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Janie* Oundlach From: S«nt: To: Cc: Subitet: Brad Jones [BJONESigmeagher.com] Monday, July 18.200512.24 PM Janice Gundlach Peter Eskuche; J. Sven Gustafton; cjones@okJrepublictitle.com Jones Application 2545 North Shore Drive 05-3132 Item 13 July 18th meeting ii)*3 Jones pic for >IG.0306JPG (130 variance mtg2.Jp... KB) Janice, Thank you for your call regarding meeting the engineer's concerns, and providing the council with a photo of the previous house, so that we can show the PC that the previous house had a mound of dirt in the front yard and many steps. Here are the answers to your suggestions. 1. This afternoon, before tonight's meeting, we will try to provide you with an e-mail of the revised site plan, meeting the engineer's concerns. We will bring the revised site plan to the meeting and provide you with paper copies. We will do this, regardless of e- mail. 2. Here is a photo of the front of the house, originally built in 1940. There are 19 or 20 steps to get from the driveway to the front door. I took this photo last August, when we signed the purchase agreement. Note how the front of the yard is a mound of dirt. That was there to enable people to get from the driveway and parking area to the front door. After the house was demolished, the dirt that was in the front was pushed into the hole formerly occupied by the house. Note that the previous house was configured so that the main living level was not at "ground level," but up one level. We are proposing the same configuration, but so that the garages are also on the main living level. Indeed the old house's garage, was a "wet" garage The look of the lot will be almost the same as before, although with more dirt in the front. It is the most efficient way to make use of the lot and permit us and our guests the ability tc drive to the front of the house rather than walking up 20 steps! We touch nothing within 75 feet of the lake. The view from the lake and from the house to the lake will be unchanged. It's only the front yard that will be different. That has to be different in part because we have to move the footprint of the house so that it is at least 75 feet from the lake. There is nothing about the proposed view from the front that will be offensive. Our neighbors welcome these changes. The view from the road will be about the same as it was with the old house. Drainage will be the same as before. There are no downside risks associated with putting this project together in the manner proposed.i I also attach a copy of a photo taken from the shared driveway, looking toward the lake, on which the proposed house has been imposed. We will also bring this or something like it to the meeting. With this people can see what we propose, in place. We have shared this with the neighbors, too. They support this. Please call if you have other questions or comments. Best regards. Brad 612-347-9196 «IMG 0306.JPG»