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<br />. <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />~.Jm~ <br /> <br />( <br /> <br />. I '~. ;(:: ,~'~~ "j :,~ <br />~ MfI.,.~ UtJ8' ~ <br /> <br />ROGrR C. MIu'EJt <br />TIMO'l'HY J. KUNTZ <br />OANI!L J. BEESON <br />ROLLIN H. CRAWFORD <br />KeNNETH ), ROHLF <br />*TONETl'A T. OOVE <br />STEPHEN H. FOCHLE.R <br />-JAr P.IWU.OVICH <br />^NGEl.A M. WI<: MMNJoI <br />'KORINr L lAM) <br />ANN C. O'REILLr <br />TROY C, KrPLER <br />DARCI' M. MOHR <br />ROBIN t.l HENNIX <br /> <br />LEVANDER, <br />GILLbN & <br />MILLER, P,A. <br /> <br />1lIkl:dJmt..'1l.~~~~~ <br /> <br />ATTORNEYS AT LA.W <br /> <br />April 10, 2002 <br /> <br />HAROLD LE!JAMO!R <br />lIIHI-I!l9Z <br /> <br />Mr. Peter C, Carlson <br />President <br />Cbesapem Companies <br />n \ <br />11100 Wayzata BoUlevard <br />Suite 766 <br />Minnetonka, MN 55305 <br /> <br />oUtTHUI ClUEN <br />IImIlIl;> <br /> <br />VIA FACSIMILE <br />AND U.S. MAIL <br /> <br />-M30 ~MIITlD1N WISCONSIN <br />-AUl)AtlIrwlrtTEDIH NOk'J11 IMIWT" <br /> <br />RE: Chesapeake Companies NLP Group, LLC and A;T.S. Steel, Inc. and <br />HPMK, LLC - Acquisition for Cbesapeake Companies, 1.35W and 1.694, Master <br />PUD and F"mal Plat - Gateway Business CenterlInterstate Crossing <br />Our File Nos. 20068.00000 and 20069.00000 <br /> <br />Dear Mr. Carlson: <br /> <br />My clients A.T.S. Steel, lnc, (A.T.S.) and HPMK, LLC have asked that I communicate with <br />you in writing expressing their e)(treme frustration with your company's refusal to negotiate <br />for the purchase of the A.T. S. parcel. By way ofhistoncal summary, you presented a written <br />Memorandum of Understanding for the purchase of the 4.2 acre A.T.S, parcel and 53,872 sq, <br />ft. building in October of 2000. The proposed purchase price was $1,320,000_ This amount is <br />wbstantially less than the present estimated market value for tax purposes, and, as you have <br />acknowledged to I!le. was not based upon any appraisal of the property. <br /> <br />You, as well as other representatives of your development company, have repeatedly <br />represented to the City of Arden Hills your "intentioll" to acquire the A.T.S, parcel in <br />furtherance of your development plans for the Gateway Business Disttict. In reliance upon <br />your representations and application, the Cjty of Arden Hills approved on March 26,2001. the <br />proposed Master POO. Pursuant to this approval, Chesapeake was granted an IS-month <br />window in which to assemble all rCTl111ining parcels and secure a major corporate tenant/user. <br />Condition 14 of the City approval of the Master PUD clearly States that "approval of the <br />Master plan is contingent on the applicants acquisition of all properties shown in the <br />proposal." (e/Ilphasis added) <br /> <br />633 'OU1'H CONCORn Sn.nT' sum 400. SOuni so,lM' PAUL, MINNeSOTA 55075.651.451.1831- FAX 651,450-7384 <br /> <br />.~/a a6ed!9v8#~( ! ~~:6 ~0/vO/60 <br /> <br />'~.d'JelTT~~'ual1r8'JepUe^al :^q lues <br /> <br />!va~Losv~S9 <br />