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August 6., 2003 � m t #o e Ci Plannin fission Re: Pro PfflIoRment hl Ramona per Binders Q 474 !Qfte Rd. C. Rowvffle MN i am Janice Porter. I reside with my husband, David Livingston, at 2621 Cobansevy Street in Roseville -- directly adjacent to the proposed development site. As we have sta#ed in our letter (which you presumably have in your packets) — we stand very much opposed to this project in its entirety. While our concerns are many and varied, our most pressing concern at this point is for the preservation and protection of the wetlands that comprise the Harriet Alexander Nature Center — D11iR protected wetlands that are directly sough of this proposed building site. As you wiu note in the proposal, these housing units would be built along a natural slope in the landscape, meaning that chemical, storm and construction run -off will drain directly into the marsh, In speaking with the staff at the Minnesota Pollution Control Agency, we are given to understand that this type of run- off will have adevastating and long - lasting effect upon the water quality ffi the wetland. This "impaired water" (to use a P.C.A. term) will then lead to extremely deleterious consequences for the vegetation and life forms (small and large) supported by the marsh. This is a delicate eco- system already plagued by the encroachments of development at its perimeter and can ill- afford to sustain any further insults to its precarious balance. We are fiirther concerned by the developer's plan to clear -cut ( "mass grade ") the woods on the northeast comer of the wetland in order to construct these housing units. While a tree count may suffice for purposes of a written report, the actuality is that this land supports a living and vital stand of growth (nod all of which is 8 inches in diameter!) -- growth which in tan supports untold numbers of native and migratory birds and animals year- round. It is this very wealth of wildlife and vegetation which makes the Nature Center so valuable to our community and such a prized part of our city's parks. In addition, by mass grading this slope, you not only destroy the habitat for these plants and animals, you also create ideal conditions for even further erosion and choking of the wetland shoreline with construction debris and unchecked chemical run -off, the erects of which were discussed earlier.