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.1 • .• CITY OF ORONO HENNEPIN COUNTY, MINNESOTA In the Matter of Stephenson Application for Amendment to Conditional Use Permit and for Variance AFFIDAVIT OF RICHARD CHALFEN Richard Chalfen, being first duly sworn on oath, deposes and states as follows: I. All matters sworn to in this affidavit are made based upon my personal knowledge or upon sound information and belief. 2. I am a resident at 350 Brown Road South, Orono, Minnesota. I purchased my residence on November 1,2001. 3. My residence is situated on a parcel of property (“my property”) about twelve acres in size. My property is roughly in the shape of a backwards letter “L.” A significant portion of the upright leg of this backwards L consists of a wetland ?rea. That leg of my properly e.xtends along the entire eastern boundary of a residential property located at 1850 Fox Ridge Road, which since sometime in 2001 has been owned by Mr. and Mrs. Revis Stephenson III (“the• • Stephensons”). The Stephensons’ back “yard” includes a small portion of that wetland that extends throughout most of the upright leg of my property. The Stephensons’ back yard is plainly visible fi-om various parts of my property, including the area around mv residence. •1 At the time I purchased my property, I was unaware of any plans or pending applications by the Stephensons to perform any work on the back yard of their home. I soon learned. however, that the Stephensons had significant filling and grading plans for the back yard. The way I learned of it was by observing great mounds of dirt being dumped in their back