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I am writing about the Lowry Grove development. There seem to be lots of questions that are floating around <br />in the community. Rather than sit in wonder, or spread false information, I have a couple of questions I'm <br />hoping can be addressed. <br />1. How does the current plan being proposed by CPG address the goals, challenges, or opportunities of <br />the2015 Strategic Plan? <br />2. According to the zoning map, the Lowry Grove area is zoned for R1 - Single Family Residential. How is a <br />potential 6-12 story complex defined as Single Family? Or, where is information on the website that the zoning <br />for it was changed for R4 - Multiple Dwellings? <br />3. If indeed, it is determined by the courts that CPG is able to maintain ownership of the site, who pays for the <br />additional need for more space in the schools, additional fire fighting capacity, etc, that will come with a larger <br />complex? How will it impact the overall infrastructure of SAV? <br />4. How can the public see the results from the surveys that were filled out by the community at the April 11 <br />meeting? <br />5. Where can I find information about the current status of the Walmart complex? Why it is sitting empty, <br />while it is being suggested to convert an area that has the potential for a green space, into additional concrete <br />wasteland? How does that fit in the city strategic plan? <br />6. What supports has the city or CPG offered to the families who are being displaced to find affordable housing <br />in order to provide stability for those families? <br />7. In the end, to what extent will the community actually have a say in what happens to that site? <br />Thank you for any answers you are able to provide. <br />Regards, <br />Mary Lillestol <br />Stable, affordable housing is essential for people to work productively, for their children to learn, and for <br />families and communities to thrive. Housing is affordable when a family with a moderate or low income pays <br />no more than 30-40% of its monthly income for housing. <br />Increasingly, housing is not affordable for many Twin Cities metro area working families. This lack of <br />affordable housing for people of all ages and incomes causes families stress, dampens productivity and stifles <br />job growth. - Met Council <br />1 <br /> <br />