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Todd Schempf 17937 Iodine St NW Ramsey, MN 55303 (763)753-2175 tschempf2@gmail.com <br />August 22, 2020 <br />City of Ramsey Planning Commission <br />7550 Sunwood Drive NW <br />Ramsey, MN 55303 <br />Ramsey City Council, I am writing to express my concern and opposition to the request for a Conditional Use Permit and <br />Ordinance Amendment by Blue Cottage Farms to allow an event center on the residential property known as 5552 179th <br />Lane NW. I understand that the purpose of zoning regulations is " promoting the health, safety, morals, comfort, <br />convenience prosperity, and general welfare of the residents of the city." I feel that a late night venue of this type in a <br />rural/residental zoned area would greatly change the character and quality of life not only in my neighborhood, but even <br />more so in neighborhoods immediately adjacent to the property. In the past the City of Ramsey has touted this area as a <br />hidden gem mix of rural and residential communities (per zoning). Despite the increase of residential development, it has <br />largely remained so. These qualities have enticed myself and other property owners to make our homes here, in the northern <br />limits of the city. Placing a commercial business here, totally removed from other commercial businesses, appears to be in <br />direct contradiction of the planning and zoning practices of the past as evidenced by the need for a conditional use permit <br />and ordinance amendment . <br />Another pertinent issue may be the capacity and safety of roads and intersections accessing the property. Access to 179th <br />Lane to the east at 7th Ave has a high historical incidence of accidents (and fatalities) due to the intersection design, speeds, <br />sight distances etc. and passes through a residential area fronting the road for approximately one mile. Access to the west, at <br />Hwy 47, also has a high incidence of accidents for a mile in either direction for the same reasons, as easily evidenced by the <br />seemingly constant replacement of steel guardrails in that area. <br />I sincerely hope that you will consider and appropriately address my concerns, and I assume those of other residents in this <br />area, concerning this issue. <br />Sincerely, Todd A. Schempf <br />