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� • Bryan Lloyd To: Thomas Paschke; Pat Trudgeon Subject: RE: Sharing our concerns over the new senior co-op construction by the United Properties in. Roseville � Ever since Sangwon Suh first unveiled his shadow study I have been outraged by the fact that somebody who intentionally brings the significant intellectual influence of a university professor has the audacity to present such a specious argument. But I've held my tongue because I've never been sure where the line�is between my role as a representative of the City and the contribution I can make as a thoughtful third-party at a public meeting; I'll continue to be silent in pubiic, but I want you two to kr.ow my thoughts in case you feel like there is an appropriate time and place to raise this issue. I'm not insensitive to sun and shadows. I believe that his math is sqlid and that the sun path diagram (first shown on slide 5) is valid. Slide 9 is where I have a problem. The greyed area covering half of the yellow part of the diagram sugges'ts that when the sun goes below the magic angle, the solar access rights 11 o those properties in the neighborhood to the north have been trampled - even w en he slightest corner in the back yard of only one of those properties has a shadow cast upon it at sunrise or sunset. Professor Suh has apparently opted for the simpler and more inflammatory assertion that any shadow is a total shadow that begins to deplete vitamin D which is so important for the development of children's brains and cause Seasonal Affective Disorder; he has thus far failed to acknowledge that there may be some nuance. And this make by blood boil. Slides 13-15 illustrate the worst case scenario of the few days surrounding the Winter Solstice; this isn't to be disregarded but, again, this is as bad as it gets. I also find it curious that these three slide are presented in�such dark colors, giving the impression that the whole area is already in deep shadow (but I'm willing to give him the benefit of assuming that he couldn't control the brightness of the colors). Bryan (Printed, not emailed) • •