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<br />2. IF PEOPLE USING THESE RECREATION VEHICLES ARE FOUND TO BE OFF THE ALLOWED <br />AREAS, THEN THEY BE PROSECUTED TO THE FULL EXTENT OF THE LAW. UNFORTUNATELY, I REALIZE THAT <br />THE POLICE DEPARTMENT OF RAMSEY IS BUSY ENOUGH AND THAT THEY HAVE MUCH BETTER THINGS TO <br /> <br />BE DOING THAN WORRYING ABOUT THIS. THIS IS ANOTHER DRAWBACK OF PASSING <br />THESE REVISED RULES. WHETHER THE CITY COUNCIL INTENDS TO OR NOT, YOU PROBABLY WILL BE <br />CREATING AN ADDITIONAL WORKLOAD FOR THE POLICE FORCE. <br /> <br />3. . THAT THE CITY COUNCIL CONSIDER WHETHER THEY COULD <br />ASSESS AN ADDITIONAL FINE OR TICKET CHARGE PAID TO THE CITY ON PEOPLE WHO ARE FOUND NOT TO <br />BE RIDING WITHIN THE NEW PROPOSED AREAS, IF PASSED, OR AFTER THE NEW APPROVED HOURS. <br /> <br />IN CLOSING I WOULD JUST LIKE TO ADD A FEW THINGS. FROM READING MY EMAIL, ONE WOULD <br />PROBABLY GET THE IMPRESSION THAT I'M SOME KIND OF TREE HUGGER OR EXTREME ENVIRONMENTALIST. <br />WELL, I AM NOT. I WILL TELL YOU THAT I WAS PROFOUNDLY AFFECTED BYA SERIES OF ARTICLES THAT <br /> <br />THE MPLS. STAR TRIBUNE WROTE AND FEATURED A FEW YEARS AGO ABOUT THE DAMAGE DONE IN NORTHERN <br />MINNESOTA BY IRRESPONSIBLE RECREATIONAL VEHICLE USERS. THE PICTURES IN THE PAPER OF THE <br />DAMAGE THEY DID WAS <br />DISGUSTING. WHEN THE RECREATIONAL VEHICLE RIDERS <br /> <br />WERE INTERVIEWED, THEY WERE QUOTED AS SAYING THAT THEY THOUGHT THAT THEY HAD THE "RIGHT" TO <br />RIDE ANYWHERE THEY WANTED, EVEN THROUGH PRISTINE WETLANDS , NO MATTER WHAT DAMAGE THEY DID. <br />THIS IS THE REASON THAT I THINK THAT THE AREA THAT THE <br /> <br />RECREATIONAL VEHICLE USE SHOULD NOT BE EXPANDED. I MY WIFE AND I MOVED TO RAMSEY TO GET <br />AWAY FROM THE CITY. EVEN THOUGH THE POPULATION HAS GROWN QUITE A BIT SINCE WE MOVED HERE IN <br />1998, WE STILL LOVE IT. <br />WE LOVE THE WETLAND IN OUR BACK YARD, AND I DON'T WANT TO SEE <br /> <br />RAMSEY MESSED UP BY ANYONE. KEEPING THESE RECREATIONAL VEHICLES <br />NORTH OF A CERTAIN AVE. SEEMS TO HAVE WORKED WELL. I HAVE NO PROBLEM WITH THE RIDERS HAVING <br />THEIR OWN AREA TO USE. I JUST THINK IT'S A BAD IDEA TO EXPAND IT. I'M ALSO VERY CONCERNED <br />THAT THIS NEW REVISION <br /> <br />WILL BE THE FIRST STEP IN WHAT BECOMES A REDUCTION IN THE THE <br />QUALITY OF LIFE FOR THE MAJORITY OF RAMSEY RESIDENTS. I WANT TO KEEP <br />RAMSEY A BEAUTIFUL PLACE TO LIVE, FOR EVERYONE. <br /> <br />SINCERELY, <br /> <br />TIM PITLECK <br />5961 148TH AVE. N.W. <br />RAMSEY, MN 55303 <br /> <br />2 <br />