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March, 0, 1997 <br /> Edward and Laurie Trettel • <br /> 740 I Park View Drive <br /> Mads View MN 55112 <br /> Duane McCarty, Mayor <br /> City of Mounds View <br /> 2400 Highway 10 <br /> Mounds View MN 55112 <br /> I <br /> Dear Mayor McCarty: <br /> We wanted to write you regarding our concerns with the development of the O'Neil property, particularly rezoning the <br /> parcel from B-1 R-2 to a mixed use PUD designation. <br /> Before that, we'd like to say that we've found you to be a fair and open minded mayor, and we support your <br /> conservative fiscal policies for the city. We support your position to researching the future of the Bel-Rae acquisitoin, <br /> as well as your stand on the footbridge over Highway 10. We hope that this responsible way of thinking will carry over <br /> with regard to the use of the O'Neil property. <br /> After attending the most recent Planning Commission Meeting last night it is our impression that the building of a 16- <br /> screen movie theater would most certainly financially benefit the developer. However, it's very questionable whether <br /> it would have any benefit to Mounds View as a community when other more compatible use (B-1, R-2) could be made <br /> of the land. Many of us envision a time when Highway 10 will become "Old Highway 10" and we will have a main <br /> street in Mounds View. A theater drawing patrons from a 5-7 mile radius does not facilitate this long term goal. <br /> Bur ing a theater of this size ar <br /> '6�0� parking l p ng spaces) in our little town does little to serve the citizenry. Rather, Mounds <br /> View would simply be saddled with a number of problems -- traffic congestion, crime, diminished property values, and <br /> other safety issues. While we might be providing a service to movie patrons within a 5-7 mile radius, is this what we <br /> want to do as a community ? Does Mounds View really want to be the custodian of a 16-screen movie theater '? <br /> We trust that you will continue in guiding the city in the prudent and responsible path that you have charted in your <br /> administration thus far. <br /> e�gards, <br /> . al <br /> Edward L. Trettel <br /> .aurie J. Trettel <br /> • <br />