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PROPOSALS TO CHANGE ZONING LAWS NORTHERN COUNTIES SECRETARIAL SERVICES 6139 -157TH LANE N.W. RAMSEY, MN 55303 JULY 19,2007 The Northern Counties Secretarial Services has submitted a proposal to change a zoning law from residential use to business use so as to open and operate a deli-bakery on their si~e with meals for the general public. In addition to two secretarial businesses, the day care center would have an enrollment of 91 children and adequate staffing. Consider the impact of significant greater traffic in the neighborhood on people living in the area with at least 91 additional round trips morning and evening twice daily. Our quiet residential streets would !=hange dramatically with the potential of many cars now bringing people in from outside our local area. It is recognized that traffic generated on 157th Lane N.W. would be from primarily that street. But other children would probably come from areas near Highway 47 north of 157th and those side streets. With a high volume of new traffic (beyond that now used for the secretarial businesses), large capital expenditures would be required for new right and left hand turning lanes and curb and gutter. I am shocked that the Planning Commission has authorized to proceed with these plans even though no traffic analysis hasbeen done. Our property vaJues will not increase because there would be a deli-bakery in our residential neighborhood. The day care center can function well by itself without having to provide for the needs of servicing a deli-bakery. There is no demand now for such a business. There are already many places were individuals can have coffee, rolls, pies, sandwiches, etc. We don't need another one. Day care centers typically are open five days a week, Monday through Friday but closed on Saturday and Sunday. I am strongly opposed to the request to open a deli-bakery in our residential neighborhood. This property is classified as re~idential, and not commercial. We have lived in this area for 34 years and do not want it to be an extension of commercial business land use. If the north exit were opened up and used daily, a significant number of vehicles would . also be free to use that entrance adding to the volume of traffic on 15Sth. You need to give full and careful consideration to this request by Northern Secretarial Services which would allow a deli- bakery to operate ina residential area. We don't need nor do we want that business as such. /..; ,(dvt oJ ~~ ~ I _ QfF7.J( J ~ ~ Robert and Verne II Lea 16010 Sodium St NW Ramsey, MN 55303 -148-