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To: Little Canada Planning Commission From: Kevin J. King 751 E. County Rd. B2 Little Canada MN 55117 Date: July 20, 2000 Subject: Tachney Garage at 743 E Co Rd B2 cc: Dan Tachney I would like to address the Little Canada Planning Commission regarding the proposed detached garage at the 743 E. County Road B2 property. Our property is next to the Tachney property and their planned house and garage have a direct impact on our property value as well as the atheistic appearance of our property. We, as well as the Tachney's have invested quite a lot of money in tour properties and do not want to do anything to decrease the value. These properties, as well as the Reed and Ames residences, all served by a common driveway, and are quite unique. The houses are hidden from public view unless someone drives '/< mile up the driveway. All properties are on Lake Gervais, but the houses are all on a hill overlooking the lake. The hill is quite steep and can not be used for lawn or developed in any way. This leaves the "front" of the house for the lawn, driveway, garage, etc. Living on a lake seems to require extra tools and equipment. In some respects, it is almost like having a second home. In any regards, extra storage space is required for the lawn tools, lake tools, gas cans, motors, skies, tubes, oars, etc. It is ahnost a certainty the Tachneys will have a boat requiring storage for the winter. We have worked with the Tachneys as well as their builder giving our opinions from our experience of living on the lake. They have worked hard at designing a home that complements our house and still maintains or exceeds the level of privacy we had from the previous dwelling. Them present house design incorporates an attached 2-car garage. This only adequate for the typical car parking. I know they have looked at designs that would have had a 3-car stall, but the design compromised the residence and property in other ways. Since there was an existing structure on the property, the use of this area for a garage seemed to make sense. The visual impact was well known since the previous structure was looked at before any design decision was made. This detached garage will have no impact on our property. In fact, I encouraged them to use this area, since, from my experience, a 3-car garage is inadequate. Personally, I am required to pay for storage of my boat and frailer off of our property since our 3rd stall is used for tools and material storage. I feel quite strongly the detached garage is necessary. Without this garage, there is a strong possibility the boat and trailer would be sitting in the front yard. Additional storage would be made up with an ugly tool shed in front. Kevin J. King Page 14