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To: The Roseville Planning Commission The Rpscvitle City Council John Kysylyczyn, Mayor of Roseville 2660 Civic Center Drive Roseville, MN SS113 I support putting a new Cub sup�miarket in the Har Mar Mall and ask tl� you approve the variana that wilt allorov the Cnb to be built as soon as possible. T71e additioa of a C�b to the Har Mar will provide local, comeaieat acoess ta a svpeanarkat, imprwe t}�e stability of rl�e mall and help to ensure fi�at Rosevillc has a staWe tax bese af bu�. The H�r Mar mall has been in existence since I962. The ef%ct of she mall oa local property vah�cs has long siace boea do�. The mall is aitd llas been a c�ommercial, retail property for almost 40 yeats. The use of the spea for asapamarket is appropriate and provides bencfits for local residents. Some Of the local residents' oonams aboutthe Cub inchide incr�eased traffic congcstion, noise and storm nut-off. The owners of the uYeU, Bradley Real Estate, hsvo worked wiTh locai re�idents to understa�sd tLe residents' concerns. Bradley and Cub ha�e ad�essed aH of the issues with solid (and oostly? solutions to P� P��. I wauld likc tlu Har Mar to continuc as a succe�ful shopping center. Smalkr shoppaag maqs in the Twin Cities have been closing We read atores that are published in the local n�ew�rs desc�nib'sng the problems o� the su�ll n�alls. The Har Mar is r�i exempt from these problems. Turnover of bu� in dre Har Mar has also boen observod. 'ihe �ddiaon of a Cbb rna�icet wil! help a�ae a fi�sncially so�u�d ma!! that is a v�ab�t� n�ail ceater in !he futnre. We wa:ld prafer W not have a vacant maU in the nei�bothood. N� only woald a vacani mall datract from tire neig�borhood, but the potetitial loas of tax d�llara fran the miall oould result in a lrigher tau rate for Rnseville citizens. The m�ll providca mmcy benefits: a wallang area for residents to vse for exercise d�aing tbe long winter mo�s, spece for a local farnurs mar�cet in ihe summer, a 1oca1 movie the�re, a variety of re�tawants, a large �tio}�a1 chsia boo�store and co�'a shop w name only a few. Obe of tho benefits of living in an u�beu em'l.�onmeat is to have ,easy_aC�ess to shopping, re�tau�ants and entertaitrsne�at. I urge you w vote to ap�mve the co�ction of tt� (;ub mark�et at tbe Har Mar matl itnmedist+ely.