6.b4 Public comments-Rustic Roots 06162020From: Lisa Towry
Sent: Monday, June 15, 2020 3:13 PM
To: mail <mail@ci.scandia.mn.us>
Subject: Planning Meeting & Winery
Greetings,
My family and I received a notice by email regarding the June 2nd planning commission
meeting, specifically regarding the winery proposal for the Sandagers. We attended the meeting
online and had missed the "registration" deadline in order to participate though we listened
in. Not sure why one cannot just join in.
Without any agenda sent with the notice, we wasted two hours of our precious time listening to
other agenda items. We finally gave up having to get ready for our next day of work. We see
that the vineyards and just about everything else on said winery property is already in
place. We're confused as to why we received the notice. It looks quite apparent that this is a go,
no matter what anyone says. These people must have money because that is all that pretty much
matters in the world, definitely in Scandia, and dictates everything.
Our concern is the increased congestion and noise level of Highway 95, which already sounds
like the Sturgis bikers rally day in and day out. Businesses such as this will not only increase
traffic but often tend to include "events", music and such. As an avid music lover, I am not
opposed to music but we like to enjoy it on our terms instead of someone else's. Large events
could bring about a great deal of extraneous noise. My husband and I moved out here to get
away from all the noise and a good portion of the traffic but it turns out that South Minneapolis
is actually quieter.
As for the notice and the gathering of tax payer input, the notice was a complete waste of
taxpayer dollars and without an agenda attached, which would be proper protocol, a complete
waste of our time.
Sincerely,
Lisa Towry & Jon Eckman