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RCA Attachment D about 28000sft for water absorption (IÓve never tried to put six houses/three twinhomes plus one existing in a space platted for two, so IÓm not familiar with the impervious surface requirements here in Roseville. I just know what works & doesn't work from 40yrs experience. Currently, we ALREADY have drainage issues here. All the back lots are lower than CoRd C2 & Old Hwy 8 and the natural storm water run-off is basically south to north. The back lots of 2991, 2951, 2945, & 2995 Troseth & that is with normal rain and snow melt (depending on soil saturation). The back lots at 2991 & 2995 often support a normal, heavy rain, or snow melt (depending on soil saturation) small pond which the local ducks quite enjoy. With Mr.Brama's proposal the runoff will be MUCH more into these two back lots. There is a swale that runs from Old Hwy 8 along the line between 2994 Old Hwy 8 across the back lot lines of 3015, 3009, 3003 Troseth and turning and running along the lot line between 3003 and 2999 Troseth and exiting under Troseth between 3004 & 3002 Troseth then flowing north to a pond at the rear of 3040 Troseth. Drainage minimally works now because thereÓs enough NON-impervious surface to handle some fairly hard "normal" rains (again depending on soil saturation) without flooding. With an added loss of pervious surface and the way the snow would be plowed (a whole winter of plowed snow to the low side) in his proposed plat ALL of the melt will flow at the bottom of that swale I just described and into 2991 & 2995 Troseth back lots. That is with normal (?) rains and snow. But now there are Ðclimate change issuesÑ. IÓve seen big snow pack with heavy spring rains and heavy summer rains flow like a river down the swale, fill the ditch to Troseth with flooding to 3003 Troseth & flooding to 3004 Troseth. Keep in mind, all the drainage along Highway 88 converges into the pond at 3040 Troseth & there have been many times with the heavy rains where 2996 & 2998 Troseth came VERY close to flooding in their back lots and their basements. As that swale becomes overwhelmed it flows over Troseth to the storm drains which sometimes wonÓt keep up and IÓve seen 3000, 2998, & 2996 Troseth flood from the front. Plan for the worst and hope for the best, right ? Not in the case of Mr.Brama's plat. According to Mr.BramaÓs plat, how will you get emergency vehicles in a cramped area. ESPECIALLY, with how many cars will be parked in the way on the "private" access ? Every home is likely to have at least 2 cars or (most assuredly more). There is no place to turn around. What happens when winter hits with the BIG snows. Old Hwy 8 will be plowed, if overflow cars from these buildings aren't parked there, but how about the ÐprivateÑ access ? Fire, heart attacks, etc. always happen when conditions are perfect, right ? Our area seems to be becoming a little more crime ridden (I lost $5K in tools, others have lost cat-converters & even attempted break ins) than in the past. Are RosevilleÓs Finest (The Police) going to pull into and back out of this, "private access" setup on routine patrols ? We see Roseville's Finest infrequently enough now. The elevation of the proposed twinhome behind the 2994 Old Hwy 8 house will be about 2-3 ft lower than Old highway 8 and the one to the south of that will be about 2 ft below Old Hwy 8. Effluent hasnÓt started flowing UPHILL, even with climate change. WhereÓs the lift station going ? How about fire hydrants ? Say one of the two lower twinhomes caught fire & their location so near to adjacent properties & tree line with no real access other than the private drive, what else will be set aflame ? Maybe Mr.Brama can use his garden hose until Roseville Fire finds a way in with all the vehicles that will most likely be in the way. Kind of the unspoken code of the GOOD developer is to make your neighborhood better. Wouldn't a good "developer" talk it over in person with the neighbors rather than the neighbors finding out about it at a proposal meeting ? If Mr.Brama is a ÐdeveloperÑ heÓs a sorry excuse for one because he is not. He's a rental landlord trying to turn this neighborhood into yet another crowded rental area to the benefit of ONLY Mr.Brama. I've seen this countless times in my line of work. Mr.Brama is looking for a cheap way to gain more rental income at the expense of those who live here for the little extra room. Please consider the folly of this proposal and vote to DENY it. If the three existing houses Mr.Brama owns now were offered for sale they would sell in twenty minutes and Mr.Brama could move on with close to a million dollars at current high demand prices and go ÐdevelopingÑ a new rental neighborhood that was designed for medium to high density rental property. Mr.Brama isnÓt concerned about the neighborhood or bettering it. Mr.Brama cares ONLY about Mr.Brama and trying to turn this area into one of his marginal rental plats. 3 Page 34 of 35