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<br />From: Ted Stamos <ststamos@mac.com> <br />Subject: Wallgreen's <br />Date: August 4,200712:13:55 AM COT <br />To: "sjharpstead@comcast.net david.grant.@cLarden-hills.mn.us holdenbj24@aol.com <br />franh 116@aol.com davemcclung@comcast.net james.lehnoff@cLarden-hills.mn.us" <br /><sjharpstead@comcast.net david.grant.@cLarden-hills.mn.us holdenbj24@aol.com <br />franh116@aol.com davemcclung@comcast.net james.lehnoff@cLarden-hills.mn.us> <br /> <br />First, We want to express appreciation to everyone in our local city government for the hard work <br />you do, and for the first rate way Arden Hills is governed. As a residents of Arden Hills for some <br />33 years, we have experienced consistently excellent, competent and thoughtful service from our <br />governing leaders, staff and employees at all levels. We suspect you do not hear this enough, and <br />wanted you to know this. We also think the current body of governing officials raises the bar <br />even above that past record. We are proud of our city and the way it is governed. We have <br />confidence you. <br /> <br />That is why we are taking he time to communicate with you because we believe you will listen. We <br />know you will take everything into account before making a final decision. The concern we are <br />raising is over the news we heard about the proposal to place a Wall green's Drug store in the <br />Arden Plaza area. We do not support such a plan for our community at that location, and see it as <br />detrimental for a variety of reasons. We already have access to drug stores there and in close <br />surrounding areas. It is not as if we are lacking such services. The traffic and congestion issues <br />there, and in the surrounding area, has already gone beyond what is desirable, and made <br />occasionally even more negative by train traffic tie-ups. A Wallgreen's there can't help but add to <br />the problem. <br /> <br />We hope, and know, you will consider all these problems in your deliberations about what is in <br />the best interest of our community. We truly believe that there must be a much more attractive <br />alternative as a solution for that area. A solution that would enhance the ambience we want to <br />preserve, meet a true community need both fiscally and service-wise, and not add to the <br />motorized congestion. We don't believe a Wallgreen's meets these criteria in full. <br /> <br />Thank you for your attention regarding these real and deeply felt concerns. We trust that your <br />ultimate decision will indeed be in the best interest of our community. <br /> <br />I Please also pass this on to members of the planning Commission inasmuch as we did not have <br />their emails. <br /> <br />Sincerely <br /> <br />Ted and Sally Stamos <br />4423 Arden View Court <br />Arden Hills, Minnesota 55112 <br />