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Attachment C September 6, 2010 To Whom It May Concem: The following is a summary of why we would like to be considered for a variance and what undue hazdship our family is having with the property located at, 1015 Judith Avenue, Roseville, MN 55113. My wife and I purchased the property located on Judith Avenue in the spring of I995. At the time we purchased the home, we wet'e one of four young families living in the neighborhood. My wife and I were exited to be part of this new community and also excited to be in a neighborhood that was up and coming with young families or like ourselves, getting ready to start a famiiy. As with any home, we started to decorate and update to our taste. The two major improvements made in our first three years of occupying the home were a new roof and hardwood flooring on the main floor of our home. Our home was one of the newer built homes in the neighborhood and had some unique features not common to the other homes. The style of home is a two story and we loved the fact that we had a main floor laundry room which was ahead of its time. No climbing two flights of stairs with baskets of laundry and this also allowed us to finish the basement level which already had a fireplace and partially complete family room. Although we love ow home and community, repairs are necessary in order to alleviate mold which is a health concern for our family. The basement has exterior concrete block walls with what is called efflorescence. This is a white crystalline or powder. It's caused by water seeping through the walUfloor/object. The water dissolves salts inside the object while moving through it, then it evaporates leaving the salt on the surface. We looked into the problem and a concrete professional told us the southwest comer of our garage floor was settling unevenly and water was pooling in that comer. He also pointed out the exposed aggregate on the bottom 6 inches of the wall were water was eroding the block. This wall is a bearing wall for the upper level of our home. The concrete professional also showed us that the garage floor has already had a"Concrete Patch" and had been previously repaired. The concrete patch was also used in the northeast comer of the garage where we also aze having trouble with standing water. We had the concrete apron and side watks in aod azound the northwest cornet and the patio azea in the southeast comer removed and re-poured in hopes that this would take caz of the problem. The problem was eliminated for about 4 years when the concrete work around the comets of the garage sank down about 2 inches again creating pooling of water. To resolve the problem, we consulted with an engineer who said thaf it dces aot appeaz that the footings have been extended out faz enough to support the concrete apron and the grade azound the northeast comer appears to be negative allowing water to flow under the service door. The wood frame and siding azound the service door on the northeast corner has rotted and been replaced or repaired several rimes and the large overhead garage door must be adjusted every spring and winter as the ground freezes and thaws due to the uneven gazage floor. We also became aware of the grade pmblem on the east side of our home when the neighbor to the west installed a below ground pool. A lazge drainage pipe was found that runs east and west along the north boundary of homes on Judith Avenue. There are only tivee homes on this part of Jadith � � Page 1 of 10