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l It It RECEIVED DEe 1 0 1998 BY: RAMSEY PLANNING COMMISSION: I was selected to serve on the Ramsey comprehensive planning Committee. I attended all the meetings and seminars. It seems everyone enjoys Ramsey for it's open spaces. Inevitably things change, and we need to make sure these changes are for the better of the community. The tentative rough draft of the new comprehensive plan designates the northern tier of Ramsey to remain in a permanent 4 in 40 status for developing. With the 120 acres I own and the 80 acres to the east, belonging to Floyd Gamm, there is only at best appro~imately 100 of these 200 acres suitable for building. The remainder of the land is either wetlands, lakes, or low lying acres. This is a very high percentage compared to much of the surrounding available property. The wet area goes 2 miles east of my property to Cty Rd 5. There are several areas where the wetland areas meet Cty Rd. 64 and extend to Cty Rd 63 or the south. These properties can never be built up or have a high density. There are not many areas that could be developed that are not already developed. Thus, if everything was developed that is presently available, it would be difficult to exceed a 1 in 10 density. Floyd Gamm, my neighbor, owns 160 acres total, 80 acres in Ramsey and 80 acres in Burns Township, which is where he homesteads. Since Floyd is in his seventies, he would hate to wait another 20 years to sell his farm, or worse yet, only be able to sell the Burns Township side and not the Ramsey side. The Gamms feel it would be very unfair if they cannot sell the Ramsey acres in anything less than 10 acre tracts, while the Burns Township acres could be sold in 5 acres tracts or less. lJ-t/qJ