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Nlki Haug [nlhaug@yahoo,com]
Monday, March 30, 20094:10 PM
L1MBIRD Andrew
SUB2009-00006 5642 A Street .
March 29, 2009
To Whom This May Concern,
I have lived on 59th Street since November of2007. I was so excited to buy my new little house. It's my first
, home purchase. I went around and talked to the neighbors and loved the fact that everyone was so nice and
pretty much knew everyone on their block, Our neighborhood is small and yes I know there are manufactured ,
homes along the block but what Vern Benson wants to do is outrageous. Splitting up the land to place as many
of them as he possibly can and practically one on top of the other. When I found out about this I actually went
to Vern and met with him to inquire about his plans for the land. He made it very clear to me they were going to
e rentals and not much more. Meaning.....I asked him ifhe was going to be fixing up the used, broken down
manufactured homes that he was already moving in on that property. He flat out told me they would be
"livable" but don't expect much else. I then asked him, Are you going to do extensive :background checks to
keep certain types of people out of the ,neighborhood. I stressed how concerned I was about renters, low income
families and the fact that they meaning the homes themselves were already eye sores what type of people would
he attract? He said he couldn't afford to be picky. I drove home in tears. Everyday I go home I get to see these
huge monstrosities just thrown about they look awful. There's one directly behind me backed almost completely
up against my back fence. It sits so high on those cement blocks they can see right into my backyard and
kitchen windows, I have no privacy anymore..even with my 7 foot fence!!
I know it's hard to place yourselves in "our" shoes. But for those of us who own our homes our property value
will plummet! My home will never recover in value. I am begging you to pleaSe not let him do this to our
neighborhood. He already has so many of these set up not one of them as a yard or a driveway and they are
terribly cared for. I know our neighborhood isn't spectacular, But we're all trying very ,hard to make it NICE and
QUIET and FRIENDLY. Please help us!! Don't let Vern Benson turn our neighborhood into his private USED
RENTAL MANUFACTURED HOME parking lot.
Sincerely,
Nicole Haug
255 57th Street
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