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<br />~` <br />REASONS WHY OUTLOT "A" SHOULD. REMAIN RESIDENTIAL. <br />1.- CONSULTANTS, PAID BY THE CITY, RECOMMENDED THESE AREAS <br />REMAIN RESIDENTIAL. <br />A. THE 1988 GROWTH PLAN BY; R.L. WUORNOS & ASSOCIATES, <br />PAGE V-1, RECOMMENDED <br />1, FUTURE COAIAIERCIAL DEVELOPMENT DESIGNED TO SUPPORT <br />DOWNTOWN AREA <br />2. LIMIT DEVELOPMENT OR CREATION OF STRIP COMMERCIAL <br />OR SPOT ZONES <br />3. ALLOW. COMMERCIAL ONLY CLOSE TO EYISTING SERVICES <br />2. <br />B. 1990 FOCUS AREA STUDY, BY BRW, INC. RECOMMENDED <br />LIMITING HIGHWAI' COMMERCIAL DEVELOPMENT TO 193rd ST. <br />AS THE NORTHERN MOST BOUNDARI'. <br />THERE IS MORE THAN ADEQUATI COMMERCIAL ZONED SPACE <br />BETWEEN THE TRAILER COURT SOUTH OF MAIN ST. (NORTHBOUND <br />LIQUOR STORE) AND 193rd ST. TO THE NORTH. THERE IS N0 <br />NEED TO RUSH FOR SPOT ZONING OF OUTLOT "A" NORTH OF 193rd <br />ST. <br />3. ELK RIVER DOES NOT NEED A "MIRACLE MILE" ALONG HWY 169. <br />,• THE DISTANCE FROM THE PARK & RIDE TO 193rd ST PROVIDES AN <br />OVER ABUNDANCE OF COMMERCIAL DEVELOPMENTS ALONG HWY 169. <br />THAT BEST SERVE THE COMMUNITY IN THAT CONCENTRATION. <br />4. ANY OTHER COMMERCIAL DEVELOPMENTS SHOULD BE ON HWY 10, <br />BOTH EAST AND WEST, WHERE SUBSTANTIAL VACANT FARM LAND IS <br />AVAILA$LE TO SATISFY ANY SIZE DEVELOPMENT, WHERE <br />ACCESSIBILITY IS NOT A PROBLEM, AND HIGH VISIBILITY IS <br />.DESIRED. <br />5. OUTLOT "A" WAS ZONED RESIDENTIAL AT ITS INCEPTION. THIS <br />MOS~i' CERTAINLI' WAS DONE WITI-I CONSIDERATIONS GIVEN TO THE <br />DEVELOPMENT OF BRENTWOOD, WHERE SUBSTANTIAL INVESTMENT. <br />.AND RESIDENTIAL CONSIDERATIONS WERE MADE BY HOME OWNERS <br />-BASED UPON. THIS FACT. IF THE OUTLOT HAD BEEN ORIGINALLY <br />ZONED COMMERCIAL, ALL PROPERTIES ADJACENT TO AND <br />SURROUNDING OUTLOT "A" [WOULD MOST LIKELY STILL BE VACANT. <br />NO POTENTIAL BUYER WOULD HAVE PURCHASED LOTS AND BUILT <br />.HOMES KNOWING THAT THEIR INVESTMENT WOULD DECREASE. <br />IT IS II~iPOR.TANT FOR THE CITY TO PROTECT THE PROPERTY <br />VALUES RATHER. THAN TO ASSIST IN THEIR DECLINE. <br />6. VERBAL COMMITMENTS OR STATEMENTS, AiADE BY BOTH MR. AND <br />MRS. ANDERSON TO BUI'ERS WITHIN THE BRENTWOOD DEVELOPMENT,. <br />ARE CONSIDERED CONTRACTUAL AGREEMENTS FOR PURCHASE-AND <br />MUST BE SUBJECT TO ALL LEGAL CONSIDERATIONS. HIS <br />• STATEMENT THAT OUTLOT "A" WOULD BE SINGLE FAMILY HOMES <br />ANll A PARK AREA .MUST BE HONORED BY HIAi FOR THE BENEFIT OF <br />RESIDENTS [aH0 INVESTED IN HIS BRENTWOOD DEVELOPMENT. HE <br />SOLD LOTS AND BENEFITTED BECAUSE OF HIS STATEMENT. <br />