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«• • • • • •WINSTON LAW OFFICE r April 14,1999 Richard N. Flint Gray Plant Mooty Mooty & Bennett, PA 33 South Sixth Street, #3400 Minneapolis, MN 55402-3796 RE: James R. Renckens Subdivision Application Dear Dick: Jim Renckens and I wish to thank you for giving us a sympathetic ear on Monday evening. While you ultimately voted against us on the rear outlot issue, it was clear to us that you were making every effort to understand and be sympathetic with our position. We believe, rightly or wrongly, that, had Charlie Kelly not spoken so adamantly against us, we would have been able to proceed without the outlot. Now, with the rear outlot requirement imposed, I am not sure that Jim Renckens will buy the property, and I would hate to lose him as a neighbor and resident of the City of Orono. I hope to talk to Charlie Kelly in the near future. I have known Charlie for a number of years and he is a friend. I was somewhat taken aback that he spoke so adamantly against us. In any event, thank you for giving us a fair hearing on Monday night. I am sorry your vote supported the imposition of the outlot. In view of the outcome, I have some concern that I did not effectively advocate my client’s position, a position which I support, being a resident of the same neighborhood myself. We are not opposed to working cooperatively wth the City where public works are for the benefit of the corrunimity or the particular neighborhood in question. Here, we feel strongly that the creation of a street would be of great detriment to the neighborhood and of no real benefit to the City. The creation of the outlot along the Northerly edge of the Stubbs/Renckens property devalues the same, and has immediate adverse impacts on the Crystal Creek neighborhood, and particidarly Lots 6 and 7. The thought that this outlot might at some future date be linked to the street in front of my house, and that the street in front of my house might be linked to a street serving properties to my West and North is of such alarm and concern to me that I have been distressed ever since I walked out of City Hall Monday night. This has not been a good week. I am deeply concerned that Mr. Renckens %vill now not purchase the property, and I wanted to have him as a neighbor and as a resident of the City of Orono. I am as distressed about the possible future loss of safety, securitv and privacy \vith the possible linkage of Wear Lane to other roads to 4420 IDS Cenler, SO Soulk 8lk Street, Minneapolis, MN 55402 Tel: 612/341-9800 Fax: 612/338-6351 i J