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June 16, 2003 <br /> <br />To Elk River Planning Committee: <br /> <br />This is a great country we live in. We have the freedom to vote for our <br />elected officials, we have the freedom of speech. Freedom of speech can <br />only come when all parties are notified of public hearings. We were not <br />informed of the initial meeting regarding the proposed West Oaks <br />development. This seems to be more than an oversight by public officials. <br />This makes us wonder if the people in charge have other objectives. We <br />believe Elk River Planning Committee should review the notification <br />process to correct this oversight. We also believe an apology is in order. <br /> <br />We strongly oppose the zoning change for the West Oaks Development for <br />several reasons. The first and our greatest concern is the increase traffic in <br />the area. When we purchased our land and had our home built in the year <br />1993 we were told that 183ra Avenue would be connected to Waco Street. At <br />that time city sewer and water were not connected to the Government <br />Center. At that time there was no conceivable reason to believe that city <br />sewer and water would come across Waco. We had only envisioned a row of <br />homes just north of the golf course and a row of homes to the east of current <br />homes in Royal Oaks Estates. That would be twenty homes at the most <br />twenty five homes. This type of development was expected and would not <br />be objected by us. The proposed medium density housing would be six to <br />seven times this. Should this development go thru we request that 183rd <br />Avenue from Waco not be connected to Royal Oak Estates. <br /> <br />Second: The planning commission has stated that medium density is desired <br />next to the proposed industrial park. Our question is then why at the current <br />Industrial Park which is located off Proctor Avenue is all single famil-y <br />homes to the north? The land to the east of our property is currently zoned <br />single family. We believe it should stay zoned as single f{gnily homes. <br /> <br />Third: We have the entire property line to the west of the proposed West <br />Oaks development. We believe this is unfair and very hard to comprehend <br />that we will have this many homes next to our 1222.5 feet property line. <br />we foresee many problems with the quantity of homes being.built. <br /> <br /> <br />