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Paul Bengtson From: allaillinilMagille AiSent: Thursday, February 05, 2009 4:44 PM To: Paul Bengtson; Michael Grochala; Jeff Smyser; Marty Asleson; Pete Kluegel Subject: Concerned Lino Residents... To whom it may concern, I am writing this letter on behalf of some concerned Orange /Maple Street residents. We have noticed in the last couple months that a company located at 909 MAPLE STREET (believe its called A&I Autobody) has been abusing a public parking area located on the south side of Orange Street across from the Lino Cabnet shop and Sunrise Cafe. For many years, this location was utilized for parking and loading /unloading of local residents and businesses. This is what residents knew and what they are accustomed to. In the last month or so, A &I Autobody (909 MAPLE STREET) has started parking all their employee vehicles on Orange Street and walking over to Maple Street to the A&I Autobody shop. They leave the vehicles parked their all day and essentially hinder the area useless for any other residents and business /customers that utilized this area for years. At times they take up this entire area with 7 or more vehicles. The abuse of the area is just one item that concerns us. They have basically "taken over" the area without any regard to the local residents and businesses. The particular area in question is privately plowed, cleared and maintained by a few Orange Street and businesses and has been this way for a very long time. The 909 MAPLE STREET (A&I ersidents utobody) is not contributing to the improvement and maintenance of this area and in our opinion should not utilize /abuse it as they have their own area to park on MAPLE STREET (Where there business is). They need to pay /hire someone to have their own area cleared on their property and then they can utilize their own space at 909 MAPLE STREET like they did in the past. Another more major concern is A&I Autobody (909 MAPLE STREET) also rents outdoor storage space from the neighboring building to keep & sell "SALVAGE" vehicles (apparently they have a dealership license (legal or not) and sell "Rebuilt /Salvage vehicles "). These salvage vehicles are in pieces /disassembled and leak hazardous fluids into the ground which can contaminate the ground water we all use in the neighborhood (well systems in our area). I'm sure that Lino Lakes doesn't allow any sort of "SALVAGE YARDS" or "SALVAGE AUTO SALES" without licensing /regulation. Who knows if unsuspecting buyers even know they are buying a "REBUILT" vehicle that has been filtered through and sold as undamaged. Not something we really want our neighborhood associated with. There are also many days where toxic fumes come from the property on 909 MAPLE STREET and we cant imagine what kind of paint thinners and chemicals they pour /rinse down the septic tank into our ground. Many are concerned with the health impact this company may be causing to individuals as painting /autobody work has many toxic VOC's that cause cancer, asthma and other ailments. Im sure many residents would like their water tested to see if any of these chemicals show up, as this neighborhood seems to have terrible ground water (now worse than ever in the past 20 years). The business appears way too big for the property at 909 MAPLE STREET and in the opinion of many residents, it may be time for them to look for a new location which can deal with the volume of paint /body /salvage /car sales work they do. They were once very small volume and tolerable, but now its 'just too much for our little neighborhood. It is our opinions that this company is an "outside group /non- resident" which exploits the neighborhood and does not contribute or co- mingle with the local residents. 1