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% Todd R. Iliff* Kevin W. D eVorf ; Ann M. Hale Iliff & Associates, P.A. Attorneys At Law Phone: 612/922-4647 Fax: 612/922-478S September 22, 1997 Mr. Mike Gaffron City of Orono 2750 Kelley Parkway P.O. Box 66 Crystal Bay, MN 55323 Re: Charles and Joan Floyd Our File No. 1652.9701 R'CIHZ)I • I I ■" ~ /~r~\ SEP 2 5 .*’,997 Dear Mr. Gaffron: After attending the Orono City Planning Commission meeting on Monday, September 15, ’.997, it became evident that the City is expecting certain things to happen that my clients, Charles and Joan Floyd, do not necessarily anticipate nor want to happen. Specifically, I am referring to the future use, ownership and existence of the 20 Ft. Parcel .ind the "Suip Land" to the south of West Ferndale Road between the 20 Ft. Parcel and 905 West Femdale Road. Your comments at the meeting seem to indicate that you believe, as does Conley Brooks, that the fate of the 20 Ft. Parcel will eventually result in the Floyds and the Brooks ’ sharing it, with Mr. Brooks also owning the Strip Land exclusively. Please be advised, one of the issues currently pending at the Office of the Examiner of Titles of Hennepin County is whether my clients own the 20 Ft. Parcel exclusively. With re.spect to the Strip Land, a final determination has not yet been made regarding the owTiership and use of the Strip Land. Therefore, your comments regarding how you expect things to turn out were purely speculative and coincidentally against my clients’ interest. As for your comments ’ impact on the Planning Commission ’s decision to grant Mr. Brooks ’ Subdivision Application for Lot 13 of North Shore Cottage Acres, I believe that your comments were influential in persuading the Commission by showing that there is, at least in your mind, a good possibility that Mr. Brooks will eventually own a continuous stretch of land extending from his homestead property. Nonetheless, I expect the City Council to table the matter as with Mr. Brooks ’ other Subdivision Application until the issues regarding the 20 Ft. Parcel euid the Strip Land have been resolved. With respect to the resolution of the 20 Ft. Parcel and the Strip Land, the last time I spoke with the Examiner of Titles was on September 2, 1997, w hen the Examiner postponed Americana Bank Building , 5050 France Avenue South, Suite 240, Edina , MN 55410 * Certified by the Real Property Law Section of the Minnesota State Bar Association as a Real Property Law Specialist