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Attachment D February 4, ?008 City 4f Roseville Community I?evelopment 2660 Civic Center Drive Roseville, MN. 55113 RE: Bette Jo & Jim Johnson-Variance Applicatian Response question 7 b. VVhen Marion Street was widened in front of our house in the late 1990's it created a majar problem with our driveway because it was made much steeper. Our complaints at that time brought some attention to the problem but no permanent resolution. The City brought over fill but it didn't change rnuch. We have struggled with trying to get out of our driveway in the winter and have gotten stuck on numerous occasions. We have even slipped and fallen trying to �o up and get our mail after a snow or ice storm. To further complicate this, when we leave our car on the street in bad weather, it is very challenging to ao down or come back up the driveway. Bette Jo was in a recent car accident and as a result was classified with a minor disability. She was told that excess up and down of stairs would accelerate her problems which would result in a total knee replacement. Additianally, we are soon taking in our elderly mother whom is in a walker and caiulot go up and down stairs. This is what has prevented us from taking her in sooner and confirmed our decision that we had to move our tuck under garage use over to the other side (north) of the house and build a new garage so we could have direct access into the house without going up the stairs from the basement. We also recognize the fact that we will be getting a larger van for handicap transfer in the fufure and it would not fit into our current tuck under garage nor would we be able to get up the driveway on snowy days. Trying to focus our living on one floor and adding our mother has created a need for more Iiving space on the first floor. We redesigned our initial double car garage plans to only be a single car garage with a wider driveway to accommodate another car outside and gain first flaor access. We have also designed some additional Iiving space in the back of tlze house as well. The fact that our large lot has a property Iine set back of 17 feet on ane side and 20 feet on the other and our much needed wider driveway has contributed to our design exceeding lot coverage requirements. i'�, '�