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together. It does bring property values down. We need rental housing, but in my opinion it should be built more by the new down town. We also need more townhomes and mid priced homes in the City of Ramsey. We need them built were they don't hurt the value of existing homes in an established neighborhood. The Zoning Commission is trying to build a beautiful city and I am all for it, but watch what your building next to - keep it comparable to what is next door. o A fence along Highway 5 by the water tower all the way to the school. Keep taxes down. o Better, more appropriate roadway infrastructure before increasing population density! o I don't have one. Transportation (Roads) & commute through Ramsey should be a huge concern before you start building all this great housing! o Too many empty units, slow growth, don't bring in low cost housing, it lowers everyone's property values. If you can't afford it don't buy it, go someplace else. o Plan for increases in traffic before building more homes! o Nothing - Hwy 10 is bad enough, work on traffic problems before they get worse with more people moving in! o Do not encourage low income housing or rental property. That will be the beginning of the downfall of a good clean family oriented city. o Senior housing, they don't cause trouble, vandalize, are quite, don't need schools. Also Ramsey is supposed to be rural, we don't need low cost housing or any more rentals, we all know this kills a community, but you will do it anyway. o Ramsey must make sure that all homes and yards are maintained. Also, people are not allowed to run businesses out of their homes. If affects everybody's property value. o To stop/slow the growth of all building in Ramsey. I moved to Ramsey to get into the country! I do notlike the look of the townhomes that have been built at 47 and Sunwood it detracts the look of the neighborhood. Not one person that I know of who lives in Ramsey is in favor of the Town Center (50 or more people). Why is it being built? Stop the growth! o Affordable Senior non-rental townhomes and condominiums. o There are too many townhouses being built in the same area. This growth needs to slow'down. There should be better control over the appearance of these townhomes. Hwy 47 is starting to look like a slum with its great wall, fences knocked down & leaning. I have to wonder who approved the institutionallooking townhomes on Alpine. They are an eye sore & don't make you proud of living here. take your time when deciding on proposals. Ramsey is a beautiful city that could easily be ruined. o Making sure that housing units through out the city are kept up and well maintained. Sunwood & 47 housing units are not being well maintained in my opinion. Grass is always long and full of weeds. Too much on the patio decks. o To not allow an over abundance of new developments to occur at the same time. There are a number ofprojects going on and a surplus of new homes on the market. This hurts existing residents (tax payers) in trying to sell lived in homes. I also believe a focus on upper scale - large lot developments should be encouraged. Every project going in now is cluster or high density. I don't want this community becoming a Brooklyn Center - just because developers are trying to capture more 6