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� Page 1 of 1 � Thomas Paschke From: John Livingston [tivingston@cognoscente.biz] Sent: Wednesday, November 21, 2007 5:16 PM To: Thomas Paschke Cc: Duane Schwartz; Deb Bloom; Mike Darrow; mdarrow@sehinc.com Subject: 2700 Cleveland Thomas, Since adjustments are still being made I want to give you some advance notice of some references we want to include in the site plan. Because we have been informed that Public Works will guarantee that we can maintain the Cleveland Avenue entrance after Twin Lakes is constructed we want to preserve the ability to increase the room count on the site. This may happen at the initial construction or in future. So we will be showing two expansion schemes. The first would likely be used if, at the time Twin Lakes is constructed, a full access is available. That would be expansion along Cleveland. The second scheme, which will also be depicted by using dashed lines, will be the extending of the long axis of the hotel resulting the the lobby end of the property being further east. This would address the possibility of a higher room count and maintaining the Cleveland entrance. We would probably use one or the other. We do not have time prior to our required submission date to complete a market analysis update to determine if the larger room count could be supported. At our last examination a room count of 115 - 130 was the recommended size range. However, as we all well know, time changes everything and this isn't such a straight forward examination. Integral to the hotel's success was the high probability of a restaurant being associated with the site. Our review of restaurant operators indicates that a restaurant to the east of the hotel is not supportable without the rest of Twin Lakes area being developed. Without a restaurant a larger hotel (and certainly the currently considered hotel size) may not perform to the level needed to justify the cost. These are very important considerations that can not be properly examined in the remaining time. Our optimism remains high, and even in the face of the rising site costs, we are hopeful of a positive value determination. We will continue to move forward with our site plan and engineering to meet the deadline for the December 17th City Council meeting. I wanted to write you this email so these references were not a complete surprise to you. I appreciate the prompt responses you've provided and the hard work, long hours you and the rest of the Roseville staff are putting in this last minute adjustment. We too are burning the midnight candle in working toward a staff endorsed solution for a hotel within Twin Lakes. I hope you have, or had, a good Thanksgiving. Yours truly, John Livingston (612) 272-1246 livingston@co_qnoscente.biz This message (including any attachinents) contains confidential information intended for a specific individual and purpose, and is protected by law. If you are not the intended recipient, you should delete this message. Any disclosure, copying, or distribution of this message, or the taking of any action based on it, is strictly prohibited. 11 /26/2007