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<br />• <br />• <br />• <br />F'v/ % t'~: ~• ; ~ ~ <br />13 riAY 1995 <br />riEMBERS OF THE CITY COUNCIL <br />CITY OF ELK RIVER <br />SUBJECT: REQUEST FOR REZONING OF OUTLOT "A" <br />WE ARE TAXPAYING RESIDENTS WHO LIVE IN AND AROUND OUTLOT '"A" <br />IN THE DEVELOPMENTS OF BRENTWOOD, RIDGEWOOD EAST, AND THE NEW <br />DEVELOPMENTS EAST OF HWY 169 AND DIRECTLY ACROSS FROM <br />BRENTWOOD AND OUTLOT "A". WE ARE OPPOSED TO ANY POSSIBILE <br />APPROVAL TO REZONE OUTLOT "A" FROM RESIDENTIAL TO COMMERCIAL <br />STATUS BECAUSE OF THE ADVERSE NEGATIVE EFFECTS IT ~+IOULD`HAVE <br />ON OUR RESIDENTIAL AREA AND ON OUR PERSONAL HOMES AND <br />PROPERTY. <br />THIS REQUEST TO SPOT ZONE OUTLOT "A" TO COMMERCIAL STATUS LS <br />INCONSIDERATE OF THE RESIDENTS OF THE AREA AND COMMUNITY. <br />CAREFUL CONSIDERATIONS WERE r1ADE TO ZONE OUTLOT "A" <br />RESIDENTIAL AT ITS INCEPTION. THIS DECISION HAS BEEN HONORED <br />FOR OVER 20 PLUS YEARS. IT WAS THE BASIS FOR THE MAJORITY-OF <br />INVESTMENTS IN THE BRENTWOOD AREA AND IT CERTAINLY SHOULD <br />REMAIN A RESIDENTIAL AREA. <br />THERE IS NO NEED TO EXPAND COririERCIAL ZONING NORTH OF 193rd <br />ST. THERE IS MORE THAN ADEQUATE ACREAGE FROM THE TRAILER <br />PARK 'PO 193rd ST TO SUPPORT AND ACCOMMODATE ANY PLANNED <br />COr1riERCIAL DEVELOPMENTS. FURTHERMORE, THERE IS AN ABUNDANCE; <br />OF AVAILABLE ACREAGE EAST ON HWY 10 AND ALSO WEST ON HWY''10. <br />IT MAKES BETTER BUSINESS SENSE TO EXPAND WHERE THERE IS'ROOM <br />FOR EXPANSION AND DEVELOPriENT RATHER. THAN TO ENCROACH INTO <br />THE PRIME RESIDENTIAL AREAS OF THE COMMUNITY. <br />COMMERCIAL DEVELOPMENTS NORTH OF 193rd ST ON HWY 169 WOULD <br />ONLY ADD TO THE DEVASTATION OF PRIME RESIDENTIAL LAND SUCH AS <br />OCCURRED ON THE NORTHEAST INTERSECTION OF 193rd AND HWY 169., <br />CAN ANYONE ADMIT THAT THE CONCRETE AND ASPHALT REPRESENTED BY <br />SAX GROCERY STORE IS MORE ATTRACTIVE THAN THE BEAUTIFUL <br />idOODED ACREAGE THAT SHOULD HAVE BEEN RESIDENTIAL HOMES. THIS <br />IS A BLIGHT THAT SHOULD NOT REOCCUR. FURTHERMORE, THIS <br />DECISION TO DEVELOP NORTH OF 193rd ST WHERE SAX IS LOCATED <br />WAS CONTRARY TO THE RECOMriENDATIONS OF PAID CONSULTANTS. <br />COririERCIAL DEVELOPr1ENT SHOULD NOT HAVE PRECEDENT OVER <br />RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENT. CITY PLANNERS ARE RESPONSIBLE TO <br />PRESERVE THE INTEGRITY, BEAUTY, AND CHARACTER OF THE EXISTING <br />LANDSCAPE. TO S~'ANTONLY DESTROY THIS CHARACTER BY REDUCING a <br />WOODED AREAS TO CONCRETE AND ASPHALT, AND. TO CAST A BLIGHT, ON <br />RESIDENTIAL AREAS BY riIXING THEM WITH COMMERCIAL DEVELOPMENTS <br />