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<br />December 4, 2002 <br /> <br />~ I: l IF ft. \J. <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />Dear Arden Hills City Council Members, <br /> <br />AS you may know, the trees now have been completely demolished. Our family and close neighbors <br />have already lost in spite of our efforts. Now I am just asking you to not approve Mr. Nelsons new <br />plan for this second story building. Out of all the land in the world, why his quest to conquer this <br />small corner I'll never know. One of three main factors in our decision to buy our home was a good <br />school district, easy highway access, and privacy for us and the kids. This house was perfect and <br />our neighbors were wonderful. We bought the house. Little did we know when we bought the home <br />that someone would buy the land, tear down the woods, invade our backyard privacy, and build not <br />only a small building; but attempt to build a FULL 2 STORY WITH DECKS. That is ridiculous. We <br />were upset when the first plan went through, but at least people would of had to look across to see <br />into our yard, not look down into it. <br /> <br />It seems like I am fighting a war that I will not win, although I do have peace knowing that I have <br />done my best, and the rest will be up to God. My Neighbors and I have fought to prevent this <br />development from happening for a long time. I thought this whole project was supposed to be <br />somewhat negotiated. What part have I received in my favor. <br /> <br />. Not taking down the woods? -NO <br />Aio ramp- NO <br />~ reasonable space between my home and a commercial building? NO <br />. An 8 foot privacy fence between us and him? -No <br /> <br />What have I lost or will loose... <br /> <br />. Value of my property! <br />. Our Privacy! <br />. Our woods! <br />. Construction noise and Maintenance! <br />. My time! <br />. Stress! <br /> <br />My relationship with Mr. Nelson had started on the wrong foot and he has made it even worse by <br />proposing a larger building with decks. Just by doing that, it proves that all of his initial statements of <br />privacy concerns for his new neighbors was just a manipulating scheme to conquer his goal. <br /> <br />What can I say that I haven't. I am extremely disappointed about this whole unfortunate situation. <br />Before we had bought the property the city of Arden Hills had told my wife that the lot had been <br />vacant for 20 year,S and due to the 100 foot variance between commercial and residential property <br />that a business could not be built. There had to be a boundary between commercial and residential. <br />a. Nelson did get the building 30 feet away from our home, but took full advantage to putting in an <br />.der ground parking ramp 10 feet from our bedroom windows. Remember towards the beginning, <br />Mr. Nelson said the basement was going to be for file storage. Now Mr. Nelson plans on using it for <br />files, boat, and car storage. <br /> <br />drdraw@vanoo,c.om <br />