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5i6 W. F. Stepnitz Property manager of Associated Investors, Inc., said the rezoning of Tract 1 is asked to provide for housing five stores which will face Snelling. That deliveries to some stores will be made from Snelling avenue and that the trucks will back out again onto Snelling, dir. Stepnitz said that Associated Investors in giving up this land for store sites, would require the additional area in Tract 1 rezoned to business in order to go ahead with the store building. Under the proposed plan, l~r. Stepnitz said, there would be three times as much parking area as now. He said the area in Tract 2, which it is proposed to rezone to 3usiness for parking purposes only , will park 68 cars. He said the petitioner would screen in everything on the south of his property, also the east side of Arona, planting to shrubbery and grass as requested by the Planning Commission, Under the plan, he said, the drug store would occupy the building where Applebaum~s Store is now, thus eliminating much of the present traffic on Arona. In giving up the idea of having apartments in the area, he said the petitioner feels the present rezoning request is justified, also that they feel justified in asking the neighbors to go along with the request. Mr. Stepnitz said it was not intended to use the area in Tract 2 for customer parking, but for parking of cars of people from offices on the second floor of the Associated Investors building. Said the plan was the best they could come up with after meeting a number of times with the Planning Commission. C. K. Otis, Secy said he wished to point out the position of the Planning Planning Commission Commission. The Commission, he said, felt that the plan had some possibilities, They think, rRr. Otis said, that the whole area which is left vaca~ht, should be planned as a unit, and that we should know beforehand what plan is ' recommended for the whole area. He said the Commission was instructed to work with the Associated Investors to try and work out some plan for the area suitable £o all concerned. Mr. Otis said the Commission suggested to the council that. this hearing be held so the people could tell us wha+., they _ think. He pointed out that the parking situation on the corner is bad, and if some of the itacant land could be utilized for parking that it would relieve the congestion. Village Attorney Graham at this point explained that the council refers to the Planning Commission for study and recommendation matters, such as rezoning requests ~ d streets plans, That ordinarily the council would have a recommendation from the Planning Commission, but in this case the Commission had asked that the hearing be held before the Council and Planning Commission prior to the Commission making a recommend ation. Attorney John John JYallace, St Paul attorney and resident of Roseville, Wallace said he represented the people who wish to present their views in opposition to the proposed rezoning. He said. they would present expert testimony to sho~v whether the proposed rezoning was like "robbing Peter to pay Paul," or if it was in the best interests and welfare of the community. Attorney uYallace presented five petitions, each of which he said was signed by about 25 people who resided within 500 feet of the area, representing more than 100 homes. He said when you multiply the value of th~eepropert~:es by the number of people, you will