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ten more cars going through their neighborhood because of the development. She felt that that number would be much higher. Beth Altoid, 5540 145th Circle, Ramsey, stated that the corner of her lot would be impacted by the townhome development. She explained that she moved into a single family home development so that she could be by single family homes and know having that many townhomes next to her concerns her. Ms. Altoid stated that she specifically ~6ught their lot because it was flat and did not have water around it and now they are propos~g ~ drainage pond behind her house and she has several small children. She expressed co~cem over the lack of green space being proposed as part of the townhome development. Sh~:~i~:~i~iXOted that she felt that traffic would increase dramatically along Iodine Street wher~i~e ~e'ifiitot of young children. Bruce Iverson, 14301 Neon Street, Ramsey, stated that he 0~he property directly acr6ag;from the Peninsula. He stated that his primary concerns have ,t6:::'~O!;~vith the environmental imp~eL~he development will have on the area, He encouraged the C0~ission .t67;~aess the properties that currently abut the wetlands because most of those lots averag~in si%..~om h acre to 1 ½ acres in size. When the developers speaks of tree preservation it w~ii ~::~h~i:~enging to do so on a ¼ acre to ½ acre lot. He stated that he understands,that development wj~(;happen in the area, but thinks that the City has a great opportunity to con~5['t~e:size of the lo~;;al~ng the wetlands. He stated that it is not possible to place a house of t;da~¢~i:b'al~gon a ¼ ac;~ i~¢'~d preserve trees. Mr, Iverson suggested that the City require a p~_;Lmtage~:~':t~:~:i:b'e,pres~'~d as well as requiring certain setbacks. He also recommended that ~ environ~e~i~l.i~§ment be done as part of the development. ~ ~-,.-_:V:!; ~ ~'ili":!-!!;'~: ~:?~' '~'~'~ ~ Shannon?, 14560 Junkite;.~sey, k~t~bd that evil'ne of his concerns have been addressed. He thanked Mr. Black for;highlighting ~ei~eighborho~d'i~oncerns. He stated that he does think that Mr. Black is intere'dt~cl'i'in workingi'Mth:the!aeigbb$~h:;od, but his main concern has to do with the trees and the we~i~nds~ Hei:;f~8:'fh~:~fbi4.'}~bfld have know the higher density would be going in he would have~:n~f p~ctiased his lot. He stated a formal tree preservation needs to be put in plac~/;b)':thd City ar~:i~0uld like to see the retention pond relocated because his neighbor has spe~-i~;ve-r'$20;OOo<to ¢~at~ithe landscape around his house and now he would have a dra~tg~"Pond abut i~i: :~:{S.tast d'6hd& had to do with the small lot on the peninsula. He stated tMtS.~e quality of the ho~es in the' beginning of is development were good quality, but the srri~l~.,lots very small 'h6~es were built and many of those people do not maintain their John Stroman,;iJi,~56:;~:~ton Street, Ramsey, stated that he moved to Ramsey this year for the trees and weti'hfi~ i~ith a lack of a buffer between the houses and wetlands they will have a green smelly mead?because of the fertilizers that drain into them. He stated that he hoped that they could leave as many trees as possible and require a buffer zone between the development and the wetlands. I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I -34- Planning Commission/June 5, 2001 Page 12 of 30 I I