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Sandy Peine <br /> <br />From: <br />~ent: <br />,.~'0: <br /> <br />iNFORMATION <br /> <br />Sue. Tisdale@co.hennepin.mn.us <br />Tuesday, September 11, 2001 2:43 PM <br />cityclerk@ci.elk-river, mn.us <br /> <br />As the closest private resident to the Morrell Trucking Company, I can <br />guarantee that if you build the proposed high-density housing, you will get <br />complaints about the noise, as I experience the noise levels on a <br />daily/nightly basis. <br /> <br />As a long-time Elk River resident, I used to live on a quiet 25 acre hobby <br />farm on a sleepy 2-lane blacktop road. I still live in the same place, but <br />it's no longer quiet. My driveway is one of the very few private drives <br />that actually intersects with 171(superscript: st) St. and I am within ½ <br />mile of the railroad tracks and all the trucking companies on 171 <br />(superscript: st) St. I don't think I'll ever get used to the noise and <br />traffic that this new road has brought. <br /> <br />When Morrell and the other trucking companies moved in, the noise level <br />increased dramatically and I'm usually awakened at around 3:00 am when the <br />trucks start their engines idling and their horns blaring. Trucks then <br />begin their "jake-brake-ing" down the road. And that's just the middle of <br />the night din! This will certainly affect any potential residents even <br />closer than we are. <br /> <br />I also can't imagine the jam-up of traffic around the railroad tracks and <br />at the "T" intersection to get onto Highway 10. How is all that traffic <br />qoing to flow in/out of, and across 171(superscript: st) street as the <br />Fraffic grows and as the flow of existing traffic is stopped by trains? I <br />nave a hard time pulling out from my own driveway sometimes as it is now. <br /> <br />Besides the noise factor, I do not feel that a project of this magnitude is <br />necessary and don't feel we need something "like nothing the metro area has <br />every seen". Bigger is not always better and the boom has to stop <br />somewhere. Let it stop with the Elk River Station. <br /> <br />If you build it, 'they' will come, but then we're all going to have to deal <br />with 'them'. I'm a bit tired of all consideration being given to "future <br />residents" and not to people like myself who have made Elk River their home <br />for so many years. I welcome the future of light rail, but the impression <br />is it's being built for the future Elk River Station. <br /> <br />I commend you, Mayor, for being the lone opposition to this massive <br />unneeded project. I would urge the rest of the city council to follow your <br />lead. <br /> <br />Susan Tisdale <br /> <br />17391 Tyler St. NW <br />Elk River, MN <br /> <br />63-441-7910 <br /> <br /> <br />