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, . . ~ I built up in it next to the house at 2764 No. Victoria. The excavation (includ1ng tree removal) and block ~as to sllow the garage to be build at the sa~e level as the house. Ve can fill it in and cover it over at any time and it won't be visible. When sll of the obstructive behavior was taking place, I complained that we needed th1S before w1nter or we wouldn1t be able to build anyway. I was given verbal perm.saion to do so. I didn't know then I was being set up. After spending $JOOO.OO. I waa informed that by requir1ng a PUD (spec13l use permit), the city now required that I give another 10 feet of my property to Ramsey County ~20 feet total) and "Oh, incidentally, since the old duplex of yours w1l1 be partially in the additional lO feet, you'll have to agree to glve it to the County also." Now they had me. I said 1 wouldn't tear it down or give it to Ramsey. I was given 60 days to remove my 111egal footing and doundatlons, if I wouldn1t action would be taken against me. We appealed to Ramsey County~ The County attorneys saw no probl~m with leavlng our 64 year old duplex alone. Roseville reacted in panic. A letter was wrltten to a county offlcJal warning that if 1 vas let off the hook on my duplex, Rosevl!le would never cooperate with Ramsey on any future roads. (I have a copy of this letter.) I personally pl~~~ed wlth lno county official to not let them do th1S to us anJ reminded h~m that the legal people sa~ no problem. 1 also ~nqujred about the eth~cs and fairness of such actlon. He didn't C3rc and, if I ~won," would "take it to the Supreme Court and you can't afford that, can you?~ By no~ we knew tnst trere was something more than just a garage at stake here, but. what lt is escapes us. 1 told the county official that we qu~t. I asked if we stopped trying to build a garage, would they leave us alone. He told me that vhen my insurance company found out I wouldn't even get lnsurance. (This threat I don't yet understand, but I'm sure there's something ~ore coming.) 1 appealed to Roseville to please leave us alone. ~I won't build a garage!" Not enough! 1 can't even turn the proposed garage site into a prlvate parklng area. Each block must be removed, not covered over. Why? Why a P.U.D. ln the flrst place? Too many bUlldlngs? Baloney! 1 took an old buildlng down before I asked to build the garage anyway. A house and a garage on a 100 foot piece of property requ1res speclal use? The Roseville offlcials have garages. I bet my lot lS larger than theirs. My duplex and marina Slt on the second 100 feet. The minl~duplex ~s 525 sq. ft. (smaller than a garage) and the marina is 600 sq. ft. (average garage slze). Even lf the house (l200 sq. ft.) is counted aod all of the bUlldlngs totalled, we have only 2J25 sq. feet of building on 26,000 sq. feet of land (200'xlJO'). Nothing makes sense! I -3-