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I The properties should be rezoned Commercial and sew and water should be extended: (2) The properties should be rezoned Commercial without sewer and water: (6) • Most important would be to have the bypass without buildings—keep it green. • Have the new owners pay for the improvements. • Stop the bypass—support the businesses who have invested in your community! • Please stop the bypass! This town will die if we allow this. I'm sure the people that are for this won't lose their home. • Don't allow development on bypass, make town center more unified around park. • Don't allow development along the bypass,we have a downtown that is great. (2) • Keep the agriculture and forestry; maintain beauty of the area. • Sooner or later, the intersections of the Highway will develop with commercial. Sooner or later, the core will expand out to the Highway and utilities will be needed to allow denser development on the more expensive land. Opinions will vary on how, but plan for it now. Just analyzing the intersection properties ignores the "trunk line" importance of the utility and transportation corridors crossing the new Highway. • Stop bypass and this is a non-issue. You will destroy our commercial business! (If we continue with the Bypass). .� • Maintain,keep businesses downtown where they belong. (2) • Stop the bypass and the town will regrow its business district. • Stop the bypass (It will destroy our town square,example: Little Falls). (3) • We want to develop the downtown—not have everything move out to the highway. People come to Pequot Lakes as a destination. (2) • We have significant cost in maintaining existing infrastructure, this would exacerbate the problem and cost to taxpayers. Plus, it would draw business away from the core downtown business district. Investment in Downtown Improvements The City is obligated to maintain the streets and utilities in Downtown Pequot Lakes. The City has prepared a plan which proposes enhancements to the Downtown that would add parking and pedestrian improvements during any routine maintenance work to enhance the Downtown as a destination. The estimated cost of the enhancements would be between $1.9 and $2.8 million, depending on what improvements were made. The City should do the necessary maintenance only: (4)