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3/29/08 Mark & Wendy Brilowski 7124 Main Street Centerville. M1\ 55038 To Whom It May Concern: Centerville City Council Planning & Zoning Board Mayor Mary Capra Administrator Dallas Larson RE: Proposed Comprehensive Plan for 2030 We are concerned over the newly proposed Comprehensive Plan for the City of Centerville. When we moved here five years ago there was no talk of zoning changes or development issues. Over the next few years we attended several meetings to discuss a comprehensive plan for Centerville. Many residents raised valid concerns. In the end, the council did decide that this plan was in the best interest of the city and passed the exiting comprehensive plan. This first comprehensive plan has barely been initiated and is nowhere close to being widely implemented and now a second plan is being considered. We are concerned and confused as to the purpose of this new proposaL Why weren't these changes included in the original plan? Additionally, we feel that the city should wait and see how viable the first plan is before enacting a second plan. The only development that has been made public in the papers is the housing along Centervillc Road. Furthermore, it should be noted that this was originally proposed as medium density housing, town homes, but is now being developed as high density housing, apartments. This is because the developer is concerned about profitability in this declining market. It has also been widely puhlicized in the local papers that there is a significant amount of vacant business space in the surrounding communities. A few weeks ago it was decided that new commercial space in Circle Pines, after being vacant for four years, would be converted to a different use. Why is the City of Centerville considering rezoning even more residential areas into mixed use and commercial space when it is widely bel ieved that the markets are in a long-term downward trend') Personally, we are very concerned about the rezoning of our particular area along Westview Street and Main Street. When the first comprehensive plan was originally proposed our lot at 7124 Main St. was to be changed to a mixed-use zone. We attended these meetings and spoke to the city counciL We were concerned over the change for several reasons. First, with the road construction being undertaken by the county, the grade of the road in front of our property will change and there will be a retaining wall, over eleven feet high. in front of our lot. Hence, there is no viable access point from County Road 14. Secondly, to the south of our lot is another home. In order for a developer to access our lot from this directiof\. our neighbor must be willing to sell. .