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JUL-�7-9� TNU 45:=� P[� R. L. Ww <br />JUIy 27,2006 <br />To: City of k,nser311e <br />�2�: �ieve[apntenf Mounds View School �i,��rict�rrupQr�• <br />To Whom It May Concem: <br />W� are ve�y �r�a��cl, regardingthe preliminary plan for the developmentof�E�se k�'�pq�ds View <br />School Districtproperty l�cat�d on �a�i��� E�v�nt�e between I1�,1[�roo� Avenue and �y��- <br />Avenue. As a homeowner and neighbor nf �ia dev�io�t�aent, we �Yex� hopira� for Concept� to be <br />considered. '�'l�is wou�cE ��e brought a needed commercialpropertyclose to home for lc��. <br />residents to use for their b�sI��sses. T1 �.��`e are many lawyers, doctors, �E' professionals (s�c} �d <br />small �ti5aa��ss owners in the sas�igl�bo�ood waiq would appreciate the possibility of walking to <br />work each day. We t�'�ve heard nothing more regard�ug flu� concept. <br />�stead, now, an overdeveloped use o f the land is b�i�g proposed. Not on�y i s it c�verez�v�rded, <br />but it does not �e�t the cco�o�aic standard thatfhi� va�u.aE�ie ��td deserves '�.ie land is a�� block <br />off Lake Josephine. It could and should �o���a�� housing that�ax�e�s the ;�c�:[ of a higher <br />iitoatrt� bracket. �t should not be used for low or mid-income staskda�rds. If allowedto be built as <br />presented, with cfu��exes and fau�-pE�x housing in the plan, it t���(� ��;ss�� the propertyvalues in <br />� a,rea, �fslto�ved, it will eventually drive higher income neighbors away. This is notbenefiting <br />�t.osevi�te nor iYs residents. <br />We are in f�€.uar of sin&-familv_ hau�i a� that ���ec�st the economic base in the �rninediaE� area <br />There are milliondolla� �:s ���achia�kc��- across the stt�et. There �re homes that have just <br />#C+�� built on �at�ti�e several btactcs down under hz��€�wire power lines �l.fa� just s�s2� for �42��-�- <br />withoutany challenges in selling t��e�, T�ris is *�'L� a simple econorttic s�pp�y and demand <br />model. <br />We would like to ai�'��" �t�a��.�� ��as,siC�ke model, one that ret�i.�.s single-family 1��b�7�s� ar�[ �zt���c� <br />o�ti�e duplexes and for.�r-�1ex, � would like to see � single scory Gor��ercial v€�ac� �rr�pert� t�iae <br />professionalscould �cent (ar p,.�tch7se) to �� �',c�e business from. We know that f.hez� would � a <br />dezata�o;d �`ax suclz use, espeGaa.l�y in such a lovely location a s�, Please do not allow �a,� with a <br />devclopzne�►� in th i s area. Value our i�au�l �osevitle, pmperty. <br />�� ;��k, <br />�� �� �_ r <br />�ia �ri� a�nd �rry S �s, <br />�5�� ��xrtk;.n� �lven+�e N�rl� <br />�1���•��4� <br />� <br />� <br />� <br />� <br />—�� <br />�_�q <br />