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I I I ~ July 17, 2000 Mr. Matt Fulton, City Manager City of New Brighton New Brighton, MN 55112 RE: Agenda Items for July 25, 2000 Council Meeting Dear Mr. Fulton: Pursuant to our recent conversation, I am formally requesting that certain items be placed on the agenda for the July 25, 2000 city council meeting. The items 1 wish discussed include the following: 1. An amendment to the New Brighton ordinances banning the construction of new sheds or similar free-standing buildings in residential areas. In recent years many New Brighton residents have made improvements or additions to their residences. Unfortunately, the last few years have also seen a proliferation of large ugly sheds in our community. While some communities seem interested in maintaining property values and have taken steps to ban or limit the size of such buildings, New Brighton has done nothing, resulting in increasingly trashy looking neighborhoods. A petition has been signed by many residents supporting the proposed amendment. 2. An amendment to the ordinances further reducing the number of vehicles which can be parked on a residential lot. As with the sheds, numbers of vehicles, snowmobiles, RV's, boats, trailers, etc. parked off the main driveway in yards, whether on a patch of gravel or not, gives neighborhoods a trashy look. While an ordinance limiting off driveway parking in residential areas would at least discourage a junkyard-like appearance. I am interested in being on the committee or task force for changing residential ordinances. We would greatly appreciate these proposed amendments to be given top priority and to be in effect by November 1,2000. Thank you for your consideration and attention in this matter. ~~k~ Hiafa Koep 176819thAve. N.W. New Brighton, MN 55112 651-631-2396 .