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.�-.� '�C�� ._�._(.r � ;,,, - /�if I�'�l To: Roseville City �owr�eil Mem�ers �"�rom: A1 Sa�ds Dafie: �une l � , 2Q07 Re: Lot Splits Ro�e�iil� was develnped primarily aft�r Wor1d Wa.t� TI. We have �iad good sized residential lo� �equirements t�iat have enhaneed ihe desirability o�Roseviile as a great place to live. The is�ue t�at carxae up i� .�anuary af t�as year, after some bad experie�ces, was w�ether aar �ot there a�re soz�e �ezg�.har�oods with.z� Rosevzlle with largex than avera�e Iot sizes tha� shnuld be preserved. as �he nei�hborhtiads they are, c�r whe�her developers shauld be aliowed to change them into srnaller �ois tliat would drastically c�ange the nature a£ that neighborhood. "Fia� Lots" are ai5o a cor�cern. The CAG (citizens advisary �roupj deeided not to preserve and proteet those neighbor�oods {Iiem A), and ir� fact wen� beynnd �l�at issue ta advocaY� for smalier lot sizes tl�an we now rec�uire. This group was primarily the current members o�'the city's plana�z�g co�isszon, wha wor�k closely with staf£and seem to have a bxas �owa�d develQp�meni i� ordear to grow the ta� base. I disa�ee. As one of t�e petitio�ers to protect the existing large lo� neighborhoods a�riong us, I propose the following: 1. The City (:ou�cil adopt t�e CAG �eeor��€nendation �at #he p�eanahle af t.�e Zo�ng Code be arnended to inclu�e ....."£o� �h.e pu�ppse a�protecti�.g a.t�d a��k�anei�g tlae character, siabilit�, and vitality or residential r��ighborhoods....." (Reconr�tnendation C6). 2. CAG recdmmendatians Ul, relating to en�riror�men�lly de�relopment �ractices, and D2, relati�g to tree prese�rvatian ancl �eplacame�t, be adopted, so �kia� we malnta.i� at�r current number of trees. Mast develop�ents destroy many trees. 3. 'The caiy re,�ect adopting smaller �ingle family residentiallots as conirary to t�e goal stated in 1 above( Item C1). (If adop�ed, require it be a PUD overlay). 4. T�e city reject t�e CAG'S �'�CO�i1i11�Si�.tIQI3 f0 r�.�7�.I1C�411 QI�T �T�,� IQ� Ii�lglli30i'i1QOC�S tp dev�lopm�nt into standa.rd neig�bo��ac�ds, and adopt the Altea:-z�ative Re�a�endatzons �hat verould �rotcGt existing neighborhoods az�.d r�quir� any subdiv�ded iat tv be wzthin para.�eters of its contiguous neighbors {items 3�.nd 4 a�fi�e Citizen-based alternative r�comm�ndations). Adopting the goals ,stated 'zn � and 2 abo�e, and i�ap�e�enti�g thezn by advpti�g the Citizens AIteriaative recoz�z�ae�dations would xz�ake the iz�ple�enta�zon �t the pxoposed �;aals �zke a gkpve T�e CAG's subdivisio� and zoning cod� irnpleme�tation reconr�.�ez�datzozas conflict with t�ieix own sta.fied goals, ar�d need to be rej�cted. Or reca�endatio� C6 should be rejected. as tk�e gaal. Let's bac�C o£�` tk�is intense desire by the planning cornmission to alt�va�s �row the t� base. Tl�.ere are other, �ore irnportant considerations.