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<br />... <br /> <br />..' <br /> <br />.. <br /> <br />~,q~ A <br /> <br />RECEIVED <br />APR 2 2 1999 <br />(In OF ARDEN lUllS <br /> <br />14047 Petronella Drive, Suite 20 I. <br /> <br />'\ .~ <br />.~ <br /> <br />~APri 1 21, 1999 <br /> <br /> <br />~Mr.Kevin Ringwald, <br />1Executive Director, . <br />. Economic Development Authority, <br />. City of Arden Hills, <br />4364 West Round Lake Road, <br />~Arden Hills, MN 55112-5794 <br /> <br />~Dear Kevin: ' . <br /> <br />, Your updated plans for your Gateway Business Park are <br />interesting and I am glad to see you are proceeding. Yes, <br />we are now the point of contact for the property back <br />o there. <br /> <br />Uwe sincrely understand your desire to rid the rai 1 trackage <br />from this development. We are never ones to say Wnevei"and <br />~our sorry that you have not rezoned this land to accomodate <br />~attra~tive businesses that may use ~ai~, but, we understand <br />Othat IS your prereogative. I would InvIte you to go take <br />look at the new Murphy Warehouse going up between <br />~Medtronics and Onan in nearby Fridley to see how office <br />(l)parks, attractive commercial bui Idings and railroads can <br />all exist together in harmony with improving the entire <br />area. It should be finished this fall sometime. <br /> <br />LibertyviIlc. Dl60048 <br /> <br />John W. Golunann. Chaimlan. President <br /> <br />8~7-549-0486. fax 847-549-0485 <br /> <br />. <br /> <br /> <br />several factors come into play regarding this rail <br />property. First, it has had active use up until spring of <br />1998 and our customer says they may use it again to <br />transload salt this fall. Second, a six acre industrial <br />sight has just, been put on the market just west of <br />Mengelkoch (the former Darling and Company,plant) and we <br />have a couple of interested rail users. The current <br />trackage is a potential use for holding empty cars for at <br />least one of these customers. Thirdly, a State Railroad <br />Museum has leased some of the space on this track and until <br />they get their own museum trackage in shape, they have no <br />place to hold their equipment. Any relocation would not <br />only have to find another place for this equipment, but, <br />also, have to pay for moving it. Fourthly is the old but <br />everpresent issue of thelnterstate Highway Bridge and who <br />would be responsible for its removal if we abandoned the <br />track. Removal is extremely expensive - half a million to a <br />million dollars. I have learned that Canadian Pacific and <br />the State of Minnesota have a legal dispute going over who <br />. should be paying for the removal of a similar bridge, over <br />.1-94, near Snelling in St. Paul. Last year, for example, <br />our company had a net profit of only $160,000 - a'lawsuit <br /> <br />. <br />-~'L <br /> <br />Efficient, competitive and caring tail service and industrial development as lbe Twin Cities <br />"neutnl" switching carrier and by Commercial T~oad of Minnesota. our Subsidiary <br /> <br />1/z., <br /> <br />~ <br /> <br />~ <br />