Agenda - Parks and Recreation Commission - 09/20/2001

Home

.August, 2001 To Whom It May Concern: This is in response to the Notice of Public Hearing received on July 27, 2001 regarding Lord of Life's request to rezone their property to allow for kligh- Density Multi-Family un/ts to be built, and a variance to exceed height restrictions for those units. We live at 14651 Fluorine St. Our property is property #2 as shown in the upper !eft corner on the preliminary design sent out with the notice. We share a property line with Lord of Life church, l'~h:ank y'ou in advance-for :..:&.ead.i=g through this. letter, and considering our opinions. We hope that an outcome can be reached that will be satisfactory for everyone. The purpose of this letter is to make known that we are strictly AGAINST the rezoning issues being considered. The reasons will be listed here, as well as some ideas for compromise, so that ALL parties are taken into consideration in the outcome of th_is issue. -106- 130 The f'zrst reason we are against the building of high-density multi-family units is because it will further surround our neighborhood of single- family-homes with traffic. When the City of Ramsey okayed the plans to build our neighborhood in 1993 or 1994 (.our house was built in 1994), the plans 'called for our cul-de-sac to be-Wedged in between Highway 5, Lord of Life property, and Highway 47. As it stands now, we are · surrounded by 3 roads: Hwy. 5, the street in front of our house, and Hwy. 47-a short distance from our back yard. Rezoning for this plan would create yet ANOTHER road running right along the BACK of our yard. Not only will this decrease the value of our home SIGNIFICANTLY, but it will bring the noise to a higher level. Usually, backing up to a church is a plus (location, location, location is the key in real estate). But suddenly adding apartment complexes on church property changes the atmosphere considerably - negatively. Y~s, we chose to live close to two highways, but we did not choose to have a road in our backyard. It is not people living IN an apartment complex that creates noise. The road going to those 47 homes is where the activity will be, becoming the noisiest, busiest part of the entire church property -- and right now the plans call for that to be in our backyards.