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SUMMARY OF NEIGHBORHOOD MEETINGS (Tasks 202 & 204) OVERVIEW Dahlgren, Shardlow and Uban, Inc. facilitated four neighborhood meetings in the City of Roseville to assess the impact that commercial developments have on adjacent residential neighborhoods. While the meetings were advertised and open to the general public, only those residents within 500 feet of existing SC Shopping Center Districts were notified by mail of the meetings. These include the Har Mar, Crossroads, Lexington/Larpenteur and Hamline Center neighborhoods. Each meeting began with a presentation by the consultant team. First, the project background and an overview of the shopping center district study was presented including the purpose of the meeting and how the input received from residents fit into the study. Residents were then given a brief primer on the city planning process and the tools used to regulate land use so that they could see how the study and their input fit into the overall picture. [See Appendix A the agenda and handout for the neighborhood meetings.] After the initial presentation, residents were divided into small groups and asked to discuss any issues, concerns, impacts, etc. (both positive and negative) that they had as a result of living next to a shopping center district. Each group assigned a representative to take notes. After,. approximately 15 minutes of discussion, each group's representative was asked to share'their findings with the rest of the participants and their ideas were listed on large sheets of paper. Participants were then asked to rank the issues listed. Each person was given three sticker dots and was asked to place them by their top three issues. MEETING SUMMARIES Following is a summary of the issues expressed at each of the meetings and the ranking of these issues. The first meeting was held on Tuesday, September 14 for the Har Mar neighborhood. Between 50-60 people attended the meeting. Table 1 shows the results of the issues exercise conducted for that group. As shown in the table, the hours of operation for businesses adjacent to residential areas was the greatest concern. In particular, 26 participants indicated that 24 hour establishments were not appropriate next to residential neighborhoods as one of their top three issues. Others were concerned about holding property owners/manager accountable for the operation and maintenance of their properties and the city's role in enforcing codes. Some were concerned about the long term desirability of Roseville as a place to live due to the negative impacts associated with increasing commercial development. Some of the impacts they were most concerned about were noise, crime, safety, traffic (both vehicle and pedestrian), decreased Roseville Shopping Center District Study Phase II Report Page 2 -