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September 21, 2020 Attn: Ms. Laura Oakden Via EMAIL Subject: LA20-000057, 1985 Fagerness Point Road, Addition Ms. Oakden, We are in receipt of your application summary and staff recommendation. While we are disappointed with the staff’s initial denial recommendation, we believe that you have stipulated many of the facts arbitrarily. We disagree with the practical difficulty analysis, as we have moved to Minnesota full-time to help care for my wife’s father, a disabled veteran. We are building an accessible ground floor bedroom and bathroom with widened doors and a zero-entry shower to accommodate his care. We have put together a brief summary including evidence that the variances we are asking for are consistent with the neighborhood. Background We purchased our property in 2010 to build our lake home. At the time we only had two young children and only planned on spending the summers in Minnesota. We built the home accordingly, with a minimal driveway and undersized garage relative to our neighborhood and all three bedrooms on the top floor. We have since relocated to Minnesota full-time to help care for my wife’s father, who is a disabled veteran. Our family has grown and we had a third child. The current basement bedroom and bathroom will not accommodate my Father in Law’s disability. We plan to make the basement bedroom and bathroom accommodate his disability with widened doors and zero clearance shower. Practical Difficulties Analysis The practical difficulty for the variances is to accommodate my wife’s father’s disability.