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From:John Knoblauch <br />To:Laura Oakden <br />Cc:Jeremy Barnhart; Anne Hentges <br />Subject:Re: 1335 Arbor St- Variance Application Process/submittal <br />Date:Friday, August 24, 2018 7:39:55 AM <br />Good morning Laura! We appreciate your efforts and want to thank you in helping my wife, <br />myself, and the landowners, Colin and Vanessa Keller, amend these two footprint dimension <br />changes so they can meet the level of variance approval needed by your planning staff, in <br />regards to sistering the original approved variance....so we can hopefully down the road, <br />proceed with the building permit application.. <br /> Just want to clarify with city staff and for our clients, That the Kellers are hoping to be placed <br />on the Sept. 17th planning commission agenda to have the commission review these two <br />dimensional alterations to the building footprint that you have discovered, (These two lines <br />are different then the lines of the building footprint that was approved in the original <br />variance.) <br />Wanted to take this opportunity to bring to the entire city staffs attention, (which I think is <br />critical here on this piece of property) that all hardcover limits in the approved original <br />variance have been met or reduced with the footprint I submitted... <br />Also would like to mention here that I personally have made a huge effort since I was hired in <br />early July 2018 (well after the initial variance approval) to use my 32 years of single family <br />home construction expertise to come up with a better, more realistic house plan/footprint that <br />will better serve the land use, existing contours, the neighbor to the south, the homeowners, <br />and especially the city, as this revised footprint has implemented 3 important <br />improvements....... <br />1) The new footprint has deleted 3 over sized window wells which would have been <br />detrimental to both the neighbor and my clients, by making storm water management more <br />difficult and possibly saved city staffs time in working on a difficult long term solution down <br />the road.. <br /> 2) The new footprint has eliminated the need for a retaining wall next to Prospect Ave, <br />which the original house plan would have created, which in turn would have been a challenge <br />for your staff and and public works department.... <br />3) The new footprint has gained 12" of extra lot space along Prospect Ave. which is also <br />better for the city of Orono. <br /> Hopefully staff can take solace that these two minor footprint alterations, along with a better <br />fitting footprint on this unique property, and the elimination of the 32' of window wells, is a <br />big win for everyone, including the city of Orono <br />Thanks for your time and look forward to working with you on your city staff approval <br />process! <br />On Wed, Aug 22, 2018 at 4:09 PM Laura Oakden <loakden@ci.orono.mn.us> wrote: