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Regular City Council Meeting Monday,June 17, 2019 Page 5 hammering, which bothers her about this entire situation. She indicated construc- tion already starts too early, 6:00 a.m. instead of 7:00 a.m. Sister Shinneman noted she took the initiative to talk to four of the businesses and the businesses had no idea about this variance and also said that the communica- tion is very poor from the construction company. There was only one flyer given to the tenants a while ago with the different phases. She felt this would be very disturbing to the residents and if this variance were approved, she would not be able to live in her apartment until the construction was complete. She thought there could be other options such as closing the businesses at 5:00 p.m. and allow- ing jackhammering until 11:00 p.m. Working straight through the night does not make sense to her. She thought it was irresponsible and unjust. She asked the Council to take this matter seriously considering not only the businesses and the money but the residents as well. Mayor Roe indicated the Council has a record of Sister Shinneman's letter as well and will be a part of the record. Ms. Linda Belmont, a resident of St. Paul Ms. Belmont indicated she grew up in Roseville and loves her community. She explained she was before the City Council today representing the residents in the area. She hoped that Mr. Greninger will find another way to get the work done that is more humane and shows the values that she grew up with in the communi- ty. The values are, quality of living, kindness, decency, consideration and it comes before profiteering. No one is more in favor than herself to see the tired old mall get a facelift. She thought there were other ways to get the renovation done. She appealed to the Council to keep the resident's quality of life intact over progress. Ms. Vicki Shimsky, 1139 California Avenue West Ms. Shimsky indicated she lives on the alley on Larpenteur facing the animal hospital and Walgreens. She stated her family has been through the tampering when her street was redone in 2001 and that tampering is loud. The sound will reverberate back to her neighborhood. During the day, working is fine but when jackhammering begins it will reverberate everywhere and thinking about the ani- mals in the animal hospital spending the night, it is going to be unnerving to them. She noted her husband goes to bed at 8:30 p.m. and gets up at 4:30 a.m. so to do that type of work at 10:00 p.m. is way too long. She could see Mr. Greninger's point because he has a business to run but if only two businesses are done a night with six to do, what about the other businesses along that area that doe not have a vacancy. She thought the entire strip mall will need to be redone, not just the six businesses. Dropping concrete into a truck is loud. When the residents have to listen to that at 10:00 at night that is unacceptable. She thought the businesses could close down early and may not be to their benefit. She thought if the entire