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February 23, 2006 <br /> <br />Attn: City of Ramsey Planning Commission <br /> <br />RE: Preliminary plat approval of Rum River Praide and Kelly Acres <br /> subdivisions. <br /> <br />We are unable to attend the meeting on Thursday March 2, but feel <br />the need along with several of our neighbors to voice our concerns <br />about these projects. We live at 8721 171st Avenue and are totally <br />against this development. We.live in a development with 2 1/2 acre <br />lots. All of the developments around here are 1 1/2 - 2 1/2 acre lots. <br />We do not understand why a development of 1/4 - 1/3 acre Iots' <br />would be put in the middle of all of this and then share a septic <br />system. How do we go from 2 1/2 acre lots to high density housing? <br />Shouldn't the' high density housing be kept by the town center or <br />where there is other high density housing where transit will be more <br />available? This just doesn't make sense to us. These lots have <br />setbacks of 30 feet front and back with 10 feet on each side. Where <br />are these people suppose to park their cars, campers, boats 'and you <br />name it in the road? Who would want a yard that size? <br /> <br />We know that the plan is to eventually bdng city sewer and water to <br />these houses. How feasible is' it tobdng this all the way down <br />Armstrong Bird with large lots to this one development? Has a study <br />been done? We would also like to know what impact this will have on <br />all of our wells. How much does the city know about these cluster <br />developments? Why has Andover and Elk River abandoned these <br />ideas? Who will be responsible for this cluster development water <br />and sewer when there is a problem? What happens if city <br />watedsewer doesn't come? How can all of the waste be stored on one <br />small site? Will the city water and sewer for this project be put on the <br />backs of all of us citizens of Ramsey? We know that this will not help <br />our tax base like we are always told. Now how do you make laws <br />regarding snowmobiling and four-wheeling past 167th?. Now nobody <br />can dde because of one high density development? Why are there no <br />outlets for traffic onto Armstrong Blvd.? None of us want all this traffic <br />routed onto our streets. <br /> <br />-117- <br /> <br /> <br />