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� � Page 1 of 1 Honorable Mayor Klausing and Roseville City Council Members, This evening, you will be presented with the following request: Planned Unit Development and Rezoning of 3010 Cleveland Avenue for United Properties. We respectfully encourage you to follow along with the recommendation of the Planning Commission and deny the request for rezoning and development of this property. Many concerns of the neighboring property owners and extended neighborhood have been previously voiced at the Planning Commission meeting held on June 6, 2007. We would like to reiterate some issues important to us. Though we have many concerns about the redevelopment of the property in question, our primary issues are: 1) Current zoning vs. proposed zoning: The property in question is currently zoned R-1 (Single-Family Residential). The proposal requires that this property be rezoned B-6 (Mixed Use Business Park). This change is quite drastic. The rezoning of the property to allow for such uses as office, retail, or high-density residential is not an appropriate match with the current zoning of surrounding properties. 2) Size and proximity of the proposed structure in comparison to the existing single-family homes: As previously demonstrated by Mr. Sangwon Suh's shadow study (presented at the June 6 Planning Commission meeting), the size of the proposed building is quite massive in relation to the adjacent single-family homes. The proximity also raises concerns regarding privacy and loss of direct sunlight. The opinion of the neighborhood is that such a structure is not an appropriate fit to the existing neighborhood. 3) Addition of a road providing access to Langton Lake Park: The proposed road access to the park would be located extremely close to all properties on the south side of Brenner Avenue. The potential traffic this road could generate raises serious concerns regarding safety and privacy around our existing homes. Additionally, if the current existing access to the park (located a few hundred feet south of this property) is ever removed, the traffic on the proposed road would greatly increase. A development of this size does not belong, nor does it tit with the existing neighborhood, which is primarily single-family housing (zoned R-1 & R-2). In addition, the proposed development does not provide for an adequate transition to what likely will be further development to the south, commonly know as the Twin Lakes Redevelopment Area. For these reasons, we strongly encourage you to deny the current request for rezoning and development of this property. Thank you for your time and consideration. Michael & Sarah Giga 1970 Brenner Avenue Roseville, MN 55113 AOL now offers free email to everyone. Find out more about what's free from AOL at AOL.com. 06/18/2007