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Council Exhibit LEONARD, STREET AND DEINAl PKOriSSIONAL ASSOCIATION July 15,2002 Eric H. Galatz 612-335-1509 eric.galatz@leonard.com HAND DELIVERED Mayor Barbara Peterson and City Council Members c/o Paul Weinberger Zoning Administrator/Planner City of Orono 2750 Kelley Parkway Crystal Bay, MN 55323 Re: Stephenson Application for Amendment of CUP and Variance at 1850 Fo.\ Ridge Road Dear Mayor Peterson and Members of the City Council: We are writing on behalf of Richard Chalfen, 350 Brown Road South, to address assertions made at the July 8,2002 City Council hearing and in the July 3,2002, letter submitted by Gregory Munson on behalf of Revis Stephenson 111 in connection with Mr. Stephenson’s application for an afier-the-facl amendment to a conditional use pemiit (CUP) and variance at their property at 1850 Fox Ridge Road. Mr. Chalfen’s property abuts the eastern boundary of 1850 and 1895 Fox Ridge Road and the southern boundary of 1900 Fox Ridge Road. Stephenson’s after-the-fact applications cover work Stephenson performed without a pennit at 1850, 1895 and 1900 Fox Ridge Road. The aerial photograph attached to this letter shows the subject properties and the Chalfen property, and the conditions that existed on the properties before Mr. Stephenson clear- cut and filled the area east of his house. The Request for Council Action Zoning Administrator Weinberger prepared for the July 8 hearing sets out our objections to Mr. Stephenson’s applications and the Planning Commission’s unanimous recommendation to deny those applications. The purpose of this letter is to point out specific items in the record and to respond to Mr. Munson’s July 3 letter and July 8 presentation, as follows: A. Mr. Stephenson knowingly proceeded with material violations of his CUP. In the introductory paragraphs of his July 3 letter, Mr. Munson asserts that “Upon completion of the project conducted pursuant to the CUP, it became apparent that some of the fill encroached on the previously delineated wetland buffer, and beyond his property line, and that the final slope was very slightly off the 3 to one ratio requir^.’’ This sentence contains four separate assertions, each false or misleading: i$o South FifTM St »iit Suite ijoo Minniafous, Minnesota 55401 Tel <ii<55i>i500 Fax <ii.555-t<57 2234562v3 LAW OmCES IN MINNEAPOLIS, SAINT PAUL AND MANKATO