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Home My WebLink AboutSouthbridge Fields Letter CITY OF SHAKOPEE Memorandum TO: Mayor and City Council Mark McNeill, City Administrator FROM: Mark Noble, Planner II SUBJECT: Southbridge Fields Letter MEETING DATE: March 6, 2006 CASE NO.: NA DISCUSSION Staff has recently received a faxed letter from several property owners who reside in Riverside Fields. Their letter expresses concerns/issues with the proposed Southbridge Fields commercial development, specifically the proposed Kwik Trip gas station/convenience store/car wash. That item is scheduled for Conditional Use Permit review at the March 9, 2006 Board of Adjustment and Appeals meeting. Those involved in the preparation of the attached letter have asked staff to share the letter with the Board as well as with the Council. ACTION REQUESTED No action is necessary. This item is submitted to the Council for their information only. Please contact me if you have any questions/comments regarding this letter or this project. Thank you. h:\cc\2006\03-06\southbridge fields.doc 03/03/2006 10:22 FAX 9964343 BEST BUY MARKETING GROUP l4I001 [Click here and type return address and phone and fax numbers] Fax To: Mark Noble/Michael Leek From: Rajeev K. Rat ! Fax: 952-233-3801 ,Pages: 4 incl cover Phone: 952-233-9300 Date: 3/3/2006 .- Re: Letter to Planning Commission cc: Mayor & Members of City Council 0' Urgent o For Review o Please Comment o Please Reply o Please ReC;ivc1e : ! .- . Mark, As per our conversation, I faxing this letter/petition to be included in the folder for Planning Commission me~!ting on March 9th. . I will also appreciate if this is copied to the Mayor & members of the council for their March 6lh meeting. Looking forward to being their at the March gill meeting. Thanks Rajeev Rai 612-327-3583 c 952-736-8269 h .- 03/03/200610:22 FAX 9964343 BEST BUY MARKETING GROUP l4I 002 Riverside Fields Community Rajeev K Rai Shalini Rai/ArnavRai AppealJPetition 8425 Blazing Star Circle Shakopee, MN 55379 March 3, 2006 Chairman & Members, Board of Planning Commission, City pf Shakopee, MN Dear Members of the Board: As a concerned residents Riverside Fields community we approach you with great confidence ',nour city planning systems to balance the economics of development and safety of residents. . A gas station and a fast food restaurant is not the type establishments found within 75-200 feet of single family homes and adjacent to a community swimmina 0001 which vou have aooroved in the past as a ;;>art of the community. After reading the PRD zoning & Neighborhood Commercial zoning code, it is not thesp;rit & intent of these zones to have high traffic commercial establishments and 24 hours usage. We understand that these lots are zoned as PRD and with CUP's the Gas station is a potential usage as per the zoning. Please consider the following aspects while making your decision: a. Access to these establishments should be considered with careful considerations :of vehicle movements of aU sizes and shapes and the adiacencv to the pool. Attached is our vtsualizatliJn of what this looks like using the Scott county GIS Maps. a. At this time we would like to bring to your attention that in the last meeting of the CityCouncn on Feb 21st, Mayor and the council members were very concerned about thi~ types of establishments planned and the access issues. The preliminary prat was apPi'oved with conditions that developer/tenant will do the updates to access as needed in thefutur:~. b. We would like the Traffic study & finalization of access issues prior to any u~age being approved even preliminarily. The have been multiple proposals for access but no ~decision & funding by city to make a decision. I b. The intersection of Crossing Blvd & Penstemon lane as per the current design will promote ~!T1ovement of delivery vehicles and consumers to gothrough the entire residential neighborhood, due to ;~he narrow turning lane. c. We would like you to consider the following conditions for these establishments based on thi'! proximity to the residential area & aesthetics of the area: a. The proposed 24 hours Usage is. not acceDtable with such proximity to the J residential neighborhood and is not the intent of neiahborhood commercial zone. . , b. Strict Restricted times for large vehicles access either early in the morning or after 8,JO p.m. , c. Access issues to prevent movement. of consumer only/delivery vehicles . through the neighborhood (Penstemon lane). ; d. No big Gas. Station Signage and very subtle sign age on the building. The signage:' should be ONLY 1 for the entire set of commercial establishments towards the oroposed Ctv R.d21 e. The proposed burming and buffering is not adequate to prevent i. Noise pollution to the neighbors ii. Light Pollution & Headlight wash - No mega Neon signage except al'ld heights exceeding the neighboring houses. , d. The demographics of this neighborhood is relatively young people with small children;Th~; proposed e~tablishments definitely compromise the safety of our kids in & around the swimming pool iiind around neighborhood due to the nature of traffic.& all outflow traffic coming out from the. <,ommercial 03/03/2006 10:22 FAX 9964343 BEST BUY MARKETING GROUP ~003 . Page 2 March 3, 20(:!6 establishments next to the pool including DeliverY Trucks. We would welcome the usage of ~mall office bldgs, Child Care Center, Dr's Office or Banks, Restaurants like Panera or a Bagel company which our open having hours from 7.00 - 10.00 p.m or so. e. We as residents strongly feel that the Builders of our communities Rvland & Centex did n:ot provide adequate disclosure about proposed concepts plans/usage of this land. In addition they Viere in the know of proposed concept plans for last 2 years and still chose to risk the safety of resident~ :by putting a swimming pool amenity next to it for purelv marketinq purposes and increase the valuatil)n of their homes. f. As planning board members I urge to call on Ryland & Centex as well to state their positiim on this. Also for the future I oropose that this type of development should be approved. all to-c!:ether with Planned Usaqe and better appreciation of imoact to the residential neiahborhood which is ap!)roved. g. We have heard from the Mr. Soltau that he had proposals for a Child Care and a Pharm~"Cy aswell after he had received the request for the Gas Station. We believe that the owner of commercial lots/ouHots adjacent to the Riverside Fields community snol~ld be able to make productive use of the land at the same time not disturb the harmony & safety of the neighbHrhood. At this time our view is that the proposed establishments are not the best uses for these lots. I will bring a CD with pictures of the area & neighborhood for you to gain better appreciation of d1e issues described above. We are looking for your careful considerations of the issues. Thanking you, Regards, .~ (Raj.ev K Rail .. 8425 BLAZING STAR CIRCLE SHAKOPEE, MN 55379 PHONE: 952-736-8260 (H) 612-327-3683 (0) ~r, . ~, tIT \il ~ ~ (Vijay Ramanath~) . .. 8421 BLAZING STAR CIRCLE SHAKO PEE, MN 55379 PHONE: 952-402-0695 (H) !1rr f';dk~\vN (Sridhar Ak~};). . '. 8433 BLAZING STAR CIRCLE . SHAKOPEE, MN 66379 PHONE :952-930-1010 (H) Cc: Mayor & Members of the City Council 03/03/2006 10:23 FAX 9964343 BEST BUY MARKETING GROUP !41 004 . 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