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Tim Gladhill <br />From: Tafoya Salon and Day Spa <tafoyasalon@aol.com> <br />Sent: Monday, August 28, 2017 4:10 PM <br />To: Sarah Strommen; Kristine Williams; John LeTourneau; Jill Johns; Mark Kuzma; Melody H. <br />Shryock; Chris Riley <br />Subject: Northfork Meadows <br />Mayor Strommen and Council members, <br />First, thank you for all your time that you put into serving the City of Ramsey. I do watch the meetings on cable and know <br />how much time people can take repeating the same thing and I didn't want to do that last Tuesday evening. If you can <br />take a few minutes to read this it would be appreciated. <br />George and I built our house 41 years ago. We raised our 3 kids here and have loved it here. Besides the farming that <br />was done behind our house in the past and in recent years that area has been empty except for the deer, coyotes, <br />wolves, pheasants, ducks, loons, other birds and even the mountain lion that walked across the back of my yard a couple <br />years ago, and my son even found Indian artifacts on the land -- it's a shame that it will have more than 150 homes built <br />on it. It's just too bad that it wouldn't be made into a preserve. <br />Here are some of the comments that I think weren't brought out tonight. <br />1. 440 housing units are going to be packed into that small area by Capstone and Paxmar. That means at least 880 cars <br />making 1 to 8 trips in and out of that area every day. Just think about that. This project doesn't fit. There should be a <br />better transition between the 1 acre lots and the new development. <br />2. A comment was brought up that there was no neighborhood opposition to the Capstone project. Well, there are no <br />neighbors by the Capstone project, and none of us in the surrounding area were ever notified of the project. <br />3. The Comprehenive Plan is a promise between the City and the residents. It should not be changed for a developer. <br />4. Personal privacy rights are being invaded. <br />5. Green Space!!! <br />If you go into this neighborhood and just imagine living with 400+ more people and 800+ more cars, I'd like to know how <br />you would feel if that happened in your neighborhood. I'm not sure if that many townhomes are 'crammed' into the <br />COR... <br />Thanks for taking the time for reading this and please take these and our other neighborhood comments into <br />consideration. Extra tax revenue is not always a good thing! <br />Sincerely, <br />Mary Tafoya <br />1 <br />