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-54- <br /> <br />Citizen Input <br /> <br />Jim Overton, 167t~ and Jasper, Ramsey, stated that he has been a resident of Ramsey since 1973 <br />and his area of concern had to do with the extension of 167th Street west of Jasper Street through <br />a large swamp and adjoining Variolite Street to the west. He explained that if the road were to <br />go through it would pass through the oldest home in the City of Ramsey. The home was built in <br />1868 and a still stands, in which he lives in. Mr. Overton felt that there were better areas to <br />extend the roadway to avoid the costly expense of the wetland and impacting the home. He <br />stated that the neighbors in the area request the removal of the undedicated line for the extension <br />of 167th Street. <br /> <br />Jeff Perry, 592I 148th Avenue NW, Ramsey, 'commended and applauded City staff, the Planning <br />Commission, and the City Council for the recent accomplishments. One of those <br />accomplishments is the passing of a ComprehenSive Plan. The s~cond accomplishment being the <br />Council's recent decision to proceed with the master trail plan, and~lastly the Council's recent <br />support and authorization for the support of the Greenways Grant, which will be used to identify <br />significant habitat corridors worthy of long term protection. In regards to the proposed <br />amendments there are many requests to change land use from low density residential to medium <br />density residential and he strongly encouraged the Planning Commission and the City Council to <br />table action on those issues because the master trail plan and Greenways grant will provide <br />important information to the City which will assist in making good land use decisions. Mr. Perry <br />stated .that there are significant factors included in rezoning property and one of those factors <br />could be that an area being considered for rezoning could be identified as a potential trail <br />corridor areas and other parcels could be key corridor areas for the City. Some areas contain rare <br />and protected species. By doubling the units it will have far greater impacts on natural resources. <br />Some of the common implications would be increased traffic and associated concern for <br />children, increased emission, increased pollutants, water quality, increased demand on City <br />services, potential quality of life, and overall impression on community. He respectfully asked <br />that the City table the land use requests based on the ongoing projects which include the master <br />trail plan and Greenways grant that could be used to make important land use decisions. <br /> <br />Dell Fredricks, 7550 I58~h Avenue NW, Ramsey, stated that the statement that no one will be <br />forced to hook-up to City sewer and water is misleading, because the key word in the language is <br />"functional system" as well as the fact that if someone sells their property they may also be <br />forced to hook up to City services. He did not believe that that information was being conveyed <br />to the citizens of Ramsey when they discuss the possibility of extending City services to their <br />neighborhoods. <br /> <br />Councilmember Hendriksen noted that the City's current ordinance states that residents will be <br />forced to hook-up to City services if they sell their home and services are available to the <br />property, but there has been some speculation that that ordinance may be removed. <br /> <br />Planning Commission Joint Meetin~January 24, 2002 <br /> Page 4 of.15 <br /> <br /> <br />