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RCA Attachment D I chose to send you all this letter as opposed to trying to articulate this on a short zoom meeting. I donÓt trust Mr.Brama to present you our views on this matter and also putting things in writing allows me to be more thorough. You know, us old guys try to be accurate as possible & I'm not quite sure electronic stuff is the old guy's friend. So I'm trusting you to read it and get it into the record concerning this matter. My name is, R.L.Pastwa and I reside with my wife Laurie, at 2999 Troseth Road. I have lived in Roseville at this address off & on since I was one year old. IÓm sixty nine. IÓm also a commercial/residential builder & small developer. I have done this since 1981, 41 years. Makes me sound old. This small area, also known as the lost section of Roseville was part of the Ed Troseth Farm and encompassed about 140 acres. I believe it was plotted out in lots about 70 to 75 years ago. My father bought in about 1950 (2999 Troseth) and there were maybe four houses here already. Since those days when the dinosaurs roamed here, the neighborhood has remained as plotted way back in the "old" days AND to the great satisfaction of those who have built and lived here, for some, many years, EXCEPT for Mr.Brama. The block of Troseth Rd, CoRd C2 and Old Hwy 8 is SINGLE family homes with large yards and has been that way for 70+ years. The Roseville Founding Fathers obviously had a little insight into the future. Maybe to give us a little room ? EVERYONE who built here or moved in wanted to be here for the nice size lots, almost country style living in a busy small city. In ALL my years here, IÓve never heard anyone complain thereÓs just too much room here. Through the years there have been attempts to install rental buildings about the size of BramaÓs 3020 Old Highway 8 building. One building attempt was in maybe early 1970Ós where the house is now at 2996 Troseth and one at where Brama lives at 3009 and the two lots on either side 3003 and 3015 Troseth. THANKFULLY the Roseville Planning Commission and Council back then had the foresight, wisdom, & benevolence to deny the attempts and preserve the character of one of RosevilleÓs oldest and I would say, nicest neighborhoods. Had they not, this small area would surely not exist. Mr.Brama is a rental landlord whoÓs attempting to change the WHOLE character of a Roseville heritage neighborhood by trying to put in, according to his proposed plat, a flattened out apartment building under the guise of Ðsingle family twinhomesÑ. Cutting away the "fluff" Mr.Brama wants to install six single family homes (under the guise of three twinhomes) plus one existing in a space where two existing homes have existed for about 50+years. Mr.Brama doesnÓt seem to realize twinhomes arenÓt single family homes. Mr.Brama rents out the house at 2986 and 2994 Old Hwy 8 and I would venture a guess that the house he has at 3009 Troseth will soon be a rental property, as this has been his pattern. A few years back, Roseville conducted a, "beautify Roseville campaign" and if the inspectors went around today, I believe they would view Mr.Brama's rental properties (the three houses he has plus the apartment bldg 3020 Old Hwy 8) with GREAT consternation and a fistful of written suggestions. WITH the additional six homes IF heÓs allowed to proceed with this, will his pattern change ? As a builder/developer, my question is, "Why would you move into an established old neighborhood and do all the existing neighbors an injustice and want to cram six houses (three RENTAL twinhomes) plus one RENTAL existing into a space that has just two now?. If Mr.Brama is such a benevolent developer set to "benefit" all of us neighbors with this mess why hasn't he visited the folks here to discuss it ? Because he would have had countless dogs turned on him. He's used the cowards way, attempting to slip this in. Why hasn't EVERYONE from CoRd C2 to Old Hwy 8 to Troseth been notified ? Only 500ft ? I get notices of Roseville issues three miles away and this one is only 500feet. This affects us ALL here. This is an underhanded attempt chop up our neighborhood piece by piece installing a higher density rental property into a low density single family home area that has been quite pleasant for 70+years. I did some fast calculating off of the plat Mr.Brama issued, and with the existing house and driveway PLUS the proposed additional houses and driveways etc. I came up with about 37000sqft (possibly more as the plat dimensioning was quite hazy), of impervious surface. The total area of the proposal is about 65000sft leaving 2 Page 33 of 35