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.� ♦ ♦ AUGUST 8, 2Q10 � ,. � ,� � In This Issue: • Asphalt P1ant Re- ; dux • MPCA Deadline Looms for Public � Comment _,, , � i _ `, , � • School District ::� „"��'. Plans Threaten �^ '' ,�,� Fairview Open �: Space • SW Nei'ghborhoods Unite Our Goal: Neighborhoods � Informed ' ��. �' Educated �� Heard! � ^. �; J --• � Ol�t�l est .�rea � r I . - . . .. ... � K� oseville onitor ( �T� .) . ; VOL II, #ZDR Is SW Roseville Under Siege? Developments Proceed in face of Neighborhood Opposition Neighbors Need to Organize Over the last several months public and private developers have proceeded with development plans which have signifi- cant impact on the neighborhoods of SW Roseville. Private developer Bituminuous Roadways is proposing to con- struct an asphalt plant with furnace, stockpiles, and smokestack less than a 1000 feet from one of SW's gems of a neighborhood, the Acorn Saints neighborhood. The MPCA is currently conducting an environmental review of the proposed plant which ends August ilth. (See MPCA Press Release on page 3.) The Asphalt plant was approved by the Planning Commission last May, 2009; after the MPCA has completed its environmental as- sessment the City Council will need to approve a Conditional Use Permit before the plant can go forwar. The quality of life in our neighborhoods is also affected by public developers. Witness the impact of freeway construction and street construction on our neighborhood which is bounded on three of its four sides by Highway 280, Highway 36, and Snelling Avenue The Parks and Recreation Department is conducting an ex- haustive planning process which will result in a Master Plan for Roseville parks and recreation services. This process intends to in- clude a Path to Imp/ementation, in other words, a development plan for future park maintenance and improvement. One of the Master Plan findings was the SW Roseville is underserved by Roseville parks and does not have adequate park and open space available to its residents. From the perspective of many of its resi- dents, if a park is an open space with trees, grass, and pathways, SW Roseville has no parks, Unlike every other Roseville neighbor- hood, SW has no public parks since Evergreen "Park" is solely com- posed of four baseball fields, four tennis courts, and a paved parking lot. Also unlike other developers Roseville Parks and Recreation has been closely working with a Citizen's Advisory Team (CAT) of Roseville resi- dents which includes two SW Roseville neighbors. Four community