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Workspace Webmail :: Print Page 1 of 1 Print I Close Window Subject: FW: Indoor Shooting Range From:_ "Carol J. Breen" <cbreen@bgs.com> Date: Thu, Feb 06, 2014 8:35 am To: ":amberbrick@gmail.com— <amberbrick@gmail.com>, "'info@Iittlemechildcaremn.com"' <mfo@littlemechildcaremn.com> Amber, I am forwarding this e-mail at the request of Alex Medina, I work with his mother. I find it irresponsible that the City would even consider putting the neighborhood as a whole at risk let alone next to your day care center. The Council is elected to protect the community by making it a safe environment for all, not by putting a select few at risk for danger from a business that would lessen the integrity and privacy in the immediate area. I don't understand why they would place a potential hazard in a relatively quiet neighborhood when there are plenty of other places in Ramsey that meet the criteria for this type of business. As I indicated in my e-mail to the City, the citizens who live in the Forest Lake area surrounding that indoor gun range can still hear the shots from outdoors and they are not happy. It is up to the Council members to do the right thing for this neighborhood, not just for those select few who don't live in the immediate area. Good Luck. From: Carol J. Breen Sent: Thursday, January 09, 2014 8:55 AM To: 'tgladhill@cityoframsey.com' Subject: Indoor Shooting Range I live directly at the end of the strip mall where it has been proposed to change the City Code and permit an indoor shooting range at the old Letourneau's location. I like so many others in the area work hard to make a living with the expectation of coming home to relax with some degree of privacy. My first thought is that some form of gunshot, whether direct or muzzled and/or muffled, will be heard at all hours of the day and night thus disturbing my privacy and right to peace and quiet in the neighborhood. I have relatives who live at the gun range in Forest Lake and they can still hear the gunshots. My next thought is the security and lighting they have proposed. I enjoy sitting on my side deck at night and my thought is that I have experienced the use of exterior lighting from the former gas station location and it increases the visibility in my house so much so that it lights up the entire area like a Christmas tree and pours into my indoor living space thus impeding my privacy. I am not a gun enthusiast but even if I was I just don't think this would be the proper format to conduct the business given the makeup of the community right now with the childcare center next door, the church across the street, Elmcrest park and the golf course. 1 think this business will invite additional less than savory characters to the neighborhood, and more noise pollution thus having an adverse affect on the neighborhood as a whole. Additionally, the City has already expressed its concerns over the security of the neighborhood and I just think this area will become less secured no matter how it's set up. Carol J. Breen 16716 Quicksilver Street Ramsey, MN 55303 Copyright © 2003-2014. All rights reserved. https://emai103.secureserver.net/view_print_multi.php?uidArray=3648IINBOX&aFmlPart=O 2/6/2014