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Beverly & Lou Smerling <br />2552 West Lake of Isles <br />Parkway Minneapolis 55405 <br />may 2 1994 <br />Date 4/29/94 <br />cc: Jim Cradit <br />cc: City ofOrono <br />I'JA <br />. <br />Dear Bev erly and Lou, <br />This letter is in regards to our phone discussion about our house plans held this morning <br />April 29th 1994 <br />I am glad you chose to call Mila personally at work this morning. It is much better when <br />we work together personally As you know your lawyer called Mila yesterday while she <br />was working and preceded to tell her that we owned a most difficult lot and we were <br />asking for far too many variances. He also informed Mila that he knew this lot very well <br />from past experiences. He also called Jim Cradit and forcefully asked for the plans before <br />the May 9th time frame the city has requested. He also told Jim he had plenty of time to <br />put these plans together and expected to receive them soon. I don’t know what <br />instructions you have given your lawyer but both Mila and Jim Cradit reported that he was <br />quite intimidating thus my request is to work personally together. If you do want your <br />lawyer to contact someone please have him contact me. <br />During our discussion this morning you asked for us to stop our plans immediately with <br />our architect Jim Cradit and meet with your lawyer Mr Mitchell and architect to help <br />design the house to your satisfaction. You said this would save us money since your plans <br />would not need to be changed prior to the meeting being held on May 16th. Thank you <br />for the offer of architectural assistance, while we would like to save the money, getting my <br />family settled into our home is my first priority. Adding another architect will only slow <br />down the process <br />You mentioned your displeasure with the height of the house. I want you to know we are <br />working hard to address the issue of the height which will be acceptable to you . the <br />neighborhood and my family. Our new plans will conform to the City's requirements, thus <br />a height variance will not be needed. <br />You expressed your concern about the drainage of the house Based on your concerns <br />and our neighbors to the north, the Shutts family I have hired a specialist in the field of <br />landscaping and drainage to address these issues and will forward to you the plans when <br />they are ready for review.