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• 0 Brutger Companies, Case No. 1877 Page 3 8. To the south the development is across Minnesota Avenue and the egress ramp from the right-of-way for Trunk Highway 36. To the west the development is contiguous to the church site which is affiliated with tho Concordia School facility. To the northwest the property would be dedicated to the City, with most of the land remaining as open recreational facility. Thus, the impact to the north and west is considerably reduced by this fact. To the north of the site there is an existing elementary school and single-family homes. Directly north of the proposed cul-de-sac serving the new single-family homes and the cluster housing is where the school is located. Thus, there would be no direct effect on the existing j residential development to the north of B-2 except to the east and west of the school site. These relationships can be discerned from examination of the various maps prepared indicating the development in that portion of the City. 9. Amendment to the Comprehensive Plan would involve the designation of the site formally indicated as School to High Density Housing and Public Park. The rezoning is from R-1 to R-3A excluding the proposed park site. It would be possible to retain the proposed 21 home single-family area in the R-1 Zone and rezone portions of the proposed park site so as to obtain the appropriate density. This would offer additional protection to the single-family homes to the east since their property would be contiguous to thy; R-1 Zone land rather than the R-3A Zone. 10. Neighborhood meetings have been held with the developer and property owners. We understand that the neighbors are organized in opposition. Attached is a copy of one of the several letters that the City has received. 11. Attached are copies of a statement prepared by the Brutger Companies outlining their proposal and a series of drawings illustrating the development concept. We do not have specific elevations of each of the multi -family housing structures, though the perspective sketches that were prepared by Pope Associates give an indication of their character and materials. It would seem as though through the use of innovative tactics .from financing, that the City can obtain title to a much needed and valuable facility without capital outlay. Obviously, this can be an enormous advantage to the City of Roseville and its citizens. Perhaps neighbors in the area,, however, will feel that all of this is being done at their expense. It should be remembered that there are many fine multi -family housing developments in the City of Roseville, most of which are contiguous to, or near single-family development. There are, in fact, many single-family lots in Roseville that back up 'a multi -family housing sites. This change in zone can most successfully occur at the rear lot line of single-family homes. Here, the contiguous single-family homes are being placed adjacent to new single -Family homes, but with smaller lot sizes. One wonders whether this impact would really have a deleterious impact. The applicants propose to develop a "privacy fence" along this joint rear lot line. It would seem as though this technique, if properly handled, could make an effective transition between one type of single-family home and another.