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QA W S Pet Hospital Rachel Juba Community Development Director City of Hugo 14669 Fitzgerald Avenue North Hugo, MN 55038 Re: Victor Place Development Rachel, P.A.W.S. Pet Hospital, PLLC 4644 Victor Path Hugo, MN 55038 2020 March 12 We are aware of the proposed Victor Place development next door to our business, P.A.W.S/ Pet Hospital. The developer has informed us of the proposed City of Hugo requirement to connect the parking lots of the proposed development and P.A.W.S. We have numerous concerns regarding this: • Concerns with the additional traffic passing through our parking lot, with customers and their pets' safety in mind. • The loss of at least three parking stalls from our lot may affect the ability of our customers and staff to park in direct relation to our business. This is especially concerning when we have deliveries • The additional vehicle and truck traffic funneling through our site and street entrance will cause additional maintenance requirements to the P.A.W.S. parking lot. This will also create an issue concerning which property owner is responsible and maintaining those areas. • The aesthetics of combining our concrete parking lot with the developers proposed asphalt parking lot would not be visually appealing in the transition area, which by virtue of location would seem to likely happen on our property, in addition to the loss of landscaping along our west parking lot/property edge that the city required. Our site and parking lot, at present, function fine for our business. Any requirement to connect the parking lots has only negative consequences for us. The proposed development has two proposed entrances from Victor Path, which ensures their site can function independently from ours. Victor Path is not a heavily traveled road, it can certainly handle the two new site entrances proposed by the Victor Place development.