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05/08/98 10:58 FAX 612 6369600 [4]002 t~."1' '''.8] ~'~.' 1"''1.-.'.: ilil 2" ,~ "", ,..-._ . . ,,;,.,t....,....,,~,.~--=-""""'- cA . '.. ) <';.J ",", . "I ~,.. _ ~ ..l . ...." "! '" '" .' ,. ".- .,', '" :.' ,;.' ~_'(:. ~ 7 .....;;.:.;...~~,..., Crop;;]) .'_) , -- ~ G().v fVC.1 .~~'i ~6Nr{1J' May 7, 1998 - D2n:~1. G. Y'lall Mayor. .t\.rneH.. Carlso~ Governor 130 State Capitol St.PauJ,.MN 55155,. bear Governor Carlson: The State Farm. ~rance property, situated along Fllghway 36 in Roseville, is being considered as a new home forilie Department' of Children, Families and Learning (CFL). My understanding is that~teve Wellington Will'purchase the property and lease most of it to CPL. Rose\rille officials. met with: State Farm representatives several weeks ago and we all agreed to work together to find a suitable buyer for their property. The city agreed. to be fleXible about land use and State Farm. promised to keep us current on their ~ortS. We.only learned of the sale and CFL's plans via a. 'third party about ten 'days ago. Keeping us in the dark seems to be the strategy:"':'. . . ~, . In 1995 the Department of Transportation quietly purchased the Water's Edge property,'a pnme Roseville office building. That deal removed a $3.5 million property, generating over $200,000 per year in taxes, from our revenue pool. In addition, Roseville V{ill probably lose its only FoTtUJ1e 1 00 ~<?rn~x:a.ie9tizen .dueto that chan~e in ownership. We have precious little property like the . Water's Edge and State Farm sites and Fortune 100 companies are dam bard to come by. State-.... Farm currently_p~y~out $350,000 annually.in property taxes. Moderate improvements c~u1d generateanad4itional $200,000 per year. Roseville's 15% share of those taxeS'is a significant contribution'to the revenue side of our budget. We expect that CPL, once settled in the building . and.fully operario~wilJbe the eventual owner. ., -- ---- As you may recall, it was only a few months ago that the Department ofReveo.ue corisjdered buying the State Farm property. Your administration. however, decided that.Revenue should stay in St_ Paul. That. was the right decision for the state, for St. Paul and for Roseville. We ask-that':'. the state acknowledge 1) that removing tax-generating property from smaller' cities creates substantial burdens which impact a1110cal property taxpayers and local goveiiiment and 2) that' . . ]J.nilatera1. decision:-:making by:' the state creates havoc with local governmem's land'use and transportation pla:ns:-By going forward with ca, the state--not RoseVille":-Will be guiding . community plamiing. . .., - . State Farm is situated in a strategic planning zone, very close to one of our Comer Stone project areas (a Met Council demonstration project). There are several adjacent parcels which are in transition. A comprehensive scheme fQu:tew roadways, transit.1inks .~tJ. higher density mixed uses' is underway for thi~ entire neighborhood. Taking State Farm out of the miX poses significant 2660 CIVIC CE\.-rER DR1VE 0 ROSEVE...Lf " ,'vlJ.~XE:SOTA 0 55113-1899 612~490-??OO ~ TD'0 612...4-90...220::;