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<br />July 24, 2007 <br /> <br />Questions/Concerns about redevelopment plan: <br /> <br />The proposed trail along the river is of great concern to us. It cuts through private <br />property which would cause a dramatic loss of privacy for homeowners with river front <br />property and their neighbors and will likely decrease property values because of <br />increased noise and traffic in the neighborhood. We think the part of the trail along the <br />river is secluded enough to provide an opportunity for increased crime and since it can <br />be accessed by the river, an alternate escape route. If property owners don't want the <br />trail on their river front property, does the city plan to force the trail upon them? <br /> <br />Have task force members actually seen the property where the trails are proposed? In <br />some areas, the shoreline doesn't seem conducive to trails! (steep shoreline, flooding) <br /> <br />Why not develop the river trail from the new downtown park to Babcock Park where it <br />will not cut through private property and change the character of established <br />neighborhoods? <br /> <br />Who will use the new trails? Who do you think will benefit from the river front trail? <br /> <br />If homeowners whose houses are eliminated by the redevelopment plan don't want to <br />relocate is the city planning to force them out of their homes? <br /> <br />What is the plan for the elderly residents who live in the Guardian Angels Riverview <br />apartments? Relocation will create extra challenges for them! <br /> <br />The plan limits access to St. Andrew Church and School. There are 2100 registered <br />families at St. Andrew's and a population that large certainly deserves more direct <br />access to parish buildings. How will buses and parents efficiently drop off and pick up <br />students on the proposed dead end street in front of the school? <br /> <br />It appears that you are planning to eliminate the apartment building at the corner of Holt <br />and 4th Street and Riverway Clinic? These properties seem too new and useful to be <br />eliminated. <br /> <br />Why put more apartment buildings around Lions Park? It seems that the park would be <br />less "public" if it is surrounded on four sides by high density residential buildings. A park <br />enclosed by such a concentrated area of what would likely be lower income, transient <br />residents could easily become a high crime area. <br /> <br />Please make a safer pedestrian crossing at the intersection of Hwy 10 and Jackson a <br />high priority! <br /> <br />Deb and Curt Crane <br />