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<br />FW: 'l\vin Lakes development. <br /> <br />Subject: FW: Twin Lakes development. <br />Date: Sun, 21 Nov 2004 15:18:41 +0000 <br />From: "joy anderson" <joygenie@)hotmaiLcom> <br />To: mcgehee(?l!.state.net <br /> <br />>From: lean-Paul Schirle-Keller <Jean.Paul.Schirle.Keller-1 (iptc.urrm.edu> <br />>To: <br />craigklausing@comcast.net, tom.kough@l.ci.roseville.mn.us, dmaschka@1qwest.net, gregschroeder(0usfamily. net, amyihlan <br />>CC: joygenie@hotmaiLcom <br />>Subject: Twin Lakes development. <br />>Date: Moll, 15 Nov 2004 08:06:36 -0600 <br />> <br />>Dear Mayor Klausing and Roseville council members, <br />> <br />> I will not take too much of your time. But I do wish to voice my <br />>concern regarding the proposed Twin Lakes project. <br />> I will go directly to the point. I read the pdf files and literature <br />>to that subject and I miserably fail to see the logic behind your <br />>reasoning. I believe that neighborhood stability is due to balancing <br />>parks and inhabited fcommercial areas, parks being the most precious <br />>gift we have in our ever growing community. The proposition you put <br />>forward not only destroy a fragile and beautiful park area, but will <br />>destroy long term this neighborhood. This park area is special as it <br />>has been developed to promote natural ecological balance. It is not <br />>replaceable. Beyond the immediate and disastrous ecological impact I <br />>am sure you can't deny seeing, it roots a more serious problem for <br />>the long term survival of this neighborhood. Both on a health <br />>standpoint (see the TCE contamination data, usually these issues do <br />>not occur alone), but also on a quality of life standpoint. <br />> <br />>Look around. Don't we have enough malls in Roseville? HOw many are <br />>half alive (or dead)? What would another one bring that the others <br />>don't? A new location? This "craze of the new "thing" gets old very <br />>quickly and you only have to go at the mall of America to see how <br />>many stores close every year... One of the possible reasons is that <br />>in these new commercial units, rents tend to come at a premium, and <br />>the cost is passed on to customers. How long will they be willing to <br />>pay premiums? There is not reason for that area to have a different <br />>fate. The same reasoning can be applied to the commercial space. <br />>Look in the commercial districts around the Twin Cities, plenty have <br />>"leasing" and "renting" signs. What will make these in Roseville <br />>have a better return on investment when half of them are empty for <br />>months at a time? <br />> <br />>Same thing regarding the rental units. Look around: how many <br />>apartment building show vacancies? Why would people move more in <br />>Roseville than surrounding cities? Would there be anything special <br />>now that the park itself is destroyed? The general politico <br />>economic climate tries to push people to purchase home more than to <br />>rent. Who will rent these units? What will make these rental units <br />>more enticing? The proximity of the shopping area? I live in Falcon <br />>Heights, close to the Fair Grounds. You certainly understand that <br />>traffic during State Fair is extremely annoying. It's a good thing <br />>that this only last 10 days. Traffic brought by commercial areas are <br />>never good news when one lives close by. Considering that with <br />>traffic comes littering, salt and sand spreads for the winter, <br /> <br />12/5/2004 11:01 PM <br /> <br />lof2 <br />