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ded323 ere ble SEPTEMBER 19, 1988 3ern here this :his ting itly sper CITY OF ORONO P.O. BOX 66 CRYSTAL BAY, MN 55323 RE8 VARIANCE APPLICATION DEAR MEMBERS OF THE PLANNING COMMISSION: PLEASE ACCEPT MY APOLOGY FOR NOT BEING PRESENT AT THIS MEETING, BUT AS I AM BEING INSTALLED AS THE MASTER OF MY MASONIC LODGE TONIGHT, I WILL NOT BE ABLE TO ATTEND THIS MEETING UNTIL WELL AFTER YOUR 7:00 P.M. START TIME. I HOPE THAT I AM ABLE TO BE PRESENT AT THIS MEETING BEFORE IT ENDS. I WOULD ALSO LIKE TO THANK JAY KEISER, MV NEXT STORE NEIGHBOR, FOR SITTING IN FOR ME AT THIS MEETING UNTIL I CAN GET DOWN THERE. MR. KEISER IS THE PERSON WHO WILL BE MOST EFFECTED BY THE BUILDING OF THIS DECK, OTHER THAN MYSELF OF COURSE. AS NEITHER HE, NOR ANY OF MY OTHER NEIGHBORS, HAVE ANY OBJECTIONS TO MY BUILDING OF THIS DECK, I HOPE THAT WE CAN PROCEED WITH THE COMPLETION OF THIS PROJECT WITHOUT ANY FURTHER DELAYS. 1 WOULD LIKE TO GIVE YOU SOME BACKGROUND FIRST. THE ORIGINAL IDEA FOR THE BUILDING OF THIS DECK CAME THROUGH SLME AD HOC THERAPY BY ME FOR MV FATHER. MY FATHER SUFFERED A STROKE LAST VEAR. ALTHOUGH HIS RECOVERY HAS BEEN EXTRODINARY, LIKE MOST STROKE VICTIMS, HE STILL HAS BOTH GOOD AND BAD DAYS. I VISITF.D MY PARENT’S HOME ON ONE OF HIS BAD DAYS EARLIER THIS SPRING. HE DIDN=’T SEEM TO BE ABLE TO CONCENTRATE ON WHAT WAS HAPPENING AROUND HIM VERY WELL (HE WASrrT GETTING INVOLVED IN ANY CONVERSATIONS, HE WOULD WATCH ABOUT FIVE SECONDS OF ONE T.V. SHOW AND THEN CHAr^GE THE CHANNEL AND THEN CHANGE THE CHANNEL AGAIN AND S$0 ON). AS HE ALWAYS HAS BEEN QUITE A HANDyMmN, 1 TRIED TO HAVE HIM APPLY HIMSELF BY GIVING HIM A KNOX AE AND I TOLD HIM TO DESIGN A DECK FOR THE FRONT OF MY HOUSE. AS HE HAS DESIGNED AND BUILT 10 OR MORE DECKS FOR FRIENDS. I WAS SURE THAT HE COULD HANDLE THIS TASK AND IT DID SEEM TO FOCUS HI 5 ATTENTION AND CLEAR UP THE FOE:. THAT HE WAS IN. HE WAS NOW READY TO BUILD THE DECK. rOGETHEP WE WENT OUT TO PURCHASE THE SUPPLIES WHICH WE NEEDED AND WITH THE HELP OF MV YOUNGER BROTHER, WE STARTED TC BUILD THE DECK ON GOOD FRIDAY. THAT NEXT MONDAY A CITY INSPECTOR CAME BY AND ^DVISED US THAT WE WOULD NEED A BUILDING PERMIT AND POSTED A STOP WORK ORDER. I DI6 NOT KNOW THAT WE WOULD NEED SUCH A PERMIT AND NATURALLY STOPPED WORKED IMMEDIATELY. I THEN WENT DOWN 70 THE CITY HALL AND BY CHANCE MET WITH THE ^ SAME INSFECTQR IN THAT OFFICE. THEIRE HE GAVC ME A PERMIT APPLICATION AND ^■1 C.OOKED THROUGH MY FILE TO SEE IF A PRIOR-LAND SURVEY HAD BEEN COMPLETED. IT JCH A SMALL SCALE PROJECT, THE ACCURATE DIAGRAM ^AD NOT. HOWEVEB,--HE'DID ADVISE ME THAT 01 jURVEY could AND^vF;ROBLABLY WOULD BE WAIVED IF I SENT IN AN SHOWING WHERE THE FROppSED DECK WOULD BE_BUILT AND LAYING OUT ANY OTHER HARD COVER EXPOSURES. T- - - .r