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HomeMy WebLinkAbout6.j. Intra - Community Stadium / ArenaT's � ��0� ������ MARCH 201 1987 TO THE EDITOR: COUNTRYSIDE NEWSPAPER ����"�~� .�,..�~CUUNGIL 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 pClitflnQ�zn�, Plemnlaig ,~..