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" l "'~:¡- '11' :¡ J' 'J 1 1"'" .~.. ..~'- ,..,. ;À_ 1 'Ii ~ j ~ ':1':: ". ,d ! ; '''f¡¡. '! Re: 1):Jest1or S 7. & 11. \¡y·t. ~" ¡-udt n:ckers purchased tha land from Fine Associates for the con :i=.rL:cti:)1 of ð free standing building, the ¡and betweE'r& the edjacent Ser\}lC~ rOJ[j and the Snelling and County Road C intersection was vscant and owned t y the State of Minnesota. Thh la!"td Vý~S planned for eyentua1 use b~ the state ~s p;;rt of an upgraded m' u¡· 1nter:h~nge. Some time 8fter the openir¡g of the Fuddruckers re,~ .~unintl the state decided to eliminate the interchange upgrade from the:r long term plan, and therefore sold the land back to Ftne AS90chttes, the original owner. Fin,) proceeded to develop this land, se11"1n9 ~,arcel$ for a retal1buildlng (S1l1mberb)nd) and a bonk. Both of these new structures serve to block off conlp1etely the view of the Fuddruckers building and ttle ~)(isting Fuddru,:ker:~ pole-sign from the tntersection of Snelling end County Road C. Thi:: has h8~1 0 major trnpact upon the FUddruckars bus1ness, as exposure to the :rtffi·~ at the intersection was a1weys 8 key attribute of the sHe. Tr'!', s featu€ helped persuade us to put our F~lddruckers there. We fee1 it ~s unfair that we shcu1d suffer fn)rT'; thi£: um~iìticipoted eyent y.. :-:,;a Fine Associates profits from the iand se1e end tho: City benefits from incra:lsed taxes, LCI£;s of visibility has hurl the tqJsineSSI and we beHeve that increasing the he';£F'It anà size of the sign wnl at 1east help to re-establish Fuddruckers' 1dEfit ity fr,)m the cri tical intersection, especl~l1y for the traffic coming nort.h on ~;r eì1ing and east on County Road C.