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From: Rachel Bode \[mailto:bode.rachel@gmail.com\] <br />Sent: Wednesday, February 08, 2017 10:31 PM <br />To: brothstein@wsb.com; mark.casey@ci.saint-anthony.mn.us; jerry.faust@ci.saint-anthony.mn.us; <br />bonnie.brever@ci.saint-anthony.mn.us; hal.gray@ci.saint-anthony.mn.us; jan.jenson@ci.saint-anthony.mn.us; <br />randy.stille@ci.saint-anthony.mn.us; planner@ci.saint-anthony.mn.us <br />Cc: Reich, Kevin A.; <mail@audubonneighborhood.org> <br />Subject: comments for Lowry Grove planning <br />Hello, <br />I'd like to provide some thoughts regarding the planned redevelopment at the Lowry Grove site. I have reviewed the developer's plan, the <br />Environmental Assessment Worksheet, the 2008 SAV comprehensive plan, and recent planning commission documents. I am also interested <br />to learn your position on the current plan, and any priorities to influence and change it, as well as understand your outreach and conversation <br />with the City of Minneapolis and the Minneapolis Park Board, as the project does border Minneapolis on two sides. <br />Overall, I'd love to see some mixed use, green development in the neighborhood. The current plan adds nothing but density to our <br />community, but with some thoughtful planning, and strong oversight, this can be a real amenity in our neighborhood, and great gateway <br />project to St. Anthony. <br /> - 800+ units is a lot of people to add to our neighborhood. Please consider holding to the 25-40 units per acre outlined in your <br />comprehensive plan, rather than the proposed 54 units per acre. <br /> - Traffic: please consider ways to direct traffic from this development away from Stinson. The Parkway system is not meant to handle <br />large amounts of traffic, and this development will have a significant negative impact on the Parkway. Additionally, underground parking <br />should be required to be included in the lease or ownership of each unit. This will decrease street parking, as people who rent in these <br />buildings may try to get by without paying for parking in addition to rent if it is not included together, and thereby crowding the nearby <br />streets. <br />1 <br /> <br />