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MINUTES CTTY COUNCIL SEYT~MB~R ), l9)8 PRIMARY Scalze reminded voters that 1"uesdly, September I S°i is fhe Primary ELECTION Election. 'i'he City's voting precincts ~re located at Roseville Area Middle Scl~ool (Precinct ~I), Little Canada Elementary School (~Precinet 2), and the City Cenfer (Precinct 3). Anyone with q~iesCions c1n contact tl~e City staff 1t 484-2177. RICE STRC~ ~T/ Chris Moarn appeared before the Co~incil to present a concept LITTLG development proposal Por the norfheast corner of Rice Street and Little CANADA ROAD Canada Road. Moarn indicated that his ~sswnption is that the tl~eater R~D~VELOP- developivenY will ~o forward. I-le also indicated tliat 2 number of tenants MGNT UI'llAT~ had contacted him expressing an interest in relocatin~ into a new building. The buildint~ th~t Moarn is ~>roposing wo~ild consist oPapproximately 45,000 squlre Peet. "fhere would be a rest~urant on the frst floor tal<ing u~ approxim~tely 7,000 square f'eet. 'I"here is ~~ title company interested in le~sin~ between i 5,000 and 20,000 squ~re (~eet. 7"he rem~ining square footage would be leased office space. Moari~ describetl the ~arl<ing wl~ich wo~ild consist ot 280 st~alls, antl noted th~t parl:ing ~ise wo~dd be coordin~ted bet~~veen t~he day and ni~(~t uses ~xoposed fior tl~e buildin~. Mo<u~n turdier reported that he is anticipating a freestanding 3,000 square foot building oii t~he e~st end of tlle site which could house a coffee and ba~el shup. The northwest corner of the property would provide a good location for a tl~t~ire ret~il site. [n ordcr to ~ccom~~lish this additional development~, the siYe woultl need to be expanded to the east. Moarn reporfetl that he would (il<e to move forwlyd with the project as q~~icldy tis possible, ~et~t~in~ footings in the ~round in November. The titte couipany has a lease expirin~ in Sept~ember of 1999, and thaY would be the taiget date for complet'iou of this building. N(oarn pointed o~it th~t footings cannot be poured durii~~ the winter. Therefore, getting that work done in November wiil give the ~~roject a five-month j~im~. Moarn anticip~led that worl< would begin on the building iYSelf by the end of FeUruary. Pal~ey asl<ed if Moarn h~d the tinancial abiliCy to do the project ifthe theater ~~roject does not proceetl. Moarn replied that he is not linancially tied to Cinemarl< and also commented thlt his tinanci~l stren~th was not ~s imporflnt as Yhe facY that he has tenants for tl~e buildin~. Mo~rn re~orted tl~at the tenants want to be in the area because oFthe movie theater project. The title company feels that the area will be rejuvenated because of the theater project Moarn felt that tl~e ten<lnts i~eeded ro be ~sl<ed wh~t t~l~eir interest w~s in the project if tl~e theater development does not happen. ~