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�! dor- T DEVELOPMENT LTD. January 16, 1998 Ilia Fax(490-2931) and Regular Mail Kim L. Lee, AIC P City Planner City of Roseville 2660 Civic Centre Drive Roseville, MN 55113-1899 Rev- Comprehensive Plan Amendment Application 2218-2240 Hamline Avenue PF#2 78 Dear Ms. Lee: The purpose of this letter is to inform you that we are withdra ring our application to amend the Comprehensive �`ve P Ian designation of the subject properties from medium • limited business and, ac rdinglyr the application should be density residential #� l�nn r emoved from the January 26 city Council agenda. • application because it is obvious that it is impossible to obtain v'�e are #hdraw�n� our app • merits of our proposal in the face of substantial anti-Everest bias a fair hearing on the rrrer� � � • ' and the current Council, exemplified by council member exhibited Nted by r staff a _ oe deke at Wednesday nights Planning Commission meeting. contacts with the City concerning the Hamline Avenue propel brief regrew our � t � t . over the past several months demonstrates that staff and the City Council are intent on • • • disadvantaging Everest, rather than providing a neutral forum for discrediting and drsadvar� � � . redevelopment opportunity on its merits. In the course of informal meetings a redevel�pr�judging arl�oz in October of this past year, l�r, and conversations with City Manager Steve arkozy gave contradictory indications of how an office redevelopment proposal might i • First Mr. arko� stated an office redevelopment concept be 'Initiated with the fly. ]� could be considered wit' hin the contextIL of the City's annual Comprehensive Plan updating process which was to occur in the fall of 997- later he stated there was no such Comprehensive updating ive P lan u datin planned for the remainder of 1 997 nor any identifiable time period going into the future. 665 Lono, Lake Rt)a l -Su;te 134-1