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I am concerned about the proposed land consideration of rezoning parcels A B C D and E to reduce lot sizes. The first concern is the impact on wildlife and birds. This is a very large development for rezoning and will take away habitats and cause flooding of existing land that remains undeveloped I feel we need an impact study to determine how this change will impact migratory and resident species of birds and animals. Last fall and this spring the flooding we had was high enough to come in contact with the walking path that goes across my property. If we add even more houses by reducing lot sizes I can only imagine that flooding would be worse. I think we need an impact study to determine how this reduction in lot sizes will impact the land and migratory and resident birds and animals. Second is the impact on our school system. Last year a badly -needed school was completed and it is already at full capacity according to teachers and staff of Brookfield Elementary. The amount of housing proposed will put us right back to overfilling our classrooms and negatively impacting our children's learning. Something I think a city would want to avoid. Third is police and fire. The high density of housing will put great pressure on roads and impact police ability to maintain safety. High -density housing also increases stress on police force and will negatively impact the city of Ramsey. Fourth concern is water and sewer. We already have issues with some sources of water due to high levels of manganese and I believe we actually had stop using these sources because they were well above safety standards. I am not the only resident of Ramsey with concerns. We feel these concerns should be addressed prior to any consideration of rezoning. This land change proposal to shrink the lot size will negatively impact all City of Ramsey residents by overtaxing Schools, Police and Fire, roads and sewers, and migratory and Resident wildlife. We hope that you will please consider all of these issues before any change is made. We also feel that during these times of the Coronavirus is not the time to be making these changes. This is a big concern and has the possibility of making a big negative impact and we cannot even gather to discuss in a suitable manner. If you do not decide to refuse this rezoning request, we at least ask that you delay it until such a time as we can gather in a normal fashion. Thank you, Cynthia Showalter 7341 168th Circle NW Concerned city of Ramsey resident