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<br /> <br />, <br />Welsch, Dennis <br /> <br />From: <br />Sent: <br />To: <br />Cc: <br /> <br />Subject: <br /> <br />Welsch, Dennis <br />Friday, June 07, 2002 11:43 AM <br />Beets, Neal <br />Schwartz, Duane; Bennett, Cathy; Bloom, Deb; 'Jjamnik@ck-Iaw.com'; <br />Paschke, Thomas <br />Rosedale <br /> <br />Neal: Cathy, Duane, Deb and I and others attended a meeting with Rollin Hunsicker yesterday on the plans for Rosedale. <br />Some issues need to be cleared up with the Council before Rosedale can proceed with a deck, additional expansions, or a <br />separate movie theatre complex. Current and future jobs, tax base, and community image are at stake here. They include: <br /> <br />1) Is Rosedale really exceeding the city code's building coverage requirement (25%) of their site? Will the Council consider <br />a variance or an amendment to the requirement to allow 30% or redefine building coverage? <br /> <br />2) Will the City Council consider the parking deck as "building coverage" or non-occupiable parking space (not included in <br />the 25% requirement)? <br /> <br />3) Will the City Council agree to act as an intermediate conduit for funds from Metro Transit, sent to the city as a grant, <br />then paid by the city to the shopping center for reimbursement of deck construction? What role will the County and MnDOT <br />play in this improvement? (Karl Keel suggested one solution may be a parking deck and transit hub over the top of <br />Highway 36.) How can we integrate the pedestrian and link all these malls at the same time? Will the mall owners north of <br />B-2 cooperate - we have more traffic and parking problems there, too! <br /> <br />4) How does the Council feel about expansion of Rosedale in general? <br /> <br />5) How does this all integrate with the Knight-Ridder planning week in November (assuming they approve the week)? Can <br />the K-R program be a starting point for a new City master plans for the entire area (1100 acres) in which we deal with <br />urban design, architecture, and infrastructure at one time? <br /> <br />6) How do we make certain that public funds for transit also help relive traffic snarls around the mall, especially on B-2 and <br />especially since we will be upgrading the B-2 pedestrian ways with another grant in the next two years? <br /> <br />Just some thoughts - a time to talk to the Council would be nice, especially on a one-to-one basis like Arona, and Rollin <br />would find time to do this in July as well. Dennis <br /> <br />Dennis Welsch <br />City of Roseville <br />2660 Civic Center Drive <br />Roseville, Mn. 55113 <br />Phone: 651-490-2232; Fax 651-490-2931 <br />See Roseville's Internet Home Page at: www.ci.roseville.mn.us <br /> <br />1 <br />