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CASE NUMBER: 11~7841f June 7, 1978 e_ Page Two interchange were fluid at that time. 4. Since that time (1974) the applicants have continued to operate the Rose Drive-In Theatre, while more acceptable development proposals were explored with other users. In the meantime, more specific design proposals have been prepared in conjunction with the Minnesota Department of Transportation specifying the needs and design for the County Road C interchange. The necessary land for the interchange has been acquired on the westerly side (from the 'Slawik interests) and are in the process of being aCQuired from Fine Associates at this time (on the east side). The service road on the east side may possibly be built this year, or by current agreement not later than 1979. The operation of the drive-in theatre itself has caused some concern by the residents east of Pascal Avenue who have objected to the "screeching take-offs" sometimes employed by those leaving the drive-in facility (and other normal problems related to a ,drive-in theatre next to a residential area. 5. On the night of May 31, 1978 (this week) representatives of Fine Associates met with about 35 to 40 neighborhood representatives who were invited by them to review their current development proposal. We understand that the neighbors were generally receptive to the current proposal which at the time of that meeting included only the possibility of the use of a 15 acre site for a corporate home office location. CURRENT PROPOSAL 1. At this 'time, the applicant proposes to sell a 3.7 acre site to Toy City who propose to build a 32,000 square foot building with 193 parking space. This structure would be all brick and similar to one existing in Brooklyn Center (on the Pearl Brown Farm, east of Brookdale). A copy of the site plan for the entire site showing the location of this facility is attached, as well as an enlarged site plan for the Toy City site, itself, and a colored picture of the existing facility in Brooklyn Center. Toy City is a subsidiary of Wetterauw, Inc., a Saint Louis based food service and retailer operating in 18 states. This company, we understand operates a wide variety of successful retail operations, grossing $830 million in 1976. They currently have two Toy City stores in the Metropolitan area and seek a third site in Roseville. They sell toys exclusively with a substantial portion of their business functioning during the pre-Christmas trade season. 2. Fine Associates had submitted two preliminary plats for the division of the land, one to include the possibility of a 15 acre tract for a home office sale which they were working on at the time, and one excluding that possibility. We are happy to report that on the same night of the neighborhood meeting, another representative of Fine Associates successfully concluded an agreement in writing to sell the 15 acre tract (all the land east of the proposed service road) to Com-Ten, Inc. of Roseville for a corporate home office site. We understand this site will be planned to accommodate an office bui lding not exceeding 200,000 square feet and not greater than four sto ries in height. Because the meetings with the neighbors and the Com-Ten people