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<br />1276 Eldridge Ave. <br />Roseville, MN 55113 <br />E-mail: Qg,rs~tQ_4_Q@mgln~tgQ)J <br /> <br /> <br />February 6, 2002 <br /> <br />Mr. Thomas Paschke <br />City Planner - City ofRoseville <br />2660 Civic Center Drive <br />Roseville, MN 55113 <br /> <br />Mr. Paschke: <br /> <br />These comments pertain to Planning File #3370: Minnesota State Fair request to establish a <br />temporary Park-N-Ride facility in the St. Rose of Lima Church parking lot. <br /> <br />Please share these comments with all members of the Planning Commission and the Roseville <br />City Council. <br /> <br />Please inform me of the time this item will be discussed on the Planning Commission agenda this <br />evening. I will try to attend the meeting. <br /> <br />Background: <br /> <br />~ St. Rose of Lima Church has run a Parlc-N-Ride facility for the JVIN State Fair for several <br />years. This facility has operated Mondays - Fridays, permitting the church to use its <br />parking lot for church-related activities on weekends. The use of this lot has apparently <br />been supervised by members of the St. Rose of Lima men's club. This is the fIrst time <br />that I am aware, within 7 years residence, of any notice/hearing to determine use and/or <br />conditions for establishment of a Park-N-Ride lot at this location. <br />~ The parking lot is bordered by residential streets Eldridge Ave. and Dellwood Ave. <br />There is no sidewalk on these streets. The streets are heavily used by pedestrians and <br />children 011 bicycles/skateboards. Children 011 bicycles and pedestrians have nanowly <br />avoided being run-over by MN State Fair buses turning from Eldridge Ave. onto <br />Dellwood Ave., during two years of this lot operation. Rerouting of the buses to <br />Hamline Ave. was accomplished by calling Dan Elmer, MN State Fair, after each <br />incident. Discussion of the safe!YJssues, and requesll.~H' rerou~ <br />accomplished by conversation between neighborhoo<i residents and Da!D Elmer. <br />Members of the St. Rose men's club were uninterested/unaware of the safety issues. <br />@ There is a Hamline Ave. entrance/exit to this parking lot. Traffic for Park-N-Ride has <br />been directed to use the residential streets Eldridge Ave., Skillman Ave., and Dellwood <br />Ave. to access this lot. <br />· St. Rose of Lima Church owns a residence, 1284 Eldridge Ave., which is currently <br />occupied by a family with elementary school-age children. This home is immediately <br />bordered by the parking lot on two sides of the propeliy. <br />