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October 11, 1999 City Planner and Planning Commission Members 2660 Civic Center Drive Roseville, MN 55113 Re: Planning File #3140 (C.Kadrie) Dear Planning Commission: I am aware that at your meeting on October 13, 1999 you will be discussing the request of Charles Kadrie regarding a variance for his property at 1281 Josephine Road. I have lived on Lake Josephine basically all of my life and I know from first hand and many past experiences, when one wants to make improvements to his/her property and there is a question as to setback requirements, a permit is required. Over the years there have been several instances on the lake where construction was started or completed and a permit was not issued, only to lead to serious consequences for the property owner, neighbors and the City ofRoseville. When the deck construction was started at 1281 Josephine Road, I thought it was strange that we as neighbors, had never been asked to sign a petition for a variance. The construction was proceeding outward toward the lake and I wondered how this could be done. I asked the question ofthe Building Inspection Department at Roseville and it seemed that flags started to go up. Mr. Kadrie appeared at our door and asked, "why we hadn't come to him for an explanation?" As both my husband and myself explained to him at that time, we didn't have a problem with what he was doing - if what he was doing was legal. From the beginning that has been our only question and concern. Several weeks ago, at about fifteen minutes before the City Council meeting at which his request was to be addressed, Mr. Kadrie knocked on our door and asked if! would sign a petition that he would present to the council that evening. He told me that this petition asked of the neighbors if they thought that the improvements to his property were pleasing to the neighbors/neighborhood. I again asked him if, ''what he was doing was legal?" He could not answer my question and I couldn't sign his petition. I noticed at the time that he had many signatures of neighbors that are outside of the 350"ofhis proposal. I am fully aware that fill and rocks have been added to the shoreline in order to protect a walnut tree, but my question remains the same to him and to you, "is what is being done regarding the deck construction, legal?"