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purchased the property it was represented that the building pad would be a 35 ft. setback from the edge of the wetlands, as defined by the wetlands delineation done by Anderson. In our meeting with Mike Gaffron, he indicated that the wetlands were part of Lake Minnetonka and the setback without a variance would have to be 75 ft. from the 929.4 contour. Gronberg has now located the 929.4 contour, which represents a more restrictive building pad. I would hope that at a potential future date when I, my kids or a party whom I may sell the property to elects to build a new home on this site,the council would consider a variance from the 75 ft. setback because of the unusual circumstances with this p ro pe rty. In my discussions with Mike about setbacks and the tear down, he mentioned that the city requires the removal of any outbuildings if the primary residence is torn down. I'll admit, I was very surprised and, as you can imagine, disappointed when I heard this considering the time and money I had already invested to make the garage look nice and prepare it for use. It is a double deep garage with a new roof, and newly painted and repaired exterior which I had planned to use. The three things I am requesting from the City of Orono are as follows: 1. Lot line rearrangement per the attached Gronberg survey, making some minor changes which better line up with the lagoon frontage with the lot lines of both 905 and 960. 2. Permission to tear down the house and leave the detached garage in place for my ongoing use. 3. Verification that the future building pad will be at least as large as shown on the attached Gronberg survey. Thank you for considering my request. I look forward to discussing any questions you may have. Best regards, John Brooks 905 Ferndale Road West 612-860-5919