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<br />February 12, 1992 <br /> <br />Roseville City Planning Commission <br />City Hall <br />2660 Civic Center Drive <br />Roseville, MN 55113 <br /> <br />Dear Sirs: <br /> <br />This letter is written in opposition to the request by Mr. Franklin Ho to rezone <br />the property at 1935 North Cleveland Avenue from R-1 to R-2. <br /> <br />Our reasons for opposing the rezoning of the property is that we feel that such <br />an action would lead to a degradation of the character and stability of the <br />surrounding neighborhood in the years ahead. Rezoning the property would be <br />a short run solution to the owner's problem, but at the expense of longer run <br />problems for neighbors who have been long time residents of the area. <br /> <br />We have lived at 2100 Draper Avenue for almost 7 years and have shared <br />Healy Pond with our neighbors and the former residents at 1935 North <br />Cleveland. We anticipate that a multiple-family dwelling on the pond could <br />lead to a disruption of a valuable natural resource, since these would be <br />tenants with little or no long term interests in the wildlife and quality of the <br />habitat. <br /> <br />Secondly, once rezoned the intentions of future owners of the property would <br />be highly uncertain. A future owner may not be as selective in accepting <br />tenants with the obvious consequence that the neighborhood would be <br />adversely affected. <br /> <br />In summary we feel that an R-1 zoning of the property is conducive to <br />sustaining the current character and stability of the neighborhood and adjoining <br />natural resources. An R-2 zoning would threaten that neighborhood, one that <br />has provided a valued quality of life in spite of the perimeter roads and plans <br />for future road ev lopment. <br /> <br />