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From: moveimp(a pro-ns.net <br />To: ]on Sevald; Carol Mueller; Al Hull; Bill Bergeron; Gary. meelhouse(cbmoundsviewmn.ora; Theresa Cermak <br />Subject: ReuterWalton development <br />Date: Sunday, November 27, 2022 10:16:15 PM <br />Caution: This email originated outside our organization; please <br />use caution. <br />To Mounds View city council members and officials <br />RE: the ReuterWalton development <br />I am a Mounds View resident and want to express my concern regarding the ReuterWalton <br />development. I am certainly supportive of affordable housing. I am also concerned about <br />the impact of this project on it's closest neighbors. <br />While I do not live close to this project, I know some who do live close to it. I am concerned <br />about the willingness to amend current city guidelines and codes to accommodate a big <br />developer. My experience is that the council is very aversed to accommodating its present <br />residents when requests or applications are made. I find the eagerness then, to <br />accommodate a developer at the expense of the residents you serve concerning to say the <br />least. Though, I am sorry to say not surprising. My experience with the council and some <br />(not all) other city employees has led me to think of the city in general as arrogant and <br />uncaring toward it's residents. <br />Can this be done without eagerly changing so many reasonable city codes such as the <br />number of stories? Will there be increased law enforcement budgets due to the large <br />increase in residents. What will happen to traffic patterns and what will be done to keep <br />children in the area safe with the increased traffic? Is there a way to preserve more trees as <br />well as to have a buffer for those who's single family yards back up against such a large <br />complex (while you actually increase the setback from the busy Mounds View Blvd)? A <br />buffer is needed to help preserve the neighborhood that residents moved into due to the <br />increase in light, noise and traffic. This affects a lot of residents that you serve and part of <br />your reasoning for accepting this is the insulting of your own residents - citing that this <br />would encourage residents to upkeep property. <br />I know that the near residents have other concerns as well and I would encourage you to <br />listen to them rather than come to your meeting with your minds already made up - <br />making listening and considering their concerns irrelevant. <br />I hope that you surprise me and prove me wrong in my negative view of my city's officials. <br />Christine Sheetz <br />7568 Silver Lake Rd. <br />