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~--_._-- .. ~ ~ ~.... Ir~ r~'" \(\ ~\t... MARK E. BATTIS Attorney At Law 1413 West Eldridge Avenue Roseville, Minnesota 651-636-8773 1G~I8pl~/t:II\; :\hA..1f.,.' I",. ~'ra ,~v'p"'~t Ft" \;,/' .~ J"~'u::' ~lldJ. lb tJ IG U lj ~~ . I 1 -. I ;~AR 2 3 1999 ,:) March 16, 1999 The Honorable Daniel G. Wall Mayor ofRoseville 2803 Lincoln Drive Roseville, Minnesota 551133 RE: Planning File 3104 Cub Food Store Dear Mayor Wall: The purpose of this letter is to discuss the development of a Cub Food store as proposed by Bradley Operating Limited Partnership ("Bradley") at the Har Mar Mall. The current matter that will be heard by the City Council on Monday, March 22, 1999, is a request by Bradley for the vacation of a portion of certain utility and drainage easements in connection with the rerouting of utility lines located on the southeast side of the former Homeplace store, in the Har Mar Mall. The following is a discussion of the open issues as I see them. EXISTING UTILITY-DRAINAGE EASEMENTS I attended the Planning Commission meeting held on March 10, 1999. It is still unclear to me, as well as most people who attended just what Bradley plans to do. Copies ofthe proposed plans are attached as Exhibit A. There are a number of very serious issues that are still left unresolved. At a minimum, I would request that very detailed information be provided specifically outlining exactly why Bradley needs a vacation of the existing easement including detailed plans as to what they propose to install. Numerous questions were raised during the Planning Commission Meeting as to the adequacy of the existing drainage system currently found in the Mall, due to the fact that the adjacent homeowners have had flooding problems on numerous occasions in the recent past. Keep in mind that the City has already installed a new stonn water system, along with new curbs and gutters on all the residential streets that surround the Mall. However, the adjacent home owners are stilI plagued with flooding on a fairly regular basis. I believe that the run off from the Har Mar Mall parking lot has created a situation where the flow is too great to be handled by the existing stonn water drainage system currently in place in the Mall parking lot. This causes flooding in the adjacent area and the stonn water system as installed by the City is over taxed because its not designed to handle the additional flow from the Mall. This flow problem is clearly caused by the Har Mar Mall. Replacing the existing utility- drainage system with one of the same flow capacity does not solve the problem. This matter has never been addressed by Bradley. I have attached some pictures as taken by 7\~o....~