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• May 16, 2013 Roseville City Council 2660 Civic Center Drive Roseville, MN 55113 RE: PF13-005—JOSEPHINE HEIGHTS DEVELOPMENT City Council Members, Our names are Greg and Jody McElroy. We have been Roseville residents for most of our lives. Having both grown up in Roseville, moving away briefly when we got married,we were excited to return to Roseville in 1997 and have resided at 905 Millwood Avenue since that time. We have been fortunate to raise our two girls in the same community that has meant so much to us. Roseville has always been a community parks nd recreation activities we have alpparticipated hnr it be the excellent school system, p over the years, or the close knit neighborhood we have been a part of. The parcel of land under discussion has been a beautiful,tree-filled, open lot for all the years we have lived at 905 Millwood Avenue. We would, however,welcome a development that will bring new neighbors into our community,but we have many concerns as they relate to this proposed development. We learned of the proposed development after seeing the "for sale" sign on the lot,followed by a phone call to the Roseville Planning Department. The Public Hearing Notice was received on 4/19/13 with the Preliminary Plat available on 4/25/13. We attended the City Planning Commission meeting on May 1, 2013 to help us gain better insight to the proposed Josephine Heights development. In addition,we had concerns to express as they relate to the project;our neighbors that outlines our initial concerns. Some Attached is a letter we submitted to the Planning which were addressed at the meeting,while others were not. At the meeting, we learned that the proposed cul-de-sac will be seven feet above the street level of Millwood Avenue. This elevated level of the development concerns were assured as it relates the ongoing drainage issues with rain water runoff and ground water. We city's planners and engineer regarding the drainage of the development and that we will see no worse drainage concerns due to the project. The drainage concerns we have on our property include constant sump pump running in the late winter/early spring as the ground thaws. After regular rainfalls,water flows through our hest north river-like f the yard and along rthe side of phet of the yard, running and pooling in the f yard,eventually draining into the street. In addition,the sump pump continues to run during and after seasonal rains. It cannot ncerns raised by the underflow will be no high additional table that our onto our our property, let alone the