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<br />. <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />,NOV _- 8 1993 <br /> <br />November 5, 1993 <br /> <br />1/tJ/:OFiI/,t <br />~"'ION <br /> <br />To: <br /> <br />Elk River City Council <br /> <br />From: <br /> <br />Rebecca Young <br />112 Baldwin Ave. <br />Elk River, MN 55330 <br /> <br />Re: <br /> <br />Elk Park Center <br /> <br />I am a single parent, working full time struggling to make ends <br />meet. I try to stretch my dollars in the best way I know how. To <br />shop at Cub and WalMart at their present locations is not always <br />advanteous to me because of time and gas spent. So I would be very <br />happy to have these stores, plus many other retail businesses in <br />my own home town. <br /> <br />My understanding is that the land zoned commercial east of Highway <br />169 is waiting for Elk Park Center to be built to hook up with city <br />sewer and water. The new mall has been in the making 2 1/2 years. <br />How long will Cub and WalMart wait for us before they decide to <br />find another location in another town? <br /> <br />It looks like some questions will not be able to be answered until <br />a feasibility study has been done. The developer has already spent <br />one million dollars, the bank mega bucks, and the landowners on <br />Jackson left in limbo. The developer is willing to work with you <br />to get everything worked out as the study progresses. <br />Kraus/Anderson has stated they will walk away from the project, if <br />they are required to spend another $200,000,000 on a feasibility <br />study, without some guarantee from city to approve it first. <br /> <br />I own a mobile home in Earl Hohlen's trailer park. I hope no one <br />thinks this land could be developed without opposition and <br />obstacles in its path. The traffic at times is unsurmountable now, <br />with a lot of people turning right when wanting to go left to get <br />into town and then going around to avoid accidents and waiting. <br />I'm wondering what kind of traffic this site would create with a <br />shopping center! It's also a question about the large ravine and <br />wetlands on his property. My mobile home is old and it could not <br />be moved without major damage and expense. How much hardship will <br />this bring to me and many others when trailers have to be moved? <br /> <br />If questions cannot be answered and worked through until the <br />feasibility study is done, maybe this has to be the city's expense. <br />It's time to get on with the show! <br /> <br />Thank you for your cooperation in this matter. <br /> <br />4<~cJ cr:r <br />