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NORTH SUBURBAN <br />FAMILY PHYSICIANS, P.A. <br />Christian P. Anderson, M.D. <br />PatrickT. Coumeya, M.D. <br />Subbayamma Atluru, M.D. <br />Elizabeth A. Detlie, M.D. <br />Jeanette I. Keifert, M.D. <br />Karen L. Mackenzie, M.D. <br />Steven H. Slatten, M.D. <br />Robert R. Weber, M.D. <br />Julie Q. Zimmerman, M.D. <br />North Suburban Family Physicians, P.A. <br />404 West Highway 96 2831 Snelling Avenue <br />Shoreview, MN 55126 Roseville, MN 55113 <br />482 - 8080 636 -4525 <br />FAX: 482 -8274 FAX: 636 -7427 <br />March 4, 1999 <br />Mr. Jeff Smyser <br />City of Lino Lakes <br />1189 Main Street <br />Lino Lakes, MN 55014 <br />Dear Mr. Smyser, <br />7761 Lake Drive <br />Lino Lakes, MN 55014 <br />784-1611 <br />FAX: 7846093 <br />MAR 1 01999 <br />CITY OF LINO LAKES' <br />North Suburban Family Physicians is tenant in a <br />clinic built specifically for our needs on Apollo <br />Drive in Lino Lakes. We made the move to this new <br />facility just a year and a half ago from our old <br />home on Lake Drive. We have been providing medical <br />care in the community of Lino Lakes for the last 12 <br />years and feel a part of this dynamic and growing <br />community. <br />I have learned a proposal has been made to re -zone <br />this property from general business to planned <br />development overlay /light industrial. That type of <br />use is clearly incompatible with our business as a <br />medical facility. The location choice for us <br />included a clear understanding that that property <br />would remain a general business use area and that <br />the adjoining parcel of land would not be allowed <br />to develop an incompatible use. Indeed, we agreed <br />to a joint driveway arrangement for our clinic with <br />the adjacent property after being assured that <br />incompatible uses would not be allowed. To be the <br />only general business in a light industrial area <br />would put us at a serious disadvantage. To <br />consider sharing a driveway and development area <br />with light industry and its associated fumes, <br />traffic, and noise would drive patients away from a <br />business that has been providing an important <br />service in the Lino Lakes community for more than a <br />decade. Indeed, for most of that time we were the <br />only source of primary care in that area. <br />