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To: The Roseville Planning Commission <br />Tbe Roseville Cit� Council <br />Iohn Kysylyczyn, Mayor of Roseville <br />266(? Civic CenterDrive <br />Rasevillc, MN 5 5113 <br />I support putting a new Cub supermarkct in the Har Mar Mall and ask tha� you approve the variance tt�at <br />w�ill allow tbe C�b w be bailt as soon as p�'ble. The addition of a Cub W the Har Mar will pmvide local, <br />convenient access to a supern�arket, improve the stability of the mall and help W ensure that Roseville has a <br />stable tax b�se of bus�es. <br />Tl�e Har Mar mall has been in ex�stence since 1962. The effect of the mall on local psvpeRy vaiues has <br />long since baen dotu. The mali is and has been a conunercial, s�etsil property for �t 40 years. The use <br />of the spaoe for a s�ipennsrlc�t is approp�iate and pnrvides benef cs for loc�l residents. <br />Somc of ii�e local resideats' ooncxrns abo�ut the Cub iacludc i�reasod vaffic oong�stioq noise and swrm <br />nm�ff. The awners of the matl, Bradley Real Estate, have work�ed with locai resideuts to und�ers�d the <br />residents' o�erns. Bradley and Cbb liave addressed all of the issaes with solid (and oostly) solutions to <br />Puteatial problems. <br />I wauld like the Har Mar to oontinue as a sua:essful shopping center. SmaZler shoppittg malls in the Twin <br />Cities bave been ciosing. We nead stories that are puWishai na the local �pers describing the <br />pz+nblrms of the smail malls. The Har Mar is not exempt from tttese pc+obkms. Tiano�ver of businesses in <br />tlu Har Mar has also bcen observed The addition of a Cnb market will hetp cnsune a finanpally sound <br />mail t�at is a viabde �taii oaiter in the fawrc. We would pre�r w ttvt have a vac�u mall in thc <br />neighborhood. Not only would a vacant mall detract from the neigbborhooci, but the potential loss of tax <br />dollas� from the mall oould rese�lt in a tugher tax rate for Rosevi�le citizens. <br />The ma11 provides many bcn�c6ts: a walking area for residents to use for exerciae �uing ihe long wi�tter <br />nwaths, aPaoe for a local �nners marlaet in the siunmc�', a ta�l mavie the�re, a variety of restauraa�s, a <br />large natianral c,hain bookstorc and oo�'ce shop to name oniy a few. One of the bemfits of living in an <br />urb�n eavironmeat is to have tasy access to shopQing, restaaraats and e��tertainnacat. <br />I urge you w vace W approve the construction of the Cub market at the Har Mar maU immediately. <br />. S s��3 <br />