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Dean Dovolis, DJ & R, 333 Washington Avenue, Mpls., MN Mr. Dovolis confirmed that the applicant had received Letters of Interest from several sit-down restaurants already, making the patio and end cap buildings more marketable, along with meeting the urban retail building requirements of Roseville City Code. With the grocery store facility connected to those buildings with north/south sidewalks, as well as connecting to the hotel developments, Mr. Dovolis noted that this created a complex with stay, food, dining and other amenities available for a complete entity. Mr. Dovolis advised that it had been intentional to connect with and provide a common access between their buildings and site with the hotel site to complement each other. Mr. Krogh stated that the hotel developers had been great to work with and were excited to be able to offer the potential restaurant tenants to their clientele to provide those amenities to their customers, especially with the walking path available to accommodate the broader pedestrian-friendly development. Member Boguszewski asked if the Letters of Intent received by the developer were serving to drive the retail depiction and appeared to be final, with the buildings built to spec. Mr. Krogh reiterated that the final plan was for one long, inline building, but recognized that such a facility was the most difficult to lease. However, based on feedback from potential users, Mr. Krogh noted the changed plan for separate, end cap buildings with outdoor patio space for restaurant user, even though they were more expensive to build, but appeared to be what the market was dictating. At the request of Member Daire, Mr. Dovolis identified the illustrations displayed, elevations, stair access, and similar glazing on the front and backs of the buildings to conform to City Code requirements. At the request of Member Stellmach, Mr. Dovolis advised that, no matter the tenant, the size of the grocery building would not change dramatically, and could even get smaller, but not larger, since it was identified as a specialty junior-sized grocery use. Member Boguszewski noted that the site plan listed in the Minneapolis/St. Paul Business Journal had identified the grocery development as an “Aldi’s.” Mr. Krogh admitted that this had been taken from other generic information and was an error on his part, and apologized for any confusion or misperceptions it had created. Chair John Gisselquist closed Public Hearing at approximately 7:09 p.m. with no one appearing for or against. Chair Gisselquist spoke in support of the Preliminary Plat as presented, opining that it appeared to be a sound plan with steps in place as detailed in the staff report. Chair Gisselquist asked staff to address potential changes in existing storm water management as a result of this development, and the exact location of the existing infrastructure. Using the displayed map, Mr. Paschke pointed out the area of an existing storm water best management practices (BMP) facility originally installed by the City as part of Twin Lakes Parkway improvements, and if the proposed access point is supported, would be modified at the developer’s expense. Member Daire sought further clarification from staff regarding shared access if note allowed by Ramsey County, for access of Twin Lakes Parkway north through the center island. Mr. Paschke reiterated that future determination depended on the results of the traffic study; but at this point, the presumption was that the two sites would have three access points: one off Iona from the hotel site, and two on this site. Mr. Paschke admitted that the presumption made more sense if the traffic study supported it, but would rely on different jurisdictions and authorities to make that decision and be based on the numbers identified with the traffic study model. Mr. Paschke noted that