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r OctolxT 10,19*M Mr. Michael P. Gaffron Assistant Planning and Zoning Administrator City ofOnnio 2750 Kelly Parkway Orono, MN 55356 Dear Mike: Thanks to you and Jean Mabusth for all of the time you gave me last week. Please attach this letter to my request for an after the fact variance to rebuild the storage shed on our property. Due to the delays of having five different surveys completed in the last year, this application has been unduly delayed. ^)V'hiIe it is mv uinJerstanding that not only Ruihie and I but also the city of Orono believe the ^ is on our property, we understand your desire to get this before the Planning Commission. Therefore, consistent with your recommendation, we will move immediately to 1 orrens [»occcdings upon approval of our request. As we discussed, the trafllc on the easement and our dock has created a uniqiic hardship we were not aware of when we purchased this property melve years ago. WTiile the shed wr)uld not have prevented all of the problems created by the easement we are confident it has eliminated many of them. Security for our possessions and our family has been a serious problem as police reports havx frequently validated. Throughout the trespassing, after hours traffic in our yard and on our dock, theft, and breaking and entering we have continued to maintain the easement. This has entailed every thing from cleaning up broken bottles and beer cans to mowing, seeding, landscaping, providing the City ivith fabric for its retaining wall and allowing the City to come onto and grade our property for a new drainage ditch. The easement makes our proper^' unique because of the security problems it generates. Loss of this shed would increase the hardship of our security problems. The property' doesn ’t allow for relocation of the shed without significant e.xpense but more importantly without loss of a significant level of security for us. Practically and financially hardships would be created by lack of another suitable location on the property and Jhe cost of moving pipes, pump, and electrical and irrigation systems that have been in this shed for an estimated twenty plus years. We need a secure structure at the lake for our possessions as well m for the 100 watt electrical box, pump, pipes and irrigation system. To relocate these systems wou create a significant hard.ship of its own.