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residents (along with incomplete information gathering), drastically affect the chances of a harmonious outcome? We are worried about how the most probable nuisance when concentrating 40 dogs -ie, barking... would be handled if it became a nuisance. At an earlier point in our 28 year history in this neighborhood, the City's response to noise complaints from the factory behind us was to hire a consultant with a decibel meter, who frittered away a year before discovering (if I remember correctly) that he was measuring the wrong thing... It did not seem to us that loud factory noise needed a decibel meter to be determined a nuisance. I asked what the staff would do if there were barking complaints..: it seems that it immediately becomes a police matter, rather than one worked on by staff to ameliorate it. We firmly believe that more information is necessary, and a more realistic view of the residents' concerns is called for (details below). Respectfully, Molly Redmond and Steve Ring 1455 Rose Place Dear Planning Commissioners: NOV 4 LETTER We appreciated being able to address the Planning Commission with our concerns last night. Obviously, we had hoped more safeguards could be built in. Here are some remaining concerns. MISSING INFORMATION: There were several items that Brian Lloyd told the Planning Commissioners that he was waiting for responses /information on. One of these items was whether the dog businesses they had reviewed in St. Paul had any complaints lodged in the city against them. In a response to a question from Mr. McLeod regarding some of that missing info, the Chairman said that final decisions would not be made until they had that information via City staff. Regarding his inquiry to the St. Paul Police Department about complaints re Dog Days, Mr. Lloyd did not say: a. when he filed the request with St. Paul (ie, how long did he give them to respond)? b. whether he tried more than one avenue of inquiry (ie, email, phone, etc) c. whether the Police Department is the only Department that handles this information. Thus, we don't know if a reasonable period has been given to St. Paul Police to respond, or to route the inquiry to whatever other department might respond. The upshot is, we don't REALLY know yet how this dog day care /kennel works in neighborhoods. (ie, does no response mean no problems reported in Saint Paul example -as Mr. Lloyd assumes, or perhaps an overworked St Paul police staff, or a misrouted inquiry Therefore, what happens if a negative response comes in AFTER the Nov. 8 Council meeting? What if there were lots of complaints in Saint Paul? RESIDENTS NOT CREDIBLE TO CITY STAFF: 2