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Mr. Wolens expressed concern with the substan fit a home on the site, and theredwould be a very on this lot would need to be clear-cut in order to cheap home on the lot. Mr. Thor Heinen, 6731 137` Avenue NW, stated he owns the property next to the lot that would be built on. They own four businesses; one is an advertising agency. Many things have changed; ow from a heartland that is rich and they have lived here for 30 years and have seen Ramsey gr feeling like home to just being sold out. Mr. Heinen stated o httuma he pen~d ask rig if his son to 201ower income kids all together, wanting to go out at mg ~' would j oin their group. That was the first time he had s h this ° He ewants to bevfair e but lthe escalating. The homes coming in are lower income neighborhood maintains their yards, cleans up and ebo s incomae homes have been rummaging shut their garage doors because the people from th through their garages and stealing their kids' bikes. They uld not havecpurchasedl a $420,000 everything is getting run down• ~• Heinen stated he wo eo le they can fit into this home next to a six-plexhaoe known about this meeting t night i it were not for Rich Wolens. area. He would never et the rest of the neighborhood Now that he knows he will play close attention and will try to g involved. He works with a number of businesses, an nknows a number of them have been pulling out because of all the things that have been Chang g Mr. Steve Blakemore, 13659 Dolomite Street NW, stated he was real underls ing rreason for this the schedule, and he thought e s to°residential ortmedium density residential. He does not know zoning to change from busm what that underlying reason is. He would like to eeith ve added 11 this additional~ho u ing. downgrade or decaying of the neighborhood since th y He had a car drive in his yard and break the mailbox that must haeveebne and now they want to put road. He has not had that type of problem before all this stuff more of it in. There are all single family homes in this area e f the ~eotle~t is bringing oversinto them, which was not a good thing to do. The problem is all o p s of kids walking down the the neighborhood; they have transient people, and he has seen gang street in the middle of the night. They are now adding mor more of me Mr. Blake o eostated alley and single family homes, and he does not see a need f which is ood for him but not the owner of this piece of property, g this might be profit taking by for the rest of diem that live there. When he moved s but it should not be ahthe expense of the quiet neighborhood. He knows there has to be progres ~ h in the neighborhood. There are safety residents. On the way here there were cars going 70 mp issues with the kids and people on his street, and they are be to add thel dd do al high den lt3' the Police Department. He does not think it is appropriate housing in this area. Winslow Holesek questioned why this parcel was not rezoned to 1 sunderlthe nrotests of the Mr. when the other land in this axea was rezoned from B-2 to residentia residents. Planning Commission/September 7, 2006 Page 6 of 20 -212-