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Dear Chloe, Re: Hunt Property (Platinum Land) Project No. 20-105 As residents of Ramsey at the above address for 30 years, we are very much against the rezoning of referenced property. We moved to Ramsey from Eden Prairie due to the massive development that was being experienced there. We moved here for the semi -country style of living, and we have enjoyed the semi -rural setting of Ramsey with bountiful wildlife very much. We own 7 acres just across 175th Avenue NW - 2nd property north of 175th. The rezoning of the Hunt Property would result in an abrupt change from the project to our 7 acre parcel bordering it. We are not against development, as we realize that is going to happen, but to rezone so dramatically, and abruptly adjacent to acreages, it is going to impact our lifestyle, and according to a relative in real estate, our property desirability and valuation. We are also concerned about the wildlife we enjoy - sandhill cranes are nesting on the north part of the property in question - the water along the south of 175th Avenue NW. As I stood in my driveway just past 175th on Nowthen Blvd. (Cty 5) this A.M. at 7:00, I am blown away by the tremendous amount of traffic despite the fact that the majority of business is still shut down by Walz. Semi after semi barrelling by at 60+ mph and car after car. The semi -tractor trailer traffic down Nowthen Blvd (Cty 5) is for the drivers to avoid the weigh station on Hwy 10. I am thinking it is good that I have nowhere to go this morn because it would be near impossible for me to get out of my driveway. The latter is very much like pre -virus shut-in. When the Covid thing is over, I can only imagine AND then I think, OMG! what is it going to be like when the City of Ramsey drops 1000 more cars onto Nowthen Blvd (Cty 5) via the Hunt property development! This project is totally INSANE given the current road system which will not be able to handle it. Obviously, they will have to put lights at the junction on Nowthen and 175th (Cty 73) and they will have to reduce speeds back to at least Green Valley Rd. otherwise they will have a killing field on their hands. We will have "butcher road" right here in Ramsey. And they talk about doing a road study in 2021?? That's kind of like starting birth control after 4 mos pregnant! The developer doesn't care - if he had his way, he would have 3,000 houses in the development -follow the money!! I have listened to developers in other municipalities and they all sing the same song - "you have a beautiful city and we would never do anything to disrupt that." Bottom line concerns to the development: 1) The current road system will not accomodate the huge number of cars it will dump onto Nowthen Blvd. The road system already doesn't support the current traffic. Our concern over safety upon entering the high speed traffic on Nowthen Blvd. from our property CURRENTLY is tantamount- let alone what we will experience with the grossly increased traffic from the development. I have selfishly expounded upon OUR safety, but the safety of those in the proposed development is notwithstanding. Traffic/speed studies will reveal our concern. 2} Rezoning objection. Regards, Lonnie & Denice Gray 17530 Nowthen Blvd NW