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October 16, 2008 Ramsey Planning Commission Attention: Tim Gladhill 7550 Sunwood Drive NW Ramsey, MN 55303 Re: Karianne Olson kennel license application Julian B. Kycia 6300 -160th Lane NW Ramsey, MN 55303 Dear Mr. Gladhill, I am writing this letter to you and the Ramsey Planning Commission per my phone conversation with you on 10/15/08. I would appreciate it if you would read it and forward it to all commission members who will be directly involved with the upcoming commission's public hearing on 11/06/08 at 7:00 p.m.. I plan on attending the meeting myself, but want the commission to have all the information possible beforehand to make the best possible and reasonable decision about Ms. Olson's kennel licensing application. The purpose of this letter is to inform the commission of my direct opposition to the granting of Ms. Olson a kennel license. I am her direct next door neighbor and have been for many years. I have always seemed to have a good relationship with her. During the last 18 to 24 months there have. been several issues that have come up which Ms. Olson has repeatedly admitted to me, but is unwilling to take responsibility for them, or make the changes necessary to rectify the issues. For these reasons I do not feel she is a responsible pet owner to her neighbors or the pets themselves. The kennel license will do little if anything to change things. I have never been the kind of neighbor who complained if her dogs (or multiple litters of puppies) were in my yard, or even having to clean up their messes. To me....it seemed to be part of semi - rural living that we enjoy living in Ramsey. But in the last 18 -24 months things have gone far beyond a mere inconvenience to totally annoying, dangerous, and illegal. The annoyances have ranged from her dogs pooping on my front steps (as well as neighbors), barking incessantly at both my front and rear doors at all hours, and ripping open bags of garbage in my garage and not wanting to leave. I have informed Ms. Olson of these multiple times with her assurances that they would not happen again. The dangerous issues come into play when any of her four plus dogs refuse to leave the front door or garage when trying to shoo them away. In fact, they all growl and snarl at all my family members who've tried. Again, Ms. Olson has been notified of the instances and has given the same assurances. The most dangerous and illegal instances and events though, have come in the form of attacks on my small Lhasa Apso by her Labrador Retriever "Coco", one of which was nearly fatal, I had previously informed her on two occasions that I personally witnessed Coco attack my dog on "my property", and that I had to get Coco off of my dog with her dog growling at me. At that point I informed her that if nothing concrete was going to be done that I was going to call the police and make a formal complaint Again, I was assured that she would handle it. She also admitted to the problem, asked me for another chance, and thanked me for not calling the police.. Finally, on March