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-3- Mrs. Cushing stated that she felt the auto teller that was proposed in this facility may be a problem in that people would be coming in during the evening hours, possibly disturbing the nearby apartment residents. Chairman Johnson asked Mr. Payne to read the letters that were received from persons concerning this proposal. Mr. Payne read the letters from: Mr. Donald W. Peterson, 1432 W. County Road B Mr. Wilfred O. Olson, 1440 W. County Road B Both letters indicated opposition to the proposal, primarily because of the additional traffic it would cause along the east bound side of County Road B. Mr. John Lilly indicated he was in favor of the proposal as long as there was no entrance or exit proposed on Pascal Avenue itself. Mr. Rukavina inquired about the traffic counts on County Road B and was given figures by Mr. Drown. Mr. Rukavina stated that according to his computations traffic would increase less than 2% per day, both east and west bound on County Road B given the figures for traffic in the Twin City site itself. Mr. Simons asked if there was any other area in the City that could potentially apply for a variance of this type. Mr. Dahlgren indicated that only two sites in Roseville are zoned with the Shopping Center setback requirements, and that other requirements are of 30 and 10 feet, and would allow for the building on this site in most cases. He further stated that it seemed that the development of this area of the shopping center was inevitable since it was little used and that this proposal may be the best use of the area. Mr. Johnson asked if there were any plans to improve the traffic flow around the HarMar site since it was quite confusing. At this time Mr. Drown indicated that since this was a County road it would be up to the County, with of course, City consultation, but he was aware of no plan at this time. Mr. Rukavina stated that he felt the applicant had shown a committment to the area and was somewhat limited by the 500 foot requirement in locating the driveup facility. Recommendation Mr. Rukavina moved and Simons seconded, that the Twin City Federal request for variance to setback requirements in Shopping Center District be recommended for approval to the Council, with the condition that the curbing and row of parking just to the north of the Firestone Building, as proposed in the plan, be deleted and that the curb cut in the median to the northwest of the Firestone Building not be approved. Roll Call, Ayes: Mastel, Rukavina, Cushing, Johnson. Nays: Dressler, Simons. Mr. Simons indicated that his no vote indicated opposition to the particular location of the building and not necessarily to the concept of a driveup facility in this area.