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~ \ " ~a, "7 ~~~jjC 0 L LEG E .~:;1 EroRerties, inc. .:,;:~: ., ,- 3003 Snelling Avenue North, St Paul, Minnesota 55113-1598 IN RESPONSE CONCERNS REGARDING THE COLLEGE PROPERTIES, INC. PROPOSAL 1. The Creek - County Ditch NO.4: The majority of the concerns pictured by the neighbor are in Arden Hills. Much of what was shown of the larger gullies have been caused in years past. Some problems have occurred due to the new library that was built last fall. Winter stopped some work from being completed. There are some areas that do need to be addressed. Northwestern College has heired Damon Farber, a landscape architect, to recommend a plan of action that can be taken to address the situation. This was done with the agreement of Steve Sarkozy. Mr. Farber has already visited the site and started the process. We believe the problems as shown were somewhat overstated and invite the City of Roseville to have their Public Works Department monitor the process. You on the City Council have addressed the flooding problems by your actions at your meeting Mooday evening. Our redevelopment project will decrease the amount of water introduced into Ditch No.4. 2. Independent LMng: We propose to reduce the height of the seven story Independent Living building by fifteen feet. We will further step down the ends of the building closest to the neighbors to five stories. This will reduce the number of apartment units in the building to 132. In doing this we will be within about six feet of other senior housing developments already in residential areas of Roseville. As to the desirability of tall buildings with high densities being used for senior housing - there are 103 buildings listed in the 1992 SENIOR HOUSING DIRECTORY that are seven stories high or taller. Many of them are over 20 stories. This comprises 25% of all the senior housing buildings listed in the directory. Seniors will and do live in tall buildings. Phone (612) 631-8938. Fax (612) 631-9151