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From:Denise Johnson To:Rachel Juba; Emily Weber Cc:Denise Johnson; Howie Johnson Subject:Victor Land Holding, LLC expansion request Date:Wednesday, August 12, 2020 6:16:28 PM Caution: This email originated outside our organization; please use caution. Dear Hugo Planning Commission, This email is written in re: to the above-mentioned expansion request. We live at 5239141st Street Circle N, Hugo, and recently received the letter dated 27 July 2020, sentby the City of Hugo. Howard also stopped by City Hall the week of August 3rd andspoke with Emily Weber to obtain more detail about the planned development. Theinformation map mailed to us lacked information obtained when Howard stopped atCity Hall. We have lived at the above address for nearly 16 1/2 years, moving into FenwayPlace townhomes in October 2003 with the new development. Our unit is one buildingaway from the current dirt road to the south of the development. We have seen muchgrowth in Hugo during our residence and Schwieters Companies have grown also.We are genuinely happy for them! We recognize the importance industry brings to ourcity and the impact it makes on our development and future. Overall, change andgrowth are welcome and have been good. However, we have concerns asestablished neighbors of Hugo about the impact the growth has to residential areassuch as ours. Specifically, our concerns are as follows:- Truck traffic: It was explained to Howard that there would be a road in the NE cornerof the development coming off the 140th completion going into the business. This willobviously create significant truck and vehicle traffic adjacent to our development. Weare concerned about noise and the further disruption the activity brings to ourneighborhood. Completion of 140th from East to West will disrupt things enough, butadding this road seems to quite frankly, disregard how neighbors will be impacted.When the original expansion took place, it was explained there would be truckentrances only off Fenway Blvd. - Lot visibility: Trees have been planted and while we are aware it will take severalyears for them to mature, we see surface lighting and materials to the west of thebuilding and had expected prior to its construction there would be no visible storage.We had hope this would be camouflaged and less visible. - Noise: We currently hear high pitched buzzing (similar to a furnace cleaning truckand perhaps saws) on occasion (e.g. weekly) during the daytime. We are grateful it isnot at nighttime, because it can be heard with our house closed with the airconditioning on. I would describe this noise as not excessively loud, but irritating.Hopefully, trees will eventually muffle this sound. We appreciate the opportunity to provide input and share our concerns. As previously