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Mickey Adams <br /> <br />$335 180th Avenue NW, <br /> <br />Rarn s ey, <br /> <br />MN 55303-3386 <br /> <br />October 10, 1995 <br /> <br />Ramsey City Council <br />Ramsey, Minnesota <br /> <br />re: Amendment to the Snowmobile Ordinance <br /> <br />I am writing this letter to you in response to the memorandum I received from 1o <br />Thieling regarding the action relating to snowmobiling in the City of Ramsey. <br /> <br />I have stated In a previous letter to you that we are willing to do whatever we can to <br />help in the building of snowmobile trails in the city. Such trails, coupled with a ban on <br />operating snowmobiles in residential areas, would answer the concerns that so many <br />of our residents have about the continuing damage to their property. <br /> <br />This proposed amendment to the snowmobile ordinance is not an answer. <br />Snowmobilin9 would still be allowed on the boulevard area of residents' yards and <br />driveways. Our house is situated far back on the lot, and therefore it would be <br />impossible for us to get a snowmobile's license number before it is long gone. This <br />amendment is a very small band-aid for a very large problem. <br /> <br />I don't think you get the reason why concerned residents don't want snowmobiling <br />on the boulevard areas. It seems like it should be easy to understand. Why do we <br />have to pay to repair driveways, lawns, trees, shrubs, and farm fields because the city <br />allows this kind of use on our boulevards? Why do we have to be subjected to that <br />kind of expense? <br /> <br />Two of our neighbors (one of whom is on the snowmobile committee and does not <br />want to see snowmobiling banned in the residential areas) put up Christmas <br />decorations every year. Those decorations are on the boulevard area. On one of those <br />yards, the decorations do not come down until almost Spring. The other one leaves in <br />place the stakes that hold the lights, because by the time Christmas is over the stakes <br />are frozen in the ground. We enjoy these decorations and we are glad these people <br />brighten up the neighborhood at Christmas time. As you might expect, there are no <br />snowmobilers going across their boulevards or driveways, nor do they get a ticket for <br />obstructing the boulevard area (nor should they). However, if we put a snow fence on <br />our boulevard area to protect our driveway and yard we will get a citation because we <br />are blocking this property that supposedly "belongs to the snowmobilers" as I was <br />told by a member of the snowmobile club at the meeting I attended. So is the answer <br />to our problem to put up Christmas decorations and then Easter decorations? How <br />about if we put Christmas tree decorations and then Easter Bunnies on our <br />snowfence? <br /> <br /> <br />