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they can't do better and believe me we don't need their problems. #17 - It's not the . responsibility of the city to maintain the neighborhood. It should be the residents - that's why ownership is so important. The city should maintain parks & roads - not neighborhoods. # 18 -Why be like other cities? Ramsey has a unique opportunity to be unique! With nice houses, spacious lots & people that have a achieved a certain amount of self worth & success. Keep problems to a minimum by encouraging self reliance. #19 - Transportation is not the city's responsibility other than roads. A car or bus is not a right. If you are an adult you should be able to figure out how to get where you are going. #20 The survey seems to be one sided by encouraging response for higher density and lower income. I strongly encourage you to listen to the residents that have lived here forever! They in general do not want townhouses, apartments, shopping etc. They would prefer either no change or if change is inevitable that it be done with respect to spacious lots and well maintained preferably nice single family homes. We like rural Ramsey and don't see why we have to be a Coon Rapids or a North Minneapolis. Why can't we be a Ramsey. If we don't invite the worthless we don't need help- money etc. from the Met Council because we won't have the problems. o Keep lots at 1-2 acres per household. Do not cram 3-4 houses on an acre. o Ramsey is, or was, a small town - near country - area. This was the reason we moved here. Leave this aspect as is. We did not move to Minneapolis or St. Paul for a reason. Stop the rapid - big city - growth. We don't need to pack as many houses and businesses into as little space as possible. Leave the rural conservation area as is. o No Comment - Not sure. o Middle to upper middle income level housing so we can preserve what most of us moved out here for, which it's the large lot sizes and green space. I am totally against the high density housing developments that are being built everywhere. Why do we have to have cookie cutter townhouse developments that are a total eyesore! Let's get the roadwork needs addressed before we add thousands more people and cars into the mix. Development of a young city is necessary and important, but it must be done correctly with respect to the land available by maintain wetlands and wooded areas. Listen to what the residents of Ramsey would like to see in the future development of their city. I moved here 20 years ago for the space peace & quiet, and the rural feeling that Ramsey offered. That is all rapidly being eroded and we are quickly becoming a sprawling housing development. I would like to see any future developments maintain a minimum of 1-1 1/2 acre lot size so we can preserve what Ramsey can still be. Thank you. o Keep out the riffraffby not bringing in any more low income or rental property. Also multi unit neighborhoods. All housing in Ramsey should remain single-family 2+ acres. o Single family homes - 1 acre or more per house. Next survey make more understandable. For instance 1. do you want multi-family housing built in the City of Ramsey --yes ~o. o Keeping taxes down so we can afford to stay. o Ramsey is growing way to fast. The taxes keep going up for people on a fixed Income. 14