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r ; �� • � � Fy' Planning Office Hours Page 2 December 17, 1986 We discussed signage, agreeing that the new sign would be in line with the existing signs in the area and that there would be no "twirling bucket" on the roof of the building or the pylon. 3. Dunwell, 483-6701 Tom Dunwell and Randy Engels then discussed possible use of the Fairview School, which T noted was appraised at $3.2 million (high in my opinion). We ta�ked about the critera and possible uses. Tom noted tha� Senior Citizen's use might be difficult, particularly with the two new projects underway at Villa Park and Rosepointe. I suggested the possibility of a YMCA or YWCA utilizing the pool and gymnasium. There is a YMCA at 694 and Lexington and a U.S. Swim and Fitness Club in the old Cub Food building across Rice Street in Maplewood. Tom notes that architectually renovating an old school where there are slabs on grade (as in this case) is difficult to handle utilities for reworking the first level particularly. We talked about the concept of reuse of the building retaining fifty percent of the land f or open space. I noted that the outdoor recreational facilities at Fairview and Lexington Schools are a plannecl and integral part of the recreational system in Roseville. We agreed that the keeping � of the gymnasium and the pool for community recreation use woulc� be a prime objective as well. We also discussed the Lexington School. Tom noted, in response to our question, that the Library Board has voted to conduct a feasibility sttady on the Roseville site with the possibility of an addition to accommodate their headquarters. Secondly they agreed to study the prospects of making a larger community library at a site in Shoreview with a head- quarters attached to it. The overall program includes libraries at Mounds view, Shoreview, an expansion in White Bear, and a new library in Maplewood. W� review�d the possibility of expanding the site in Roseville by the acquisition of the two houses to the north, the duplex immediate].y to the east (on County Road B), and development of the rear portion of the residential lots fronting on Dellwood� Thus, there would be no infringement on the residential neighborhood to the east. The Library Board has not expressed an interest in the Lexing- ton School site, although the U.S. Postal Service has. Tom noted that the local architect for the Postal Service is Roger Fixsen (phone: 851-1151). The Postal Service for this part of the country (limited to facilities) is officed in an office building south of the stadium in Bloomington. Tom . noted that the Postal Services normally put thEir trucking operations inside. It is these trucking operat�ons which normally are a principal deterrent to the use of postal sites in residential neighborhoods.