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_ __ _ _ _ <br />- �--_- =- �: .------- -- ------u' - -- --=- �_� - -- - � - -_._ _. �-- -- <br />--------- � - <br />� <br />�Vov. 3 , 1997 _ <br />i`•2r. Ericson, <br />I am unak,le to attend �he Taednesday nig!�t meeting, so I am �rriting to <br />state my opinions and concerns regarc?ing the �evelorxnent of tlie property <br />on tle east side of rastwood Rd. and t�le corner property in the west sioe of <br />rast�aoocl at f-'iahway 10. <br />I do not aqree with t'�e concet?t of re�lacina residential property wit.h <br />commercial property. The city of Nbunds View is struggling in many ways at <br />pr�sent to m�intain anc�. develop a true sense of ca�rnLnity within a variety <br />of livincr situations, an effort that s'�ould be encouraged. As a sense of <br />community grows, peonl� get to know eachot:er, they car� about eac'�ot.'�er, <br />tizey care about t�ze community; w:�icn helps witii care of property and can <br />create an environment that deters crime in a r�ositive way. Taking over <br />resi�ential proper-ty for conunercial develo�r�ent infringes on tze commtiznity, <br />c�isplaces neiqhbors, and is damaging to neig_hborhoods. People do not came to <br />P�7ounds View to live next door to a large asphalt parl:i.�g lot--tlzey come to <br />Nipunds View to purchase a tiiom� with a yard for kids tc play in and for them to <br />en�oy. Adding cor.-�nercial develoFxne-�t to a n�ighborhoocl adc?s additional bright <br />liqhting at niaht tL'�at ran shine into windows, it adds noise, it adds traffic; <br />and it takes away livi.�g space. It also takes away or,en areas tha� can help to <br />keep s�rater fram pondina by covering �zem wit� asphalt (the land at the south <br />end of Fastwood and Greenwooc7.�aas all swamp with open water at one time-•fill <br />does not elimuzate l.lzat as�ect, it oril.y minimizes it same) . <br />I also :Zave a great concern for encouraging the building of competition <br />(with�n 2 hlocks) for tne one store in Mounds View Sc�uare that has rc�..mained in <br />t�e ma11 and provides a real service to the co�anunity. If this city is <br />co�i.tted to encouraqi.nq businesses, tzen it should certainly do all t�t it <br />can to su�port businesses t'.�at are well established, rather than creating a <br />notential pro�lesn for +-hose bus�nesses. There are already ? places within 3 <br />blocks of eachotzer tliat will fill prescr�ions for people, and there is a <br />T^Jalcqreens within 3 miles of this site-I do not see the need for another clrug <br />store, and it is more clifficult to understand why this particular business at <br />t'�is site wol�ld justify buying and te�ina down 4 single family homes. <br />If business is the current "top priority" for the city, then get to worlc and <br />support the businesses tliat are already .zere, find tenants for uze empty <br />business spaces that we already have, and t��en maybe look toward new constructione <br />Please consic�er carefully before you begin to take over an established neig'.-ibor- <br />hood �aitz commercial develo�nent-i� could cause a rea]. loss to the entire <br />cor�rninity, and r�covery of ca�nunity may came slowly. Priorities need to l�e <br />studied �nd established for th� c�ood of tr.e total community, not for just a few. <br />Please remember tris as decisions are made, <br />Respectfully st�kxnitted, <br />� W ��� <br />J et Tai7cox <br />781� Eastwoocl Rd. <br />Nbunds View, NLrI �5112 <br />jo � � � � u �'-�;:-_�-!_;:�—.__. <br />' ' <br />:, <br />�IOV il � 1597 'i <br />�gy ,��.t�-�Yt- _ <br />