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

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Aught, 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 High- DensitY. Multi-Fami]y units to be built, and a variance to exceed height restrictions for those units. We live at 14d5i FJuorine St. Our property is property ~'~' ~-~ as shown in the upper left comer on the prethrnhnary, desi~m2 sent out with the notice. We share a property line with Lord of Life church. ~hank you. in advance, for _:;~¢ad/ha-g through, th/s. letter, and considering our Opinions. We hope that an outcome can be reached that will be satisfactory, for everyone. The purpose oftMs letter is to make known that we are strictly AGAk-NST 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 this issue. -74- 98 The first reason we are against the building of big_h-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 V, iedge'd 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. 477...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 t. kis decrease the value of our home SIGNIFICANTLY, but it wilI bring the noise to a ki~er level.' Usually, backing up to a church is a plus (location, location, location is the key in rem estate). But suddenly adding apartment complexes on..church property changes the atmosphere considerably - negatively. 'ff.?s, we chose to live close to two hi~hways, but we did not choose to hava a road in our backyard. It. is not people living EN an apartment complex that creates noise. The road ~om= to those 47 homes is where the activity will be, becoming the noisiest, busiest pan of the enr/re church property. - and fight now the plans call tbr that to be in our back-yards.