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May 6, 2024 Patrick Trudgeon 2660 Civic Center Drive Roseville, MN 55113 Sent via email: Pat.Trudgeon@cityofroseville.com Mr.Trudgeon, I represent Eric Carrara in the issue involving the fence he erected on his property located at 257 South McCarrons Blvd. I am responding to the City of permitanddemand that he removesthe fence. This is hisletter requestingan appeal. Background Mr.Carrara set out to build a privacy fence onhis property running along a public sidewalk. Before doing so, he contactedthe City Engineer with his plan. In November of 2023, he told the City Engineer that his plan was to remove the existing city fence and build his own six-foot privacy fence. The Engineering Departmentconfirmed that he would need a fence permit because it was a six-foot privacy fenceand informed Mr. Carrara that he did not need any other permits for the project. The Department reviewed the plan for his fenceand approved it.Following the approval, Mr. Carrara confirmed with theDepartment via email: I just want to confirm we are approved permit to remove the current city fence and replace with our own 6ft privacy fence? Following the approval from the City Engineer, Mr. Carrara applied for the fence permit withRoseville upkeepThe design showed the fence would run the entire width of his property right along the sidewalk. On March 12, 2024, Roseville issuedMr. Carrara a residential fence permit. The tstandard privacy consistent with the plan approved by Roseville. In April of 2024, the work on the fence began pursuant to the permit issued by Roseville. The work was on track to be completedexactly as approved. The City fence was removed,and the privacy fence was installed. After most of the work was completed, Jesse Freihammer ofRosevillePublic Works revoked the fence permitand ordered the work to stop.Via email, Mr. Freihammer claimed the stop order was issued and permit revoked because the permit application did not make it clear that 1 Qbhf!29!pg!331