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� a.i HORTON, Horton Holding, Inc. 2565 Walnut Street Roseville, MN 55113 USA (651)361-6400 September 27, 2006 Mr. John Stark Community Development Director City of Roseville 2ooG Civic �er�ter �rive Roseville, MN 55113-1899 Dear Mr. Stark: Terry Gilberstadt Corporate Secretary / Facilities Director Direct: (651) 361-6453 Fax: (651) 361-6725 Email: terry.gilberstadt@hortonww.com Over the past several months, Horton has been in contact with various people at the City of Roseville (starting with Rick Talbot from code enforcement on May 2, 2006) regarding an issue relating to an unpaved rear parking lot used by our neighbor to our immediate south, Dedicated Logistics. To date, we have not received a satisfactory resolution of this matter and as such, I am writing to ask for your help. A bit of background will be helpful. Horton is a new company to Roseville, having completed our new headquarters at 2565 Walnut Street in June 2001. During the construction process, we were held to, and complied with, very high standards with respect to our property. Among other things, we installed a completely paved and curbed parking lot with all other areas of our property sodded and landscaped according to city code. We believe our new facility adds to the aesthetic value of the neighborhood and feel that all other properties in the area should do the same. In addition, as I am sure you are aware, the City continues to upgrade the area around our facility, including recently placing new sidewalks in the area and repaving Walnut Street. In contrast, while Dedicated Logistics' property appears nice from the street, the unpaved parking lot to the rear of its facility is very unsightly (which is accessed by driving up and over curbing that forms the boundry for their official paved parking area). This area used to be an unpaved grassy area under a previous owner but since Dedicated Logistics acquired the property, they have been parking vehicles on the area and the grass has been worn down to dirt. The issue is, when the weather is dry, dirt and dust from this non-paved parking area blow onto Horton's property, dirtying our building and vehicles. And, when the weather is wet, the area turns into a sea of mud which is a mess. While Dedicated �o�istics r�as installed somz rip � ap alorg their rorth p� aperty iine (at city request oniy after we pushed the issue), and has attempted to do other diversionary work, it is at best a temporary solution and is not aesthetically pleasing. Because of these problems, Horton has asked Dedicated Logistics on several occasions to pave the parking area at the back of their property (including a lunch meeting at our expense to try and solve this amicably as good neighbors). Initially, Dedicated Logistics said paving the area was "not a priority," but they would look into the cost and respond to our request. After not hearing from Dedicated Logistics for several months, Horton contacted them again and was again told paving was "not a priority" without any further assurance of action by Dedicated Logistics. � �.;, �, ',r. .,�t � Engine Cooling Solutions Worldwide° �' � nA� � ; � www. hortonww. com _ :� �