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7r?bC <br />January 28,1999 <br />Mr. Kevin Locke <br />Director of Community Development <br />City of New Brighton <br />803 Fifth Ave. N.W. <br />New Brighton, Mn. 55112 <br />Dear Mr. Locke: <br />Thank you for showing us the plans for Industrial Equities` next project to be located on <br />the adjoining property to the south. This afforded us the opportunity to address our <br />concerns to the Mayor and members of the City Council. Just to make sure we are in <br />harmony with those concerns, I have listed them as follows: <br />1.) All crops grown in any greenhouse depend upon natural direct sunlight, thats why <br />greenhouses are made of either glass, or clear poly. To block any sunlight on the south <br />side with a 39 concrete wall, effectively, and surely puts us out of the growing business. <br />Our greenhouses generate 65% of our gross volume and 80% of our net profit. This is <br />one of two worst nightmares for a greenhouse operation. <br />2.) The other nightmare is artificial light pollution. Over 50% of ornamental crops <br />grown in the world are day-length sensitive, meaning they will only bloom under natural <br />day length conditions. Less than 1 foot candle of light during the night hours will cause <br />plants such as poinsettias, chrysanthemums, begonias, kalanchoes to delay blooming or <br />bloom erratically. A constant source of fight pollution will keep them in a vegetative state <br />and they will never bloom. Thats why greenhouses are always orientated away from any <br />artificial light source, such as roadways, streetlights, etc. <br />3.) There already is an increase in vandalism on our property (due to a higher visibility <br />on the north, east and south sides of our property), and surely with another building with <br />a large paved area, there will be an increase in hot rodding, skateboarding, groups of kids <br />wandering at all hours of the night. It's already at an unbearable noise level during the <br />summer months to the point that we cannot keep windows open nor expect to get any <br />sleep. These same group of kids are wandering around our property, or cutting through <br />our property, yelling and screaming from 1:00am to 4:00am. As we've stated for years, <br />and were promised, we need fencing.