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<br />Sep 05 2007 1:53PM <br /> <br />ARDEN PHARMACY <br /> <br />651 482 0710 <br /> <br />p.1 <br /> <br />September -4. 2007 <br /> <br />Mr. David Sand, Chair <br />Arden Hills Planning Commission <br />1245 W Hwy 96 <br />Arden Hills, IAN 55112 <br />651-792-7800 <br /> <br />DeGr Mr. Sand; <br /> <br />As.. long time resident of Arden Hills, we are shocked and saddened by the proposal to put a Walgreens into the <br />Arden Ploza shopping center. One of the many reasons that we love Arden Hills is the small-town community feel. <br />We don't want or need big box, impersonal stores like Walgreens. And we certainly don't need the increased <br />tr4ffic nor the non-Arden Hills residents that a Walgreen$ would bring to the area. <br /> <br />Speaking of the tl'Gffic, have you visited the shopping center on a weekday at lunch time or after work? Yau can <br />literally wait minutes to turn from either County Rd E or Lexington Ave into the shopping center, and it's worse <br />trying to make a left Mnd turn to get out of the shopping center. !ncreasing the space for people to wait to get <br />out of the shopping center is NOT a solutionll !t's even worse if the gates are down for a train crossing. And if you <br />are getting the applicant to do a traffic study, ple4se make sure that it's during the September thru May time <br />frame, when tf'<lffic is "normdl" (we're sure you re4lize that the summer months produce much lighter traffic, with <br />school out and many people taking vaoafions. <br /> <br />FI'OllI talking with tnllny of my neighbors, they feel the same way. We hope that you ore taking the feelings of the <br />residents into consideration. We understand that some of the bU$ineSs members in Arden Plaza have expressed a <br />positive response to a Walgreens - but they don't live in Arden Hills and shllUld I10t get a say in what we want in <br />our co_unity! <br /> <br />Please rethink the application to bring the big box world to Arden Plaza. We don't want them, don't need them, <br />don't need the increased traffic - so please vote NO!! <br /> <br />Please alsG share this letter with MayO/' StOll Harpstead and the Cot8ICil, we would appreciate it. <br /> <br />Thanking you in advance for your consi deration, <br /> <br /> <br />~~~ <br /> <br />3445 Glen Arden Ct <br />Arden Hill$, MN 55112 <br />