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From:Lee John Kurtz To:SA City; SA City Subject:Please forward this e-mail to the Mayor and City Council of Date:Saturday, December 05, 2020 3:37:41 PM Caution: This email originated outside our organization; please use caution. Hello, my name is Lee John Kurtz, and I reside at 2601 Kenzie Ter apt 109, the Kenzington Condominiums in St Anthony. I was deeply disturbed yesterday by a letter I received about a possible car wash being constructed at 2701 Kenzie Ter sometime in the future. My unit is one of the unlucky 25 that overlooks the property. I have talked to 3-4 of my neighbors and we are vehemently AGAINST this project! I'm sure NO ONE in their right mind would want a noisy car wash operating so close to their home. The fact that I work from 4:15 PM until 2:30 AM makes this even WORSE for me as I generally sleep from 4 AM until 11 or 11:30 AM during the work week. I see there is a ZOOM meeting scheduled about this in a week or so, but my work schedule and my non experience with Zoom ANYTHING, makes it a no go for me. I just want you all to know that, if necessary, I will rally the residents to at LEAST sign a petition against the possible car wash being built AND a boycott of Blvd Auto. A couple of the neighbors that I have talked to are 10 or more years OLDER than me (I am 60) and would enjoy the hell out of re- living their activities of the 1960's and fighting for a cause/protesting for the greater good (greater good being the residents of our building, and the 7 or 8 houses along 27 Ave NE that would also be affected by this project.) I'm sure there are available industrial use type properties somewhere in the area where a car wash can operate WITHOUT disturbing the lives of property tax paying citizens. Also, IF this car wash were to be allowed to operate on this property, I am SURE that our property values ( along with our property tax amounts) would take a tremendous turn downward. In my case, for example, I purchased my unit in 2017 with the full intention of selling it in June of 2025, to help finance my relocation to my native northern MN after my retirement. There as as many financial plans for the people living here as the number of people living here. Originally, I thought about sending an e-mail to Tom (?), the owner of Blvd Auto, to log my complaint, but reconsidered and decided to leave it to the people whose sworn oath is to protect the citizens of this city. I am neither a Democrat, or a Republican. I generally vote for the person who I think will do best at the job. Some of you I voted for, and others I did not. What I HAVE seen during the almost 4 years of living here, is that St Anthony is WAY better ran than Minneapolis, where I lived the majority of the 40 years since I relocated from Duluth in 1980. This is a simple quality of life issue. A car wash will SEVERELY deter the quality of life for quite a few people if built here. I can only speak for myself when I say that the farther along the plans for this proceed, the bigger the effort to stop it will be. I am BEGGING you to nip this in the bud BEFORE we have to spend the time and effort to fight this. I am ALL IN for this cause and consider myself to NOT be a "cause guy" at all normally. Thank you for your time. I can be reached at this e-mail address or 612-789-7172 between the hours of 11 AM and 2 PM Mon-Thurs, or anytime after noon on Fridays. I assume you take weekends off, but would be willing to discuss this with anyone from city hall ANYTIME on the weekends. Thanks once again!! LJK