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Leeseberg, Chris <br />To: Carlton, Zachary <br />Subject: RE: Letter regarding Three Rivers Montessori <br />From: <br />Sent: Tuesday, April 20, 20214:59 PM <br />To: Carlton, Zachary <zcarlton@ElkRiverMN.gov> <br />Subject: Letter regarding Three Rivers Montessori <br />It is my understanding that Three Rivers Montessori is further applying for a conditional use permit due to expansion. <br />I would like to clarify, we are for this positive business and welcome them to the community. <br />With this growth of Three Rivers Montessori, it has created challenges. We have a business that neighbors the property <br />line at 17205 Yale Street. The current low chain link fence is very close to our building and parking lot. We believe this <br />has impacted our business with challenges that should be addressed. In our parking lot, we have seen chunks of broken <br />concrete tossed over, sand filled pop/soda bottles and rocks that could provide damage to vehicles in our lot. In the <br />patio area, we have witnessed frisbees and footballs thrown near or over us, as well as made contact with vehicles. <br />We do utilize our outdoor space as well. The noise is to a point we can't hold conversations when the Montessori is <br />using the outdoor space, as well as distractions of friendly kids walking up to the fence to say hi and ask our names. <br />When indoors with our windows and doors closed, the sound of kids yelling and making all of the high pitched sounds <br />kids do, the person on the other end of the phone call can hear this at times. <br />I am not against having an outdoor play area for kids to burn off energy. I understand kids will be kids. We do feel it is <br />necessary to push the fence line further back from the property line and replacing with a solid fence or other measures <br />to block sound over into our space. We also feel the height of the fence should be a minimum of 8 feet to reduce the risk <br />of things being thrown over causing damage to vehicles and potentially a person and hope this height would also block <br />sound. <br />We are concerned for safety, noticing several times a child trying to squeeze under the bendable chain link fence in a <br />low spot, right next to a highway. <br />As these challenges have been prevalent and should be addressed, we are even more concerned about additional kids <br />and the frequency of utilizing the outdoor space under the current conditions. We appreciate the city and Three Rivers <br />Montessori finding the solution incorporating our thoughts. <br />Thanks, <br />Ryan Wipf <br />Sent from Yahoo Mail for iPhone <br />