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from the sale of the land will then build the parish they have been dreaming about <br />for several years. With the traffic of school days and weekends with the church, it <br />just is not a very feasible site to construct. Another concern that many have is the <br />sound and lights of the stadium, bringing up my earlier note the "quiet up north <br />feel" will be lost. I have a good friend that lives a few blocks from coon rapids <br />high school and on friday nights even being blocks away the noise is almost <br />unbearable. Another question is what was been proposed as far a containing <br />water runoff? at the meeting on monday, they had said that there is really not <br />enough room for a retention pond, so the options are either let it flow into the <br />wetland raising the water level in the neighboring backyards potentially flooding <br />basements and ruining backyards. Another option that I was told was <br />underground tanks which come with a hefty price tag. Now with that being said <br />The state of MN recommends a minimum of 30 plus acres for a high school <br />wouldnt it make more sense for the school to look at other plots of land with more <br />space for expansion and not in an area so densly populated. We all know there is <br />plenty of land for sale in ramsey much larger and able to accomodate for a school. <br />Dont get me wrong I think the idea of a school is a nice addition to ramsey but I <br />think the city, pact and katherine drexal need to all think about how it will effect <br />neighboring communities. Now i know that a few of you have ties to pact or <br />katherine drexal, but i ask you to please look past that and think about "us" as <br />residents of ramsey. The school will happen with time just not on the land that <br />was proposed. I know you have probably received a pile of emails regarding this <br />issue, and think its the same song and dance, but its all of us as a community <br />coming together and trying to keep ramsey and our neighborhoods the place it <br />was when we all decided to land here and call this it our homes. I look forward to <br />seeing you all on tuesday the 8th and again please look beyond the big picture and <br />think about the residents and how it will affect us and the wildlife <br />thank you <br />Tom Johnson <br />resident of sweetbay ridge <br />