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1^' mw f i-.-M-'- IJune 4,1991 City Council Qty olOrono 1335 South Brown Road P.O. Box 66 Orono, MN 55323 JVn 7Qo» Re: Reouest for waiver of demolition permit Residence on Lot 1, Block 1, MacMILLAN ADDITION, according to the recorded plat thereof, Orono, Minnesota TO: Mayor and Members of the City Council Ftor a number of years it had become obvious that it did not make practical sense for our family to retain the old residence on Lot 1, Block 1, MacMILLAN ADDITION since no one was living in the house, and therefore a determination was made to remove the dwelling house from the propeiT)r. We made this dftermimthy* as far back as our going through the subdivision processes with ^ rtgird to the lot on which this house was located. In connection with the platting of the property, the removal of the dwelling house from the property was (hscussed many times in cor nection with tk location lot lines within the subdivision, as wdl as in connection with setba> x lines respecting the location of the tennis court on an p* opcrty. I merely recount this hbtoiy to indicate that there was certainly no effort on our part whatsoever to blur, hide or make less dear our intentions with regard to this dwelling house, and discussed it with the City Planning Staff as long ago as the early summer of 1990 when the preliminary platting processes were being worked out In the early spring of 1991, it was determined that we could both do a service aS OnwA M limit M iwdutv cofits and exDenscs, ifto the fire fighters serving thi we would offer the dwelling to be conducted by the Long Lake Rre Department serving that portion of the City of Mot only would die Rre Department volunteers benefit from the training, but obviously our family would benefit by minimizing expense in removi^ the dwelling hnusv from die property. Widi diat in mind, we contacted Mr. Rick Perry, die Qdef of the Long Volunteer Rre Department and inquired of him about hevii^ die Rre Department do a controlled burning and training exerdae at tlw lioitfe. He was very happy to agree to that and in connection therewith an mnmnmA wee entered into %rith the Long Lake Rre Department which we i»iA<t IP everything which was necessary in order to permit the house to be Ifmrttd in diis contrcdled burning and training exercise. Mr. Perry assured us that