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• HOYT PARTNERS , LLP P. 0. BOX 277 ELK RIVER, MN 55330 January 24, 2000 Michele McPherson Director of Planning City of Elk River 13065 Orono Parkway Elk River , MN 55330 RE : Zone Change and Land Use Amendment Dear Michele : This letter is to support the request for a zone change and land use amendment for property owned by Hoyt Partners . I am the managing partner of Hoyt Partners . As you are aware, the property being requested for a zone change and land use amendment is now zoned Business Park with a land use • of Community Commercial and Light Industrial . We wish to change the area shown on the re-zoning exhibit to a zone of Highway Commercial with a land use of Highway Business . The City of Elk River has been petitioned by Hoyt Partners to extend Business Center Drive along with the accompanying utilities across our property. The extension of this road along with the utilities , the proposed re-alignment of Waco Street and the signalizing of the Waco Street intersection with Highway 10 creates an area parallel to Highway 10 that would be available for highway commercial development . The western area of Elk River at this point does not have an abundance of Highway Commercial zoned land. In addition, as you are aware, a land broker representing a medical clinic has shown some interest in purchasing some of this property. A zone change to Highway Commercial would be required to accommodate this potential use . However, this request is not principally being driven by the interest of the medical clinic. A sale to them may or may not happen. Instead, Highway Commercial seems the best use for this property and the area in which it is located. As you can see by the exhibit, we are requesting a rectangular 411 shaped portion of the property be considered for the zone change. This would include approximately three acres (Parcel 1 ) , thirteen