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Wayne E. Olson 5830 151st Lane NW Ramsey, MN. 55303 To: Breanne Dalnes and others it may concern. Thank you for your time. OLSON PROPERTIES LLC June 29, 2006 BDalnes@ki.ramsey.ron.us May I introduce us as Jane I & Wayne E. Olson, fourteen year residents at the above address in the city of Ramsey. I am writing this letter in order to express my concerns over the proposed development on the property at the intersection of Nowthen and 151` Lane NW After reviewing the latest preliminary site plan and reading a letter from Ms. Dallies and input from Mr. Matt Tews, I have the following concerns: - The proposed exit from this development onto 1515t lane exits directly across from my bedroom window. I therefore would expect to have a large number of cars utilizing this exit and disturbing my privacy by shining headlights directly into my house. I already have the lights from Ramsey elementary school shinning into the back of my house. Another concern is the traffic exiting from this proposed development and the noise due to the stopping and acceleration of these vehicles from this stop sign. In addition to this, whenever there is an event taking place at the school we have cars parked on both sides of 151st lane for at least one block from Nowthen Blvd. The traffic that will be utilizing this block of 151" lane will be the vehicles that come from the approx. 40 homes already constructed on 151st lane as well as the approx. 60 homes proposed in the new development. This amount of traffic will destroy the quality of living we currently enjoy. I suggest that the vast majority of traffic from the new development will use this section of road because most of these cars will be leaving by driving south on Nowhen when leaving the development and North on Nowthen when returning- to their homes. Unless directed to do so very few cars will use the Alpine exit /entrance. Turn lanes will be of little help in relieving this situation. It is my understanding that the exit was moved to this new location from the original planned location due to . the complaints of a resident on our street who happens to be a city employee. I understand his concern, but I would suggest that there is not a location on 151s' Lane from this development that would not affect the quality of life' of other residents at least to this degree, if not more. We have been told that the county would object to another road entering onto the county road. Why ?? Another road exiting from this development would not increase the amount of traffic onto Nowthen. all it would do is relieve congestion on 151st. After all three driveways are going to be eliminated. Having this traffic exiting onto 151" Lane would create more traffic congestion than if all traffic were to exit onto Alpine. When we purchased our property fourteen years ago all the homes were built on 2 -5 acre lots and 151s' lane was roughly an 800' cul -de -sac street, the cities limit for this type of street at that time was 600' We now have roughly eight times that number of homes on 151" lane, which is now a double cal -de -sac street. Which I would suggest is nearly the same length as the proposed roads in this development. The density of this property should not be changed. It seems that we make rules only so we can break them. The increased density of housing along 151" lane would have a strong negative effect of the quality of life for those of us living on this street. Houses on this road should not be built to a density any less than the current density. The cost of these houses should be at a very minimum the average cost of all houses on.151st Lane so as to prevent deprecation of the current adjacent properties.