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From: Maggie Dreon \[mailto:maggiedreon@gmail.com\] Sent: Monday, February 27, 2017 4:01 PM To: jerry.faust@ci.saint-anthony.mn.us; bonnie.brever@ci.saint-anthony.mn.us; hal.gray@ci.saint-anthony.mn.us; jan.jenson@ci.saint-anthony.mn.us; randy.stille@ci.saint-anthony.mn.us; planner@ci.saint-anthony.mn.us Subject: Lowry Grove development concerns Mayor Faust and Council members, I wanted to take a moment, as a newer resident in the St. Anthony Village community, to voice my concern over the Lowry Gove/Legacy Developments which are slated to be high density. We moved to this village for a community that is unlike any other in the Twin Cities area. It truly is a small town near a big city....and we LOVE that. It is that element which makes us a village, not a suburb. It is that element which makes our streets and neighborhoods safe for my 1 and 4 year old daughters to learn to ride bikes on without sidewalks. It is that closeness that makes our common goals supported - such as amazing schools. I worry that this 'high density' development is going to establish conflicts between the values which made us move here in the first place. Additionally, I worry about the message we are sending our children by casting out those without, for those who can afford to have it all. We should be taking care of our neighbors with greater needs. We should be helping to fix up their homes; not showing them the door. Additionally, I think we can do better, as a city and as neighbors. We are removing 95 RV sites, but the plan submitted only allocates 60 rentals as "affordable housing." You cannot consider this to be a submission that upholds the values of our neighborhood, of our village. Please consider the lasting impact of this decision on entire community, and on our children. Thank you for your time. Maggie Dreon 3305 East Gate Rd, Breanne 763-231-4863 1