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<br />l .~ <br /> <br />~t rt{ cmdoJLf I krt 4 <br /> <br />July 17,2005 <br /> <br />Re: Sale of Pine wood Golf Course <br /> <br />Dear Neighbors <br /> <br />You have all probably received a letter from the City of Elk River announcing the sale of <br />this property to L & M Development subject to the outcome of two public hearings dated <br />July 26 and Aug 15, 2005 both at 6:30 pm. Both of which we urge you to attend. <br /> <br />In addition, the city council meets the first 3 Mondays of each month at 6:30pm. All <br />meetings are at city hall, 13065 Orono Parkway. Elk River. Tomorrow, Monday the <br />18th is probably the best opportunity to get close to the Mayor and Committee to voice <br />our concerns and solicit their support for an amiable solution to save the golf course. <br /> <br />This is what vou can do. <br /> <br />. Contact the Mavor and Committee. make them accountable for the population <br />density, traffic congestion and erosion of quality of life within the city. The <br />highway 10 sign still states that Elk River is where the city flows into the country, <br />now; the city is flooding the country. <br /> <br />. Ask them how the property sale got this far along without any input from <br />neighbors, members and without regards to the covenants that govern neighbor <br />relations for the Pinewood plat as depicted by its founders Thomas and Janet <br />Noon. Since this document is notarized and recorded by Sherburne County and is <br />in effect until 2009 at which time the adjacent property owners may extend or <br />modify it, it should still be viable. <br /> <br />. Oppose the re-zonin2 of Pinewood and more housing starts. The adjacent <br />Ziegler development has not been successful in selling out, in some cases the <br />builders are renting these new structures, some of which, according to their <br />signage, where sold as · golf course lots'. Across the board, the real estate market <br />is in the tank, primarily due to cost of fuel and traffic congestion, recovery is <br />probably going to be slow. <br /> <br />· What about city sewer and water, the assessment of which will surely be <br />transferred to the surrounding area and established homes. Grandfathering in <br />existing homes only works providing your septic doesn't fail or you elect to <br />remodel say to add an additional bedroom or bath. Then watch the story change. <br /> <br />. How about the 30' wide right of way across Yankton Street between holes 5 & <br />6. This cleverly hidden passage only showed up with the surveyors stakes, no <br />easements disclosed on the titles of adjacent properties or readily visible on the <br />hard to find plot maps. This potential road is aimed right at the vacant land <br />