Laserfiche WebLink
PC Exhibit L <br /> MALKERSON GUNN MARTIN LLP <br /> 1900 U.S. BANK PLAZA SOUTH TOWER <br /> 220 SOUTH SIXTH STREET <br /> MINNEAPOLIS, MINNESOTA 55402 <br /> TELEPHONE 612-344-1111 <br /> FACSIMILE 612-344-1414 <br /> Patrick B.Steinhoff Direct Dial: 612-455-6601 <br /> Attorney at Law pbs@mgmllp.com <br /> December 3, 2020 <br /> Mayor Dennis Walsh <br /> Members of the Orono City Council <br /> City of Orono <br /> 2750 Kelley Parkway <br /> Orono, MN 55323 <br /> RE: Shoreline Estates Preliminary Plat Application <br /> Our File No. 3533.001 <br /> Dear Mayor Walsh and Members of the City Council: <br /> My office represents Trisha Blake and Mark Jacobs, as Trustees of the Irwin L. Jacobs <br /> 2018 Revocable Trust (the "Jacobs Trust"), owners of the real property (the "Property") located <br /> on Shoreline Drive in Orono. The Jacobs Trust has submitted a preliminary plat approval <br /> application to subdivide the Property. This application has already been before the City Council <br /> multiple times, most recently on October 26, 2020. I write this letter for the purpose of updating <br /> the City Council on the status of the application and to respond, in at least a preliminary way, to <br /> some of the comments that were made to the City Council by neighbors of the Property when the <br /> application was last before the City Council. <br /> I. BACKGROUND OF THE SHORELINE ESTATES APPLICATION. <br /> The Jacobs Trust's application was before the Planning Commission and City Council for <br /> concept plan review on, respectively, March 16, 2020 and April 13, 2020. The Planning <br /> Commission then held a public hearing on the completed application on August 17, 2020. After <br /> several delays(for the purpose of staking the property at the request of neighbors),the Jacobs Trust <br /> planned to present the application to the City Council at its October 26, 2020 meeting. However, <br /> the Jacobs Trust instead requested that the City Council table the application to allow the Jacobs <br /> Trust to consider lengthy written comments submitted by a neighbor, through her attorney,just <br /> prior to the meeting. The Jacobs Trust has amended the application in response to some of those <br /> comments. At the request of the City staff, the Jacobs Trust has agreed that the application can be <br /> returned to the Planning Commission for a new public hearing on the application, as amended. <br /> The Planning Commission will conduct that public hearing at its meeting on January 19,2021. <br /> 267234.DOC <br />