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WINS ON LAW OF ICE June 8, 2007 R�seville City Council City of Roseville 2660 Civic Center Drive Roseville, MN 55113 RE: 3008 and 3010 Cleveland Avenue North, Roseville, Minnesota Dear Mayor Klausing and Council Members: Ruth Partridge and her family own the property at 3008 and 3010 Cleveland Avenue North in Roseville. In fact, their ownership of the property goes back to the early part of the last century. They would like to keep the property, but financial circumstances and Ruth's personal situation dictate that the property be sold. Ruth simply cannot maintain the property any longer. With these needs in mind, the family sought to sell the property -- not to anyone, but to a responsible developer with the experience and financial resources to provide the City an outstanding addition to its housing stock. We were fortunate to find United Properties as a ready, willing and experienced developer to buy the property. United Properties also initially offered a development plan that included townhouses that would buffer the property to the north from the cooperative housing building proposed for the southerly portion of Ruth's property. As importantly, the townhouse component would allow Ruth to purchase one of the residences, so she could live out the rest of her life on the property where she was born and raised and where she raised her children. At first, townhouse component of the project was challenged, because the Park Commission proposed a street through the project. Now, even the cooperative housing portion of the project is being challenged on the basis of some weak testimony as to the shadow the cooperative building may cast at certain times of the year, when the sun is at its low point in the sky. We understand a neighbor's concern with a new development next door. The term "NIMBY" was not dreamed up yesterday. The truth of the matter, however, is that this is a thoughtful and responsible proposal made by an experienced developer with a good track record before the City. This is a development that will provide a gentle buffer to the commercial properties further to the south. The propery is guided for higher density, and will provide that density next to a wetland area and city park. What better place to allow this devefopment than a place where existing amenities can be enjoyed by the older residents of the proposed development. These residents may stiil include the homeowner Ruth Partridge herself, for while the townhouse component no longer 3912 IDS Center, 8o South Eighth Street, Minneapolis, Minnesota 55402 Telephone: 6i2.34i.9800 Facsimile: 6i2.332.i�i5 Email: winlaw@popp.net