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JAMES A. REICHERT <br />ATTORNEY AT LAW <br />915 GRAIN EXGHANGE <br />400 SOUTH FOURTH STREET <br />MINNEAPOLIS, MINNESOTA 55415-1414 <br />(61 2) 333-7888 <br /> <br />July 10, 1989 <br /> <br />Mayor Gary Reimann and the City Council <br />Ramsey Municipal Center <br />15153 Nowthen Boulevard N.W. <br />Ramsey, Minnesota 55303 <br /> <br />Re: <br /> <br />Improvement Project 89-4 <br />153rd Avenue Northwest Right-a-way Project <br /> <br />Dear Mayor and Council Members: <br /> <br />My office represents Mr. and Mrs. Harris Haugtvedt in <br />connection with their opposition to the above-referenced <br />right-a-way project. <br /> <br />My clients oppose all three of the alternative alignments <br />for this proposed right-a-way because of the severe adverse <br />impact on their property. <br /> <br />Alignment Alternative iA places the right-a-way within 10 <br />feet of an existing new shop building and requires the taking <br />of between 20 and 30 twenty year old trees. <br /> <br />In addition to the loss of the land and trees, my clients <br />will suffer the loss of the sight and sound buffer provided <br />by these trees and consequently sustain a loss of privacy, <br />as well. <br /> <br />Alternative Alignments lB and lC both cut through the back <br />half of my clients' property. Again, they will sustain a <br />loss of a large number of mature trees and additionally, <br />will lose a large portion of their acreage. My clients <br />purchased this property many years ago with the intention of <br />developing the back half of the property at the time when <br />they approached retirement as a means of generating <br />retirement income. <br /> <br />Ultimately, my clients question the necessity of this <br />project through an established residential neighborhood. <br /> <br /> <br />