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May 21, 2010 To: The Honorable Mayor and City Council Members of the City of Roseville From: Marty Marchio 962 W. Larpenteur Ave. Saint Paul, MN SS113 Re: North Como Community Garden Dear Mr. Mayor and City Council Members: I am writing to you as a concerned citizen who lives across the street from the location of the "community" garden proposed by North Como Presbyterian Church (NCPC). I am not an attorney, so my use of Latin-will be limited to what I have picked up from watching The Godfather. I, along with the 63 other signatories to the Appeal have serious concerns over the location of the proposed garden; which we will hopefully be able to share with you at a later hearing involving the issuance of a Conditional Use Permit (CUP). For now, I will confine my comments for the most part to the issues under debate involving the requirement for a CUP. I have read numerous pages involving the appeal trying to determine if this garden would qualify as "moderate impact quasi public use," which would require a CUP. I feel it appropriate to mention that Roseville's advertisement of this so called "garden" on the City's website -and the City providing the majority of the gardeners to NCPC from a waiting list the Parks and Recreation Department possesses) -make the "impact" debate seem unnecessary. Nevertheless, I would like to offer a different perspective of impact for your consideration. One block to the west of the proposed garden starts the Larpenteur Avenue revitalization known by the moniker of "Gateway to Roseville." This one-half mile beautification project helps form an impression of Roseville to all of the 20,000/ dayz vehicles that travel down Larpenteur each day. By simply changing the appearance of a one-half mile stretch of one of the busiest streets in the City, Roseville made an impact that touches every citizen (and non- RCA attach. p. 41. Z Figure taken from Kimberly Spears letter to Bill Malinen (RCA attach. p. 40.)