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ts-4-1.t 1u , . e / 2 _ 0 6 <br />Dear Council Members: <br />I want to thank you for looking into the parking matters at Spirit Hills Mall. <br />However, I want you to understand the magnitude of the impact these <br />issues are having on our businesses. Since talking to you last, we are in <br />agreement that there are parking issues within our mall. The landlord met <br />with myself and my attorney last week. He has made it very clear that the <br />impact I have felt on my business is not from a lack of parking, but from the <br />"scene I have caused" by going to the city for resolution. He told me that all <br />his friends at the city are people he grew up with and that he hears all the <br />time how we bad mouth him. I was asked for a formal apology to him and <br />the city council and to recant any previous claim to parking issues within <br />the mall. He made it very clear that he intends to lease every single space in <br />the mall. <br />He clearly has no regard for the businesses in our mall, and stated that <br />"unless we make this go away" he will not work with us in any way. To <br />make any example of us, and his commitment to fight the tenants and the <br />city, we were served an eviction notice on the 25th of May with only May's <br />rent owing. Again, at our meeting, we were told he would not work with us <br />Unless "you make this go away ". We will attend an eviction hearing on <br />Tuesday, June 12th, 2007. <br />I ask that you truly take an in depth look at the businesses in the mall, on a <br />case by case basis. The current number of parking spaces is too few <br />already, without any room for further growth of our businesses. This <br />landlord has sent a message to the tenants in this mall to shut up and go <br />away. Please do not allow that to happen. We need the city's cooperation in <br />this matter. <br />Thank you. <br />Jim Szyplinski - Mansetti's Pizza & Pasta, Lino Lakes <br />