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� ► , - . � Sept. 17, ,�ggg �J � Mr. Steve Sarcosi City Manag�r Rosevill� City Hall Dear Si�eve, �,{ �iµ• c� �� 65 �4"`�`�< ti,� lw L' �-�i � L 4.SI _!-_'G-��. —.' � - L..-�.r C/C-�-��..-t'e'�'�..-�� i � �'r C'.�,. .� � 'N;�': ��Z %� /}./ZC� a ��:_l � � /G�.�'� C. -f G- ,� �� ,�i�. ., t � � �'Z_�'�G-t:.-c.�__C-C_ �/ ��`—�=� ,.�G�.-L..�� r ,i r� ;''� �' I am writing to request an addit3.on be made to �L-h� cu.rr.ent noise ordinance tha�i: will make it illegal to operate a skateboard ramp in nei�hborhood back y�,rds. a��Our neighbor at• Gal�tier Circle has construc�ted a lar.ge ramp me�.surin a twenty t'eet in length by six feet in height. It emits a sould when being u�sed�that�ise�y �imiliar to tha�; of a freight train passiil� throu�h my back yard. It is so noisy that I cannot sit in my yard andtal�c, nar can T even watcli Z.V. in windows and daors are closed. � �Y home unl�ss all the �;radi�ianally takes pl�.ce b�tweenntheehou�rs of13e30SandP8r00t as a low rumble. This p.m. and durxng weEkends. I de�relop headaches whil� the ramp is being used and in addition I have two very close neighbor�s who have teen�,gers who also use�he ramp. They, o�' course, are not bother�d bY the noise because t�iey know where their children are. As a Y�o�neowner and taxpayer, I resent the intrusion on mf privacy. We have looked into moving and one interesting notation is �;h� price of a lovely lot near a railroad track 3n Vadnais Hei�hts. For put�t�n� up with a five minute �rain about three times a day the lot i� priced $20,000.00 cheaper than �:he lats lessthan one bl�ck away. I iiv� with this dronirg skateboard ramp noise some�tim�s for �t;he entire w�ekend!! I know �hat aft�r.thr�� complaints a barking dog is removed. Th�.s is vastly mor� noisy and inconsid�rate. Yct, I am told by thE Zonirig Depar�;ment that there is no noise ordinace to prevent it from happ�ning. The young owner oi' th� raanp respor�ded to r� ci��y g�n�r�a�ted letter bydoing �, door 1;Q door survey of who was being botheredby the noi�e. When I told him I found it �x�;remely annoying when it was used for more than t e n m i n u� tes per. hour he said I should come and tell him whenever T found i�t offensiv E. H� a lso said there were things he could do �i;o mtzf�'le the noise bui; it would �ake time because he would need to earn th� mone,y firs�t. The very next day, Sept. 10, 19$9 he and several friends used th� ramp for four cons�cutive hours. Hardly wha�t I would call concerned. I will not Ue the neighborhood "police". I have been advised by� �he czty to call the pol.ic� butthis does not sEem �to b� a long term solution to the problem--nor do�s muffling �the nois�. It should be eliminated and placed in the parks or in an area that does not border homes. I shared �y concern with a Roseville friend who lives in another neighborhood and she stated the same problem is occuring �there. A large backyard ramp i,s b�ing us�d by groups of young teenagers for long periods of �tim�. This appears to be more than an isolated problem unique to me. Please let me know what can be done to �,lleviate this annoying problem. My patience is eroding fast. Sincerely, � !7 --'`� �--��-�-��,v� ,�4� � �f �''�'� , _ - f ;,-_ , � - ,__—!� ' � - _ ,. �;�-- �!'� C�� .�:�, Kathleen and Wal�er Kress 2�90 Matilda Roseville, Mn. 5�113