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e e NOV 3 1399 The Menkveld Co. 9745 Highway 10 NW Elk River, Minnesota 55330 October 21,1999 TO: City of Ramsey Planning Department & Council RE: Undeveloped land in Sect. 28 owned by The Menkveld Co. The Menkveld Co. owns 45:!:: acres in Section 28, South of 149th, West of Ramsey Blvd and North of Industrial Blvd. This land has been owned by us since the late 1960's. We owned property to the North of this property and developed it in 3 phases as single family lots and 1 phase as combination single family/commercial. The undeveloped 45:!:: acres is zoned industrial, and was changed to industrial at the City's request. The combination single family/commercial lots were developed to act as a buffer between the single family residential lots North of 149th Ave. and the industrial property. In July of 1998, I met with Jim Norman regarding the proposed change in land use and zoning stipulated by the compo plan amendment. At this meeting it was explained to me that the 45:!:: acres was being planned for transition residential. I asked what this zoning classification would include and was told that this would be multi family at 8 units per net acre. I agreed that this zoning would be satisfactory to us and that we would not oppose the change to the compo plan. We have entered into a Purchase Agreement for the subject property based upon our understanding of the proposed land use. As a condition to bring this Purchase Agreement to closing, I requested a coPy of the proposed compo plan affecting this property and was sent the latest revision. The September 8, 1999 Draft Plan shows part of the property as Urban/Rural Residential transitional at 3 units max per acre and the balance of the property as Medium Density Residential at 6 units per acre. This latest change is not acceptable to us. We ask that this be revised to High Density Residential for the property with the possibility of a buffer strip of a lower density zoning directly adjacent to 149th Avenue. I would like to meet with staff or Council to discuss this and determine what will be done to rectify the situation. Please contact me at 612-786-8642 to set up a meeting. , J. . Menkveld The Menkveld Co. cc: Jim Neilson cc: Connie Ei6en6chenk