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Pult HOMES January 4, 2023 City of Mounds View Honorable Mayor and City Council 2401 County Road 10 Mounds View, Minnesota 55112 Re: Ardan Avenue Properties Honorable Mayor and City Council: Thank you for providing us the opportunity to participate in a discussion during the City Council workshop meeting on January 3, 2023. We truly appreciate it. The purpose of this letter is to respond to recent staff emailed questions and to provide some helpful information about some of the issues discussed during the workshop meeting. City Staff Questions Number of units? — We have prepared four different sites plans based on different assumptions regarding what properties are to be included and the assumed density. As discussed below, we have made minor revisions to one of our site plans and have included this site plan as an attachment to this letter. The unit count shown on this updated site plan includes: 74 townhome units 22 potential additional townhome units 6 to 12 YardHomes 80 to 108 total units 2. Type they proposed or can build? — Pulte feels that the highest and best use for most of the homes on this site would be two-story townhomes for the following reasons: a. Townhomes act as a logical transitional use between the freeway/compost site and single-family homes. b. Townhomes would generate more tax revenue than detached homes. c. The values and heights of the homes will be consistent with the neighboring single-family homes. d. Most important, townhomes would fulfill demand for the most severely underserved demographic groups: housing for empty nesters and first-time new homebuyers. If the City determines that other uses are desired, then Pulte is willing to evaluate the building of other types of homes. These could include small single-family homes, single level homes, or twin homes (please see below item 1 for more discussion 92023 Pulte Homes of Minnesota LLC. All rights reserved. BL#BC627273