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April 19, 1999 ~~~ ~cl\ ~'G\ k\ts ~~\~w . (.Ic::o f\O~Q..~ ~~ Roseville City Council 2660 Civic Center Drive Roseville, MN 55113 Dear Ladies and Gentlemen of the Council: I would like to thank the Roseville City Council for taking the time to review the proposed building addition of Cub Foods at the Har Mar Mall. This addition proposed tearing down the existing Home Place store and replacing it with a store that would add and increase in size by approximately 46%. The addition is proposed by Bradley Limited Partnership. The Bradley organization is set upon expanding an already maxed out shopping center with inadequate parking and traffic routes. They are not content to operate in the existing center that meets present zoning, but insist upon changing water and sewer easements and ponding areas for water run off without tackling current water run off problems or by consulting with Rice Creek Water Shed as to these problems. When Bradley Limited Partnership couldn't have their way in shoving a very obscure and vague plan down the council's throat, they resorted to legal blackmail by threatening suit. The Council, in its good judgement, was not trying to discourage Cub Foods persae, but was trying to have a reasonable plan from Bradley--one that would be acceptable to the adjacent neighborhoods and Har Mar's present tenants. Therefore, the Council imposed a moratorium on any development until Bradley could workout the basic zoning detail. Why doesn't Bradley understand they cannot over expand this building? It is a Center that is over-extended in parking and traffic already. The parking lot adjacent on the south is zoned under a special use permit for parking that covers buffer zones and fences. It is not to be used for garden shops, truck routes, ponding areas or anything other than parking. Thank you, again, Roseville Council, for not being legally intimidated and blackmailed and for respecting the rights of citizens of Roseville-especially those within 250 feet, from a person I. ' . w,ho has lived within ?50 feet for 47 years. ,i , , . i t '.t;:f - '.1- J.O. Thompson , \ 2008 Asbury Street Roseville, .MN r ~ ~ f r ~ P.S. It is nice to know that the Council protects adjacent real estate values next to a shopping center and does not let large real estate people transfer values into their pockets for large short-term gain. if I. . , _" (". o...~ 0\ ,,'V \..