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Dan Jacobs; 13740 Dolomite Street, stated that his property is directly behind this site and would welcome a Jiffy Lube before they would welcome the rental units that are proposed. Councilmember Elvig clarified that these are not rental units, but twin home units that will sell for $250,000 to $300,000. Mr. Jacobs stated that with a Jiffy Lube, the City would have controls on the property that they would not with the proposed use. He stated that Mr. Hol1n, the previous owner of Super Bowl had a junkyard behind his property, but the new owner has been the vest neighbor imaginable. He stated the neighbors. are not turned off by the idea of a commercial business because they understood that this property was zoned commercial «~heil the } purchased. their property. Rich Wolens, 6726 137' Avenue, stated that he had been a resideni of Ramse}~ for ig years and has concerns about town homes, in general.. 1<Ie sho»ea the City Coi3ncil eaa~nplcs of town homes in the City that are supposed to be $250,000 and ~~6~-000 homes that ~~-ere 17eing sold for $145,000 and rental signs are popping up all over. He sho~~,~ed pictures of the :home being built next to his property, that is about 11 feet from this site, as ~~°ell as pictures of homes that are 100, 200 and 300 feet away from this property. He stated that the homes are between $300,000 and $1,000,000 and are some of the nicest homes in the. City. He stated that to put this type of development by these homes would be a n-a1 csty: Ike stated that he feel s a past City Council was hoodwinked into allowing a triple X boolatore that the cumn~~~nity did not want. He stated that he is a former Spring Lake Park Comicilmember and urged the City Council to do what they were elected to do and listen to the people. Ile stated that it is ~-ery clear that the people do not want this development. Councilmember Dehen asked what the front yardfoota~re is for the home being built south of the properly and what the Murphy property frontage amount is. Associate Planlizr Geisler slated drat the l~~t is 90 feet wide and the home is approximately 70. feet wide and dle >\IurphS' property is ~?-141~cet of total frontage. Couiicilmeniber Dehzii asked »hat Council~cmber Elvig meant when he stated that it would not be I=~nancially feasible to build sill<rle family homes. on this property. Coui~cilme~i3ber Elvig stated .that there were some assessments added to this property for impro~ cmenis that were about ~C0,000. He stated that he understands this is not the problem of the Cit;;~ Council, however the residents have stated that they do not want this proposal. He stated that the City ~aiulot control what type of commercial use would move onto the property. He stated that it could be anything from abar/restaurant, to a Jiffy Lube, to potentially an adult book store. He stated that the City does not have full control and Places to Work is Places to Work. The residents spoke from their seats .and noted that they would support anything but town homes on this land. City Council /October 9, 2007 Page 10 of 25 -306.-