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1 <br />Charlie Yunker <br />From:daveh0330@gmail.com <br />Sent:Thursday, January 21, 2021 7:40 PM <br />To:Charlie Yunker <br />Subject:FW: Kenzie Terrace Proposed Car Wash <br />Caution: This email originated outside our organization; please use caution. <br /> <br /> <br /> <br />From: daveh0330@gmail.com <daveh0330@gmail.com> <br />Sent: Thursday, January 21, 2021 6:58 PM <br />To: planner@savmn.com <br />Cc: randy.stille@savmn.com; jan.jenson@savmn.com; wendy.webster@savmn.com; thomas.randle@savmn.com; <br />bernard.walker@savmn.com <br />Subject: Kenzie Terrace Proposed Car Wash <br /> <br />To the St Anthony Village City Council, <br /> <br />I am writing to urge you to deny approval for the car wash on Kenzie Terrace. As one of the residents in the Kenzington <br />who will overlook the car wash, I am deeply concerned about how this car wash will affect the health, lifestyle, and <br />finances of the Kenzington residents that face in the direction. I suffer from asthma and I am worried about how the <br />exhaust fumes from cars waiting to get washed will affect me and other seniors with breathing issues. In addition, the <br />noise from the dryers, vacuums, car radios and people talking will also be a significant problem. During the Planning <br />Commission meeting, it was stated that the dryers will produce ‘only’ 75 decibels of noise on our balconies – that’s <br />about the level of a vacuum cleaner. How would you like a vacuum cleaner constantly running outside your balcony for <br />12 hours a day? I am a night owl who sleeps late in the morning and the thought of all that unpleasant noise starting <br />early in the morning is very concerning. If this project is allowed to be built, none of us on that side of the building will <br />be able to use our balconies for conversation with friends or quiet relaxation or even be able to open our sliding glass <br />doors or windows for ventilation. <br /> <br />Another issue is financial. As a realtor, I can assure you that the value of our units will decrease once that project starts <br />construction. There are 25 units that face that side and each is worth at least $100,000 in the current real estate <br />market. That’s about $2,500,000 in total market value. When you add in the $1,500,000 total value of the 5 single <br />family homes closest to the site, at $300,000 per house, you get a total market value of housing directly affect by this <br />project of at least $4,000,000. There is no way to definitely know how much our market values will be reduced but even <br />at a very conservative figure of 10%, the city and county will be losing at least $400,000 in taxable market value. Based <br />on my experience with selling condos, I suspect that the market value loss is more likely to be in the 20%-25% range. I <br />consulted with several of my realtor colleagues to make sure that I wasn’t being overly pessimistic and they agreed that <br />the reduction in value would likely be substantial and that 20%-25% did not seem unreasonable. In addition, although <br />there is no way of knowing for sure, I suspect that the other units in our building will also suffer a market value <br />reduction somewhat less than those of us who face the car wash. <br /> <br />The resulting noise, light, and air pollution make the proposed car wash about the worst use of land next to residential <br />dwellings that I can think of and certainly violates the provisions of City Code Section 152.243(C)(3). Imagine what it <br />would be like for you and your families to have to live next to it. <br /> <br />Dave Hess