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<br />1i.t::ruJ,~.. B 'I <br /> <br />Aplj110,2oo8 <br /> <br />To: <br /> <br />. Mayor Tom Gamec <br /> <br />The City Council Members <br /> <br />. Ramsey Planning and Zoning Commission <br /> <br />Ramse)' Parks Commission <br /> <br />City Administrator, Kurt Ulrich <br /> <br />The SunfISh lake sh<;)reline park trail.. <br /> <br />. This topic reSurfaces again after being put to rest in the 1990's, and' appears to be driven again by staff of <br />'the.City. who like to put lines on maps. . NONE of the owners qfthe shoreline were ever' in favor of any <br />sort of trail or walkway along the shoreline of the (at the time) totally private Jake, with no publio access. <br />With the construction of Sunwood Drive on the south, any real reason to want to look at this water has <br />left. The Egrets and Sandhill cranes were the last, the Trumpeter Swans left when construction started. <br />Even the number of Geese uselng the lake is decreasing. The Geese effeCtively keep other water birds <br />. away while they are there. The Seagulls left when the landfill closed to dumping. <br /> <br />The idea that people who own lake frontage would like a trail in their front yard Is ludiCris. They pay extra <br />in taxes for this land classification, And it is THEIR FRONT YARD. There is the reason it is called Lake <br />Frontage and stated that the property FRONTS on a lake or waterway. Even If the trail is In a baCkyard, . <br />the first thing that happens is the 6 foot high fence to create the privacy that is desired. The first example <br />of this BAD planning exists in the Rlversbend Plat, I would bet that this segment is v~ry unused. :. <br /> <br />Back to Sunfish Lake, which is really NOT Sunfish lake, it is Grass Lake in all official records for the. <br />county and state. The DNR In it wisdom of classifying wetlands in the 70's designated this lake with the <br /> <br />- -. <br />most restrictive lake class In the city. Thls.was accompUShed Pre 1979 when I became a Piannlng <br />. Commission member. It is the only water body in the city with this classification. In those days the name <br />of the class sounded nlee. so it was accepted. An offICial name change would be a nice project for the <br />Ramsey Parks Commission I would think <br /> <br />Now the trail planning. and cajoling of the last two owners of private property needed for any sort of trail <br />has started again. There are many options being offered for the land and access needed (hearsay) <br />including, land .not on the lake, and Increased density above R-1 with staff support for it. This is a totally <br />