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Petition Dear members of the Elk River City Council: VVe, the undersigned, strongly disagree with the Elk River Planning Commissions recommendation to change the zoning of the building f;ormerly known as Ron's Foods from R4 (Multiple Family Residential) to C3 (Highway Commercial), Case No. ZC02-06. We also strongly disagree with the Elk River Planning Commissior~;s recommendation to grant a Conditional Use Permit for a commercial recreational facility (l.ndoor Go"Kart track w/video games), Case No. CU 02-16. We believe that the city's, comprehensive plan for development, is correct by having the building formerly known as Ron's Foods zoned as R4. We believe that the city's original intent for the R4 zoning was to provide protection for the hundreds of people who live in apartments and private homes adjacent to the building fi, om being subject to inappropriate conditional use permits, such as an indoor Go-Kart track with video games. We believe that a facility of this type may be appropriate in a non residential location. For example, a similar facility known as Thunder Alley Indoor Speedway, which is located in Brooklyn Center at 5930 Earl Brown Drive, is located in a former K Mart store. We strongly believe that the hundreds of people who live in the individual family homes and apartment residences near the proposed facility are being put in jeopardy by a business that is not neighborhood fr. iendly for the following reasons: 1. Increased congestion from added people in the area during the afternoon, Evening and late at night. 2. Increased traffic congestion from cars during the afternoon, evening and late at night. 3. Increased noise from cars driving around the facility and in the neighborhood, because of roadng engines and squealing tires. The neighborhood is already congested from existing traffic. 4 Increased noises from unsupervised teenagers on the grounds of the facility dudng the afternoon, evening and late at night. 5. Increased debris such as paper, cigarettes, food wrappers, and pop cans in the neighborhood from unsupervised teenagers milling around the parking area and neighborhood while the facility is in operation. 6. Increased safety concerns pertaining to potential physical harm to area residents caused from unsupervised teenagers milling around the parking area and neighborhood while the facility is in operation. 7. Increased potential of damage to property caused from unsupervised teenagers milling around in the parking area and neighborhood while the facility is in operation. 8. Increased potential Of.illegal drug use by unsupervised teenagers while the facility is in operation. 9. Increased potential of gang violence by unsupervised teenagers while the facility is in operation. 10. A decrease in property values in the area around the proposed facility because of the numerous concerns listed in this petition. ,-, NAIVI. E ADDRESS , PHONE #