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Home My WebLink About1999-04-16 OPH Ltr to ApplicantCITYu OAK PARK HEIGHTS 14168 North 57th Street • P.Q. Box 2007 • Oak Park Heights, MN 55082-2007 • Phone: 651/439 -4439 • Fax: 651/439 - 6574 April 16, 1999 Mr. Stephen G. Muyskens United States Postal Service 6800 64 St w, Suite 100 Overland Park KS 66202-4171 Dear Stephen: Thank you for your letter notifying the City of Oak Park Heights that you have g Y selected a property in our Kern Center Business Park for the future location of your carrier annex. The City of Oak Park Heights wishes to offer our comments relative to the location of a carrier facility at this location, and welcomes the opportunity pp ty to continue our discussions with you and your representatives to resolve items as they arise through the development of this project. In our earlier meetings we provided you with a copy of the City's Design n g Guidelines for new construction as well as copies of the B-3 Zoning Ordinance 9 and recommend that these guidelines and ordinances be adhered to in the development of any facility located in the Kern Center. We are in receipt of plans from the owners of this property that call for the development of a Business Park and Office center, comprised of a total of 4 buildings. We strongly encourage you to work with the property owner and developer to integrate your facility into these plans. The City is concerned that we will lose the majority of this valuable office park from a tax base standpoint, and is concerned that the construction of your facility would limit the future development of the business park. As the facility is located entirely in the City of Oak Park Heights and is proposed . p p to serve as a carrier facility, we request that the name of the facility be the "Oak Park Heights Carrier Annex ". At the same time the City encourages the Postal Service to offer retail Post Offices services at this location. Tree City U.S.A. Sincerely, Kris Danielson Community Development Director For your information, 1 have provided a summary of the pending assessments for properties in the Kern Center, as sewer and water improvements are being made to this area this summer. Thank you very much for offering the City of Oak Park Heights an opportunity to respond to your proposed development. 1 look forward to the favor of a reply on these items, and to continuing to work closely with you on this project. Please feel free to contact me at 651 439 -4439 with any questions you may have.