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'2-713 I I I wanted to talk with the fire chief before discussing the matter with the city. When he called back -- about a week later, the fire chief advised me that: a) LJVFD thought the land in question was community land* b) LJVFD had discussed the matter with the City and there were other problems, I including the need to widen the driveway to 25' c) LJVFD had hired an engineer and a contractor to design and build the parking lot for I them. LJVFD apparently didn't know that they needed a building permit or that they were out of compliance with the special use permit under which LJVFD operates ** I d) LJVFD would seek a variance and needed to get the names of property owners with- in 350 feet for the City. The fire chief took my name/address to add to the 1ist.*** e) LJVFD had granted an easement to the property owner to the north of the parking lot I as they prepared to build the parking lot On August 28,1996, my sister who lives on Lake Johanna Boulevard telephoned to tell me that she I had just been approached by a LJVFD firefighter to sign a petition to save four trees (see attachment 2-9, the cottonwoods in question and attachment 5, the petition circulated by the fire department I on August 28th) and to sign the variance which would not require widening the driveway. The language also referenced "the new driveway." When talking with the firefighter, and four others who were soliciting signatures in the area, it became clear that the firefighters were not aware that the .. parking lot itself represented a zoning and permit issue. The fire chief and I talked that evening. He felt the petition and signatures was a separate issue and it was unnecessary for LJVFD to have made residents aware of the other part of the reason for the hearing. 1 emphasized that if LJVFD chose to I use the signatures (which he emphasized were only solicited from those people living within 350 feet of the fire station), the way in which the petition was presented to residents should also be brought to the attention of the Planning Commission. I . Hard to fathom that since my surveying stakes and LNFD stakes were within inches of each other and 1 had I introduced myself as the neighbor abutting to the east in our prior telephone conversation .. Besides a potential conflict of interesl, it is unusual that neither the engineer, the contractor, nor LJVFD knew I that the parking lot broke a number of Zoning and Special Use ordinances. ... 1 did not receive a copy of the Notice of the Special Hearing. Upon calling City Hall, 1 was told it had gone out and my name was not on the list LJVFD submitted. The city faxed me a copy. 1 called the fire chief. He I said that they prepared lwo lists and send the other one to the city (i.e., the list which did nol include my name) I I -- Arden Hills Planning Commission Meeting. September 4, 1996, page 14 I