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6 To the Lino Lakes City Council, We the undersigned represent a group of homeowners in the Brandywood Estates neighborhood who have recently become very concerned about the development of the Brandywood Park. We represent 8 households who are directly effected by the park development and feel that there are concerns of ours that have not been fully addressed to our satisfaction. (See attached plot map for home locations) We have the following concerns: 1. ) We are concerned that there have been variations from the plan as presented at the park board meeting many of us attended on 5/15/95. 2. ) We do not feel that parking and traffic issues have been fully considered and we are very concerned that this will have a very negative impact on our quality of life and home market value. 3. ) We are concerned about the ambiguity of future plans (i.e. , ballfield, lighting, parking) and have been unable to get any specific satisfactory assurances as to our concerns on this issue. 4.) We feel that recently we were left with the impression that there would be no formalization of the Brandywood Park in the future because of future plans of the rec center on Holly street and County Road J. Specifically mentioned in one of the prior meetings. 5. ) We feel that recently decisions have been centered on amenities and aesthetics . (i.e. jungle gyms, slides, basketball. ) This was done at the expense of broader neighborhood safety, security/traffic and "quality of life" concerns not only of those whose lives are directly affected by the park project but the neighborhood as a whole. 6. ) Lastly our group feels that recently we have not had the opportunity to be involved in the park process and we would like to make sure our concerns can be addressed while assuring everyone can work together in the future. We would like to know what the urgency to forge ahead has been at the expense of the more pressing concerns that we have on how this project and how it will affect our lives.