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MARCH 201 1987
TO THE EDITOR: COUNTRYSIDE NEWSPAPER
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MAR 2 3 1987
TO THE POINT: ALL OF THE COMMUNITIES ADJACENT TO LAKEVILLE (APPLE VALLEY,
ROSEMOUNT, AND BURNSVILLE) HAVE CONSIDERED WITHIN THE PAST FEW YEARS
BUILDING ENTERTAINMENT FACILITIES. THE VOTERS HAVE REJECTED 'U -ESE
PROPOSALS. JUST RECENTLY, AS REPORTED IN A LOCAL NEWSPAPER; A CONSORTIUM OF
PRIVATE INVESTORS WILL CONSIDER BUILDING A SOCCER STADIUM IN APPLE VALLEY
RATHER THAN BURNSVILLE. DUE TO THE EXISTING WATER TABLE, THE BURNSVILLE
SITE WAS UNACCEPTABLE. THERE WAS NEVER ANY MENTION OF TAX TABLES OR PUBLIC
MONIES INVOLVED IN THIS PRIVATE ENDEAVOR. EVIDENTLY, THIS GROUP
ANTICIPATES SOME SORT OF PROFIT--- WITHOUT A GOVERNMENT SUBSIDY. MY HOPE
FOR THESE FOUR COMMUNITIES WOULD BE TO GET TOGETHER WITH THlS GROUP;
EXPLORE THE POSSIBILITY OF INCORPORATING, THEIR PROPOSAL( FOR A SOCCER
STADIUM), WITH THE NEED FOR VARIOUS MULTI-PURPOSE FACILITIES AS SUGGESTED
BY AN ASSORTMENT OF CITIZENS' ORGANIZATIONS WITHIN THE APPLE
VALLEY-BURNSVILLE-LAKEVILLE-ROSEMOUNT AREA. AS AN INTEGRAL PART OF WEST
DAKOTA COUNTY, WE SHOULD NOT BE COMPETING. LET THE COSTS OF FINANCING AND
BUILDING A MAJOR INTRA -COMMUNITY MULTI-PURPOSE STADIUM/ARENA, FOR ALL
WITHIN THE AREA BE BORNE BY APRIVATE DEVELOPER; AND LET THAT PARTICULAR
DEVELOPER ALSO REAP THE PROFITS FOR WHAT SHOULD SURELY BE CONSIDERED AN
ENTITY OF THE PRIVATE SECTOR.
WHEN DAKOTA COUNTY CITIZENS STOP THINKING OF THEMSELVES AS ADDENDUMS [O
THE POPULAlION OF MINNEAPOLIS OR ST. PAUL( AND SEPARATE CITIES SOUTH OF THE
MINNESO[A RIVER); WE CAN THEN START TO BUILD AND COMPETE WITH THAT PART OF
THE STATE, WHICH EVENTUALLY WILL BECOME A WILDERNESS OF EMPTY OFFICE
16415 JUDICIAL RD.
LAKEVILLE, MN. 55044
612-435-5322
CC: BURNSVILLE CITY COUNCIL & PLANNING COMMISSION
APPLE VALLEY CITY COUNCIL & PLANNING COMMISSION
ROSEMOUNT CITY COUNCIL & PLANNING COMMISSION
LAKEVILLE CITY COUNCIL & PLANNING COMMISSION
FARMINGTON CITY COUNCIL & PLANNING COMMISSION
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