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<br />February 15, 1988 - "
<br />Mr. 8 Mrs. Ciyde McLean
<br />2563 North Hamline Avenue
<br />Roseville, Minnesota 55113
<br />Re: Forur� n�artment La;��dscape Wa I I
<br />Commission Number: 86-47
<br />Dear Mr. 8 Mrs. McLean:
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<br />Thi� let-rer is a f�llow-up to our Fe�ruary 90 1988 meeting with you
<br />to discuss the landscape wall for the Forum Apartments. At that
<br />meeting� you clearly advised us of your dislike for fihe wall, and
<br />we tried to explain how decisions were made to create the wall as
<br />it now exists.
<br />Items reviewed were as follows:
<br />1. The chronology of project meetings with City staff along with
<br />the City Council's initial approval of amending the project to
<br />a P.U.D, on April 17, 1986, was reviewed with you. As stated
<br />in our meeting, the above approval stipulated that a landscape
<br />wall be provided along Hamline Avenue. During September, 1986,
<br />meetings were held with City staff to discuss details for the
<br />project relating to site landscaping, the landscape wall and
<br />site utilities. During September and October of 1987, meetings
<br />were again held with City staff to review final details for
<br />the Forum Apartment renovation, including discussions on the
<br />revised landscape wa�l and i�he redoing of existing balconies.
<br />As you pointed out, there is now a new administration at City
<br />Hall and the current Mayor, Mr. Frank Rog, is apparently in
<br />agreement with you on the landscape wall issue. We were also
<br />informed that, afl�er reviewing this issue with your attorney,
<br />there is, in your words, "nothing in writing'� from City Council
<br />amending their initial approval and its set of stipulations.
<br />Further conversation led us to discuss the sequence of events
<br />that enabled us to evolve the final product. We tried to ex-
<br />plain that a Planned Unit Development, when approved by the
<br />City Council, is in a very schematic stage and during its
<br />course of development and r�:finement, many issues and details
<br />are discussed and resolved with City staft until mutual agree-
<br />ment can be reached on all issues. It was basically this
<br />process that was followed by our firm and clien,t group and we
<br />feel that we worked very cooperat�ively with the City in every
<br />respect.
<br />JEFFERY SWEITZER, RUBERT ZIMMERMAN, BRUCE DEJONG � PROFESSIONAL' ASSOCIAT'ES
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