Agenda - Council - 04/10/2006 - 04/10/06

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MAR-9-200~ 02:47P FROM: T0:7654295545 P:BxB As stated in an eartier point in this tetter, why have Ramsey resemble any/every other suburb? When ddving through the general area it is already difficult to telt when you leave one dry and enter another city. How about this for a new concept? Allow Ramsey to be "different" from the rest, a respite so to speak, from cluster housing, additional retail businesses. people moved to Ramsey for its 'openness'~'its fresh' air~ its rural feeling; its lack of commercial/retail businesses. People did not move to RamseY for duster housing, city sewer/water, and the 'claustrophobia' and commerdalism being thrust upon it residents by the dry coundL Entice new residents to a "unique" Ramsey by promoting Ramsey's openness and fresh air feeling. Rather than building new homes on every available open space in the dry, try encouraging people to purchase the existing homes for sale within the dry? As of March 9 accordin~ to Minnesota's Multiple Listing Service online, there were 2_32 available family houses, duptexes, condo/townhouses and farms/hobby farms for sale. There are existing homes sitting vacant while new homes continue to be bu~tt. Where's the to~tc? Get the vacant homes filled before building new homes that could atso sit vacant. To put it slmpty, this cluster houdncl Rroiect is a lousy 1dee, a/on~ with the commerdalism that is invadin~ our beloved Ramsey. More residents than you can imagine are opposed to the dry coundVs so cai. led "progressive philosophy." The cound[ may find'this difficult to believe, but not aU the dty's residents are in favor of additional people crammed into our living spaces, or the thought of a Target/Caribou Coffee/Great Clips etc. in our backyardsl One iast point, should this sad trend cor~ttnue in Ramsey, I can assure you that if any of the current council members are re-elected at the next election it wi[[ not be due to any vote that I would east in your favor! -133-