Redevelopment - City of Crystal

PUBLIC COMMENT RECEIVED
(Comments presented as written, without correction.)
COMMENT CARD SUMMARY FROM OPEN HOUSE #1 (November 15, 2007):
We want Thriftway (redevelopment area #6) to stay!!! NOT high density residential housing !!! We
DO NOT want A lot more high density housing or rentals!!!! Home Ownership promotes a wellcared
for, positively involved + active community. High density housing and rentals promote an
unstable community more crime, more fear, more police activity, higher taxes to pay for these
things.
Why would you want to get rid of Thriftway? It is a good store to keep! Why build more high
density with so many homes for sale and rental housing empty? That does not make sense to me!
What Crystal needs is owner occupied housing; not high density!
I would like to see some redevelopment of blighted residential areas. Douglas Drive is a major
thoroughfare through the city, but most of the housing is aged and not very well maintained,
particularly around (between 47 th + Bass Lake Road) Target. These areas are what people driving
through our city see, not the nice homes within a block or two of Douglas.
Land use plan with a great opportunity exists @ NE corner of 42 nd Ave N. & Douglas Drive for a
mixed use facility with rental units built 3 stories above Super Value – Single family residence
consumes greater land area, require more energy, emit greater CO2 to the environment & are often
remote from office/retail areas- A good series of documents for the CCP – Thank You! (Name)
I would like to see the area (Bis) Area improved around Supervalue. More upscale look.
Redevelopment Area #16 Keep this as Low Density Residential Crystal needs to move back
toward more family owned properties rather than increasing rental properties. Renters don‟t
generally take ownership in the city or community interests. Home ownership always wins out over
rental property or renters.
Redevelopment Area #20 Here again, medium density housing? 12 Town Home v.s. 3 single
family? Not a good idea. Look at the mostly empty townhomes on 32 nd Ave east of Douglas now.
Mostly empty – some rented? Is this what we want for our city? I don‟t think so. Far too much
space being considered for high or medium density housing.
I am concerned about the development of Florida Ave No. between 33 rd + 32 nd and the purchasing of
lots on the wetland area on Georgia Ave N north of 32 nd (It is wetland area + development there will
block drainage of wetland areas owned by others in the area.)
COMMENT CARD SUMMARY FROM OPEN HOUSE #2 (April 17, 2008):
[Redevelopment Area #6] – How about incentives to Thriftway to maintain & update the store? We
need grocery stores in the area – seniors live nearby. We need to shop close to home! Gas prices &
global warming and all that.
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