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• June 16, 2003 <br /> To Elk River Planning Committee: <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 /> 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 183rd 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 /> 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 family <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 *lily homes. <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 />