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a. Limit the amount of Twin Lakes' retail to some compromise number of square feet. I suggest 275,000 square feet. REASONS: This is about half the number of square feet of retail originally sought in 2002. Allowing 275,000 sq. ft of retail also means that, even with a Costco, the amount of smaller- scale retail will still exceed the square footage of Costco. b. Hear a presentation about Costco from Costco to see if you are persuaded that Costco like Target and like the major department store anchors at Rosedale - could be a benefit to Roseville and is not something to be feared. c. If Costco doesn't work for you, then come forward with the names of other retailers whom you prefer (Target? Lowe's?) so we can explore if they would pay a high enough price for land at Twin Lakes and if they would attract enough affiliated development there to make for a successful proj ect. Similarly, if Rottlund or Ryan don't work for you, then come forward with the names of other housing and office developers whom you prefer and let's see if something can be put together with them. i. I'm concerned that developers will respond unenthusiastically, if at all, to a City RFP for Twin Lakes. Roseville has chosen not to buy any of the land at Twin Lakes, so we lack site control and have no conspicuous financial investment in the redevelopment parcels. (To be sure, we have spent city money studying and planning for redevelopment, but that is not the same as having city money at risk in land ownership.) It is unusual for a city to issue a Request for Proposals for land the city doesn't own or intend to acquire. It is unusual for developers to respond to the few such requests that are made, perhaps on the theory that if the city has no money in the deal why should the developer? h1 my opinion and experience, it would be highly unlikely for a developer's response to such an RFP to actually lead to a successful redevelopment project. There may be some examples of successful projects that came together under such circumstances but I can't think of one. ii. Moreover, putting out an RFP for Twin Lakes now says to the development community that, first, the Ryan Companies, and now Rottlund Homes - two substantial, well-respected master developers who have built many successful projects under trying circumstances - have been unable for some reason to achieve Roseville's vision for Twin Lakes. If I'm another developer, and I see that Ryan and Rottlund have been unable to hit the mark, I'm thinking I'll spend my time on other projects, projects with more positive prospects and more signs of being feasible than this project. d. Direct the development team to prepare design and site guidelines for this Project for Council review and approval. That way the Council is involved in 5