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April 12, 2004 Tom Benz T.I.E.S., Inc. 1667 N. Snelling Avenue Falcon Heights, MN 55113 Dear Mr. Bertz: Thank you for meeting with us this morning regarding options for potential legal use of T.I.E.S. space for storage. As we told you this morning and earlier by phone, the least cumbersome approach would be to apply for an amendment to the zoning code to allow this use as a conditional use in the B3 zone and then to apply for a conditional use permit. We also told you a petition would be required to initiate the code amendment. Our City Attorney tells us • the petition is not necessary, after all, as I informed you in an email after our meeting. You can apply for the change by filing the zoning application, of which we gave you a copy this morning. The fee is $250, non-refundable. In order for the required heazing to take place in May, we must have your paid application on hand by Tuesday, May 4, 2004 (date determined by the publication deadline for the legal notice of the hearing). If you decide to proceed, you will also need to supply the wording of the requested code amendment. If the Council eventually passes the amendment, you will then need to apply separately for a Conditional Use Permit. In today's meeting you also informed us that T.I.E.S. is leasing storage space in violation of the City Code to two other entities which you did not disclose at the Apri12 meeting. You assured us that there are no other undisclosed leases or occupants of the T.I.E.S. property. It is our understanding that all illegally stored property will be removed by the deadlines set in our letter of Apri12. Again, thank you for your cooperation in this matter. Sincerely, <G~~a~ Deborah J s Zoning and Planning Coordinator Cc: Lee Whitcraft, T.I.E.S.; Heather Worthington, City Administrator; Steve Westerhaus, Building Inspector; r: HOME OF THE MINNESOTA STATE FAIR AND THE U OF M INSTITUTE OF AGRICULTURE PRINTED ON RECYCLED PAPER ~~