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on November 16th. He then opened the public hearing and requested City Planner Thomas Paschke to provide a verbal summary of the project report and staff recommendations dated December 1, 2004. Mr. Paschke explained the notification process for the hearing and advised the members that Jones Lang LaSalle (Rosedale Center general property owner/mall manager) has made application for General Concept approval to amend the Planned Unit Development at Rosedale Center that would allow a 132,679 sq. ft. 2-store easterly expansion of the Mall. The expansion would be added to the east end of the former Mervyn's and include 63,679 sq. ft. of shops and restaurants and a 69,000 sq. ft., 14 screen, theater. The project also includes the remodeling of the former Mervyn's structure into additional shops, revised on-site parking, and revisions to the main drive lane (ingress/egress) from County Road B2. The new retail area would be a "Life Style" design, which has no interior mall access, only access from the parking lot, access drive. Paschke provide background: In January 2000, the Roseville City Council amended the Shopping Center District to include more detailed site development standards, specifically 24 hour uses within 300 feet of residentially zoned property. In addition, as of January 1, 2000, the amendment established each site and its existing site plan zoned Shopping Center District as a planned unit development. Rosedale, as a center, is broken into numerous parcels which are owned by the major anchors and by the central mall owners. The mall owners have proposed to purchase the Mervyns building and land, then only development on the former Mervyn's land within the mall "super block". Rosedale Center has a Comprehensive Land Use Map designation of Shopping Center (SC) and a zoning designation of Shopping Center (SC). Although most of the more detailed requirements within the SC District will apply to Rosedale expansion, the proposal is considered a major modification to the established (January 1, 2000) Planned Unit Development requiring an approved amendment. He explained that the mall has over 1.2 million sq. ft. of building area. The large renovation and addition shown in the map and elevation format to the mall (about a 10% increase and a 10% renovation) will also require substantial site improvements including the following: The road entry at Crossroads/Penney's and County Road B2 will be modified within the Rosedale site to include a new island at the access and relocated/reconstructed ring road as it travels east. The road entry from the Snelling Avenue off-ramp (eastern most entry) and County Road B2 will be modified to include a new island at the access point and relocated/reconstructed ring road. The ring road from Penney's road entry to Herberger's parking lot will be relocated and reconstructed closer to County Road B2 and Snelling Avenue to accommodate the addition and is designed to include the transit hub and customer traffic. The parking lot between Penney's and Mervyn's will be partially reconstructed to accommodate the relocated ring road and new curb islands. The remaining existing paved surface will be re-striped in a north/south direction. Member Tammy Pust entered the meeting. The parking lot adjacent to County Road B2 and Snelling Avenue (eastern most lot) will be partially reconstructed due to the relocated/reconstructed ring road. New curb islands would be added and portions of the existing pavement will be re-striped accordingly. The staff recommended that the proposed uses are consistent with a regional mall. Staff also recommended approval of the amended planned unit development - general concept for Jones Land LaSalle to allow a 132,679 sq. ft easterly addition on to the Mall, and new renovations of the Mervyn's site (converting from anchor store to multiple retail shops) with exterior entrances, subject to the following conditions: a. The provision of a parking plan with anchor and general mall floor plans to allow the City Planner to verify the required number of parking spaces per the City Code. b. The provision of a letter from Metro Transit endorsing the proposed location of the transit hub, the location of the bus staging area and location of the park-n-ride lot. (The Transit Hub is part of the City's comprehensive plan concepts for traffic management and disbursement in Roseville. C. Review and approval of the traffic study and proposed access improvements by the Ramsey County Traffic Engineer. d. Completion (City., County, Rosedale) of the work necessary to create a pathway system on the south side of County Road B2 that will improve pedestrian access to the mall e. Access to the theater must be provided from both parking lots. This will require a direct pedestrian access from the lower level (west) parking lot.