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Regular City Council Meeting Monday,July 24, 2017 Page 16 was all over thirty-five years old. Mr. Puhaula opined that their proposal would support the city's business park; and that the city's previous use for a restaurant was antiquated in today's market place. Mr. Puhaula further opined that this use would not contribute to traffic in the area and be of low impact. As part of their tax study, Mr. Puhaula estimated that approval of this requested use would repre- sent an annual deliverable tax revenue to the city of$340,000. Mr. Puhaula stated that the applicant team wanted to be part of the Roseville community and encour- aged the City Council to be open about this use in the context of the larger busi- ness park. Applicant Representative, Todd Mohegen,Architect Mr. Mohegen offered his service to respond to any questions of the City Council related to the application. Public Comment James Bull, 3061 Woodbridge Street (Planning Commissioner) Referencing public comment at the recent public hearing at the Planning Com- mission level, Mr. Bull noted that this was presented as a retail-oriented business that was much in contrast to the language of the existing PUD and "Of- fice/Business Park" uses specifically excluding "Retail." Therefore, Mr. Bull stated his view that this was not an appropriate or fitting use as the PUD was writ- ten today, and as noted in the commission minutes from that meeting, was sup- ported by his commission colleagues, prompting the recommendation to change the PUD for this site or cancel it entirely. Mr. Bull sought to reiterate those con- siderations, and even if as suggested by the applicant's representatives, the city chose to assign a use from that established twenty years ago, the retail aspect of the proposed use remained a major hurdle for him in an area designated as Of- fice/Business Park. Mr. Bull recognized that this was one of the last sites to de- velop and hard to market,but spoke in opposition to compromising away from the original intent of the PUD. Tim Callaghan,3062 Shorewood Lane Mr. Callaghan spoke in opposition to opening up this PUD or changing it into something else and agreed that while it was fairly restrictive, if opened up any- thing could be build there and could seriously and dramatically degrade that area. Mr. Callaghan reiterated his past comments related to the University of North- western's expansion in this area for classroom use and potential lost tax revenue with such tax exempt entities should such a use become permitted. While the need for more storage facilities in this area may be a realistic need, Mr. Callaghan advised the applicant to update their information on storage facilities in this area, since one in New Brighton was recently build with the reconstruction of the County Road E-2 bridge over I-35W. Mr. Callaghan stated that the proposed ex- terior materials looked on the cheap side when compared with the existing brick building exteriors. Robert Murphy, 1996 Langton Lake Drive