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f' <br />PROFESSIONAL PROPERTIES MAPLE GROVE PROFESSIONAL CENTER <br />13998 Maple Knoll Way Maple Grove, Minnesota 55369 <br />March 14, 2003 <br />City of Orono <br />Mr. Ron Moorse <br />P O Box 66 <br />Crystal Bay MN 55323-0066 <br />Re: Plan Revisions for 2765 Kellev Parkwav <br />Dear Mr. Moorse: <br />Our partnership members, our builder and our architect met last Friday with <br />Mike Gaffron to discuss the concerns that were raised by the Council over our <br />revised plans. The revision was necessitated in an attempt to control building <br />costs that came in much higher than anticipated. In particular, the poor soil <br />conditions of the lot resulted in an additional expense of $145,000.00 to correct. <br />Our builder tried to offset that cost by changing the building as per the revised <br />plans that were submitted. (Enclosed are copies of the builder’s estimates and soil <br />preparation costs.) <br />All the members of our partnership liked the original design better. It was just too <br />expensive to build. However, we would be willing to go back to the original <br />building plans that you have approved, if we could recoup some of those increased <br />costs by receiving a discount in the purchase price of the lot. Specifically, we are <br />asking for a discount in the price of the land of $145,000.00 to cover the additional <br />excavation costs. It is our understanding that is a common practice in the building <br />industry to be granted a discount for this soil correction. <br />In suinmaiy, we are hopeful that Orono can help us in our goal of building a <br />professional center that all of us can be proud of having in the community. <br />Sincerely, <br />William J. Kottemann, DDS; Partner <br />Karl G. Berg, DDS; Partner