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From: <br />To: <br />Cc: <br />Subject: <br />Date: <br />City of Ramsey, <br />Thank you for the notice of the workshop on discussing the re -zoning of the property on 6139 <br />157th Lane NW. Unfortunately I will be out of the state that week and am unable to attend. <br />About the re -zoning, I absolutely do not want this property to be re -zoned business of any <br />kind. The letter implies that when the previous two conditional use permits were awarded, that <br />they were done improperly, a mistake. Back in the 1990's when the Lord of Life Church <br />moved out and sold the property, the only buyer was Northern Secretarial Services and the <br />only option the city had was to either re -zone as business, or to keep the property as residential <br />and provide a conditional use permit to allow business use in a residential area. THIS WAS <br />NOT A MISTAKE! This was the best decision the city had available that met with the <br />residents wishes that had to live with the decision. So far. it has worked out well, including <br />when the daycare came in and also when the daycare expanded in the 2000's. To call this <br />decision a mistake is unfair to the city back then, and unfair to the area residents involved with <br />that decision. <br />To re -zone this property to any kind of business zoning would be against the direct wishes of <br />myself and the other residents that have been living near the daycare for the past several years. <br />As I see it, Lublin Properties requested re -zoning to business/commercial a couple years ago <br />that would allow them to refinance for a significantly higher amount that otherwise with a <br />CUP. This is another attempt to increase the net worth of this property. Business property is <br />much more valuable than a daycare on residential property. I firmly believe that once you <br />force this re -zoning on us area residents, the gas station, bar and grill and whatever else wants <br />to move in will happen rather quickly. You say no drive-throughs or liquor will be allowed, <br />but that is only one quick decision away from happening once the business zoning happens. <br />One of the conditions of the CUP was business hours were limited to 6 am to 6 pm, because it <br />is located in a residential area. What hours restrictions will be enforced on a business zoned <br />area? What about the deteriorating road that is already not being taken care of? What about the <br />extra noise and traffic congestion? I live directly south of the daycare. Living across from a <br />strip mall will directly lower my property values, so that means that I will be subsidizing the <br />new businesses against my will! <br />I see this move to fix a mistake from 20 sum years ago as really a move to bring in more <br />business tax revenue to the city and increase the property value of the daycare at the expense <br />of the residents of Ramsey that live in close proximity. I am totally against this change of <br />zoning. The CUP was correct when it was done, and is the proper zoning for the best interests <br />of the city and it's residents now. <br />I am absolutely against any form of re -zoning this property to business anything! <br />Terrance Petro <br />6140 157th Lane NW <br />Ramsey, MN 55303 <br />612-618-3533 <br />