SAY 'NO' TO THE MISTAKE ON THE LAKE A 6-story, 268-unit apartment and other housing is proposed by Tycon Companies for the former Union Gospel Mission site on Snail Lake at Hwy. 96 and Dale St. The first proposal submitted to the City of Shoreview revealed a host of issues related to traffic, overuse of the lake, loss of wetland, pollution, wildlife habitat disturbed, lack of affordable housing units and clear-cutting landmark trees. That proposal is shown here. Proposed 6-story, 268-unit apartment Boeing 747 Jumbo Jet, to scale This dotted area shows where vegeta- tion and 100s of trees (nearly every tree) including dozens of landmark trees would be Noise and light pollution. The city asked Tycon for revisions. The first opportunity for public comment may come as early as February. There will be a public hearing (announced in the Shoreview Press) before the city considers approving the project. Please join a growing group of residents in asking the city to vote NO" to rezoning to allow a high-density development on small, public-access Snail Lake. Added stoplight at Dale. New road would encroach on steeply-banked filtration pond. Wetland filled in. clear-cut to substantially regrade and make room for housing and roads. Hwy. 96 Wetland filled in. 6-foot tall 2-level parking garage person, to scale 29 homes are proposed for this southern area. A 15.5-ft.-high retaining wall would separate area from apartment. A private road would sit as much as 7 ft. Please visit our website at ShoreviewLakesPreservation.com to learn more, get updates, find contact information for city officials, sign our petition, request a yard sign or donate. Filtration pond (Ramsey Co.) above front yards. Road would encroach on high water level setback. Tall retaining wall through two outlots. This shallow and apartment visible from public capacity on many summer days and suffers from 268 apartment units and 22 villa homes would access lake Shoreview Lakes Preservation Snail Lake public-access lake is already at recreational-use Wildlife habitat would be lost. ShoreviewLakesPreservation.com lake. runoff stress and weed infestation. Birds/animals use these trees and shore heavily. HEAVIER TRAFFIC, ROAD SAFETY CONCERNS Dovolopment site There is almost no Trffic iht public transportation available for commuters. The development as proposed could add as many as 594 resident- and-visitor cars plus delivery and moving vans to area streets, based on city code that calls for two parking stalls per unit for large developments. The Tycon project proposes 440 parking stalls. Because of the size of the proposed development, the only Left-turn lane into Kowalski's already backs up allowable entrance is at Dale St. into a 50-mph driving lane during busy times. and a traffic light would need to be added. MnDot studies HWY. 96 show that in order to reduce accidents, traffic signals ideally should be evenly spaced and not be placed less that 1/4 mile from each other on minor Snail Lake -McMenemy The shoulder on Hwy. 96 here would be changed into a turn lane. Current residents would risk being rear-ended when they'd slow early to enter their driveways. Mail and deliveries would be problemat- ic. A walking and biking path would be crossed. Traffic would likely increase dramatically on Snail Lake Blvd. where curves limit visibility and where people need to cross the road to get to mailboxes and access trails and the regional park. arterial roads. Dale St. is only 1/5 mile from Snail Lake Blvd./Mackubin. Snail La ajea Hodgson Rice Victoria Lexington 1-35W Hamline Victoria Hwy. 10 SAY 'NO' TO THE MISTAKE ON THE LAKE A 6-story, 268-unit apartment and other housing is proposed by Tycon Companies for the former Union Gospel Mission site on Snail Lake at Hwy. 96 and Dale St. The first proposal submitted to the City of Shoreview revealed a host of issues related to traffic, overuse of the lake, loss of wetland, pollution, wildlife habitat disturbed, lack of affordable housing units and clear-cutting landmark trees. That proposal is shown here. Proposed 6-story, 268-unit apartment Boeing 747 Jumbo Jet, to scale This dotted area shows where vegeta- tion and 100s of trees (nearly every tree) including dozens of landmark trees would be Noise and light pollution. The city asked Tycon for revisions. The first opportunity for public comment may come as early as February. There will be a public hearing (announced in the Shoreview Press) before the city considers approving the project. Please join a growing group of residents in asking the city to vote NO" to rezoning to allow a high-density development on small, public-access Snail Lake. Added stoplight at Dale. New road would encroach on steeply-banked filtration pond. Wetland filled in. clear-cut to substantially regrade and make room for housing and roads. Hwy. 96 Wetland filled in. 6-foot tall 2-level parking garage person, to scale 29 homes are proposed for this southern area. A 15.5-ft.-high retaining wall would separate area from apartment. A private road would sit as much as 7 ft. Please visit our website at ShoreviewLakesPreservation.com to learn more, get updates, find contact information for city officials, sign our petition, request a yard sign or donate. Filtration pond (Ramsey Co.) above front yards. Road would encroach on high water level setback. Tall retaining wall through two outlots. This shallow and apartment visible from public capacity on many summer days and suffers from 268 apartment units and 22 villa homes would access lake Shoreview Lakes Preservation Snail Lake public-access lake is already at recreational-use Wildlife habitat would be lost. ShoreviewLakesPreservation.com lake. runoff stress and weed infestation. Birds/animals use these trees and shore heavily. HEAVIER TRAFFIC, ROAD SAFETY CONCERNS Dovolopment site There is almost no Trffic iht public transportation available for commuters. The development as proposed could add as many as 594 resident- and-visitor cars plus delivery and moving vans to area streets, based on city code that calls for two parking stalls per unit for large developments. The Tycon project proposes 440 parking stalls. Because of the size of the proposed development, the only Left-turn lane into Kowalski's already backs up allowable entrance is at Dale St. into a 50-mph driving lane during busy times. and a traffic light would need to be added. MnDot studies HWY. 96 show that in order to reduce accidents, traffic signals ideally should be evenly spaced and not be placed less that 1/4 mile from each other on minor Snail Lake -McMenemy The shoulder on Hwy. 96 here would be changed into a turn lane. Current residents would risk being rear-ended when they'd slow early to enter their driveways. Mail and deliveries would be problemat- ic. A walking and biking path would be crossed. Traffic would likely increase dramatically on Snail Lake Blvd. where curves limit visibility and where people need to cross the road to get to mailboxes and access trails and the regional park. arterial roads. Dale St. is only 1/5 mile from Snail Lake Blvd./Mackubin. Snail La ajea Hodgson Rice Victoria Lexington 1-35W Hamline Victoria Hwy. 10