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To: The Roseville Planning Commission The Roseville Cit� Council John Kysylyczyn, Mayor of Roseville 2660 Civic Center Drive Roseville, MN .`�1'13 � I support putting a new Ctib supecmarket in the Har Mar Mall and ask that you ap�prove the variance that will allow tbe Cub W be built as soon as possible. The addition of a C�ub to the Har Mar will pc+avide local, comenient aaoess W a supermarket, imprave the stability of thc mall and help to ensure that R�seville has a stable tax base of businesses. The Har Mar mall has beea ia existence since 1962. The effect of the mall on local property values has long since baen done. The mall is and has baen a commercial, reisil property for almast 40 years. The use of the sp�oe for a supermark�et is appropriate and provides benefits for local residents. Some of the local resid�ats' concerns about the Cub include inaeased traff c oongestion, �oise and storm cun�ff. The owners of the m�all, Bradley Real Estate, have worlced with loc�l rosidems w imderstand the residents' concerns. Bradley and Cub ha�e acld�+e.ssod all of the issues with solid (and costly) solutions to potential problems. I would like the Har Mar to oontinue as a successful shopping center. Smaller shopping malls in the Twin Cities have been closing. We c+ead stories tha�t are published in tt►e local newsp�pecs descnbing the p�oblems of the small malls The Har Mar is not exempt from these problems. Ttiunov�er of businesses in tl�e Har Mar has also bcen obsen+ed. The addition of a C�b markat will help easure a financially sound mall that is a viable rdail oeatec in the future. We would p�+tefer to not have a vacant mall in the neighborhood. Not only would a vacant mall &tract from the neighborhood, but the potential loss of taz dollazs from the mall co�d;�esult in a higher tax rate for Roseville citizens. �� The mall provides many be�6ts: a watking area for cesideuts to use for exercise �ring the long winter �onths, sp�oe for a local farmers market in the s�unmer, a local movie theatre, a variety of restaurants, a large national chain bookstore and ooffee shop to name onty a few. One of the benefits of living in an uc�au em�ironment is to have easy access to shopping, re�muams and entertainment. I urge you to vate W approve ti�e oonstruction of the C�b mark�et at the Har Mar mall immediately. '21 �.:� N _ /C L� �E? Gc.i[, c� �� .� n�Z Fit�t�SS