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Date Submitted: 05/28/2025 Name: James Bosak Subject: Both Scenarios Comment: Both scenarios appear to show an extension of 121st that would run along the north side of my property at 7798 Sunset and connect to Robinson Drive. I cannot imagine what value such a road might have since it essentially parallels Sunset. What it would do for me personally is completely destroy the value of my property, at least to me. Please let me know as soon as possible if this is a serious possibility so that I can start looking for another place to live. If that road is built neither of the scenarios will make any difference to me since I would not be living in Lino Lakes anymore. Address: 7798 SUNSET AVE, LINO LAKES, MN 55014, United States Date Submitted: 06/03/2025 Name: James Bosak Subject: feedback Comment: I am not sure what more feedback on this issue will achieve, guessing it's probably just a mandatory part of the whole AUAR process and will not have any impact whatsoever on what is eventually allowed to go forward. I would hope that by now the wishes of the residents living in close proximity to the proposed development area are fairly well known, i.e. "Slow the Grow". Simply put those wishes are; the lowest possible housing density and the highest possible green natural space possible. At 3400 or 3500 units neither of the scenarios presented come close to achieving this, at least in my view. Dividing the 962 acres by 3450 units gives about only .28 acres per unit. But it is really even lower than this since at significant portion of the 962 acres are already fully developed (not sure why they were even included in the study). I would be interested to know what the process and criteria were that determined what the appropriate density should be. If this was explained in the AUAR report I must have missed it. There must have been some consistent considerations since both scenarios come up with almost the same overall density. In order for the density proposed to be achieved it looks to me like it will be at a very high cost since according to the map presented in the AUAR about half of the acres are in the FEMA flood zones. An awful lot of dirt will have to be moved around. Oh well, I'm sure some developer will be allowed to give it a try, hopefully not one convicted of theft by swindle. For what it's worth, between the two scenarios presented, this resident votes for scenario 1. Address: 7798 SUNSET AVE, LINO LAKES, MN 55014, United States Page 572 of 617