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the cost of the special election. She stated the she had talked to the City Clerk regarding of the election and she indicated that the cost would be approximately $10,000. She stated that .: spending $10,000 for 3.65 percent of the voters when taxes just went up 22~'~i~ent is irresponsible government. The issue is already in front of the courts and the cougS)s~6~!d be left to decide the issue. Ms. Burtzik stated that there are facts not being shared~Wi~l'/~*dit~e.~s when being asked to sign the petition. One of those facts has to do with the fac! th~)ci~e City ~ey has stated that a special election is not one of the three ways stated in ~ie- :~ity Charter which an ordinance can be adopted. Another fact is that the City Adm~istra~;f ~as a letter fi' an attorney stating that it is unlawful for residents to decide land.u~e !Ssues,"~ that decision has to be left up to the City Council. She stated that she had t~l~d;':i~> S'b~c~f~ residents who had signed the petition and after she presented them with the fa~ct~"th~ had a different opinion of the situation. She thinks that the City should work togetherafi~d ~0me up wi, a reasonable solution rather than dividing neighborhoods. Leon Fisher, 15113 Nowthen Boulevard, Ramsey, ~iated that!iae thi~ tg~';density transition requirements are out of place in a situation when there is two '~¢~ ~hsity residential areas. He stated that a transition area is something that is used when their i~ ¢~i~esses ne~t to residential. There is no other City that requires db_ch a transition area. What it Ci0~::is effeetibely takes the people who are on larger properties~:~ makes their property "tec~ilCally i~¢ger". What a density transition ordinance wout~ ~-.ii~:'~k;~7~e~sting neighbors righ~'i6~i~'er their neighbors property. In Apple Ridge the n~ighb~t~'Were g~'~'en~0re,rights than tile~'evelopers. Typically people who live on one acre l~tg'don ):~ntain the e~tif~?%~e':and ~o the residents could Use a portion of their one acre as a buffer are~i~at resp0~ii~ility Slq~i~"~ot be placed on the people behind them. The idea of neighbors cont~iSng 6tlie?s peopl~berty has gotten out of hand in the City of Ramsey;:;~was told by on~iir~§i~ent that he ~;uld fight any development plan because he want~th~ tand:'for his children t~-i's~owmobile on. Residents presenting the petition for signatureSitk t~lling p~ie that if they d~;~dt pagg~ the density transition ordinance then there will be apa~gnt buildings ~t to them, whicfi ~'"~0{~true. Transitional zoning is not something that shofild~be in the water,'~d sewer district.a~t $~ doing so will force the City to prematurely exten~ ~h~~at~er and sew~ li~e.to .the Patti Kurak, 15~'~i~fi~fish Lake Boulevard, Ramsey, stated that during her election campaign ~.~,?~.,_2i 'fdr::~ity::~Counc~l an~t a!so, after she took her seat as a Councilmember, there has been much talk ,::'~!i:77.~-i-~:'a~:t~Property she"and:her:t~USband own in the City of Ramsey. Opinions have been stated regarding' th~ property sh :6 '/Conversations occurring during official city Council meetings, articles in th~i_Star~:~ D'ibun~i~as,~:-:~ and letters to the editor in the Anoka Union newspaper, and now a petition dr/x;¢_t~at is underway in Ramsey regarding a density transition ordinance have raised doubts about he~:character, honor, ethics, and morality. There have been statements made that she might posSi~iY stand to gain financially from her seat on the City Council. So she thought '~*':~;;'.?.~.the time had ~6me to dispel any myths that residents have read or heard regarding her ownership '.~:6fland in~sey. In 1981 she and her husband purchased a sheet metal building on five acres bf:brope~:located at 14165 Ramsey Boulevard. They renovated the building and moved their machine shop, TKI Corporation, to that site. In 1982, they purchased approximately 180 acres of farm~roperty located on Highway #10 and Armstrong Boulevard fi'om Mr. Sherwin Schenk. In City Council/January 23, 2001 Page 4 of 30