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From:Steve DeLapp <br />To:Molly Just <br />Subject:Revised: Proposal for former 3M land surrounding Public Works. <br />Date:Thursday, March 3, 2022 9:22:05 AM <br />Attachments:3M Property Development 3-02--22.jpg <br />Caution: This email originated outside our organization; please use caution. <br />REVISED <br />Steve DeLapp <br />8468 Lake Jane Trail <br />777-1001 or 651-999-9940 <br />Molly, <br />I have some comments and a drawing that after 7 years on the Planning <br />Commission, 2 on the Planning Commission, 16 on the Council, 10 years on <br />the County Planning Commission, and 36 years as a City resident, I am <br />convinced the people living within 1/2 mile of this land will want and most <br />benefit from the attached draft plan as a first choice. The earlier proposal for <br />a tax exempted, 1 million s.f. foot warehouse with hundreds of cars, low paid <br />workers and semi's is beyond belief. Who would move to wooded, 1 to 5 acre <br />lots to have a 24 hour a day trucking operation surrounded by an 8 foot <br />high, barb wire topped chain link fence and intense, floodlights anywhere <br />near them. Neither our voters, our environment or our taxpayers, should be <br />forced to accept something totally inappropriate for a city once called the <br />Orono of the East Metro by the Minneapolis Tribune. <br />To the Lake Elmo City Council: <br />Here is my response to your offer to let residents consider development, and <br />the 3M property directly impacts at least 200 semi-rural <br />households, including mine. <br />Instead, I am certain that my proposal, an extension of Wildflower <br />Shores real OP ordinance, is consistent with the long time values of the <br />City for development above 10th St.