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in Mag 3, ovex �9% of ih� singie-fabnily lots in Raseville are actually srnaller t.han l 1,000 sf �t is also diffcuJt to laelie�v� a reasozzable ar ap�arflpz�ate com�aari�so� exists b�tiween Lauderdai�, Faicon Heights, Nevv�port, and Rosevilie. In addition, as �nit��d out pr�vio�siy � this dacume�t, at��r co�m�.i.�ies z�aa� have smaller zr�ir�i.�aums #han Roseville, but Roseville �as a s�analler �ix�ir�.au� (7,700 s� �epresented by �:early SQ% of the eac�sting homes. This 7,700 sf, a more acc�rate reflect�an oi our lot size, wauld p�ace us juust b�law �Vfapl��ood o� the chart, and the c►Xaly �nenaber af the fzrst �n� comm�ties t�n the ch� �rrQViding na protection for larger lot sizes. Gene�ral ciixzen input o� �t�is i�.r�portant �apic was ext�-e�ely liz�ited. Esiimates by some �embears of the CAG set the �ig;ure at �ess than 40 with the bullc of #hase participating att�nding the open house. Altho�gh this s�dy spanned two iss�es vf t.�e Rosevzue Wrap, there was no mentio� of the CAG or the Lat Sp1it Study. As for flyers, unless they were mailed aut; � be�ieve ve:ry f�vv vvere circ�lated. As far advertising in t�e newspapez�, it �as done aft�r �e open house, not before. As %r the open-house, rnany items were set �p a,s�ing far inpui �egaxdi�g w�iat layaut i�divzc��als pre£erred for residential areas. Ove�rwhelmir�gly, as �videnced by �e charts i�clude� zn t�e xepnrt, citizens participating ia�ar�d winding streeis axzd irregular lots. That rec�uest �'a� publ�c ir�put was converted into a recanazxienda�an to "z�equ�e �hat lot l�e�s az�e p�rpenr�ic�.lax to i�Ze fr�nt prc�perty li�e w:a]ess a varian.ce zs obtai�ec�"—an exact �e�ersai of the sentiment expressed by the public attencl�.ng the open hovse. F'urthermore, �ere was little a�tent�an drawn to t.�ae use of privat� roads—as shovvxs on �Ze �aps paresented at the open �ouse. Sozne o£ us �ailed ta e�e� notice that so�e of �he str�ets c�n the exarr�p�es w�re "privat�." T�a. rny npir�io�, as one vvha attended the open �o�se, ta assert that cit�ze�zs supparte�. "private st�eets" is �ounded. As fc�r �e s�ey res�is �te�uded, ihe impor�t informa�ian �s t�at anly slig�tiy more than 30% 4r �esidents res�onder�. Iza ar� atten:�pt to sumrnarize fous� very di�ferent projects, the report found that af 44% of ci�izens who w�re su�portive of a prvject at ihe au�set and 45% lat�z repor�c:d negaiive neigh�orhoad impacts. T,�e cc�zar�z�tazz cri�cism was increased density, loss of greez� space, i�creased ��c, a�n:d haar�es "t.ha.t don't s��z�a to fit with th� �eighbarhoQd." It is interesting that clu�a.n� the �xaagiz�e 2025 projeci prot�c�ion af �e��z space, proteatza� flf #l�e ��vz�on.�aerzt a.�ad reduction of #xai�ic were crc�cial issues. J� sw�axnary, given the intent af �e Alterna��ve Recommenda�ions anc#. the exis�ing Zon�z�g Cod�, it would appea.r that a reasanable approac� �.ight be as follorrvs. Roseville shc��ld maintain its existing zo�z�g code and a�ve at a si��le averaging or siiding scaie approach to lot splits where all l�omeowners would be treated �a.i�'ly and the city cot�ld i�czease its densi#y slowly wlnile mainta.ining iis neighborhood character. Roseville s�.o�ld u�dertake a sepaarate a�.d suhstantial zevi�w ta address th� issu�s of �ot r�ca�nbi�ations and the reg�a�oz�s concern�ing approvais c��'subdivisions and PUDs. 0