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i tu: HealthPartners ® 8100 34th Avenue South P.O. Box 1309 Minneapolis, MN 55440 March 4, 1999 Mr. Jeff Smyser City of Lino Lakes 1189 Main Street Lino Lakes, MN 55014 Dear Mr. Smyser: /Lz3.97,7 666! 8 0 614 r HealthPartners Services, Inc. is the owner of property located on Apollo Drive in Lino Lakes on which the North Suburban Family Physicians Clinic is built. HealthPartners purchased this property in October of 1996. The site was selected after careful consideration of many other sites, and was chosen because of good highway visibility and position within the City. HealthPartners had concerns about potential future uses of the adjacent property because the adjacent property was not developed. We were assured by the City that no industrial uses would be allowed because the property was zoned General Business. It has now been proposed that the Property be rezoned from general business to Planned Development Overlay/Light Industrial. We do not believe that this is a compatible use with a medical facility, and strongly object to the rezoning. We are very concerned about truck traffic, exhaust, and manufacturing odor and noise. In addition, at the time of our purchase, the City required a joint driveway with the property adjacent to our property, which is now proposed to be rezoned. The City did not want additional curb cuts on Apollo Drive. We were assured by the City that uses incompatible with our medical clinic use would not be allowed on the adjoining parcel and therefore we agreed to the joint driveway arrangement. If a light industrial use is now allowed, our patients will have to share driveway use with industrial traffic. This is a very disadvantageous situation for us. We strongly request that the City deny the rezoning. The freeway visibility seems much more compatible with general business use, which would benefit from that visibility. Please contact me at 612- 883 -5311 if you have any questions. Sincerely, HEALTHPARTNERS SERVICES, INC. Deb bie,Lawrence Senior Real Estate Analyst I21