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r�. F <br />Exhibit B <br />January 17, 2024 <br />To whom it may concern: <br />My wife, Amanda and I purchased 2480 Carman Street in in March of 2022. Our plan has been <br />to build our family home on the southern portion of the parcel and sell or develop the northern <br />portion of the parcel. The northern and southern portions are separated by a lagoon that flows into <br />Lake Minnetonka. The northern portion of the lot, which is approximately 1.5 acres, is zoned '/2- <br />acre minimum lot size. The southern portion of the lot, which is approximately .9 acres, is zoned <br />1-acre minimum size. <br />In 2023, we presented a site plan to the City Council proposing a separation of the two lots at the <br />lagoon with a narrow portion of the northern lot remaning connected to the southern portion in <br />order to legally comply with the 1-acre minimum requirement. Despite this legal compliance, the <br />City Council expressed some concern with the fact that the southern lot would remain connected <br />to a portion of the northern lot, a condition that exists today. <br />In September of 2023, we finished construction of our home on the southern portion of the lot. On <br />December 18, 2023, Mark Gronberg and I met with Melanie. Curtis and Laura Oakden to discuss <br />the above proposal and any alternatives that may be more palatable to the City. Ms. Curtis and <br />Ms. Oakden suggested that the City may prefer rezoning the southern portion of our lot along with <br />the three parcels immediately to the west of our property from 1 acre to 'h acre minimum (LR-1 C). <br />They explained that this change would accomplish at least four objectives: (1) cause the non- <br />conforming lots to the west of our property to comply with the zoning requirements related to <br />density; (2) cause the southern and northern portions of our property to have the same density/lot <br />size requirements as one another; (3) cause the four impacted lots to conform with the density <br />requirements in the Casco Point neighborhood and (4) avoid any issue of spot zoning. <br />This proposed change would accomplish these four objectives and allow for the separation of a lot <br />that is already separated by a body of water and make an otherwise unusable 1.5 acre vacant lot <br />the sight of a new single family home. The proposed re -zoning would not practically change the <br />use of the four lake properties as each are the sight ofsingle-family homes and each lot is less than <br />one acre so no practical density would be added on the lakeshore. We plan to live across the <br />lagoon from this property for many decades to come and we are committed to ensuring that any <br />development of the northern lot is a welcome improvement to the neighborhood. <br />Thank you for your consideration, <br />Brett and Amanda Larson <br />61 <br />