of the Firestone Outlot. The proposal is to demolish the Firestone Building and replace it with a new, modern; building reminiscent of the chanbes that are being completed on the exterior of the Marshall`s space. ln addition to the new building, this project will include adding an underground storm water retention system, landscaping improvements, ligllting improvements, parkin� layout improvements, and improving the entrance to the Center at the controlled entrance across from Target. We are close to having worked out the details on a lease with an up-scale restaurant user who �vill lease 3,300 square feet of the 6,600 square foot buitding. 'I'he restaurant operator wi11 be a great addition to Har Mar Mall, as well as, the area. The re�naining 3,300 square feet of the new building ��rill likely be leased to two other retail tenants. This project was approved by the Planning Conimission but with the restriction of closing , our western-most exit to eastbound County Road B. Curcently, this entrance/exit is a right in and right-out. City Engineer Bloom is concerned with trafiic leaving Har Mar ' (rigl�t-out) traveling east o�1 County Road B and making a U-tur�� at the controlled ' intersection at the entrance to 1'arget tu go west on County Road B. Note that U= I'tu-ns are allowed at this intersection 78% of the time during the week. This action is only ; ,.. restricted fi�om 11:00 am to 1:00 pm and fi•om 4:00 pm to 6:00 pm Monday through r Friday. There is no U-tuni restriction on Saturday or Sunday. We were told that ��,e had to close our right-out exit to County Road B because these U-Turns were a safety issue (although we are not aware of an�- accidents at this intersection arising from any illegal U-turns) and that with the redevelopmeut of our Outlot Site ��e will be adding cars to the inte�section. We agree ��rith City Engineer Blaom that we do anticipate, with upgraded tenants at the new building. tllat there will be some additional velucles usinb tlie `n controlled intersection (our traffic study projects thlt ii�crease to be 2.4% on weekdays and �.2% on weekends). However, ��e stron��ly disagree with Ms. Bloom that those additional turns present even a miiiimal safety issue. T�ti�o points in particular su}�poz-t our perspective. First, not a single one of these additional trips will in any way conflict with ; any vehicles performin� a U-turn. Second, the chance of the patrons of the new building creating additional U-turns seems remote at best. Any patron packing by the ne�v building �vould have to bypass the controlled exit and travei ��est to the driveway in