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tǒĬƌźĭ /ƚƒƒĻƓƷƭ ƚƓ ЊЏБА ‘ĻƭƷǝźĻǞ {ƷƩĻĻƷ Α \[ğ\[ƚƓķĻ tƩƚƦƚƭğƌ <br />April 6, 2024 <br />Response from Mark Statz <br />ͻ\[źƓķğͲ <br />Thank you for reaching out with your concerns regarding the proposed development on the LaLonde <br />property at 1687 Westview Street. <br />The number of units being proposed (90 to 110) falls wiƷŷźƓ ƷŷĻ ǩƚƓźƓŭ ķźƭƷƩźĭƷ ŭǒźķĻƌźƓĻƭ ƚŅ ЊЋ Α ЍЎ ǒƓźƷƭ <br />per acre. This zoning is for the downtown Mixed Use district and is aimed at creating a more dense, <br />retail friendly environment. Your concerns for the neighboring school and its students is certainly top of <br />mind as we review this project. The developer has already been in contact with the school to ensure <br />ƷŷĻźƩ ƦƩƚƦƚƭĻķ ƌğǤƚǒƷ ğƓķ ƷƩğŅŅźĭ ƦğƷƷĻƩƓƭ ķƚƓ͸Ʒ ǒƓƓecessarily interfere with bus and other school <br />ƷƩğŅŅźĭ͵ ‘źƷŷ ƩĻŭğƩķ Ʒƚ ƷŷĻ ƭĭŷƚƚƌ͸ƭ ĭğƦğĭźƷǤͲ źƷ͸ƭ likely that this building will not attract a great number <br />of school-aged children as the target market will likely be empty nesters and young professionals, not <br />yet having children. This is, of course, not to say that children will not be allowed, but only that a <br />building like this does not typically have a large impaĭƷ ƚƓ ƷŷĻ ƭĭŷƚƚƌ͸ƭ ĻƓƩƚƌƌƒĻƓƷ͵ ŷźƭ ķĻǝĻƌƚƦƒĻƓƷ źƭ <br />ĻǣƦĻĭƷĻķ Ʒƚ ƦƩƚķǒĭĻ ğƩƚǒƓķ ЏЉЉ Α АЉЉ ǝĻŷźĭƌĻ ƷƩźƦƭ ƦĻƩ ķğy. This compares to the current traffic levels <br />on Main Street which are in the neighborhood of 11,000 per day. With these trips likely to split in either <br />direction from Centerville Road, that would leave, say, a 350 trip increase or about 3%. The vast <br />majority of trips on Main Street initiate from outsźķĻ ƚŅ /ĻƓƷĻƩǝźƌƌĻ͸ƭ ĬƚğƩķĻƩƭ͵ 5ĻǝĻƌƚƦƒĻƓƷƭ źƓ \[źƓƚ <br />Lakes and Hugo are the primary drivers of increased traffic. <br /> <br />We are collecting the comments received on this development and will share them with the Planning <br />Commission, City Council and the general public as part of the public hearing process. <br /> <br />Please let me know if you have further questions or wish to speak with me directly about any particular <br />issue. <br /> <br />p.s. We are always looking for folks to help us make important decisions such as those surrounding this <br />development. We currently have 2 open seats on the Planning Commission and would be glad to <br />consider you for appointment. <br /> <br />Nbsl!Tubu{-!QF <br />Djuz!Benjojtusbups0Fohjoffs <br />Djuz!pg!Dfoufswjmmf <br />2991!Nbjo!Tu/ <br />Dfoufswjmmf-!NO!66149 <br />P;!762.53:.4343 <br />E;!762.8:3.8:42 <br />D;!762.886.6237 <br />ntubu{Adfoufswjmmfno/dpn <br />xxx/dfoufswjmmfno/dpn <br /> <br />