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Janette Monear, 8513 - 164th Lane N.W., Ramsey, stated that she works for the Twin City Tree Trust and that they are working with the schools and the State regarding ELA's. Ramsey Elementary will be a showcase State-wide. A lot of time and dollars are going into this area. This is one school that came to her over two years ago with a mission. Anoka Electric Cooperative has agreed to fund this, along with several others. She stated that we have our children environmental learning - it is a State mandate. There are seven schools in the Metro Area with ELA's; however, some have so little resources. Ramsey has wetland, prairie land, wild life, etc. She made a plea to Council that they listen to the people who are asking that this area be preserved and stressed the importance of showing our children land stewardship. We need to communicate - we can teach our children values. This is part of Ramsey's infrastructure, and she asked that a hold be put on this project until other actions can be reviewed. We have to reach a compromise and keep together as a community. Wayne Olson, Ramsey, stated he is representing people on 151st Lane and adjacent to Fox Knoll. This water and sewer system is going through to service the area. We fully support people from the ELA and we do not want to see this land destroyed or disturbed any more than it has been now. He stated they have an additional concern. We moved out here for the quality of life in Ramsey. It's a quiet area without a lot of traffic. We now have a situation where we are placing 22 houses on 23 acres. Not all 23 acres are buildable. This is allowable because of sewer and water, and this will increase traffic and change our quality of life. We knew the land was going to be built on someday. We were told that it may be five to eight years before City services would be available to us. At that time, we felt it would be one house per 10 acre lot; unfortunately, it seems we have to fight this battle about Fox Knoll. We were assured by the Planning Commission that it would be two ten-acre parcels and if sewer and water came in, they could subdivide. Now, five to six months later, we are having to come back and defend the same issue which is our right to quality life ~ that's not right. We defend the school and the trail system. We objected to some of the things they were doing but we see what they have done and we appreciate it. He asked that the area not be developed into more than two ten-acre lots and that the sewer and water services not come through. Jim Green, 5858 - 151st Lane N.W., Ramsey, stated that the #1 Station is in his back yard. If that is destroyed, so is his view from his house. It seems funny that the City even thinks about running the line down through the area. He reported that in the City of Blaine, trees are really protected. He suggested running the line down the street, not through the nature area. There is no sense in doing it this way, there has to be an alternative way. Michael Max, 16284 Uranium Street N.W., Ramsey, stated that putting a line here is part of an infrastructure for sewer - the ELA is part of the infrastructure for people of our community. He added "we moved out here for community". Beth Kuehn, 17836 Sodium Street N.W., Ramsey, presented Council with a petition requesting an alternate route be chosen for the sewer line. The petition received 145 signatures in four days. Doug Fountain, 15255 Garnet Street N.W., Ramsey, stated he has. a different subject to discuss. The Anoka Municipal Electric line for the western boundary of the Waste Management property and the east border of Garnet between 149th and 153rd. He inquired what the City's policy is on a public hearing regarding projects such as this. City Administrator Schroeder stated that with this particular project, we requested that the electric company notify all parties by mail, which they did, plus we have held a couple of meetings where we discussed this. City Council/March 28, 1995 Page 4 of 13