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To: The Roseville Planning Commission The Roseville City Council John Kysylyczyn, Mayor of Roseville 2660 Civic Center Drive Roseville, MN 55 113 I support putting a new Cub supermarket in the Har Mar Mall and ask that you approve the variance that will allow the Cub to be built as soon as possible. The addition of a Cub to the Har Mar will provide local, convenient access to a supermarket, improve the stability of the mall and help to ensure that Roseville has a stable tax base of businesses. The Har Mar mall has been in existence since 1962. The effect of the mall on local properiy values has long since been done. The mall is and has been a commercial, retail properiy for almost 40 years. The use of the space for a supermarket is appropriate and provides benefits for local residents. Some of the local residents' concerns aoout the Cub iuciude inc,7eased uaffic congestion, noise and storm run-of£ The owners of the mall, Bradley Real Estate, have worked with local residents to understand the residents' concerns. Bradley and Cub ha�e addressed all of the issues with solid (and costly) solutions to potential problems. I would like the Har Mar to continue as a successful shopping center. Smaller shopping malls in the Twin Cities have been closing. We read stories that are published in the local newspapers describing the problems of the small malls. The Har Mar is not exempt from these problems. Turnover of businesses in the Har Mar has also been observed. The addition of a Cub market will help ensure a financially sound mall that is a viable retail center in the future. We would prefer to not ha�e a vacant mall in the neighborhood. Not only would a vacant mall detract from the neighborhood, but the potential loss of tax dollars from the mall could result in a higher tax rate for Roseville citizens. The mall provides many benefits: a wallcing area for residents to use for exercise during the long winter months, space for a local farmers market in the summer, a local movie theatre, a variety of restaurants, a large national chain bookstore and coffee shop to name only a few. One of the benefits of living in an urban environment is to ha�e easy access to shopping, restaurants and entertainment. I urge you to vote to approve the construction of the Cub market at the Har Mar mall immediately. ��lal� ��s�r� �hl� �a�ev�� /'�/� ��"/.� i:�,'� � j � J J I J ! i'� ,�'�, `i� �''� M� 0 9 2000 'I_''�!' , �,.i