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Page 5 of 11 Please consider that silence only means we live busy lives, just like you. We are volunteers working on the garden, around full time employment, school commitments, other obligations. Thanks again. Kim Kimberley M. Spear I Department of Development I Mayo Clinic I Cell: 507-202-1374 From: Larry Leiendecker, J.D. [mailto:larrylesq@comcast.net] Sent: Friday, April 16, 2010 12:44 PM To: ivmhubbell(d�msn.com Cc: GeriFCanorthcomochurch orq; DavidM(a�northcomochurch oro; Spear, Kimberley M.; ncoc�^anorthcomochurch.ora; ChrisSCo�northcomochurch org; brvan.11ovdCalci.roseville mn.us; pattrudqeon(a�ci.roseville.mn us; thomas.oaschkeCa�ci.roseville mn us Subject: North Como - "garden" plans Dear Mr. Hubbell: I am sending this email to you (and to the church administration) because it seems that as the North Como Treasurer you appear to be the only board member, or "Session" member, listed on the website as a contact. I apologize if I have mistaken your "treasurer" status as being part of the governing body of the church. If I am mistaken, I would appreciate it if you would forward this message on to the proper party(s). As you may already know, I am a neighbor of the church. You might also know that the church plans a"community garden" in its front lawn and that the ground-breaking is scheduled sometime in May (at least this is what I've been told.) Below you will find email correspondence that I sent to Kim Spear and forwarded yesterday to Pastor Dave. I have yet to receive a response - not even an acknowledgement of receipt or a courtesy response to this correspondence. As you will note from Kim Spear's prior email, (see below) she has conveyed the church's desire to work with the neighborhood. However, it now appears from the lack of response to my follow-up email that the real intended audience of her particular email was the assistant city planner (Bryan Lloyd) and not necessarily me. This is too bad. Equally disturbing is that Pastor Dave has not responded - even as a courtesy - to my correspondence. I find this particularly perplexing. In this day and age of technology, it takes but two seconds to merely write back and say: "thanks I will look into it and get back to you; "I'm presently busy, but will get back to you in a few days;" or "boy, I didn't know you felt this way, IeYs meet and discuss..." So, I am left with no choice but to bring this to the attention of the governing body of the church to make sure that it knows about the problem this "so-called "garden" is causing in the neighborhood. As the planned groundbreaking is fast approaching, "time is of the essence," as they say, and the silence on the church's end to even simple email correspondence is pushing the issue in a direction that I don't think anybody wants. It most certainly evidences the level of stress it is causing in the neighborhood. Indeed, its been the very lack of communication with the neighborhood that has prompted the deep concern, stress, sense of urgency, and debate thus far. This is not neighborly at all and is quite shocking coming from a � � 4/19/2010