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Don Bjork 10 Senter,ber 1.986 ..� to Mary Butt.-�r, Mayor �If SEP 519% Citv of Cr.ono li P.O. Box C,I; Crystal B:Minnesota 55323 •--- - -• . _.. Dear Mrs. i;tt ler: On 18 Auqu:,t 1`86, the Planning Commission voted 4 to 2 against rec ,T:. ci%dinq a conditional use permit for a resi- dential property located at 2259 Shadvwood Poad in Navarre ,7.nd owned by my mother, Margarr,t LT. P3ork. May T rc orncct-- fully request that you and the City Council exercise your own prerogative in wei_ghinq the facts of this case. Thus doing, I believe you will aaree with those members of the Planning Commission who felt the permit should be granted. I. The applicant. Before I cite the stated reason for denial ai -t_ie basis of the Applicant's appeal, may I sav that she has earned and deserves your special considation, this for no other reason than her faithful service as Post- master of Minnetonka Deach for 23 years. Now 83 years old, Mother has been widowed since 1969, when my _father (former- ly floor manager of the Minnetonka Herald) passed away. Ftill serving her church and community, she continues to live independently, this with a minimum of help like this from her four sons, who were all raised in the Minnetonka area and are now scattered from coast to coast. 2.. 'rhe stated reason for the denial. The 22 Auqust 1986 "Notice of Planning Commission Action" states that the Com- mission recommends denial for the following reason: "An- nl.icant has a.lways been placed on Notice by the City that second residential unit allowed in 1976 was always to serve owner as a non -rental unit." The rppl'cant does riot cl— eceivinq such Notices, either nersonally or thr(-)u(;h her s; but all will bear witness that t:hev placed her un::ier years of unnecessary stress, if not actual duress. Because of the C.ity's position, the Shadywood Property has become a burden rather than a bles- sin,, . I'hen my brother Clifford was called to the m ..inistry out of business in Navarre, the main upstairs unit became vesicant. Thi-s 1(-'ft mother not = n1v al.,)nc, in the downstairs unit, but without x'F_,cru)-sC "n retitin(t out the upstairs unit. Unable tc, stistain the coat:: c;f such ;i L-ir(ic buildincl, she w.-IcnttI,tl lf<+rcud rut •t her (.-,wn t nwc. And, thouclh F' 0 N)x WHC Nyack Now York . MOO Phone 014 2.38-4135