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Production Design Products, ln cEfv _ ~4161 Basal/$~reel NW · Ramsey. MN 55303 · (612) 421.4260 FAX: (612) 421.215~q 1-80J-).4B6-524~ AUG 3 1 1992 August 28, 1992 ~I'IS'~ .... Ramsey Planning and Zoning Commission 15153 Nowthen Blvd. N.W. Ramsey, MN 55303 Dear Gentlemen: Production Design Products, Inc. established itself as a business in Ramsey in 1985. We are a custom manufacturing company and we also have a product line that we market to customers worldwide. Since we located in the industrial park we have been surrounded by numerous businesses that do very little to add to the beauty of this area. It can be very embarrassing to invite potential customers and foreign representatives to visit when having to deal with this mess. When we put our addition on this building in 1989 we were requried to supply this city with a landscaping plan that would make our new addition suitable for it's surroundings and the city's standards. We were required to asphalt our driveways and put in curbing, there had to be trees in specific areas. The city required us to supply them with a letter of credit amounting to $10,000 in order that we would comply with their standards. If you came to visit us and looked accross the street at our neighbor, Danny's "Aluminum" Processing, Inc. you might ask yourself what city's standards he is required to comply with. (Previous to Danny's first lease arrangement this area had been cleaned up.) Some days there are four or five trucks loaded with miscellaneous scrap parked backwards on the streets. On a busy day the air is blue enough from whatever is being melted (batteries?) that it is appalling to breath. We cannot leave any materials outside our building because when it rains the corrosive chemicals that pollute the air also ruin the finish on our materials. What kind of chemicals do you suppose remain in barrels marked hazardous waste piled inside of other structures waiting to be processed? What is being buried in the ground? Who cares? How many landfills and scrapyards do we need in a three mile radius? As a growing community, Ramsey, it's citizens and leaders need to look ahead and give great consideration to actions that are taken today that determine what their community will be known for in future years and especially what kinds of businesses they want to attract and support it. Converling Your Ideas Into Reality ! I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I i