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Testimony at Hearing by Ramsey City Council on Proposed Comprehensive Plan (continued) About the same time, the Ramsey City Council approached me regarding my land being the site of a future river crossing. At that time I was in the process of platting my property before the deadline when 2.5-acre lots could no longer be platted because I anticipated a substantial loss in land value because of being down - zoned to 5-acre minimum residential lots. This plat was brought through the city hearing process at which time the Anoka County Parks Department and myself came to agreement on their purchase of my land. Outlots B and E of Tooth Acres were purchased separately a short time later by Anoka County as future river crossing road right of way and are L,gl part of the Parks Department ownership. About 1990 Ramsey rezoned my remaining 45.9 acres to B-3, Highway Commercial; between 1980 and 1990 the land fronting U.S. #10 was zoned B-1, Commercial with the remainder zoned Single -Family Dwelling. Between the 1950s and 1980, this acreage was zoned I-1, Industrial. I realize that I am powerless to affect your decision regarding location of the future bridge, but I would like the Ramsey Council to understand that I have always been as cooperative as possible with their former plans. It is important to realize that, through the date of your working session on the Comprehensive Plan (last week), no new bridge location has been formerly selected by the Council nor has the location adjacent to my land been rejected. If I remember correctly, the location through my land has already been approved by both Anoka and Hennepin Counties, and it was reported last week that Anoka County declines to provide money for another bridge crossing. The Council knows that I have requested that it make a final decision regarding the bridge location so that I can make future plans for my property. I am about 63 years of age and may not be available to help my family make real estate decisions in about 2010 to 2020 when it has been estimated a bridge could become a reality. The proposed comprehensive plan labels my property as having a future "Mixed Residential" use. Given movements in the legislature to make comprehensive use plan designations more controlling than they are at present, I ask you aaI to change the plan designation of my land from "Business" until the location of the bridge is officially relocated and until I can be guaranteed that a U.S. #10 service road (across regional park land) from the east will serve my property.