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NARRATIVE MY NAME IS MIKE DAVIS AND I MOVED TO 2730 GRIGGS ST. IN APRIL 1994. I HAVE MADE MANY FRIENDS IN MY NEIGHBORHOOD AND PLAN ON STAYING IN MY HOUSE AFTER I RETIRE. I HAVE BEEN A POLICE OFFICER IN ST. PAUL FOR THE LAST 19 Yz YEARS AND AM CURRENTLY ASSIGNED TO THE K-9 UNIT. THIS ENTITLES ME TO A TAKE HOME SQUAD CAR IN WHICH I AM CURRENTLY PARKING IN MY NEIGHBORS DRIVEWAY TO KEEP IT OFF THE STREET. MY CURRENT GARAGE IS A 26X22 FT BUILDING WITH NO ATTIC SPACE FOR STORAGE. IT WAS ORIGINALLY BUILT AS A 1 1/z STALL GARAGE AND AN ADDITIONAL SLAB AND ADDITION WAS ADDED LATER, MAKING IT A 2 Y2 STALL GARAGE. THIS WAS WELL BEFORE I BOUGHT THE HOUSE. THE SLAB IN WHICH IT WAS BUILT UPON WAS NOT BUILT UP HIGH ENOUGH. WHEN IT RAINS OR WHEN THE SNOW MELTS, I HAVE WATER RUNNING INTO THE GARAGE, WHICH THEN FREEZES IF THE WEATHER IS COLD ENOUGH. THE WATER HAS ALREADY CORRODED THE ELECTRICAL WIRES THAT RUN UP THRU THE SLAB. I HAVE HAD TO MAKE REPAIRS TO THE WIRING. THE ORIGINAL SLAB HAD A DRAIN HOLE IN THE MIDDLE. WHATEVER THE BUILDER HAD USED AS A TRAP UNDER THE SLAB HAS DETERIORATED CAUSING THE SOIL UNDER THE DRAIN TO COLLAPSE. THE AREA UNDER THAT PORTION OF THE SLAB IS HOLLOW UNDERNEATH. THIS WILL ONLY CONTINUE TO WEAKEN. THE STUCCO SIDING IS ALSO DETERIORATING, CRACKING AND FALLING OFF. SOME OF THE INNER WOOD HAS ROTTED DUE TO THIS. I AM PROPOSING A 30X34 FT. BUILDING, 1020 SQ. FT., WHICH WILL BE SIMILAR TO THE ORIGINAL STRUCTURE. IT WILL PROBABL Y HAVE VINYL SIDING. IT WILL HAVE ATTIC SPACE FOR STORAGE SO I CAN FREE UP MY BASEMENT SPACE. I AM PLANNING ON PARKING MY 2 PERSONAL VEHICLES AND MY SQUAD CAR IN IT. IF I HAVE THE SPACE, I WOULD ALSO LIKE TO BE ABLE TO STORE MY 2 SNOWMOBILES SO I WOULDN'T HAVE TO PARK THEM OUTSIDE IN MY YARD. I WOULD ALSO LIKE EXTRA SPACE TO BE ABLE TO PUT MY DOGS HOUSE INSIDE FOR EXTRA SHELTER AND WARMTH. THIS IS ALSO FOR SECURITY FOR MY DOG AND MY SQUAD CAR AS PEOPLE HAVE USED MY YARD TO WALK BACK AND FORTH TO THE SOFTBALL FIELD(VETERANS PARK), THE VFW AND AMOCO STATION. I HAVE HAD SUBSTANCES THROWN ON MY SQUAD WHEN IT HAS BEEN OUT ON THE STREET. I THANK YOU FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION, SINCERELY MIKE DAVIS .~~~ /