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Tim Gladhill, Deputy City Administrator <br /> Ramsey City Hall,7550 Sunwood Dr. NW <br /> Ramsey, MN.55303 <br /> Dear Mr. Gladhill, <br /> In response to your notification that I have the opportunity to respond to your mailing regarding what I <br /> want in my backyard...Riverstone South. I do not support a second connection to Bowers Drive. <br /> 1. Believing that the people who bought lots and built homes without knowing that there was a <br /> possibility the city would put a road between their homes to access Bowers Drive,seems unfair <br /> to the residents in the two homes on either side of the "emergency entrance" proposed to <br /> Bowers Drive. <br /> 2. Headlights aimed at the homes directly across Bowers Drive from that entrance invades the <br /> privacy of those residences. <br /> 3. opening up the entrance to 243 residences will create more traffic on our street which has <br /> already been the case because of the Capstone addition making it less safe for residents of <br /> Bowers to walk because of the speed of many of those vehicles. Monday is garbage pick up on <br /> Bowers Drive and there are already many garbage trucks speeding back out of Bowers Drive <br /> which I assume would increase even more if that access were open to Riverstone South. <br /> 4. None of the agencies who are promoting the emergency entrance live on Bowers Drive. I do, <br /> and I've lived here for 56 years. We've had very few emergencies on Bowers Drive during that <br /> time and I don't believe the length of the street has ever been hazardous for emergency <br /> vehicles. <br /> 5. One of the advantages to those of us who reside on Bowers Drive is that we know the <br /> neighborhood and our residents. Either those using Bowers Drive know where they are or are <br /> lost. Please don't give in to the myth that an expensive road connecting the proposed addition <br /> to Bowers Drive would benefit the residents of Bowers Drive. I don't believe it would., In the <br /> event of an emergency, not having any in probably.over 60years, if a tree blocked the road, <br /> nearly every household owns a chain saw. That speaks for itself. I've always felt safe here, <br /> basically because of the dead-end road. If anyone or anything looks suspicious,someone <br /> notices and will report it. <br /> 6. Bowers Drive owners use the street to walk their dogs and exercise themselves. opening it up <br /> with free access to 240 more households will bring more dogs and people using the street for <br /> exercise. Visit Bowers Drive in the winter when you see how yellow the snow is in our entrance <br /> to our driveways and along the road let alone the leavings of the dogs by our plowed out mail <br /> boxes. Not everyone carries a bag to pick up after their pets. And you want to give access to <br /> 240 more households to access our street for the purpose of relieving their animals. No <br /> Thanks!!!! <br /> 7. If you would, please consider how opening up this entrance to benefit 240 more households, <br /> and how it would affect those who are residents who bought or built here were influenced by <br />