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I I I I I I I I I I I I i I ! I I residents. Gas stations, pinball parlom, night clubs, or whatever. How woold each of you feel if it was your backyard we were talking about? Is it fair to those people who live in the area? Secondly, let us look at the sewer and water implications. Certainly, these problems are a few years away from us yet but they also should be addressed. Sewer and water are coming through Dunham Oaks and the Brom Addition next year. That's knocking on the door of Ramsey. The more development, the more the demand and the sooner it will be needed, es- pecially if problems are encountered regarding the loss of control once the rezoning occurs. What if you get some high water use tenants, or tenants with possible pollution problems'such as gas stations and res- taurants which meet B-1 criteria. It has already been noted that the area has high water table. How are you going to reconcile this with local residents if problems develop? Consider the costs to the residents along the path of the sewer system as i.t branches out to fill capacity. One of my employees was assessed $8,500 for a lot in the Brom Addition. Consider her lot size to that of yours. I predict many hostile residents if sewer and water is deemed necessary to serve a development past the area that the City originally designated. Impact on development, which has already occurred. We have followed in good faith, the City's plan for Ramsey. We have had enough faith and con- fidence in the future of Ramsey to invest heavily in terms of time, effort and money in order to provide the goods and services that we do to the com- munity. What can you say to those of us who had the courage to be the first development in your own designated zone? Can you say to us "Too Bad, it seemed like a good idea, better luck next time." I don't know about you, but I don't get a next time. Should you not be encouraging the shopping center or golf course to be locating in some of the areas already with the proper zoning. The City's priority should be encourage, if not force, the business and commercial development into the areas which they were originally planned. Then we would be working on enhancing the business and shopping climate in Ramsey, rather than fragmenting it. I think you owe it to yourselves, to the present and future residents of Ramsey, to the future City Councils and Mayors of Ramsey, and certainly to those of us who could be adversely affected, to analyze, investigate, dis- cuss and consider very carefully any zoning changes, especially those of such magnitude as those being proposed tonight, and to postpone such de- cisions until all the questions, issues and impacts have been fully re- searched and discussed. Mr. Art Braun of the Coon Rapids Clinic stated that Ramsey has had a fair and consistent policy and there is room for this shopping complex in an already zoned B-1 area. Councilmember Cox stated he had also talked to property owners in the south- east corner of Ramsey and they are waiting for the bridge crossing before developing their area. We have to weigh both sides of the issue and de- C/October 27, 198f Page 12