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Box 69 • �2osemount, Minnesot� 55068 • �1`�• 4'Z3 • '2'�'�'�
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ATE: September 3, 1993 ',
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TO : Mayor McMenemy :
Members of the City Coi:u�cil "
Members of the Port Authority
Dear Citizens and Taxpayers:
rstand that significant action regarding the business no�ksure what hataactionemight
We unde We are
Port Authority or City Councii meetings next Tussday.
e and we are not sure whether there wi 11 be publ ic hea ou gs osit hon wWl lWbelcleaal lowed to
b ou formally so that P
speak . Therefore, we are wr�ting y
a�din the Proposed Business Park: We ar'e nat opposed we supportpthedoffsce/warehouses
Reg 9 13, 1993
described in the SEH draft memorandum of January
office/service, office/light industrial land�nSanP�r.o°Sdevelopmen tar Thesaland�use apsomdoes
and does not compete with the rest of downto
' not exacerbate traffic and safety problems in the area.
We feel strongly,
however , that the Port Author i ty needs to have a c�re�o�e ds°UgRosemaunta s
F for the developmen th t thetPogtaAuthoratyldoes n t makertheesame mis akes the St. Pau1 Port
F plan should assure
theaters and
u Authority made when it strayed far afield f�°�� dv sed ve turesusinto1hotels�pment purpos
a and was brought to the brink of default by is not unfairly campeting
pi the like. Rosemount's plan should assure that the Port Authority
h t ax ay i ng deve 1 oper s such as our se lves by subs i d i z t 9 hevbus pness par k tde�e 1 opmentr does
u, w i t P
uE occur on their own. Rosemount's plan should assure t a
not aggravate safety and crossing conflicts with the railroad that separates the business
We park �rom the rest of town. the
b� i n center was turned down by
til Regarding aur Plans: After our proposal for the shopp 9
in Council ; we met with a number of you to discuss W understand hat��the C tY d d�n°t�Wish1to :
to we have paid taxes for so long. We were led to
has subsidize development that would compete with existing privately financed uses. We were also
sha told that we should request a rezoning
of our southerly property from multi-family
bet resident
ial to commercial . We were encouraged to continu t�a� d�e C p y Woupd WorkYW�th us
Thai add more value to the tax rolls. We were led to believe
to facilitate the changes in our pTans and the replatting of our property that would be
Sinq necessary. �
CARL We also met
with the Guetschoffs (��GTI��) to discuss a new eement with GTI .to sellreight
pleased to tell you that we have entered into a purchase agr
of our property for the construction of a new $-12 Itrcan be buirlt this falltwithout
$y:_; acres roval of our
Cu be located as shown on the p� Alltwe need is pramptea�d unbiased review and app
neeC ror any public subsidy .
plan
s and the rezoning of the property as the City ha a�eeVlandl sale o help lcomplete�our
to go ahead, we would use the procseds from the � e Tnese two actions would
shopoing center without any financial assista�ncerty forttheCcity--all without the need for
generate $8-10 million worth of tax paying p P
any public subsidy.
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