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45 I know the neighbor's well and many, many people are very frustrated and one gal even 46 suggested having the TV stations investigative reporters come out and expose this to all. Most of a� the church committee members and I would even say lots of the gardeners signing up are not 48 residents. a9 So my question is simple: Is the City here to serve a"special interest" group or are they to 5o address and serve what is best for neighborhoods which ultimately translate into community? st I strongly urge Roseville to make an administrative decision to require the church to obtain a 52 Conditional Use Permit which indicates neighbors would have the opportunity to be heard. That 53 is all we are asking for our "freedom of speech" when and it does directly affect us as a 54 neighborhood. Why are we being discriminated against. The church seems to have all the say. 55 And yes, they did have 2 weekend meetings for us which we had to notify persons. They only 56 gave out fliers to a very few. Plus they meetings were simply to indicated they "asked" for our 5� concerns. The meetings were held by the committee which I strongly feel need to be conducted 5s by the city for fairness to both sides. 59 I urge the city as a governing body "for the people" meaning church and neighbors as well to so have them obtain a Conditional Use Permit and do what is right! ! 6� Respectfully submitted, s2 Marilyn Salay 63 Re: North Como Community Gardens 64 Fri 5/14/2010 3:54 PM s5 From: Bill Malinen 66 To: Marilyn Salay, Bryan Lloyd 6� cc: Pat Trudgeon 68 Ms. Salay: 69 Thank you for email. We certainly received your previous email and have included it in our �o file. As it seemed that you were sharing your concerns on the community garden issue and �� did not have any specific questions for us to respond to, Mr. Lloyd did not respond directly to �2 you. As a courtesy, we should have acknowledged your email, for which I apologize. It is �s unfortunate that you take a lack of response from Mr. Lloyd as indicative of bias on the city's �a part. I can attest that is not the case. �5 I can unequivocally state that the City and city staff does not serve "special interests" over �6 citizens and neighborhoods. Quite simply, our zoning staff is guided by the Roseville Zoning �� Code. The Zoning Code does not specifically regulate "community gardens" . Instead, the �e City needs to determine whether the proposed use of the church land as a community garden �9 is a"moderate impact quasi-public use" or a"low impact quasi-public use". Staff review, 8o based on the information given to the City from the church, believes that it qualifies as a 8� "low impact quasi-public use" as defined by the code. 82 Given the information you and Mr. Leiendecker have given the city, we will be discussing s3 the matter again with North Como Presbyterian Church to verify the extent of the use. 84 As you know, due to the pending appeal, the decision will ultimately be decided by the City s5 Council. It should be pointed out that if a decision is made to require a conditional use 86 (because it is determined to be a moderate impact quasi-public use), that does not mean that s� the community garden will be prohibited. The conditional use process thru public comment ^ --- � � �