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<br />August 31, 2000 <br /> <br />Mr. Thomas Paschke, City Planner <br />City of Roseville Community Development Department <br />2660 Civic Center Drive <br />Roseville, MN 55113 <br /> <br />Re: Proposed Garage <br />2985 Lexington Avenue North <br />Roseville, MN 55113 <br /> <br />Dear Mr. Paschke: <br /> <br />I am writing to follow up our 8/31/00 conversation regarding our proposed two car detached garage. <br />As we discussed, I just heard from Mr. Joe Richter of the Minnesota DNR that the DNR has no <br />objections to the proposed garage, provided the southern most edge of the garage is at the edge of the <br />existing driveway. The original plan was to set the garage back to allow a small drive into the garage. <br />The end result now will require us to drive past the garage and turn around to enter it. <br /> <br />As you know, we worked extensively with the Ramsey County Public Works Department, as well as <br />the Parks and Recreation Department about the possibility of building the garage east of our property <br />which would have completely eliminated the need to request a variance from the 75 foot set back from <br />the lake. After weeks of discussion, it was determined this was not feasible. Consequently, our talks <br />turned to the DNR which resulted in the current proposal to build the garage even with the driveway. <br /> <br />Enclosed is a copy of the revised survey, showing the proposed garage at the edge of the driveway. It is <br />suggested we place this garage two feet from the property line to keep it as far away from the lake as <br />possible while still keeping the drip line on our property. This would make it 8.5 feet from the existing <br />chain link fence separating our property from the adjacent county property. <br /> <br />We intend to finish the exterior of the garage with stucco which will blend with the existing stucco <br />exterior of our home. The home and proposed garage should complement each other nicely. We also <br />intend to landscape around the garage to make it further blend with the surroundings. <br /> <br />Please do give our proposal serious consideration. We have spent a great deal of time and energy in <br />ongoing discussions with the City of Roseville, Ramsey County Public Works Department, Ramsey <br />County Parks and Recreation, as well as the DNR to come to our current situation. Our current vehicle <br />storage situation has been a significant hardship on our family. We look forward to your review. <br />Please let us know if there is any further information we can provide to move things along. Thank <br />you again for your consideration. <br /> <br />Sincerely, <br /> <br />M1tdu- <br /> <br />David Mickelson <br /> <br />~~A~ ~ ~ :y~o; W <br /> <br />(651) 415-0440 <br /> <br />