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April 16,1990 <br />City of Orono <br />City Hall <br />Orono, Minnesota <br />Attention: <br />our previous attempts to secure support or at least a favorable <br />recoLendation from the planning coimissa^on has resulted in less <br />than successful results. In reviewing the commission's comments <br />and suggestions, the following observations appear noteworthy; <br />We are attempting to maximize the potential of an <br />expensive yet difficult-to-bu:.ld-upon Orono approved <br />lot having an existing structure built with multiple <br />original construction problems <br />2)Our original planning was done with an accredited <br />architectural design firm that I believed was <br />competent and aware of Orono and all other <br />municipalities* reguirements and restrictions. <br />3)The original plans that we submitted were intended <br />to show structural changes that required approval <br />and it was not intended to include nor had we even <br />considered preparing a completed site plan.At that <br />time we were not cognizant of site planning <br />requirements and had not started landscaping plans. <br />4)Our misunderstandings are related to a combination <br />of misinformation and bad assumptions made on <br />cursory evidence.This does not mean that we were <br />attempting to circumvent or otherwise defeat the <br />ordinary and necessary policies and procedures.On <br />the contrary, we were and are very much concerned <br />with finishing our project to the satisfaction of <br />both ourselves and the commission. <br />From the outset it was noted that the lot is <br />undersized and irregularly shaped causing severe <br />limitations and restrictions relative to hardcover. <br />These restrictions do create a significant hardship <br />relative to properly finishing the construction <br />J'; -- '*• <br />-